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Colorado Science and Engineering Fair News

New Participation Policy for CSEF

The Board of Directors for the Colorado State Science Fair, has recently adopted a participation policy for students wishing to take part in the state science fair. With the many changing options parents and students have for their education, the Board wanted to make it clear that we are open to ALL Colorado students, regardless of their school affiliation (public, private, parochial, home, or on-line). You can read more about the new policy in the CSEF Policy Handbook.

The 53rd Colorado Science and Engineering Fair

The 53rd Colorado Science and Engineering Fair will be held April 10 - 12, 2008 at Colorado State University in the Lory Student Center ballrooms. A schedule of events for this year can be found here. Students who are chosen by their Regional Science Fair will compete in one of the 12 CSEF categories. Students interested in participating in a science fair competition must follow the the International Rules and Guidelines for PreCollege Research.

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.

2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Winners Announced

For the first time ever, Colorado has one of the top three winners of the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, the unique science contest for students in grades 5 through 8. Ambrose Soehn, from Boulder, was awarded 3rd Place and a $5,000 scholarship for his project Natural vs. Synthetic: Polymers in Today's World after competing in the finals in Washington, DC in October.

Ambrose was one of 400 semifinalists (12 from Colorado) named in September based on the scientific merit of their work and their ability to communicate the science of their project. To find out more about Amrose's project, visit the DCYSC web site. Read about Ambrose's experience here.

New Sponsors

The following businesses and individuals made a first-time contribution to the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair for 2008:

International Science and Engineering Fair News

Colorado Students To Attend the
Intel ISEF in Atlanta, GA

The following students will attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 11 - 16, 2008, representing the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair and 9 of the 13 Regional Science Fairs:

Colorado Science and Engineering Fair:
Gwyneth Glissmann, 11th grade, from Peak to Peak Charter School with the project entitled Analyzing Arctic Solar Flux and Ice Extent Loss Projections.

Sarah Guthrie, 11th grade, from Boulder High School with the project entitled The Mechanisms And Actions Of Parthenolide On Platelet 5-HT Secretion In Vitro.

Danielle Pite, Kelley Lane & Anna Hermann, 12th grade, from Boulder High School with the project entitled Didymosphenia geminata: The Core Question.

Arkansas Valley:
Kaitlyn Lingus, 12th grade, from Branson School with the project entitled Power Of A Biological Control Agent: Compensation Suppression Of Convolvulus arvensis Implementing Host-Specific Aceria malherbae - Phase IV.

Boulder Valley:
Kelsey Moore, 12th grade, from Monarch High School with the project entitled HIV-1 And Endothelial Progenitor Cell Dysfunction.

Anika Petach & Tanya Petach, 11th & 9th grade, from Fairview High Schooll with the project entitled Pine Beetle Outbreaks: Spatial Analysis And Pheromone Population Control.

Denver Metro:
Andrew West, 12th grade, from Conifer High Schooll with the project entitled Regenerative Diesel Fuel Production Utilizing Vegetable Oil And Catalytic Hydrocracking.

Bradley Falk, 12th grade, from Cherry Creek High School with the project entitled Chemical Comparison Of The Relative Efficiency Of The 2-Hydroxymethylphenol Synthesis Of Aspirin.

Longs Peak:
Amelia Eads, 9th grade, from Blevins Junior High School with the project entitled Is It Safe To Dish And Drive? The Effect Of Cell Phone Usage On Reaction Time.

Kalli Davis, 9th grade, from Blevins Junior High School with the project entitled Waste Antibiotics: Waste What?

Morgan/Washington:
Adam Goss, 12th grade, from Brush High School with the project entitled Design And Construction Of A Flexible Robotic Device.

Cole Bostrom, 12th grade, from Brush High School with the project entitlted Modeling Salamander Mechanics.

Olivia Pecukonis & Laura Garcia, 12th grade, from Brush High School with the project entitled The Removal Of Ferric Ions Utilizing Mollusk Shells.

Northeast:
Chace Carver, 11th grade, from Merino Jr/Sr High School with the project entitled The Effects Of Bisphenol A From Polycarbonate Plastics On Lumbriculus variegatus.

Suzanna Cure, 12th grade, from Wray High School with the project entitled A Biotechnology Revolution: An Analysis Of Genetically Modified DNA.

Nicole Reeves & Ethan Merritt, 11th grade, from Wray Jr/Sr High School with the project Paycheck Performance.

Pikes Peak:
Max Krakauer, 12th grade, from Palmer High School with the project entitled Testing The Effects Of Gasoline, E-85 Gasoline Mix, And 2,5-Dimethylfuran On Saccharomyces cerevisia.

Aarthi Shankar, 10th grade, from Rampart High School with the project entitled Proteomic Characterization Of Extracellular Matrix Using Sonication-Assisted Digestion.

Tonya Pavlekno & Laura Gudvangen, 9th grade, from Palmer High School with the project entitled The Superbug: How It Spreads.

San Luis Valley:
Alex Schnaderbeck, 12th grade, from Sargent Jr/Sr High School with the project entitled The Effects Of Limestone On The Productivity Of Aquatic Invertebrates.

Royce Hoffner, 10th grade, home schooled with the project entitled Stage Specific Expression Of Peroxidase Enzymes In Wound Healing Potato Tubers.

Western:
Lindsey Denison, 11th grade, from Paonia Jr/Sr High School with the project entitled The Onion Thrip Trick.

Christy Farnsworth, 10th grade, from Paonia Jr/Sr High School with the project entitled Hydrogen: It's All Down Hill.

Future ISEF Host Cities

Each year, ISEF is held in a different city. Host cities make a bid to Science Service to bring this prestigious event to their area. Future fair sites already chosen are: