Colorado Science and Engineering Fair News

The 57th Colorado Science and Engineering Fair

Hosted by the College of Natural Sciences Education & Outreach Center at Colorado State University.

The 57th Colorado Science and Engineering Fair will be held April 5 - 7, 2012 at Colorado State University in the Lory Student Center ballrooms.

To participate in the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair, a student must first be chosen by their Regional Science Fair. All students must also adhere by the rules and regulations regarding pre-college student research as set by the Society for Science & the Public and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair's Scientific Review Committee.

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Judging Changes for 2012 CSEF

In an effort to align with the Intel ISEF, the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair will no longer give out separate team awards. Both individual and team projects will compete in each of the 12 categories for 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th and Honorable Mention. Then, each of the 1st place category winners, regardless of whether they are an individual or team project will be eligible for the Best CSEF Project Awards.

Also, CSEF has increased the 1st place award from $125/project to $200/project. 2nd place awards will be $100/project, 3rd place will remain at $50/project and we have now added a 4th place award of $25/project.

The Best CSEF Project Awards will consist of cash awards for the Junior Division (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) and trips to compete at the Intel ISEF for the Senior Division.

For details on the changes, visit the Grand Awards Policy document.

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CSEF Historical Items Needed!!

The Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. Board of Directors is looking to add to the CSEF archives, housed at the Morgan Library at Colorado State University. If anyone has items that might be a great addition to the collection, please contact Elemer Bernath, CSEF Historian.

International Science and Engineering Fair News

Colorado Students Attend the
Intel ISEF in Los Angeles, CA

The following students attended the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 8- 13, 2011, representing the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair and 10 of the 13 Regional Science Fairs. A list of awards won by students from Colorado can be found here.

Colorado Science and Engineering Fair:
Sara Volz, 10th grade, from Cheyenne Mountain High School with the project entitled Enhancing Algae Biofuels Phase II: Stress Analysis of ACCase, an Enzymatic Factor of Lipid Production.

John Parish IV, 11th grade, home schooled with the project entitled On the Verge of Where It Wasn't: A Multi-Model Approach to Estimation and Tracking Using Extended Kalman Filtering and Intelligent Selection of Integrated Models.

Dylon Merrell & Charley Adams, 12th grade, from Meeker High School with the project entitled Quantum Entanglement.

Arkansas Valley:
Andrew Bartolo, 11th grade, from Swink High School with the project entitled Variable Voltages: An Experiment on the Viability of Overclocking.

Boulder Valley:
Cissy Chen, 11th grade, from Fairview High School with the project entitled Prime Numbers and the Cyclicity of Groups of Units. Cissy took 2nd place in the Senior Division Mathematics & Computer Science category at CSEF.

Soyeun Yang, 11th grade, from Fairview High School with the project entitled Synthesis and Use of Gold Nanoparticle Therapeutics in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Soyeun took 1st place in the Senior Division Microbiology category at CSEF.

Kerry Betz , 12th grade, from Fairview High School with the project Constructing a Novel Cage Molecule for Use in a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell. Kerry was the 3rd Place Best Individual Project winner at CSEF.

Denver Metro:
Myles Scolnick, 11th grade, from Cherry Creek High School with the project entitled The Ordering of the Divisors of an Integer and Related Number Theoretical Functions. Myles received an Honorable Mention in the Senior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences category at CSEF.

Tara Sowrirajan, 11th grade, from Cherry Creek High School with the project entitled Harvesting Waste Kinetic Energy Through Footwear for Therapeutic Use.

Longs Peak :
Jessica Constant, 10th grade, from Poudre High School with the project entitled Computer Modeling IV: A Particulate Dispersion Model Employing Real-Time Wind Calculations.

Morgan/Washington:
Wyatt Palser, 10th grade, from Otis Jr/Sr High School with the project entitled Investigating E. coli Colonization and Prevention on Leafy Produce. Wyatt took 1st place in the Senior Division Plant Sciences category at CSEF.

Burke Larsen, 12th grade, from Brush High School with the project entitled Killer Water: An Investigation into the Lethal Lake Nyos. Nathaniel took 2nd place in the Senior Division Earth & Space Sciences category at CSEF.

Northeast:
Alexis Shinn, 10th grade, from Merino Jr/Sr High School with the project entitled The Correlation Between the Menstrual Cycle and Female Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries. Nikki took 1st place in the Senior Division Medicine & Health category at CSEF.

Nathan Frantz, 11th grade, from Fleming High School with the project entitled A Study of Dietary Supplements and Actin and Myosin Production. Nathan took 3rd place in the Senior Division Animal Sciences category at CSEF.

Pikes Peak:
Haley Matteson, 9th grade, from Palmer High School with the project entitled The Anti-Angiogenic Effects of Acetaminophen +H2O2 Mixture on Tomatoes.

Sophia Schneider, 9th grade, Palmer High School with the project entitled Can Geosequestration and Geothermal Energy Work Together? Enhanced Geothermal Systems Using CO2. Sophia took 1st place in the Senior Division Earth & Space Sciences category at CSEF.

San Juan Basin:
Tucker Leavitt & Samuel Kater, 10th grade from Animas High School & Durango High School with the project entitled The Effects of Ionization on Spark Energy Content II. Tucker & Samuel were the 2nd place Best Team Project winners at CSEF.

San Luis Valley:
Clark Cranfill, 11th grade, from Sargent Jr/Sr High School with the project entitled To Exist, It Must Resist. Clark took 2nd place in the Senior Division Microbiology category at CSEF.

Wylie Keller, 11th grade, from Monte Vista High School with the project entitled Mathematic Modeling of the Wake Effect. Wylie took 2nd place in the Senior Division Energy & Transportation category at CSEF.

Western:
Bailey Palmer, 10th grade, from West Grand High School with the project entitled Gene Seeker. Bailey took 1st place in the Senior Division Animal Sciences category at CSEF.

Braeden Horton, 11th grade, Kelli Buhrdorf, 9th grade, & Brydie Mitchell, 10th grade, from Hotchkiss High School with the project entitled The Game of Life. A Critical Analysis of Three Taxation Methods.

Future ISEF Host Cities

Starting in 2011, the following three cities have been chosen to rotate the Intel ISEF for the next nine years: