Sammi Chung was awarded a Student Initiative Badge "in recognition of her exceptional effort and accomplishment relative to available resources" for her entry in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search. The Society for Science & the Public in partnership with the Intel Foundation awards digital badges to inspire learning, confirm accomplishment and validate the acquisition of knowledge or skills. Sammi’s winning project was entitled "Electrode Size Effect on Microbial Fuel Cell". She worked under the supervision of Dr. Sophia Suarez and Ms. Yara Adam in the Department of Physics at Brooklyn College.