Congratulations to the winners of the
2012 Intel-affiliated Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair
held on March 15-17th at
Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, CA
Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Contra Costa Intel-affiliated Science & Engineering Fair held on March 15-17th at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg!
More than 130 industry partners took part in the all-day judging on Friday March 16th and more than 1000 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 Charles Ragsdale, retired Bio-Rad Laboratories (Biological & Behavioral Sciences, Jr Div.); Tom Kilpatrick, retired USS Posco (Math/Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental, Physical, Jr Div.); Arnold Jacobson, MD retired (Biological Sciences, Sr Div.); Mitchell Nowak, Shell Oil Products (Behavioral/Social Sciences, Sr Div.); Thomas Schwei, Amyris Biotechnologies (Engineering, Sr Div.); Diane Griffen, GenOn Energy (Environmental Sciences, Sr Div.); Jack Skinner, Sandia National Laboratories (Math/Computer Sciences, Sr Div.); and Martin Leach, San Jose State University (Physical Science, Sr Div.).
Grand Sweepstakes--SENIOR Division (Grades 9-12) and will represent the CCCSEF at the 2012 ISEF in Pittsburgh, PA May 13-18 (Limited to 3 projects):
Christina Ren, 10th Grade, Monte Vista High School
Project Title: The Effect of Deer Antler on the Proliferation of Endothelial Cells in vitro-
Eric Sauer, 11th Grade, Dougherty Valley High School
Project Title: PDF Clearance - Developing software to detect malicious PDFs -
Raymond Zhu, 12th Grade, Monte Vista High School
Project Title: Evaluating the interaction between LRRK2 and NMAP as a pathway to neuronal degeneration in Parkinson's Disease
Grand Sweepstakes--JUNIOR Division (Grades 7-8) (Limited to 3 projects)
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Anirudh Makineni and Nishanth Salinamakki, 8th Grade, Gale Ranch Middle School
Project Title: Calling=Sending Electricity -
Dhuvarakesh Karthikeyan, 8th Grade, Iron Horse Middle School
Project Title: MFCs-Step 1 to self-sufficient planet -
Chad Wakamiya, 8th Grade, Pine Valley Middle School
Project Title: The Best Semicircle Arch Design: What Angle Voussoir is the Strongest?
CCCSEF is also granted project submissions for the top 11 scoring projects to enter the National Broadcom MASTERS competition for the Junior Division and the top 14 scoring projects of the Junior and Senior Division to enter the California State Science Fair.
2012 awards also included the following:
Placement Awards
Special Awards
Broadcom MASTERS and CSSF Awards
Upcoming Competitions and Events:
California State Science Fair
April 30-May 1, 2012
California Science Center
Los Angeles
Broadcom MASTERS
Applications due by June 18, 2012
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair
May 13 - 18, 2012
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania