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Connecticut Get Medals at 2014 GENIUS Olympiad

Connecticut students receive medals in their categories at the 2014 GENIUS Olympiad, an international competition promoting the understanding of environmental issues  and future sustainability. Results were announced at the Awards Ceremony, Thursday, June 19. Gold, Resources & Energy- Maximillian Minichetti, Greenwich High School Gold,  Environmental Quality- Andrew Ma, Greenwich High School Silver, Environmental Quality- Kenneth Dorian, Greenwich High School Bronze, Resources …

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2014 ISEF Grand Awards from CSEF

Bridget Ann Oei, 18, East Catholic High School, Manchester, Connecticut ISEF Catergory: Environmental Sciences (EV021) – Investigating the Efficacy of Bioluminescent Mushroom Panellus stipticus as a Biosensor to Detect the Toxicity of Water Contaminants Second Award of $1,500     Megan Boyer, 17, Manchester High School, Manchester, Connecticut ISEF Category: Materials and Bioengineering (EN021) – The Effects of Barefoot and …

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I-SWEEEP 2014

I-SWEEEP – International Sustainable World Houston, Texas, April 30 – May 4, 2014 See their abstracts •  Get Photos • Visit the I-SWEEEP website (above photo l-to-r: Margaret Cirino, Andrew Ma, Jack Andraka, Max Minichetti, and Ethan Novek) Connecticut has a record number of I-SWEEEP competitors this year- Fifteen in all! Five that are selected by CSEF and sponsored to attend.  Ten …

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Students take Top Honors at the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair

For Immediate Release Bob Wisner, Fair Director                               Harrison Potter, Media Director 860.395.8825 (cell)                                         978.460.4358 (cell) director@ctsciencefair.org                               media@ctsciencefair.org Canton, Danbury, Glastonbury, Greens Farms, Greenwich, Manchester, New Haven, Newtown, Orange, Redding, Ridgefield and Stratford students take Top Honors at the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair (See town by town listing of all winners from throughout CT attached. …

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CSEF Student Chosen as 2013 Broadcom MASTERS Finalist

Contact: Bob Wisner, Fair Director 860.395.8825 (cell) director@ctsciencefair.org September 2, 2013 – A Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair middle school finalist is among the 30 national finalists of the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars) Competition.  Aakshi Agarwal from Hamden Connecticut was selected from thousands of entrants to compete Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 in …

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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 ISWEEP Results for CT Students

CSEF Students Are Honored at I–SWEEEP All Seven of this year’s CSEF competitors received honors at the 2013I–SWEEEP International Sustainable World May 8-13, Houston, Texas. CSEF financially sponsored three students and their advisors/parents this year. In addition, four students who competed in our Fair also chose to submit their projects directly to I-SWEEEP. (Direct registration deadline was March 8 in …

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Winners at 65th Statewide Science & Engineering Fair

Contact: Bob Wisner, Fair Director • Karen Cohen, Media Director 860.395.8825 (cell) 860.455.6459 (cell) director@ctsciencefair.org media@ctsciencefair.org Students from Bethany, Bridgeport, Bozrah, Glastonbury, Greens Farms, Greenwich, Middletown, New Haven, Norwalk, Orange, Wallingford and Windsor And More Towns Among Winners Winners at 65th Statewide Science & Engineering Fair COMPLETE LIST OF ALL WINNERS FROM EVEN MORE TOWNS available online at http://www.ctsciencefair.org/2013/2013-fair-results or …

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CT Science & Engineering Fair Participants Get “Style”-ish

Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair participants will be coming to your television sets next week!  Watch for Mallory Madfes of Greenwich High School, Delaney Kehoe of Glastonbury High School and Jordan Henck of Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, as they explain their projects and talk about their science fair experiences on WTNH-TV’s Connecticut Style show on Channel 8.  These …