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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Innovation in Action: Students Compete for More than $120K in Prizes
Innovation in Action: Middle- and High-School Students Compete for More than $120K in Prizes at CT Science Fair [ilink url=”https://csefstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012PreFairMediaRel-1.pdf” style=”download”]Download Press Release (pdf)[/ilink] Hamden, Conn., Feb. 28, 2012 – We keep hearing that innovation is the key to turning around the economy of not only Connecticut, but also the nation. See innovation in action on March 15, when about 150 …
CSF Students on Radio and TV
CSF Students on the Colin McEnroe Show Thursday, June 9, 1-2 pm Bonnie Hawkins, Hamden High School, and Shubhro Saha, Choate Rosemary Hall, will be on the Colin McEnroe Show, WNPR 90.5 FM, this Thursday, June 9, 1-2 pm. They will be part of a discussion with author, Alexandra Robbins, about her new book, “The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth”. …
CSF Winner Recipient of MacArthur Fellowship
I am delighted to report that Kelly Benoit-Bird, 1994 Connecticut Winner and competitor at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, has been named a recipient of a 2010 MacArthur Fellowship. Kelly was a 1994 CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Finalist. Kelly was a 1994 Winner of the United Technologies Corporation Award at the Connecticut Science Fair. She conducted1994 …
Amity HS Finalists on the Radio
CSF Finalists from Amity HS on the Radio Phil Mikan, WMRD/WLIS AM, interviews Amity Senior High School science teacher, Ms. Deborah Day, and 3 of her CSF student finalists along with Bob Wisner, Fair Director.