WAC Lighting sponsors the WAC Lighting Invitational Science Fair

Syosset, NY– The Research Association of Long Island, New York, completed the WAC Lighting Foundation for the 14th consecutive year. Created to help promote the education and careers of young scientists, the 2024 WAC Lighting Invitational Science Fair was held at Syosset High School earlier this year.

The WAC Invitational Science Fair symposium offered nearly 500 students from Long Island, NY, high schools the opportunity to present their research projects to esteemed judges from leading institutions and businesses. The Research Association is a consortium of 11 high schools represented by teachers who advise students that scientific research is an active avenue into understanding the true nature of science. 

“The great thing about this science fair is that our judges are scientists, and they engage our students in high-level conversations about their work,” explained Allyson Weseley, President of the Research Association. ​”We are very thankful to WAC for making this science fair possible.”

The fair includes nine significant categories, with winners selected from projects developed and completed by high school students (grades 9-12). Awards and scholarships will be presented to winners of First, Second, and Third Place and Honorable Mentions. The topics of research are as varied as the students. Students may spend months or years exploring cures for cancer or producing inexpensive, energy-efficient fuel alternatives.

Participating students have spent months, and even years, in labs exploring Earth and Environmental Science, Prototype Engineering, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, General Biology, Behavioral Science, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science, Computational Modeling, Medicine, and Health.

Participating students have gone on to pursue advanced studies at leading educational institutions, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stony Brook University, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, the University of Rochester, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, Princeton, Columbia, NYU, and others.

Judges include over 135 academicians and professionals who are affiliated with leading universities, hospitals, and other institutions, including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Columbia University, Long Island University, New York University, North Shore University Hospital-LIJ Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Hofstra University and Mount Sinai Medical Center, St. John’s University and Fordham University, Adelphi and Hofstra Universities.

The winners will be listed on the Research Association’s website at this link – https://www.researchassociation.org/results.aspx

About WAC Lighting and Affiliated Brands

A second-generation owner-operated company founded nearly 40 years ago, WAC designs and builds a wide range of intelligent and integrated LED luminaires and ceiling fans across renowned brands such as MODERN FORMS, WAC Lighting, SCHONBEK, dweLED, LIMITED, WAC Landscape, and AiSPIRE. The company’s strengths in original design, emerging technologies, solution-oriented innovations, and vertical manufacturing infrastructures have catapulted it to a position of leadership in the lighting and ceiling fan industry. The award-winning product portfolio reflects the company’s commitment to ecologically sensitive manufacturing while delivering elevated design and cutting-edge technology.

WAC Headquarters is located in Port Washington, New York. Visit www.waclighting.com