Symposium 2022

On April 12, 2022, we held the 6th Annual FAST Symposium at Stanford!

Group photo of all students and mentors at FAST Symposium

This was our first in-person symposium in three years and it was a huge success! FAST had 73 mentors and 34 high school students complete a total of 22 projects, spanning topics in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and data science. We had poster sessions, lab tours, student talks, and featured faculty talks from Stanford professors Justin Du Bois (chemistry), Polly Fordyce (bioengineering), and Tobi Gerstenberg (psychology).

Programs for the 2022 Stanford FAST symposium on a table Students participating in a science demo on a table outside Students and mentors gathered in a small auditorium

A professor giving a guest presentation to students in a classroom A researcher holding and describing a piece of lab equipment to students

We are so proud of all our students, teachers, mentors, and mentor leaders whose collective work over the year made this all possible! And we are also grateful to the stanford faculty judges, faculty speakers, and labs who volunteered their time and space for this day.

A student smiling in front of a poster about fungi Two students smiling in front of a poster about an underwater roomba

A student smiling in front of a poster about milk spoilage A student explaining a poster about pepper ripeness

A student smiling in front of a poster about green tea and bacteria

A student and mentor smiling in front of a poster about virtual learning outcomes A student smiling in front of a poster about antibiotics Three students smiling in front of a poster about a CPR machine