“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; …

View Post

CSEF Students on WTNH Channel 8 “Good Morning Connecticut”

Watch “Good Morning Connecticut” on WTNH Channel 8, 9 am Tuesday, March 20 New Haven school students Matilda Pethrick and Maya Geradi will appear on Channel 8, to tell about their research work. Matilda Pethrick, a seventh grader from Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School, placed 1st in the middle school in the EnergizeCT Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards category. Matilda’s project, “Biomass …

View Post

2018 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Announces Winners at 70th Awards Ceremony

​Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Media Advisory (PDF Version) Contact: Rebecca Meyer, media@ctsciencefair.org 2018 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Announces Winners at 70th Awards Ceremony Top Prizes Given to Students from Bethany, Danbury, East Lyme, Greenwich, New Haven, West Hartford, Wilton, and Windsor HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 17, 2018 – Students from across Connecticut won awards at the 70th Connecticut Science …

View Post

Media Alert – CSEF Fair Week, Sunday, March 11

For Immediate Release: MEDIA ALERT: 2018 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, March 12-17 Download pdf version Connecticut’s 7-12th Grade Science and Engineering Competition Celebrating its 70th Year! Media Contact: Rebecca Meyer, media@ctsciencefair.org HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 11, 2018 – This week, despite the impending snowstorm on Tuesday, 647 young scientists from 120 schools, both middle and high schools, across Connecticut and …

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, …

View Post

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 …

View Post

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, …

View Post

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 …

View Post

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. …

View Post

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 …