CSF - Connecticut Science Fair

The winners of the Connecticut State Science Fair and the Science Horizons Region Fair will be heading to The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Portland, Oregon this Saturday, May 8, for the week long competition featuring 1,000 of the world's brightest science and engineering students competing for two million dollars in awards.

It is a tradition of our fair to provide a Newsletter detailing the adventures of our group for our sponsors and friends. The newsletters will be emailed to you in advance of being posted on the fair's website. A limited number of photos will be attached. A greater selection will be available at the website.

There will be approximately five email newsletters, one for each major event. Student abstracts, bios, and photos are available at our website:

http://www.ctsciencefair.org/year/2004/isefbound.html

For information about the Intel ISEF:
http://www.sciserv.org

If you need special information beyond that provided, please let me know.

The Official party includes:

Connecticut State Science Fair-
Students:
Christine Persampieri, Senior, Brewster High School, Brewster, NY UV STIMULATED pUC19 TRANSFORMED INTO DH5-a CELLS AND THE CORRELATION TO HUMAN SKIN CANCER

Stephen Ingraham, Junior, New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield SUPERLUMINAL ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN THE NEAR-FIELD

Sophie Anne Lintermans, Junior, Staples High School, Westport UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA BY STUDYING GENE EXPRESION CHANGES DURING T CELL ACTIVATION USING MICROARRAYS, REAL-TIME PCR AND SIRNA

Robert Sobelman, Senior, Staples High School, Westport OPTIMIZATION OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES

Adults:
Sandra Muller, President, CT Science Fair Wynn Muller, ISEF Coordinator, CT Science Fair Registration Chairman Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Miller, Danbury High School, Danbury Bob Wisner, Fair Director, CT Science Fair

Science Horizons Regional Fair-
Student:
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Senior, Brewster High School, Brewster, NY DISEASE PROPAGATION THROUGH CONNECTIVE PATHS: APPLICATION OF THE SMALL WORLD THEORY TO EPIDEMIC MODELLING

Adult:
Michael Mostransky, Brewster High School

Thank you for your support of the 2004 Connecticut Science Fair. Now follow our ISEF finalists as they experience the biggest of all science and engineering competitions.

**** Late Breaking News ****
National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Baltimore, MD April 28 - May 1

CSF First Place Life Science winner, Anna Shedletsky, Brewster High School, received one of the six first places awards at the NJSHS. The award includes a $16,000 scholarship and a trip to the London International Youth Science Forum in late July at London University.

We are proud to note that three of our ISEF bound students competed in the
2004 National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Baltimore this past
week. http://www.jshs.org/ All of the Connecticut JSHS student
representatives at the National JSHS competition were CSF finalists. See the CTJSHS website for details: http://vm.uconn.edu/~CTJSHS