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Science Fair Award – ISEF

About the YSEA Science Fair Award

The YSEA Science Fair Award is given to 11th grade students who present the most outstanding exhibits in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry at ISEF regional high school science fairs around the world. The Award consists of the YSEA Award Medal and a formal certificate, both of which typical are delivered to awardees in the fall. Each winner also receives a brochure about undergraduate studies in Engineering at Yale. The list of winners is forwarded to the Yale Admissions Office. Through this award, YSEA reaches some of the world’s most engaged and enthusiastic high school science teachers and students, increasing awareness of Yale University as a premier institution for science and engineering education.

YSEA is an official Regional Affiliate of the Intel® International Science and Engineering Fair® (Intel ISEF) program, coordinated by the Society for Science & the Public, a Washington, D.C. based, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization “dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and education.” Intel ISEF is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, providing an annual forum for more than 1,500 high school students from about 70 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their independent research as they compete for over $3 million in prizes and scholarships each year.

To find a regional science fair close to you, please visit https://findafair.societyforscience.org/ .

For more information, please contact ScienceFairs@YSEA.org.

History of the YSEA Science Fair Award

The YSEA Award initiative was conceived and crystallized by members of the YSEA Board in 1989, building on a seed idea from Elona Vaisnys ’66 Ph.D., editor and webmaster for Yale Engineering. Steven Lasewicz ’60E developed the project and grew it as the Coordinator for the YSEA Awards until 2000, at which time he passed the baton to Elie K. Track ’88 PhD. Dr. Track streamlined the process by introducing web-based submissions and worked at expanding alumni participation and broadened the program to include international participation. Beginning in 2009, Prof. Ralph France ’97 PhD took over the reins with the important goal of significantly increasing alumni participation. Lasewicz and Track continue to maintain a keen interest in the initiative they nurtured into the major project of the YSEA, and together with France, they intend eventually to make the YSEA Award one of the coveted awards at the annual International Science and Engineering Fair, where outstanding high school students from the U.S. and other countries compete for top laurels for scientific and engineering insight and ingenuity.

Previous Awardees

NameHigh SchoolScience Fair
Artem ChekanovSecondary School №1537“Step into the Future” Program
Shivani BabuAuburn High SchoolAlabama Science and Engineering Fair
Tobias GuoAlabama School of Fine ArtsCentral Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Anish LeekkalaBentonville High SchoolArkansas State Science and Engineering Fair
Dominick SpradlingMountain Pine High SchoolNot Listed
Thoya RamanAmerican High SchoolAlameda County Science and Engineering Fair
Isaac LiuDougherty Valley High SchoolContra Costa County Science and Engineering Fair
Houjun LiuThe Nueva SchoolGolden Gate STEM Fair
Bella Rose SchremmerUniversity City High SchoolGreater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair
Oguz NajafliNakhchivan Garrison High SchoolAzerbaijan Science and Engineering Fair
Cindy LuArcadia High SchoolLos Angeles County Science & Engineering Fair
Hannah ShuCarmel High SchoolMonterey County Science & Engineering Fair
Anthony SaturninoBishop Ryan Catholic Secondary SchoolBay Area Science and Engineering Fair
Kathy YaoOakville Trafalgar High SchoolBay Area Science and Engineering Fair
Sarah StutsmanCorona High SchoolRiverside County Science and Engineering Fair
Malak RamadanEl Shaheed Moustafa Samir Badawy Official Language School Kafr El SheikhBibliotheca Alexandrina Science and Engineering Fair
Arul LoombaRancho Cucamonga High SchoolSan Bernardino, Inyo and Mono Counties Science and Engineering Fair
Rohan SangameswaranSaratoga High SchoolSynopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
Yicheng TengFountain Valley School of ColoradoColorado Science & Engineering Fair
Morgan HolienMonarch High SchoolCorden Pharma BVSD Regional Science Fair
Mikael MiaoCherry Creek High SchoolDenver Metro Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Lilly FigueroaMancos High SchoolSan Juan Basin Regional Science Fair
Nicholas LeeHopkins SchoolConnecticut Science and Engineering Fair
Nathan ZhaoCharter School of WilmingtonDelaware Valley Science Fair
Vivek SandrapatyWest Port High SchoolBig Springs Regional Science Fair
Phillip LavradorSatellite High SchoolBrevard Intracoastal Science Fair
Lavanya NatarajanViera High SchoolBrevard Mainland Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Ayah SalehWest Shore Junior-Senior High SchoolBrevard South Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Alejandra AbramsonAmerican Heritage SchoolBroward County Regional Engineering and Science Fair
Tiffani GayOrlando Science Middle-High Charter SchoolDr. Nelson Ying-Orange County Science Exposition
Ishika NagOviedo High SchoolOviedo High School
Steven SpasovSofia High School of Mathematics “Paisii Hilendarski”Bulgarian Science and Innovation Fair
Nolan WenAmerican Heritage School Palm Beach CampusOviedo High School
Rudra PatelMiddleton High SchoolHillsborough Regional Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics Fair
Nira GoyalMartin County High SchoolMartin County Science and Engineering fair
Sean RamseyEpiscopal School of JacksonvilleNortheast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Avery BlalockEpiscopal School of JacksonvilleNortheast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Conner RucksOkeechobee High SchoolNot Listed
Cooper WeismanAlexander W. Dreyfoos School of the ArtsPalm Beach Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Robert SansoneFort Pierce Central High SchoolState Science and Engineering Fair of Florida
Morgan BarnesCanterbury SchoolThe Thomas Alva Edison Kiwanis Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Michelle BarnesCanterbury SchoolThe Thomas Alva Edison Kiwanis Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Nermin PriceNavarre High SchoolWest Panhandle Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Jack ShippPaulding County High SchoolCobb-Paulding Regional Science Fair
Nidhi ShenoyLakeside High SchoolCentral Savannah River Area Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Preston TaylorPaulding County High SchoolCobb-Paulding Regional Science Fair
Vinod Ruppa-KasaniChattahoochee High SchoolFulton County Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Daylia LianJohns Creek High SchoolGeorgia Science & Engineering Fair
Carlos ZambranoStatesboro High SchoolGeorgia Science & Engineering Fair
Yangyi QiBerzeliusskolanExhibition for Young Scientists
Love SundinBerzeliusskolanExhibition for Young Scientists
Luke AndrewsCornwall Hill CollegeExporecerca Jove
Jean YuGwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and TechnologyGwinnett Regional Science, Engineering + Innovation Fair
Giovanna Locateli SartoriColégio Militar de BrasíliaFeira Brasileira de Ciências e Engenharia
Krisney Santos GoncalvesInstituto Federal do Espírito SantoFeira Brasileira de Ciências e Engenharia
Eleanore FeldmannEdwardsville High SchoolNot Listed
Jeriko KammererRockdale Magnet School for Science and TechnologyRockdale Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Natalie KuoHenry J. Kaiser High SchoolHawaii State Science & Engineering Fair
Rachel TaoWaiakea High SchoolHawaii East District Science and Engineering Fair
Viorel BohoticiI.I.S. Galileo Galilei JesiNot Listed
Malina ChiddoKealakehe High SchoolWest Hawaii District Science Fair
Mei KanadaKealakehe High SchoolWest Hawaii District Science Fair
Giullia PorterKing Kekaulike High SchoolMaui County Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Jonathan FanIowa City West High SchoolEastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair
Aaron BlackburnAmerican Heritage Charter SchoolNot Listed
Jacob SwensonAmerican Heritage Charter SchoolNot Listed
Gautami LohakareLittle Rock Central High SchoolNot Listed
Christian ReedLewiston High SchoolNorthern Idaho Science & Engineering Fair
Anthony Yu JungEmmett High SchoolWestern Idaho Science Fair
Macy PutnamSoutheastern Jr./Sr. High #337IJAS Region 10 Science Fair
Sneha VashisthaCarmel High SchoolCentral Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Ava BudakAngola High SchoolNortheastern Indiana Tri-State Regional Science Fair
Isabella BudakAngola Middle SchoolNortheastern Indiana Tri-State Regional Science Fair
Jet GregoryNew Tech InstituteUSI Tri-State Science & Engineering Fair
Luke FehrenbacherNew Tech InstituteUSI Tri-State Science & Engineering Fair
Hannah SpencerTerre Haute North Vigo High SchoolNot Listed
Callie LockeNot listedKansas State Science and Engineering Fair
Elise AveryduPont Manual High SchoolduPont Manual Regional Science Fair
Chaitanya OngoleDeens Academy, Bengaluru, KarnatakaInitiative for Research and Innovation (IRIS) in STEM National Fair
Emily HuPaul Laurence Dunbar HSKentucly Science and Engineering Fair
Atanas DimitrovSofia High School of MathematicsBulgarian Science and Innovation Fair
Karthik NadimpallyBallard High SchoolLouisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Natalie JanzarukNotre Dame AcademyScience and Engineering Fair of Northern Kentucky
Caitlin EstradaIsidore Newman SchoolGreater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair
Joy DongLouisiana School for Math, Science, and the ArtsLouisiana Region V Science and Engineering Fair
Margaret MoeSt. Joseph’s AccademyLouisiana Region VII Science and Engineering Fair
Jaehan KimIncheon Academy of Science and ArtsKorea Science Fair
Jiwon ChoiIncheon Academy of Science and ArtsKorea Science Fair
Gyeongmin KwonIncheon Academy of Science and ArtsKorea Science Fair
Gyujin KimIncheon Academy of Science and ArtsKorea Science Fair
Seogyun YimIncheon Academy of Science and ArtsKorea Science Fair
Park HoIncheon Academy of Science and ArtsKorea Science Fair
Harene KimNorthfield Mount Hermon SchoolKorea Science Fair
Megan YeagerChesapeake Science Point Charter SchoolAnne Arundel County Public Schools Science and Engineering Expo
Christy LiMontgomery Blair High SchoolMontgomery County Science Fair
Alyssa HawkinsOxon Hill High SchoolPrince George’s Area Science Fair
Ayan NairOkemos High SchoolFlint Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Evan KnollPark Christian SchoolWestern Minnesota Regional Science Fair
Saloni SomiaMinnetonka High SchoolMinnesota State Science & Engineering Fair
Isaiah LangerCloquet Public SchoolNortheast Minnesota Regional Science Fair
Marc ZoghbyMayo High SchoolRochester Regional STEM Fair
Emma BoysBurnsville High SchoolTwin Cities Regional Science Fair
Emily ShawLadue Horton Watkins High SchoolAcademy of Science – St. Louis Science Fair
Luca GaglianoAthens High SchoolNot Listed
Jacob ArnoldEldon High SchoolCMU Eagles Science & Engineering Fair
Kimberly SpoonSt. Clair High schoolMastadon Art and Science Regional Fair
Hunter MerkleyJoplin High SchoolMissouri Southern Regional Science Fair
Owen HowserCamdenton High SchoolOzarks Science and Engineering Fair
Qiancheng SunMississippi School for Mathematics and ScienceRegion V Mississippi Science & Engineering Fair
Dayne SullivanSimms High SchoolGFCMSU Regional Science and Engineering Science Fair
Jay NimbalkarGreen Hope High SchoolNorth Carolina Science & Engineering Fair
Gracie NuttTioga High SchoolNorthwest North Dakota Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Maya SchwickertBASIS ScottsdaleNot Listed
Morgan HuizengaStrasburg Public SchoolSouthwest Central North Dakota Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Kayla SalasidisHerzliah High SchoolMontreal Regional Science and Technology Fair
Serese JanssenAdams Central Jr.-Sr. High SchoolCentral Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair
Swayam KontamwarMillard North High SchoolGreater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair
Aditya PrasadBishop Guertin High SchoolNew Hampshire State Science & Engineering Expo
Divyash ShahBergen County AcademiesBCA Research EXPO
Deven ChakrabartiMoorestown High SchoolDelaware Valley Science Fair
Kevin LiuHigh Technology High SchoolDelaware Valley Science Fair
Shamika Deva-AdithiyaJose Marti STEM AcademyJersey City Medical Center/RWJBarnabas Health STEM Showcase
Jenna KimPeddie SchoolMercer Science and Engineering Fair
Landon FlemmingExplore AcademyCentral New Mexico STEM Research Challenge
Caoimhe DudgeonHomer Senior High SchoolCentral New York Science & Engineering Fair
Andreea MerzianuCity Honors SchoolTerra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair
Vivian OrthweinSaratoga Springs High SchoolGreater Capital Region Science & Engineering Fair
Samantha PalmadessaManhasset High SchoolLong Island Science & Engineering Fair
Emily KimJericho High SchoolLong Island Science & Engineering Fair
Ava MalysaManhasset High SchoolLong Island Science & Engineering Fair
Samay LakhaniJericho High SchoolNew York State Science & Engineering Fair
Sarah GardnerOssining High SchoolRegeneron Westchester Science and Engineering Fair
Johnny ShiStaten Island Technical High SchoolTerra NYC STEM Fair
Nicholas OdleOdle Homeschool AcademyTerra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair
Karl van HoeselRome Free AcademyUtica College Regional Science Fair
Kandace KellonHathaway Brown SchoolHathaway Brown Annual Poster Session
Adam FrondutiRutherford B. Hayes High SchoolMarion Area Science & Engineering Fair
Grace ChenMentor High SchoolNortheastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair
James Bell IVHilltop High SchoolNorthwest Ohio Science and Engineering Fair
Joyce YangBartlesville High SchoolBartlesville District Science Fair
Elizabeth WallaceNot listedNorthwest Oklahoma Regional Science Fair
Erica LambrechtCascia Hall Preparatory SchoolOklahoma State Science & Engineering Fair
Cadence TillmanWest Linn High SchoolCREST-Jane Goodall Science Symposium
Claire JaroonjetjumnongOregon Episcopal SchoolAardvark Science Expo
Jackson KnipeTrinity Lutheran SchoolNorthwest Science Expo
Samyak ShrimaliJesuit High SchoolNorthwest Science Expo
Samuel WangGermantown AcademyDelaware Valley Science Fair
Alexander BellMoravian AcademyDelaware Valley Science Fair
Arvind SeshanFox Chapel Area High SchoolPittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Claire HinkleWilson High SchoolReading-Berks Science and Engineering Fair
Alondra Hernandez MartinezEscuela Especializada en Ciencias, Matematicas y TecnologiaPuerto Rico Metropolitan Science Fair
Brett MylekNorth Kingstown Senior High SchoolRhode Island Science and Engineering Fair
Michael RosolAcademy for the Arts, Science, and TechnologyLowcountry Science and Engineering Fair
Danila SpolokhovMunicipal Lyceum #40ROST
Daniil MaslovMunicipal Lyceum #38ROST
Logan KusherSpartanburg Day SchoolPiedmont Region III Science Fair
Cam SrivastavaSpartanburg Day SchoolPiedmont Region III Science Fair
Sofia EncarnacionRadians SchoolRadians Science & Engineering Fair
Cathy TangSpring Valley High SchoolSouth Carolina Region II Science and Engineering Fair
Sarah MitzelRoncalli High SchoolNorthern South Dakota Science and Mathematics Fair
Priyam KumarSanta Gertrudis Academy High SchoolCoastal Bend Regional Science Fair
Yu-Yi ChangTaoyuan Senior High SchoolTaiwan International Science Fair
Jose-David SolchagaHarmony School of Excellence – LaredoAlamo Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Abrie OlguinChrist the King Diocesan High SchoolSouth Plains Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Aneesh VanguriWestwood High SchoolAustin Energy Regional Science Festival
Ibrahim AlmaghrabiAin Jaloot Secondary SchoolMawhiba Science & Engineering Fair – The National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity (Ibda’a)
Sultanah AlessaAl-Bassam Private SchoolsMawhiba Science & Engineering Fair – The National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity (Ibda’a)
Maymonh Fatani4th High SchoolMawhiba Science & Engineering Fair – The National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity (Ibda’a)
Ghaliah SamarinUmm Salamah High SchoolMawhiba Science & Engineering Fair – The National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity (Ibda’a)
Mohrah AlzakariAl-Rowad Private SchoolMawhiba Science & Engineering Fair – The National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity (Ibda’a)
Alma AlturaikiIbn Khaldun International SchoolsMawhiba Science & Engineering Fair – The National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity (Ibda’a)
Junsung LeeLogan High SchoolRitchey Science & Engineering Fair
Oakley MarriottFremont High SchoolWeber School District STEM Fair
Mercedes RandhahnSt. Joseph Catholic High SchoolUniversity of Utah Science & Engineering Fair
Keiley MitchellFremont High SchoolWeber School District STEM Fair
Seoyoung JunThomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyFairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Kylie WhiteWoodgrove High SchoolLoudoun County Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Galilea RodriguezHarmony Science Academy-EL PasoSun Country Science Fair
Ashton SmythWoodgrove High SchoolLoudoun County Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Ambica SharmaWashington-Liberty High SchoolNorthern Virginia Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Dawson RichardsSouthwest Virginia Governor’s SchoolBlue Ridge Highlands Regional Science Fair
Saksham BhardwajSouth Burlington High SchoolVermont STEM Fair
Ourania-Maria Glezakou-ElbertHanford High SchoolMid-Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Anjali SreenivasNikola Tesla STEM High SchoolWashington State Science & Engineering Fair
Jocelyn LiaoHomestead High SchoolBadger State Science and Engineering Fair
Nihal MahalingamMiddleton High schoolCapital Science and Engineering Fair
Aditya PillaiUniversity School of MilwaukeeUSM Regional Science Fair
Georgia HontsRoanoke Valley Governor’s SchoolWestern Virginia Regional Science Fair
Alysha MendenhallRiverside Middle-High SchoolNorthern Wyoming Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Dakota MorganNewcastle High SchoolWyoming State Science Fair
Yuxuan GuoSoutheast High SchoolNot Listed