2013 ISEF Newsletter #1

Hello Science Fair Friends, Sponsors, and Alumni, The six top high school winners of the 2013 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair are packing their bags and heading to Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, May12. (Sorry Mothers!) There, they will compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest precollege competition of science and engineering. Intel ISEF will take place …

2013 ISEF: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Students

Activities of the top winners of the Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona from May 12-17, 2013: Meet the Winners Meet the Chaperones 2013 ISEF Newsletter #1 2013 ISEF Newsletter #2 from Mallory Photos from May 12, 2013 2013 ISEF Newsletter #3 from Karim Photos from May 13, 2013 2013 ISEF Newsletter #4 …

Phil Mikan Show– CSEF Winners Tell About Their Projects

Thursday, April 4, 2013– Three of our Fair’s top winners made their radio debut today on the Phil Mikan’s Corner Show, 10-11am, weekdays, 9-11am Sat on WLIS 1420 AM  and WMRD 1150 AM, Old Saybrook and Middletown. Phil held his usually lively discussions (to say the least) with Maxmillian Minichetti, Rebecca Murray, and Mallory Madfes. These  Greenwich High School students got …

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 …

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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 Special Award Winners

Special Awards Received ISEF 2012 ISEF Category: Cellular and Molecular Biology (CB013)– Role of MyD88 in DNA Damage Response, Yiyuan Hu, 18, Senior, Hamden High School, Hamden, Connecticut ISEF Awards: Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation Second Award of $500 U.S. Savings Bond.  AVASC awards projects that display outstanding creativity, ingenuity and have the potential to alleviate the human condition or …

ISEF 2012 Newsletter #5

Wednesday, May 16 – Judging and  Evening Events Reported by Samantha Skaller, Brewster High School • Science Horizons Winner Day Long Judging Interviews We all arose bright and early to meet for our group breakfast at 6:30. With the help from both caffeine and our peppy upbeat waiter, we were all ready for our busy day of judging. After changing …

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ISEF 2012 Newsletter #4

Newsletters are sent to subscribers between 11 AM and 1 PM EDT each day.  Generally, they are posted to the CSEF website late evening the night before. So, if you’re anxious to receive the news of the day check the CSEF website Newsletter Page. Tuesday, May 15 A Ducky Day! See the photos of the the downtown tour and Duck …

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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 …