On June 14th, 2026, YSEA webmaster Victor Liu and YSEA secretary and former YSEA president Elissa Levy met in Culpeper, VA for a dinner catch-up. Victor’s short time in Charlottesville, VA and Elissa’s recent-ish move to Falls Church, VA meant that a hangout simply had to happen!
YSEA is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 winners of the Yale Science & Engineering Association’s Award for “Most Outstanding Exhibit in Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or Chemistry” at regional high school science and engineering fairs in the U.S. and around the world. These fairs are affiliated with the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF), which was held in Los Angeles, CA in May 2024.
This year’s awards went to 218 students from the U.S. and other countries. Within the United States, 204 awardees represented 173 high schools at 155 fairs in 46 states and territories. Internationally, 14 awardees represented 11 high schools at 10 fairs in 7 countries. This year’s awardees will receive a certificate and a Yale University Press eBook.
To see a complete list of our 2023-2024 awardees, visit this page.
To volunteer at a local ISEF-affiliated fair visit the Society for Science Website.
A special thanks to the 165 judges who determined our awardees and to Rick Koster for coordinating the awards for YSEA.
Another excellent YAE conference in New Haven. I learned a lot about the cutting edge of Energy policy and innovation. Thanks to Ed Hirs for organizing. Jeff Katz (YSEA Board member) provided his expertise and experience on ISO’s.
I was able to attend a great joint meeting of YSEA and IEEE CT chapters: pizza and presentations from students participating in CubeSat project. YSEA host was Jeff Katz.
Please join us for a special YSEA Connecticut District event in New Haven, featuring the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association’s CubeSat project!
You’ll learn about how students will be launching their cosmic ray detector on a NASA rocket!
The Details:
PS. The Yale Daily News recently profiled CubeSat’s activities.
After many months of hard work, my paper was recently accepted into the Astrophysical Journal for publication! It is on the supermassive black hole MCG-5-23-16 and studies of the X-ray emission spectra coming from the photons emitted near the black hole. It will still be a few weeks until the full paper is available, but here is a preprint on the arXiv!
https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.16354
YSEA SENIORS OF DISTINCTION AWARD recognizes outstanding Yale College seniors who demonstrate excellence Science, Applied Science and Engineering majors.
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 regional high school science fairs around the world.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 12 p.m. ET
You are invited to join the Yale Science and Engineering Association as we present the 2021 Award for Meritorious Service to Yale University to Judith Rodin.
Peter Salovey, President of Yale University and the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, will have a fireside chat with Dr. Rodin, President Emerita, University of Pennsylvania. They will discuss their experiences as presidents of Ivy League institutions and the role of science in liberal arts universities.
Milton Young, Chair of YSEA, will serve as the moderator.
Register for the Webinar here.
Save the date! The next YSEA dinner will be on April 20th. We will be hosting special guests and announcing this year’s student award and alumni award winners for YSEA.
September 29, 12:00 PM EST
September 29 at 12:00 PM EST: Jerry Chow, winner of the 2021 YSEA AWARD FOR ADVANCEMENT OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCE. At the time of the event, people can join this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83370278915?pwd=S2dBc3hkSUQ4YzdJVG9RZUtMTE9SUT09
