Connecticut’s Premier Science and Engineering Competition Celebrates its 67th Anniversary! For Immediate Release – Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Media Advisory Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director – 978 460 4358 – media@ctsciencefair.org Get PDF version March 10-14, 2015 State’s Largest Science & Engineering Competition for Middle and High-School Students to Award $170k In Prizes HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 5, 2015 – Now …
2015 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair- March 10-14
Attached please find a Media Release from the Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, outlining this year’s events that are open to the press. We are pleased to announce a special guest this year, as well, that you will not want to miss.The Fair is a yearly, statewide science and engineering fair open to all 7th through 12th grade students residing, …
2014 Milton Fisher Scholarship Winner – Janine Kerr
Janine Kerr, 2014 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) Life Sciences and Urban School Challenge categories winner, was named a Milton Fisher Scholarship recipient. Janine was awarded $3,000 per year for four years of her undergraduate studies. Janine competed in Milton Fisher competition with her 2013 research on zebra mussel control. See Janine’s 2013 Abstract. At the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) …
CSEF Alum Wins $10,000 Davidson Fellowship Scholarship
Honoring the 2014 Davidson Fellows; September 23-26, 2014 Each year, the Davidson Fellows Scholarship, which has been named as one of The 10 Biggest Scholarships in the World by TheBestColleges.org and one of 7 Prestigious Undergrad Scholarships in U.S. News & World Report, are awarded to 20 extraordinary young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work in …
Four CSEF Students are 2014 Broadcom MASTERS Semifinalists
I am pleased to announce that four Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) students have been chosen as Broadcom MASTERS semifinalists. They are among the 300 selected nationwide. Catherine Marie Herrick, Sandy Hook, now in 8th grade at St. Rose of Lima School, Newtown The Investigation of the Presence of Plastic Microscopic Fibers in Effluent Sewage Water and the Long Island Sound Gabriel …
Lyme Disease Research by CSEF Alumni in the News
Lyme disease research of two Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair alumni is referenced in a media release by the Lyme Disease Research Alliance and appears in Fairfield’s HamletHub web news. Read about it in the Greenwich Post Ryan Kerr, Danbury CT- 2011 alumnus Ryan Kerr then a Danbury High School sophomore, now a sophomore at Harvard University, researched a technique using emtomopathongenic nematodes (naturally occurring roundworms) to kill ticks. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
GENIUS Olympiad – CSEF Students Get High Honors
Three CT Science & Engineering Fair students competed in the 2013 GENIUS Olympiad, at the State University of New York, Oswego, June 20-22. These students were selected during category and special awards judging to represent our fair and state at this international competition. Gold Medal in Science – Janine Kerr, a rising junior at Danbury High School, for her research project Biological …