Hello Science Fair Friends, Sponsors, and Alumni, The eight top high school winners of the 2018 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair head to Pittsburgh, Sunday, May 13, to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest precollege science and engineering competition. Once again, sorry to say leaving on Mother’s Day! Intel ISEF takes place Sunday through Friday, …
“Spirit of Innovation Awards” Presented at 2018 Connecticut Invention Convention
CSEF Judging Team Jean-Pierre Dionne,CSEF board member, and Terri Clark, Associate Director, Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, took on the daunting task of interviewing the CSEF award finalists from among the 826 K-12 inventors at the 35th Annual Connecticut Invention Convention, April 28, University of Connecticut. CSEF gives eight “Spirit of Innovation” awards. Each includes: $50 Amazon gift card; Mini-Plaque; CSEF T-Shirt; …
2018 Fair Results
[box type=”note” style=”rounded” border=”full”]Please check the links on the right hand side of the page to see if you are a finalist for regular awards or special awards [intlink id=”1380″ type=”page”]Click here for Important Information for Finalists[/intlink] [/box] 2018 ISEF Winners 2018 Top Category Winners 2018 Preliminary Judging Results Posted Wednesday, March 15 by 7pm [toggle title_open=”2018 Regular Fair Results Posted Saturday, …
Four CSEF Students Chosen as 2017 Broadcom MASTERS Semifinalists
Very Good News! Four Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) students have been chosen as 2017 Broadcom MASTERS semifinalists. From 2499 applicants, 300 semifinalists are selected for this middle school national competition. Now, we excitedly wait to see if they are chosen to be among the top 30 finalists who will go on compete in Washington, DC October 19-25. Finalists …
2017 ISEF Newsletter #6 from Rahul Subramaniam
2017 Newsletter #6 (Friday) Rahul Subramaniam Today was the day that everything came to a climax. The day people both couldn’t wait for and didn’t want to come: Grand Awards. In my opinion, the suspense and lead-up made it only that much more exciting, though I’m sure some of my fellow ISEF finalists would beg to differ. At any rate, …
2017 ISEF Newsletter #5 from Luca Barcelo
2017 ISEF Newsletter #5 (Thursday) Luca Barcelo Thursday was an eventful and action packed day for all Intel Science Fair finalists! With the anxiety that preceded the prior day’s judging session dispelled, we made our way down to the second floor of the Luxe hotel at 7am to satisfy our appetites. Conversation at the communal table was fair-centric. We spoke …
2017 ISEF Newsletter #4 from Michelle Xiong
2017 ISEF Newsletter #4 Michelle Xiong Wednesday was the big day: project judging. We started the day bright and early with breakfast at 6am. After that we headed back to our rooms to take a quick nap, get in some last minute practice, and change into our professional attire. We walked over to the convention center a little before 8am. …
2017 ISEF Newsletter #3 from Eunji Lee
2017 ISEF Newsletter (Tuesday) Eunji Lee Day 3 of ISEF! We started off the day by once again walking into breakfast 15 minutes late, but on the bright side, the food was once again delicious. After a short break upstairs, we headed out to the California Science Center, where we were greeted by large crowds and even larger exhibits. Once …
2017 ISEF Newsletter #2 from Sophie Edelstein
Intel ISEF Newsletter 2017 (Monday) Sophie Edelstein, Sophomore, Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven After a much needed night’s rest, we started our day with a hearty and delicious breakfast at the Stafford + Mathis Kitchen located in our hotel. The topic of conversation over breakfast consisted of Mr.Wisner’s days in the science fair and plans for the week ahead. …
2017 ISEF Newsletter #1 from Maya Geradi
Intel ISEF Newsletter 2017 (Sunday) Maya Geradi Junior Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven Our day began at 4:50 a.m. at Bradley Airport, bleary eyed and waiting in line to check in our luggage. After a long wait, we finally passed through security and had a brief breakfast. We boarded and embarked on the approximately 6 hour plane ride to …