Project Application Deadline: Please have your projects registered online as well as the application mailed postmarked no later than January 20, 2012. You will be notified of project approval status by February 8, 2012.
To volunteer your time and talents to help students with projects or assist with the logistics of the Fair, please complete the Volunteer Survey.
To make a financial contribution to the efforts of the CCCSEF and be recognized as a Sponsoring Partner, please complete the Sponsorship Application.
To contribute a Special Award to student competitors, please complete the Special Awards Packet.
GOOD NEWS! CCCSEF WON INTERNATIONAL TOP PRIZE AT SCIENCE FAIR!!!
High school seniors Blake Marggraff and Matthew Feddersen, students at Acalanes High School, who won "Best in Fair" at CCCSEF's fair this year presented their science to a robust international judging team this week in Los Angeles and are celebrating their win of the top prize at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair bringing home more than $80,000. They received Intel ISEF Best of Category Award, Medicine and Health Sciences--$5,000.00; First Place Grand Award, Medicine and Health Sciences--$3,000.00; and the top prize--First Place-The Gordon E. Moore Award --$75,000.00 for their project, Simulated Treatment of Cancer with Photoelectric Effect-Produced Secondary Radiation.
"We are proud of these young scientists' accomplishments today. They have stimulated a flurry of attention at the international fair where more than 40 countries compete," said April Treece, CCCSEF Director. According to Treece, this is the first science project either of the two conducted. Their teacher, Jay Chugh, encourages all of his students to submit projects to the Contra Costa Fair. Students must go through and win a regional Intel-affiliated science fair before being submitted for international competition.
CCCSEF was held on March 31, April 1 & 2 at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg. Six high schools and 8 middle schools submitted 120 projects and engaged more than 140 students in this year's competition. The fair would not be possible without presenting sponsors John Muir Health, Chevron, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Kaiser Permanente, The Dow Chemical Company, Eichleay Engineers and GenOn Energy. "Without these sponsors, the Science Fair county competition would not be possible, nor would we be able to send our students to the international competition to share their innovative science," Treece says.
Blake Marggraff and Matthew Feddersen will be featured in full-page stories in the New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post! You can see these young scientists talk about their experience in Los Angeles here and here.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Contra Costa Intel-affiliated Science & Engineering Fair held on March 31, April 1 & 2 at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg!
More than 70 industry partners took part in the all-day judging on Friday April 1st and more than 500 family and community members converged on LMC for Saturday's Award Ceremony and community open house.
Special thanks go to our Chief Judges who presided over the judging experience and worked into the night to determine award placements and special awards. They are Sheryl Denker, BayBio Institute (Biological Sciences); Mitchell Nowak, Shell Oil Products (Behavioral/Social Sciences); Charles Ragsdale, Bio-Rad Laboratories (Physical Sciences); Justin Spahn, ScienceBuddies (Engineering/Math/Computers); and Jeff Munoz, Chevron Energy Solutions (Environmental Sciences).
Best in Fair:
Blake Marggraff & Matthew Feddersen, 12th Grade, Acalanes High School
Project Title: Simulated Treatment of Cancer with Photoelectric Effect-Produced Secondary RadiationBlake and Matthew will represent the Contra Costa Science & Engineering Fair at the international science fair competition in Los Angeles on May 8-11.
Grand Sweepstakes--SENIOR Division (Grades 9-12) (Limited to 2 projects):
Blake Marggraff & Matthew Feddersen, Acalanes High School
Project Title: Simulated Treatment of Cancer with Photoelectric Effect-Produced Secondary RadiationNicholas Paz, 10th Grade, De La Salle High School
Project Title: Coral Pollution: Effects of Tricaine Methane Sulfonate on Seriatopora Coral
Grand Sweepstakes--JUNIOR Division (Grades 7-8) (Limited to 2 projects)
Madison Martin, 8th Grade, Adams Middle School
Project Title: Double or Triple Scoop: How different blade sizes and types affect a savonius wind turbine's energy outputBenry Sheehan, 7th Grade, Adams Middle School
Project Title: What Golf Ball Would You Choose?
2011 awards also included the following:
CCCSEF is also granted 13 project submissions at the California State Science Fair every year. This year, ALL 13 projects plan to show at the State Science Fair on May 2-3 in Los Angeles. The projects include:
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1. Best Calorie Burner--Katelyn Rodriquez, NorthCreek Academy
2. Simulated Treatment of Cancer with Photoelectric Effect-Produced Secondary Radiation--Blake Marggraff & Matthew Feddersen, Acalanes High School
3. Double or Triple Scoop: How different blade sizes and types affect a savonius wind turbine's energy output--Madison Martin, Adams Middle School
4. Coral Pollution: Effects of Tricaine Methane Sulfonate on Seriatopora Coral--Nicholas Paz, De La Salle High School
5. Software Complexity Measurement--Vipul Kashyap, Deer Valley High School
6. The Light of Incidence, Does it Effect Mental Acuity--Kevin Gunderson, De La Salle High School
7. What Golf Ball Would You Choose?--Benry Sheehan, Adams Middle School
8. Hot n Cold--Andrew Johnson & Matthew VanderKlugt, Holy Rosary
9. Designing and Building a Mobile Reconnaissance Robot--Matthew Garcia, De La Salle High School
10. Natural Spider Repellents--Justin Jorge, De La Salle High School
11. The Microbial Fuel Cell: Is Warmer Better?--Richard Chavez, Justin Sin & Obioma Onuoha, Deer Valley High School
12. Singers vs Instrumentalists: A Test of Relative Pitch Sense--Andrew Clausen, Deer Valley High School
13. How Do Omega 3 Fatty Acids Affect Cell Membrane Strength?--John Jankowski, De La Salle High School
Upcoming Competitions and Events
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair
May 13 - 18, 2012
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
California State Science Fair
April 30-May 1, 2012
California Science Center
Los Angeles