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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
I-SWEEEP 2016 – Record Number of CSEF Participants
I-SWEEEP – International Sustainable World Houston, Texas, April 26 – May 1, 2016 Congrats to William Yin, Greenwich HS, Overall Winner – Receives SIYSS Award Visit the I-SWEEEP website Connecticut has a record number of I-SWEEEP competitors this year- Thirteen in all- Three were selected by CSEF and covered travel to attend. Ten competed by applying directly to I-SWEEEP and were chosen by the I-SWEEEP …
CSEF at 2016 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair- Meet the Competitors
Hello Science Fair Friends, Sponsors, and Alumni, The seven top high school winners of the 2016 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair are heading to Phoenix, Sunday, May 8, to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest precollege science and engineering competition. Once again leave on Mother’s Day! Intel ISEF takes place Sunday through Friday, May 8-13. We …
CSEF “Spirit of Innovation Awards” at 2016 CT Invention Convention
CSEF Judging Team Michel Leask, Heather Leask (CSEF Alum 2004-10), Ronald Leask Jr., Ron Leask, Jean-Pierre Dionne, and Bob Wisner took on the challenge of reviewing 800 inventions of 4-8th grade students at the 33nd Annual Connecticut Invention Convention, April 30, Gampel Pavilion, University of Connecticut. CSEF gives eight “Spirit of Innovation” awards. Each includes: $100 Amazon gift card; Mini-Plaque; 2016 CSEF T-Shirt; CSEF …