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CSEF Students Win Major Awards at the 2013 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair

HAMDEN, Conn., May 18, 2013 – Four Connecticut students captured Grand Awards yesterday at the 2013 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college science fair.  The students traveled to the ISEF, held in Phoenix, Ariz., to compete with more than 1,500 high school students from over 70 countries, regions and territories around the globe. The event …

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2013 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 through for Important Information for Finalists[/intlink][/box] 2013 Preliminary Judging Results Posted March 13 by 4pm [toggle title_open=”2013 Regular Fair Results Posted Saturday by 1pm” title_closed=”2013 Regular Fair Results Posted …

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2013 Fair Moved to Larger Hall In Recreation Center

The Exhibit Hall has moved to the Recreation Center portion of Athletic+Recreation Center Building  Where to go– (See attached QUcampusmap)  Use the main entrance (same as previous years)on Mt. Carmel Ave. Park in the lot to the left when you drive in. Enter the Recreation Center building (no. 13 on the map).   The exhibit hall will be set up in …

Ryota Ishizuka is selected as a Davidson Fellow, winning a $25K Scholarship

Hi Everyone, I am excited to tell you that Ryota Ishizuka was selected as a 2012 Davidson Fellow, which is accompanied by a $25,000 Scholarship, for his junior-year project on the Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cells. Here’ s a link to the short bio/posting of his award: Thanks, Andy Bramante Fair Director’s Note- Past CSEF Davidson Fellows 2004 Anna-Katrina Shedletsky …

Ryota Ishizuka Chosen As A Top Ten High School Inventor

Ryota Ishizuka, as a senior from Greenwich High School (now a freshman at Harvard University), has been selected by the magazine “Popular Science”  (August 2012 issue See clipping.) as a one of its Top Ten High School Inventors. Ryota’s project, “An Organic Thin Film Transistor and Elastic Organic Solar Cell Based Electronic Skin for Biochemical and Tactile Sensing” is our Fair’s …

Two Fair Students Selected as Finalists at Broadcom MASTERS Competition

Contact: Bob Wisner, Fair Director 860.395.8825 (cell) director@ctsciencefair.org Karen Cohen, Media 860.368.9257 (cell) media@ctsciencefair.org Download Press Release (pdf) September 2, 2012 – Two Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair students are among the 30 national finalists of the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars) Competition.  Katherine Fennell and Maura Oei, who were selected from thousands …

CT Science Fair Winner Wins Gold Medal at GENIUS Olympiad

Janine Kerr (age 14)  a rising sophomore at Danbury High School recently competed in the GENIUS Olympiad at SUNY Oswego June 24th-28th. The Genius Olympiad is the world’s largest international science fair dedicated to environmental science issues with over 248 projects competing from 51 countries and 31 states of the USA. Janine Kerr won a gold medal in science at …

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Connecticut Earns Top Results at International Science Competetion (2012 ISEF)

For Immediate Release: [threecol_one]Contact:[/threecol_one] [threecol_one]Bob Wisner, Fair Director 860.395.8825 (cell) director@ctsciencefair.org[/threecol_one] [threecol_one_last]Karen Cohen, Media 860.368.9257 (cell) media@ctsciencefair.org[/threecol_one_last] [ilink url=”https://csefstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ISEF052012-1.pdf” style=”download”]Download Press Release (pdf)[/ilink] Connecticut Earns Top Results at International Science Competition HAMDEN, Conn., May 18, 2012 – Four Connecticut students captured Grand Awards today at the 2012 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college science fair. The students …

ISEF 2012 Grand Award Winners

  Grand Awards Received ISEF 2012 ISEF Category: Engineering – Materials and Bioengineering (EN015)An Organic Thin Film Transistor and Elastic Organic Solar Cell Based Electronic Skin for Biochemical and Tactile Sensing, Ryota Ishizuka, 18, Senior, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut ISEF Awards: Grand Award – Materials and Bioengineering 1st Place $3,000 cash award Grand Award – Best in Category $5,000 scholarship …

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ISEF 2012: Newsletter #3

Monday, May 14 Breakfast and Project Approval The day began at 7:30 am with a buffet breakfast at the Westin with food aplenty for our hungry competitors. Then off to the Exhibit Hall to set up and the get approved by Rules & Safety.  Good News! All went very smoothly with the projects being approved without a glitch! Yeah, there …