What is the ASTA I3 program?

TThe ASTA I³ Awards program is a collaboration between all members of the ASTA Federation, comprising each state and territory’s Science Teachers Association and the ASTA Secretariat, celebrating inquiry, innovation and ingenuity across Australian school students of STEM. Entry to the the I³ Awards is open to school students from Preschool to Year 12 who have demonstrated exceptional results in their state or territory STEM awards program, and is via nomination only through a state or territory Science Teachers Association (STA).

What is the Senior Senior Invention / Engineering award?

After the top ranking projects from each state progress from their state fairs in 2022, each Senior project from around the country compete for either the Senior Invention / Engineering or the Senior Science Inquiry award. The Senior Invention / Engineering award is given, after an extensive judging period of professional and in-the-industry judges, the best high school senior engineering project in the country. In 2023, I was honoured to receive this award for my project “TARS – Transmission-Line Assessment and Review System.