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2016 Google Science Fair – Connecticut Has Three Regional Finalists

We are pleased to announce that state of Connecticut has three regional Google Science Fair finalists. All are 2016 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Alumni. Each year Google sponsors the Google Science Fair, which is an online science competition, where thousands of students, ages 13-18, apply using their independent research projects. Of the thousands of entrants, Only 100 Finalists are selected, …

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2016 GENIUS Olympiad –

GENIUS Olympiad Report from Austin Huang  and John Burnett The following are student reports on their week at the 2016 GENIUS Olympiad.  Special thanks to all for sharing their experiences.  See the Media Release See Photos By Austin Huang and John Burnett Competing at GENIUS Olympiad There are two ways to get an opportunity to compete.  You can win one of the four …

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Media Release- CSEF Winners at 2016 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair

PRESS ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director (978) 460-4358 / media@ctsciencefair.org Students From Danbury, Greenwich, Hamden, and New Haven Take Home $7,000 In Awards From Intel’s Global Science Competition PHOENIX, Ariz., May 16, 2016 – Five Connecticut students won awards at the 2016 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college science & engineering fair. The student delegation …

2016 ISEF Newsletter #7 from William Yin

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF We immediately woke up to the final day of ISEF with an anxious breakfast at the hotel Terrace Cafe. After eating our oversized breakfasts of Belgian waffles and Tazo teas, we rushed back to our rooms to change, and then it was off …

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2016 ISEF Newsletter #6 from Sanju Sathish

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Today, we embarked on a journey that all great scientists fear: explaining our projects to middle schoolers and those younger. It was a fearsome task. It’s not easy to explain how a tattoo-based biosensor for detecting atherosclerosis works to a curious seven-year-old. However, …

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2016 ISEF Newsletter #5 from Maya Geradi

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF We awoke this Wednesday, nervous and excited for judging. After a hurried and rather quiet breakfast, we all got dressed and headed to the Phoenix Convention Center to begin our 9 hours of strenuous judging, stopping for a quick photo. The Convention Center …

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2016 ISEF Newsletter # 4 from Christopher Popham

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Wednesday, the long-awaited day of judging, started early, with a buzz of excitement in the air. After a quick breakfast at 7, we all headed off to the convention center, eager to show off our projects and innovations. Mrs. Frattalone, our chaperone, handed …

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2016 ISEF Newsletter #3 from Martha Haddad

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Stepping out of the luxurious Hyatt Regency into the bright Arizona sunlight, the Connecticut Intel ISEF team headed out to The Breakfast Club to start the day. From the arid desert landscape jut out towering skyscrapers, a testament to the groundbreaking, modern developments …

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2016 ISEF Newsletter #2 from Aakshi Agarwal

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Our eventful day began with the most delicious waffles Sanju and I had ever tasted in our lives. Wearing our matching CSEF T-shirts, we went off to the finalist exhibition hall to set up our projects and go through the SRC approval process. …

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2016 ISEF Newsletter #1 from Sophie Edelstein

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Exhausted, we all left bright and early and headed to Bradley International Airport. Unfortunately, the United desk was behind and we had very little time once we got passed security to make our flight to Denver. It didn’t end there, for they couldn’t …