October 4, 2018 – Janesville, WI – SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. (SHINE), a Wisconsin-based company dedicated to being the world leader in the safe, clean, affordable production of medical isotopes, announced today that it is holding a design competition in collaboration with the Janesville School District. The competition asks students to create a 3D-printed object to be used by SHINE as an employee award of excellence, titled The Illuminator Award. Students in the 6th-12thgrades in the School District of Janesville, including Janesville homeschoolers and religious schools, are eligible to compete. This collaboration aligns with the district’s recent work to transition to a STEAM-focused (science, technology, engineering, art and math) education culture.
“SHINE is very excited to engage with the next generation of students in our community,” says Cheryl Peterson, SHINE’s Community and Employee Engagement Manager. “We want to help students understand the importance of science, technology, engineering, art and math in preparing them for future careers, not only at SHINE, but for countless other careers.”
“Our teachers are working hard to transform instruction in their classrooms, emphasizing work that gets students more engaged in their learning, empowering them for their future,” said Steve Pophal, Superintendent of the School District of Janesville. “Partnering with SHINE on this contest helps our students make the connection between what they learn in the classroom and the real world needs of the community at large.”
Teams of no more than four students will be judged by SHINE on their design and awarded points based on usefulness, innovation/creativity and SHINE-y-ness (that which most resembles SHINE technology). Teams must sign up at SHINEmed.com/illuminator_awardby October 15, 2018 and submit their final 3D design product by January 18, 2019. For more information on specifications and other details, visit SHINEmed.com/illuminator_award.
The 2019 SHINE Illuminator Award 3D Design Competition winning team will receive a VIP Behind the Scenes Tour of SHINE Building One, 4027 N Riverside Drive, and 3D printing supplies for their school.
Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) is a radioisotope that decays into the diagnostic imaging agent technetium‑99m (Tc-99m). Tc-99m is used in more than 40 million medical imaging procedures each year, primarily in stress tests to diagnose heart disease and bone scans to stage cancer. SHINE was founded to deploy a safe, cost-effective and environmentally friendly technology to produce medical isotopes, including Mo‑99.
Based in Janesville, Wisconsin, SHINE deploys its safe, cost-effective and environmentally friendly fusion technology in a stepwise approach. Its systems are used to inspect industrial components in aerospace, defense, energy and other sectors. SHINE’s proprietary medical isotope production processes create non-carrier-added lutetium-177 and are expected to create molybdenum-99. In the future, SHINE plans to scale its fusion technology to help solve one of energy’s toughest hurdles by recycling nuclear waste. Through a purpose-driven and phased approach, SHINE aims to generate fusion power to deliver clean, abundant energy that could transform life on Earth. Want to learn more about SHINE? Follow us on social media @shinefusion and sign up for our email newsletter to follow us on our journey!
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