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Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting

September 15, 2012 Minutes

The meeting was held at the Colorado Dental Association Building in Aurora, CO. Members Present: Sam Bartlett (Colorado Engineering Council), Mike Bemski (Areva Federal Services), Russell Chadwick (US Department of Commerce/NOAA – Alternate), Gwyneth Glissmann (AREVA Federal Services), Nancy Glissmann (Grand Awards Coordinator), David Holm (San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc.), Dan Kowal (US Department of Commerce/NOAA), Carol Morrow (Colorado Dental Association), Robert Morrow (Colorado Dental Association – via phone), Ryan Patterson (Galvanic Engineering), Larry Sveum (San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc.), Courtney Butler – CSEF Director. Members Absent: Vaenssa Aponte (Lockheed Martin), Al Bedard (US Department of Commerce/NOAA), Elemer Bernath (Historian), Marty Cameron (Xcel Energy), Dean Holzkamp (Colorado Medical Society Education Foundation), Katlin HOrnig (Galvanic Engineering), Larry Knauer (Lokcheed Martin), Jody Oaks (San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair - Alternate), Jan Nerger (Colorado State University), Joe Paulus (Covidien), Doug Steward (SRC Chair), Jeremy Teiber (ICAT Managers), Andrew Warnock (Colorado State University), Amy Weich (US Department of Commerce/NTIA). Committee work sessions were held prior to the start of the business meeting for the Finance and Science Fair Support Committees. I. Meeting called to order by President C. Morrow. A quorum was present. II. Introductions and Installation of new BOD Members

Gwyneth Glissmann will be the second representative from AREVA Federal Services.

M. Bemski moved to accept G. Glissmann as a new member of the board of directors. D. Holm seconded, motion passed.

III. Announcements and Additions to the Agenda

No additions/changes made to the agenda. D. Holm moved to accept the agenda. R. Chadwick seconded, motion passed.

IV. Approval of April 7, 2012 Minutes R. Chadwick moved to accept the minutes as presented. S. Bartlett seconded, motion passed. V. Reports

A. Finance Committee Report Presented by D. Kowal. An account of the earlier working session was given.

There is a need to compile success stories (excerts, videos, etc.) from alumni so that donors can see the real benefits from the science fair. These could be posted on the CSEF web site. Perhaps we can bring on (hire) a communications specialist to do this (such as a CSU journalism student). As a test case, a video will be made about Bob Morrow’s science fair story at the November Advisory Council meeting.

We need to get more sponsorships. Each board member is charged with targeting three potential donors this year. A one-page “cheat sheet” will be created for board

members to use when making contact with a potential donor. If approaching a “heavy hitter” (>$5k), two board members should attend any meeting with that potential sponsor.

B. Science Fair Committee Report Presented by C. Morrow. An account of the earlier working session was given.

N. Glissmann has prepared social network accounts for CSEF (Facebook, Linkin, and Twitter), but is requesting pictures, resources, lnks, etc. to be sent to her to post to these accounts.

C. Butler is creating podcasts on how to fill out the ISEF paperwork and these will be posted on the CSEF web site as well as the social network sites.

G. Glissmann is preparing PowerPoint presentations for board members to use in talking to schools interested in participating in science fair (she will email the slides to the board members).

C. Butler will be making postcards to send out to finalists that participated for three or more years between 2000 and 2012. These will have a QR code and link that will take them to a web site where they will be encouraged to fill out a profile and become involved in the CSEF.

C. Treasurer’s Year End Report Presented by C. Butler. See Schedule A for full report as of 9/1/2012.

Overall sponsorships were down last year. There has been an increase in the number of special award sponsors who send

CSEF the money to pass on to the students as a “flow-through” rather than them awarding directly to the students.

Note that the Ryan Patterson Scholarship from last year has not been paid out (the student has not reported where she is attending school). We need to establish a deadline for the scholarship for future winners.

S. Bartlett moved to accept the Treasurer’s Report as presented. D. Holm seconded, motion passed.

D. CSEF Director’s Report Presented by C. Butler. See Schedule B for full report.

The awards ceremony cannot be at the high school this year (2013). Courtney is looking into the church in Loveland, but has not received a response. The Embassy Suites in Loveland is also an option (we have the date tentatively reserved), but it’s about twice as expensive as the high school or church. C. Morrow will talk with the Embassy Suite about a possible discount (in-kind gift).

Courtney checked into (and tentatively booked the dates) the ballroom and space at the Hilton for the CSEF in 2014. This looks like a feasible option. Presentations and tours (Friday) could still be on campus.

Courtney brought up the idea of indicating how many years each finalist has participated in CSEF in the program finalist directory (similar to how ISEF does this). Besides a slight concern from one regional fair director, the idea was very well received.

E. Annual Report

Presented by C. Butler. See Schedule C for a full DRAFT of the report. Report must be reviewed and any comments passed along to Courtney Butler or Dan Kowal by September 22, 2012; after that time, it will be printed and distributed.

F. Alumni Team Report See Science Fair Committee Report above.

G. Grand Award Coordination Report – not update.

H. SRC Report Presented by C. Butler. This year’s SRC committee has been assembled. We have the

minimum number required to function, but would like one more member if anyone has ideas. She may reach out to the regional fairs for help.

I. Nomination Committee Report Presented by L. Sveum.

Russ Chadwick has consented to being nominated as Vice President, however, it may be an issue that he is an alternate member rather than a regular member. It may be possible to switch a regular and alternate member within that organization.

Carol Morrow has consented to be nominated as President. Mike Bemski has consented to be nominated as Treasurer. Ryan Patterson has consented to be nominated as Secretary. D. Holm moved to accept this nomination slate (provided that Russ will become the regular member from NOAA). S. Bartlett seconded, motion passed by a majority vote.

VI. Old Business A. MOU with CSU – no update. B. DPS Support – no update. C. CSEF 2014 Update – See CSEF Director’s report section above. D. Middle School Rulebook/Guidelines – no update. VII. New Business A. Election of Officers for 2012/2013 Postponed – see Nomination Committee Report above. B. CSEF Director’s and Recording Secretary’s Contracts

It is a large concern that finances are not in good shape for this year. S. Bartlett moved that the CSEF Director’s salary be kept the same in 2013 as it was

in 2012, plus a bonus of $1,250 be given. R. Chadwick seconded, motion passed. S. Bartlett moved to keep the Recording Secretary’s contract at $157 per meeting, ½

mileage and ½ hotel, plus a $200 bonus for 2012. R. Chadwick seconded, motion passed.

C. Budget for 2012/2103 Presented by C. Butler. See Schedule D for full budget. Note that SOA should read

SAO – Special Award Organizations. D. Holm moved to approve the 2012/2013 budget as presented. L. Sveum seconded,

motion approved.

D. Proposed Changes to Sponsorship Levels/Sponsorship “Perks” Should we change level delineations to better recognize the big contributors? Should we have booth/table space at the CSEF for the big contributors? Should we print logos on the award ceremony program or sell portions of pages as

ads? Should we have logos on the awards presentation, prior to the program starting? The Finance Committee (along with C. Butler, D. Holm and C. Morrow) will put

together a proposed set of sponsorship levels and perks for each level, which will be communicated via email and determined by October 15th.

E. Engaging MIA Board Members There are three organizations who are sponsoring and have indicated board members,

but no one has attended a meeting yet. No action is to be taken at this time on the issue.

F. Guest Speaker for 2013 CSEF First choice is Brian Jones and LSOP; second choice is Tony Frank, President of CSU. G. 2013 Regional Science Fair BOD Adoption S. Bartlett will bring a list to the next meeting for members to sign up to “adopt” RSFs. H. Pioneers of Science Award Sign-up went around, there are still five spots left to be filled.

I. 2012 Annual Report Draft – see above Reports section. J. Audit Committee Appointment D. Kowal will look at the policy to see if any updates are needed. No changes to the

Audit Committee (D. Kowal and M. Cameron will continue). K. Update Contact Information Contact Courtney Butler if your contact information has changed or is incorrect. D. Holm moved to adjourn the meeting. D. Kowal seconded, motion passed. Next Meetings: November 5, 2011 Board and Advisory Council Meetings at CSU January 14, 2012 Board and Regional Fair Directors Meetings at TBD April 7, 2012 Board and Advisory Council Meetings at CSU July 14, 2012 Board Retreat in Alamosa

9/1/2012Account Balance

Bank Accounts

CD (3 Month Reinvest)-91823 0.00

CD (6 Month Reinvest)-91824 12,631.71

Checking-CSEF Inc - FIB 9,269.41

CSU 1-33736-CSU Sponsorship 208.00

CSU Foundation 4,140.75

Fisher CD (1 Year Reinvest)-Dr. H. Calvin Fish... 10,562.13

Savings-CSEF 1,537.54

TOTAL Bank Accounts 38,349.54

Cash Accounts

Cash Account-CSEF Cash 19.51

In Kind-In Kind Contributors and Sponsors 0.00

TOTAL Cash Accounts 19.51

Credit Card Accounts

Credit Card at First National Bank Fort -49.75

TOTAL Credit Card Accounts -49.75

OVERALL TOTAL 38,319.30

Account Balances Report - As of 9/1/2012:3As of 9/1/2012

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9/1/2011 - 8/31/2012Category Description Actual Budget Difference

INCOME

INCOME

Contributions

Other INCOME:Contributions 2,702.06 5,000.00 -2,297.94

TOTAL Contributions 2,702.06 5,000.00 -2,297.94

General Income

Interest 68.57 100.00 -31.43

Matching Gifts 122.26 1,000.00 -877.74

RSF Outreach Funds 7,500.00 7,500.00 0.00

Sales 1,087.90 1,500.00 -412.10

Special Awards & Scholarships 5,200.00 3,660.00 1,540.00

Teacher of the Year 3,000.00 3,000.00 0.00

Other INCOME:General Income 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL General Income 16,978.73 16,760.00 218.73

Grants 10,000.00 10,500.00 -500.00

In-Kind

Other INCOME:In-Kind 19,119.16 12,400.00 6,719.16

TOTAL In-Kind 19,119.16 12,400.00 6,719.16

Registrations-Finalist $35 Reg fee

Arkansas Valley 665.00 770.00 -105.00

Boulder Valley 735.00 770.00 -35.00

Denver Metro 1,470.00 1,295.00 175.00

East Central 945.00 770.00 175.00

Longs Peak 840.00 770.00 70.00

Morgan-Washington 840.00 770.00 70.00

Northeast Colorado 700.00 770.00 -70.00

Pikes Peak 1,575.00 1,295.00 280.00

San Juan Basin 700.00 770.00 -70.00

San Luis Valley 665.00 770.00 -105.00

Southeast 735.00 770.00 -35.00

Southern Colorado 595.00 770.00 -175.00

Western 805.00 770.00 35.00

Other INCOME:Registrations-Finalist $35... 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL Registrations-Finalist $35 Reg fee 11,270.00 11,060.00 210.00

Sponsorships

Gold 1,000.00 8,000.00 -7,000.00

2012 Budget Report - 2012:39/1/2011 through 8/31/2012 Using Budget 2012

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Platinum 20,100.00 23,500.00 -3,400.00

Regular 3,000.00 7,500.00 -4,500.00

Silver 750.00 0.00 750.00

Other INCOME:Sponsorships 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL Sponsorships 24,850.00 39,000.00 -14,150.00

Other INCOME 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL INCOME 84,919.95 94,720.00 -9,800.05

TOTAL INCOME 84,919.95 94,720.00 -9,800.05

EXPENSES

AWARDS

CSEF Special Awards 400.00 400.00 0.00

Grand Awards 9,500.00 9,350.00 -150.00

Non-Cash Awards 1,852.72 800.00 -1,052.72

Other Special Awards 6,230.00 6,660.00 430.00

Other AWARDS 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL AWARDS 17,982.72 17,210.00 -772.72

Board Expenses

Communications 339.53 400.00 60.47

Meetings 1,504.94 1,875.00 370.06

Operations 6,586.33 8,430.20 1,843.87

Other Board Expenses 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL Board Expenses 8,430.80 10,705.20 2,274.40

CSEF EXPENSES

Adult Sponsors 338.16 300.00 -38.16

Advisory Council 108.03 100.00 -8.03

Finalist Activities 13,813.50 8,550.00 -5,263.50

Finalist Registration 9,812.25 18,500.00 8,687.75

Fundraising 68.68 100.00 31.32

Judging 5,071.74 5,075.00 3.26

Personnel

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Personnel 8,342.82 9,022.80 679.98

TOTAL Personnel 8,342.82 9,022.80 679.98

Publications 2,507.72 2,750.00 242.28

Regional Fair Directors 424.49 100.00 -324.49

Scientific Review Committee 594.60 700.00 105.40

Supplies 848.02 750.00 -98.02


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Volunteers

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Volunteers 1,751.93 1,900.00 148.07

TOTAL Volunteers 1,751.93 1,900.00 148.07

Other CSEF EXPENSES 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL CSEF EXPENSES 43,681.94 47,847.80 4,165.86

ISEF

Affiliation 650.00 650.00 0.00

Travel

Other ISEF:Travel 4,747.20 6,550.00 1,802.80

TOTAL Travel 4,747.20 6,550.00 1,802.80

Other ISEF 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL ISEF 5,397.20 7,200.00 1,802.80

OUTREACH 9,661.80 10,500.00 838.20

TOTAL EXPENSES 85,154.46 93,463.00 8,308.54

OVERALL TOTAL -234.51 1,257.00 -1,491.51


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CSEF Director’s Report September 15, 2012

1. Announcements

The CSU Community Expo was held August 30th and the EOC had a table there recruiting volunteers for CSEF. We also had a table at the Ram Welcome Street Fair on August 17th where we also recruited volunteers.

Lucy, Sam, Daniel Newmyer and I will be attending the Colorado Science Convention November 16 and CSEF will have a booth again this year with the EOC. Daniel will be doing a presentation on creating student research seminar classes at the high school level – encouraging participation in science fair research projects.

2. Summer Accomplishments

Processed and submitted the Science Service awards. Processed the ISEF paperwork for CSEF winners. Put together official photo materials for Amy. Attended the ISEF in Pittsburgh, PA.

Worked as a member of the Display & Safety team for ISEF. Arranged for an all Colorado dinner on Thursday – we had about 30 people attend this year. Made contact with all regions attending by Monday evening. Most stayed in the same hotel – I need to

survey the RFDs to see if my holding rooms for all of Colorado is helpful for them. The process for putting names to the rooms is sometimes difficult however.

Compiled ISEF statistics (see the attached spreadsheet for details). Colorado had 21 projects entered in the 2012 ISEF. Colorado was tied for 12th with 4 other states in the number of Grand Awards won by US states with 4 ($7,500). Colorado was tied for 13th with 3 other states in the number of Special Awards won by US states with 5 ($1,850). Colorado was tied for 17th with 4 other states in the number of total awards won with 9 ($9,350). The percentage of projects winning awards was 31.58%. The one bright spot was that Sara Volz, our 1st place senior division project winner took 1st place in the Energy & Transportation category at ISEF – again!

Compiled CSEF statistics (see attached sheets for details). Submitted ISEF affiliation reports. Created a CD of CSEF Awards Ceremony photos and took care of orders. Created ISEF press release. Created an electronic version of poster artwork. Helped create 2012/2013 proposed budget and compile expenses for 2012. Created a draft of the 2011/2012 Annual Report for review. Sent out the affiliation paperwork for our 13 regional science fairs. Compiled a spreadsheet of CSEF Finalists and the year’s they participated in CSEF by grade level (see

attached sheets for details). Updated CSEF web site. Backed-up all previous CSEF files onto CDs and external hard drive.

3. Looking Forward

Send out letters to last year’s adult sponsors. Add last known addresses to finalist participation matrix. Finish researching CSAP results by schools that participate in CSEF. Complete the 2012 photo album. Update CSEF web site as needed for 2013. Complete the Adult Sponsor Guidebook. Arrange for Advisory Council meeting in November. Send out Fundraising Packets. Process Science Service Awards when they arrive. Arrange for all Colorado delegates attending ISEF in Phoenix to stay in one hotel with a group block through

SSP.

Number of Percent of Number of Total Amount Percent of Total Number of Total Amount Percent of TotalProjects Projects Grand of Grand Award Special of Special AwardEntered Entered Awards Grand Awards Number Award Special Awards Number

Albania 2 0.16% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%American Samoa 3 0.24% 0 1,000.00$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Argentina 10 0.81% 1 1,500.00$ 0.28% 0 -$ 0.00%Australia 4 0.32% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 150.00$ 0.25%Austria 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Bangladesh 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Belarus 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Brasil 21 1.70% 6 4,000.00$ 1.66% 6 64,750.00$ 1.52%Canada 24 1.94% 11 13,000.00$ 3.05% 9 19,575.00$ 2.27%Chile 2 0.16% 0 500.00$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%China 25 2.02% 11 17,000.00$ 3.05% 7 8,650.00$ 1.77%Chinese Taipei 9 0.73% 4 4,500.00$ 1.11% 4 2,000.00$ 1.01%Colombia 7 0.57% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Costa Rica 5 0.40% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Czech Republic 6 0.49% 3 3,000.00$ 0.83% 2 1,250.00$ 0.51%Denmark 2 0.16% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 1 500.00$ 0.25%Egypt 6 0.49% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Estonia 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%France 2 0.16% 2 1,000.00$ 0.55% 0 -$ 0.00%Germany 2 0.16% 1 1,500.00$ 0.28% 1 3,000.00$ 0.25%Hong Kong 5 0.40% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Hungary 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%India 6 0.49% 6 12,500.00$ 1.66% 3 1,750.00$ 0.76%Indonesia 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 2 3,000.00$ 0.51%Ireland 2 0.16% 2 1,000.00$ 0.55% 0 -$ 0.00%Israel 2 0.16% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 1 200.00$ 0.25%Italy 3 0.24% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 1 250.00$ 0.25%Japan 6 0.49% 2 1,500.00$ 0.55% 2 1,000.00$ 0.51%Jordan 9 0.73% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 0 -$ 0.00%Kazakhstan 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Lebanon 7 0.57% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 1,000.00$ 0.25%Malaysia 6 0.49% 2 1,500.00$ 0.55% 0 -$ 0.00%Mexico 9 0.73% 2 2,000.00$ 0.55% 1 125.00$ 0.25%Morocco 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Nigeria 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Northern Ireland 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Norway 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Pakistan 3 0.24% 1 1,000.00$ 0.28% 0 -$ 0.00%Palestine 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%

State/Country


Peru 2 0.16% 1 1,500.00$ 0.28% 0 -$ 0.00%Philippines 6 0.49% 2 2,000.00$ 0.55% 0 -$ 0.00%Portugal 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Puerto Rico 33 2.67% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 1 500.00$ 0.25%Romania 2 0.16% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 1 60,000.00$ 0.25%Russia 17 1.38% 7 5,000.00$ 1.94% 5 1,250.00$ 1.26%Saudi Arabia 20 1.62% 2 3,500.00$ 0.55% 0 -$ 0.00%Singapore 3 0.24% 3 6,000.00$ 0.83% 2 650.00$ 0.51%Slovakia 5 0.40% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 0 -$ 0.00%South Africa 8 0.65% 1 1,500.00$ 0.28% 2 61,000.00$ 0.51%South Korea 9 0.73% 7 9,500.00$ 1.94% 2 3,150.00$ 0.51%Sri Lanka 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Sweden 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Thailand 5 0.40% 4 58,500.00$ 1.11% 0 -$ 0.00%Tunisia 1 0.08% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Turkey 8 0.65% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Ukraine 5 0.40% 2 1,000.00$ 0.55% 0 -$ 0.00%United Arab Emirates 2 0.16% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%United Kingdom 4 0.32% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 25,000.00$ 0.25%Uruguay 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Vietnam 2 0.16% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%Virgin Islands 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%US - Alabama 14 1.13% 0 -$ 0.00% 6 61,200.00$ 1.52%US - Alaska 5 0.40% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%US - American Indian 6 0.49% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 -$ 0.25%US - Arizona 16 1.30% 3 2,000.00$ 0.83% 4 2,800.00$ 1.01%US - Arkansas 17 1.38% 2 2,500.00$ 0.55% 3 61,150.00$ 0.76%US - California 49 3.97% 26 114,000.00$ 7.20% 46 408,650.00$ 11.62%US - Colorado 21 1.70% 2 3,500.00$ 0.55% 8 74,000.00$ 2.02%US - Connecticut 7 0.57% 3 3,500.00$ 0.83% 3 1,000.00$ 0.76%US - District of Columbia 2 0.16% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%US - Florida 79 6.40% 27 26,500.00$ 7.48% 35 729,550.00$ 8.84%US - Georgia 24 1.94% 9 13,000.00$ 2.49% 4 153,500.00$ 1.01%US - Hawaii 16 1.30% 2 1,000.00$ 0.55% 2 2,000.00$ 0.51%US - Illinois 17 1.38% 4 2,500.00$ 1.11% 4 62,150.00$ 1.01%US - Indiana 21 1.70% 7 13,500.00$ 1.94% 6 19,250.00$ 1.52%US - Iowa 6 0.49% 3 3,000.00$ 0.83% 1 1,250.00$ 0.25%US - Kansas 2 0.16% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%US - Kentucky 20 1.62% 5 3,000.00$ 1.39% 4 70,000.00$ 1.01%

State/Country


US - Louisiana 20 1.62% 4 3,000.00$ 1.11% 2 8,000.00$ 0.51%US - Maryland 18 1.46% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 8 69,300.00$ 2.02%US - Massachusetts 18 1.46% 8 5,500.00$ 2.22% 7 10,800.00$ 1.77%US - Michigan 18 1.46% 10 23,000.00$ 2.77% 6 11,000.00$ 1.52%US - Minnesota 30 2.43% 9 10,500.00$ 2.49% 15 149,250.00$ 3.79%US - Mississippi 14 1.13% 1 1,000.00$ 0.28% 1 1,000.00$ 0.25%US - Missouri 19 1.54% 4 4,500.00$ 1.11% 1 250.00$ 0.25%US - Montana 12 0.97% 0 -$ 0.00% 0 -$ 0.00%US - Nebraska 4 0.32% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 1,500.00$ 0.25%US - Nevada 7 0.57% 6 60,500.00$ 1.66% 4 6,250.00$ 1.01%US - New Jersey 8 0.65% 5 5,000.00$ 1.39% 6 18,500.00$ 1.52%US - New Mexico 18 1.46% 5 7,000.00$ 1.39% 7 70,750.00$ 1.77%US - New York 72 5.83% 39 60,000.00$ 10.80% 43 237,825.00$ 10.86%US - North Carolina 12 0.97% 5 3,500.00$ 1.39% 7 60,500.00$ 1.77%US - North Dakota 13 1.05% 2 1,500.00$ 0.55% 1 -$ 0.25%US - Ohio 22 1.78% 5 5,000.00$ 1.39% 6 154,400.00$ 1.52%US - Oklahoma 12 0.97% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 2 -$ 0.51%US - Oregon 25 2.02% 11 21,500.00$ 3.05% 18 34,900.00$ 4.55%US - Pennsylvania 25 2.02% 11 11,000.00$ 3.05% 22 31,050.00$ 5.56%US - Rhode Island 2 0.16% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 60,000.00$ 0.25%US - South Carolina 15 1.21% 2 1,500.00$ 0.55% 4 62,000.00$ 1.01%US - South Dakota 11 0.89% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 -$ 0.25%US - Tennessee 11 0.89% 5 4,000.00$ 1.39% 5 3,750.00$ 1.26%US - Texas 60 4.86% 16 18,000.00$ 4.43% 19 647,450.00$ 4.80%US - Utah 25 2.02% 6 12,000.00$ 1.66% 7 5,275.00$ 1.77%US - Vermont 3 0.24% 0 -$ 0.00% 1 2,000.00$ 0.25%US - Virginia 33 2.67% 15 19,000.00$ 4.16% 11 71,500.00$ 2.78%US - Washington 9 0.73% 5 10,000.00$ 1.39% 2 -$ 0.51%US - West Virginia 5 0.40% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 1 -$ 0.25%US - Wisconsin 12 0.97% 0 -$ 0.00% 4 64,000.00$ 1.01%US - Wyoming 5 0.40% 1 500.00$ 0.28% 0 -$ 0.00%TOTALS: 1235 361 635,500.00$ 396 3,686,500.00$

State/Country

1235 projects981 first time ISEF Finalists or teams where all members were first time Finalists254 repeat ISEF Finalists or teams that had at least one member who had been a finalist before

Animal Sciences - 55 projects (5 teams - 9.1%) Materials Sciences & Bioengineering - 70 projects (21 teams - 30%)Behavioral & Social Sciences - 80 projects (21 teams - 26.3%) Energy & Transportation - 85 projects (15 teams - 17.6%)Biochemistry - 54 projects (4 teams - 7.4%) Environmental Management - 89 projects (35 teams - 39.3%)Cellular & Molecular Biology - 51 projects (8 teams - 15.7%) Environmental Sciences - 77 projects (27 teams - 35.1%)Chemistry - 54 projects (15 teams - 27.8%') Mathematical Sciences - 62 projects (10 teams - 16.1%)Computer Sciences - 76 proejcts (11 teams - 14.5%) Medicine & Health Sciences - 116 projects (16 teams - 13.8%)Earth & Planetary Sciences - 34 projects (6 teams - 17.6%) Microbiology - 79 projects (12 teams - 15.2%)Electrical & Mechanical Engineering - 113 projects (26 teams - 23.0%) Physics & Astronomy - 80 projects (16 teams - 20.0%)

Plant Sciences - 43 projects (10 teams - 23.3%)Individual Projects - 977 = 79.1% Team Projects - 258 = 20.9%

Grand AwardsThere were 361 Grand Awards given.249 of those awards were presented to first time ISEF Finalists.112 of those awards were presented to repeat ISEF Finalists or to teams that had at least one member who had been a finalist before.361 awards went to 335 projects.27.1% of all projects entered received a Grand Award.

Special AwardsThere were 396 Special Awards given.260 of those awards were presented to first time ISEF Finalists.136 of those awards were presented to repeat ISEF Finalists or to teams that had at least one member who had been a finalist before.396 awards went to 290 projects.23.5% of all projects entered received a Special Award.

All AwardsThere were 757 awards given over all.509 of those awards were presented to first time ISEF Finalists.248 of those awards were presented to repeat ISEF Finalists or to teams that had at least one member who had been a finalist before.757 awards went to 483 projects.39.1% of all projects entered received an award (32.5% individual & 6.6% teams).

General ISEF Statistics

Total Number Total Amount Percent of Total Number of Percent ofof Awards of Awards Awards Winning Projects

Projects WinningAlbania 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%American Samoa 0 1,000.00$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Argentina 1 1,500.00$ 0.13% 1 10.00%Australia 1 150.00$ 0.13% 1 25.00%Austria 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Bangladesh 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Belarus 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Brasil 12 68,750.00$ 1.59% 11 52.38%Canada 20 32,575.00$ 2.64% 15 62.50%Chile 0 500.00$ 0.00% 0 0.00%China 18 25,650.00$ 2.38% 12 48.00%Chinese Taipei 8 6,500.00$ 1.06% 5 55.56%Colombia 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Costa Rica 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Czech Republic 5 4,250.00$ 0.66% 4 66.67%Denmark 2 1,000.00$ 0.26% 2 100.00%Egypt 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Estonia 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%France 2 1,000.00$ 0.26% 2 100.00%Germany 2 4,500.00$ 0.26% 1 50.00%Hong Kong 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Hungary 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%India 9 14,250.00$ 1.19% 6 100.00%Indonesia 2 3,000.00$ 0.26% 2 66.67%Ireland 2 1,000.00$ 0.26% 2 100.00%Israel 2 700.00$ 0.26% 2 100.00%Italy 2 750.00$ 0.26% 2 66.67%Japan 4 2,500.00$ 0.53% 2 33.33%Jordan 1 500.00$ 0.13% 1 11.11%Kazakhstan 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Lebanon 1 1,000.00$ 0.13% 1 14.29%Malaysia 2 1,500.00$ 0.26% 2 33.33%Mexico 3 2,125.00$ 0.40% 3 33.33%Morocco 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Nigeria 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Northern Ireland 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Norway 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Pakistan 1 1,000.00$ 0.13% 1 33.33%Palestine 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%

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Projects WinningPeru 1 1,500.00$ 0.13% 1 50.00%Philippines 2 2,000.00$ 0.26% 2 33.33%Portugal 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Puerto Rico 2 1,000.00$ 0.26% 2 6.06%Romania 2 60,500.00$ 0.26% 1 50.00%Russia 12 6,250.00$ 1.59% 8 47.06%Saudi Arabia 2 3,500.00$ 0.26% 2 10.00%Singapore 5 6,650.00$ 0.66% 3 100.00%Slovakia 1 500.00$ 0.13% 1 20.00%South Africa 3 62,500.00$ 0.40% 2 25.00%South Korea 9 12,650.00$ 1.19% 5 55.56%Sri Lanka 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Sweden 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Thailand 4 58,500.00$ 0.53% 2 40.00%Tunisia 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Turkey 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Ukraine 2 1,000.00$ 0.26% 2 40.00%United Arab Emirates 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%United Kingdom 1 25,000.00$ 0.13% 1 25.00%Uruguay 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Vietnam 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%Virgin Islands 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%US - Alabama 6 61,200.00$ 0.79% 5 35.71%US - Alaska 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%US - American Indian 1 -$ 0.13% 1 16.67%US - Arizona 7 4,800.00$ 0.92% 4 25.00%US - Arkansas 5 63,650.00$ 0.66% 3 17.65%US - California 72 522,650.00$ 9.51% 33 67.35%US - Colorado 10 77,500.00$ 1.32% 6 28.57%US - Connecticut 6 4,500.00$ 0.79% 4 57.14%US - District of Columbia 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%US - Florida 62 756,050.00$ 8.19% 38 48.10%US - Georgia 13 166,500.00$ 1.72% 9 37.50%US - Hawaii 4 3,000.00$ 0.53% 3 18.75%US - Illinois 8 64,650.00$ 1.06% 6 35.29%US - Indiana 13 32,750.00$ 1.72% 7 33.33%US - Iowa 4 4,250.00$ 0.53% 3 50.00%US - Kansas 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%US - Kentucky 9 73,000.00$ 1.19% 6 30.00%

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Projects WinningUS - Louisiana 6 11,000.00$ 0.79% 5 25.00%US - Maryland 9 69,800.00$ 1.19% 6 33.33%US - Massachusetts 15 16,300.00$ 1.98% 11 61.11%US - Michigan 16 34,000.00$ 2.11% 9 50.00%US - Minnesota 24 159,750.00$ 3.17% 13 43.33%US - Mississippi 2 2,000.00$ 0.26% 2 14.29%US - Missouri 5 4,750.00$ 0.66% 5 26.32%US - Montana 0 -$ 0.00% 0 0.00%US - Nebraska 1 1,500.00$ 0.13% 1 25.00%US - Nevada 10 66,750.00$ 1.32% 5 71.43%US - New Jersey 11 23,500.00$ 1.45% 6 75.00%US - New Mexico 12 77,750.00$ 1.59% 6 33.33%US - New York 82 297,825.00$ 10.83% 47 65.28%US - North Carolina 12 64,000.00$ 1.59% 8 66.67%US - North Dakota 3 1,500.00$ 0.40% 3 23.08%US - Ohio 11 159,400.00$ 1.45% 9 40.91%US - Oklahoma 3 500.00$ 0.40% 3 25.00%US - Oregon 29 56,400.00$ 3.83% 14 56.00%US - Pennsylvania 33 42,050.00$ 4.36% 16 64.00%US - Rhode Island 1 60,000.00$ 0.13% 1 50.00%US - South Carolina 6 63,500.00$ 0.79% 4 26.67%US - South Dakota 1 -$ 0.13% 1 9.09%US - Tennessee 10 7,750.00$ 1.32% 8 72.73%US - Texas 35 665,450.00$ 4.62% 22 36.67%US - Utah 13 17,275.00$ 1.72% 9 36.00%US - Vermont 1 2,000.00$ 0.13% 1 33.33%US - Virginia 26 90,500.00$ 3.43% 19 57.58%US - Washington 7 10,000.00$ 0.92% 5 55.56%US - West Virginia 2 500.00$ 0.26% 2 40.00%US - Wisconsin 4 64,000.00$ 0.53% 4 33.33%US - Wyoming 1 500.00$ 0.13% 1 20.00%

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Team/Individual Awards Comparison by CategoryAnimal Sciences (34 awards went to individual projects & 4 awards went to team projects)Behavioral & Social Sciences (53 awards went to individual projects & 4 awards went to team projects)Biochemistry (33 awards went to individual projects & 4 awards went to team projects)Cellular & Molecular Biology (22 awards went to individual projects & 5 awards went to team projects)Chemistry (32 awards went to individual projects & 5 awards went to team projects)Computer Sciences (47 awards went to individual projects & 14 awards went to team projects)Earth & Planetary Sciences (21 awards went to individual projects & 4 awards went to team projects)Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (64 awards went to individual projects & 10 awards went to team projects)Materials Sciences & Bioengineering (35 awards went to individual projects & 11 awards went to team projects)Energy & Transportation (45 awards went to individual projects & 3 awards went to team projects)Environmental Management (25 awards went to individual projects & 15 awards went to team projects)Environmental Sciences (19 awards went to individual projects & 18 awards went to team projects)Mathematical Sciences (43 awards went to individual projects & 1 award went to a team project)Medicine & Health Sciences (52 awards went to individual projects & 14 awards went to team projects)Microbiology (38 awards went to individual projects & 3 awards went to team projects)Physics & Astronomy (57 awards went to individual projects & 5 awards went to team projects)Plant Sciences (17 awards went to individual projects & 2 awards went to team projects)

Animal Sciences (50.9% of projects received an award; 45.5% individual & 5.5% teams)Behavioral & Social Sciences (37.5% of projects received an award; 32.5% individual & 5.0% teams)Biochemistry (48.1% of projects received an award; 42.6% individual & 5.6% teams)Cellular & Molecular Biology (39.2% of projects received an award; 31.4% individual & 7.8% teams)Chemistry (38.8% of projects received an award; 33.3% individual & 5.6% teams)Computer Sciences (48.6% of projects received an award; 40.8% individual & 7.9% teams)Earth & Planetary Sciences (52.9% of projects received an award; 44.1% individual & 8.8% teams)Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (34.5% of projects received an award; 30.1% individual & 4.4% teams)Materials Sciences & Bioengineering (48.5% of projects received an award; 34.3% individual & 14.3% teams)Energy & Transportation (36.4% of projects received an award; 34.1% individual & 2.4% teams)Environmental Management (34.8% of projects received an award; 21.3% individual & 13.5% teams)Environmental Sciences (32.4% of projects received an award; 16.9% individual & 15.6% teams)Mathematical Sciences (37.1% of projects received an award; 35.5% individual & 1.6% teams)Medicine & Health Sciences (39.6% of projects received an award; 34.5% individual & 5.2% teams)Microbiology (31.9% of projects received an award; 27.8% individual & 3.8% teams)Physics & Astronomy (42.5% of projects received an award; 38.8% individual & 3.8% teams)Plant Sciences (34.8% of projects received an award; 32.6% individual & 2.3% teams)

All Regional Science Fair 277 projects entered

Grand Awards Won by All Regional Science Fairs 142 awards went to 136 projects

Of all CSEF projects entered, 49.1% received a Grand Award.

Special Awards Won by All Regional Science Fairs 256 awards went to 133 projects.

Of all CSEF projects entered, 48.0% received a Special Award.

Total Awards Won by All Regional Science Fairs 398 awards went to 179 projects.

Of all CSEF projects entered, 64.6% received an award.

Ranking by Number of Projects Entered:

Rank Regional Science Fair Number of Projects Percentage Change from 2011

1. Pikes Peak 41 14.8% 0.4%

2. Denver Metro 35 12.6% 0.3%

3. Longs Peak 21 7.6% (2.1%)

4. Boulder Valley 20 7.2% 0.0%

5. East Central 20 7.2% 2.5%

6. Morgan/Washington 20 7.2% 0.0%

7. Northeast Colorado 20 7.2% 0.0%

8. Southeast Colorado 20 7.2% 0.0%

9. San Juan Basin 18 6.5% (0.7%)

10. San Luis Valley 17 6.1% 0.3%

11. Southern Colorado 17 6.1% (1.5%)

12. Western 17 6.1% 0.0%

13. Arkansas Valley 11 4.0% 0.8%

Ranking by Percent of Grand Awards Won

Rank Regional Science Fair Number of Awards Percentage Change from 2011

1. Pikes Peak 30 21.1% (4.8%)

2. Denver Metro 21 14.8% 3.7%



5. Longs Peak 13 9.2% 1.1%

6. Northeast Colorado 11 7.7% 1.8%

7. Morgan/Washington 8 5.6% (1.8%)

8. San Juan Basin 7 4.9% (4.0%)

9. Southeast Colorado 4 2.8% 0.6%

10. Western Colorado 4 2.8% (4.6%)


12. East Central Colorado 3 2.1% 2.1%

13. Southern Colorado 2 1.4% 0.7%

Ranking by Percent of Special Awards Won


1. Pikes Peak 48 18.6% (3.6%)


3. Denver Metro 37 14.3% 4.5%

4. Longs Peak 34 13.2% 2.7%


6. San Juan Basin 22 8.5% 1.2%


8. Southeast Colorado 7 2.7% (0.6%)

9. Arkansas Valley 6 2.3% (0.2%)


11. Northeast Colorado 5 1.9% (2.1%)



Ranking by Percent of Total Awards Won


1. Pikes Peak 78 19.5% (3.9%)


3. Denver Metro 58 14.5% 4.3%

4. Longs Peak 54 13.5% 3.8%


6. San Juan Basin 29 7.3% (0.5%)


8. Northeast Colorado 16 4.0% (0.9%)


10. Southeast Colorado 12 2.8% (0.1%)




Ranking by Percent of Projects Entered Winning An Award

Rank Regional Science Fair Percentage Change from 2011

1. San Luis Valley 100.0% 18.7%

2. Boulder Valley 95.0% 10.0%

3. Longs Peak 90.4% 16.3%

4. Denver Metro 77.1% 9.5%

5. Pikes Peak 73.2% (14.3%)

6. San Juan Basin 72.2% 2.2%

7. Morgan/Washington 60.0% (15.0%)

8. Northeastern Colorado 60.0% 10.0%

9. Western 47.1% (29.4%)

10. Arkansas Valley 45.5% (10.0%)

11. East Central Colorado 35.0% 11.9%

12. Southeast Colorado 30.0% (10.0%)

13. Southern Colorado 23.5% (0.3%)

Male/Female Ratios Percentage of Students (313 Finalists) Percentage of Projects (277 Projects) 150 Male – 48% 131 Male – 47% 163 Female – 52% 146 Female – 53% Percentage of Special Awards (258 Awards) Percentage of Grand Awards (142 Awards) 106 Male – 41% 63 Male – 44% 152 Female – 59% 79 Female – 56% Percentage of Projects by Category Percentage of Awards by Category Animal Sciences Animal Sciences - 17 3 Male – 20% 3 Male – 18% 12 Female – 80% 14 Female – 82% Behavioral & Social Sciences Behavioral & Social Sciences - 25 4 Male – 17% 4 Male – 16% 20 Female – 83% 21 Female – 84% Chemistry Chemistry - 30 11 Male – 48% 15 Male – 50% 12 Female – 52% 15 Female – 50% Earth & Space Sciences Earth & Space Sciences - 40 5 Male – 38% 10 Male – 25% 8 Female – 62% 30 Female – 75% Energy & Transportation Energy & Transportation - 35 14 Male – 82% 25 Male – 71% 3 Female – 18% 10 Female – 29% Engineering Engineering - 44 26 Male – 87% 37 Male – 84% 4 Female – 13% 7 Female – 16% Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences - 60 14 Male – 33% 18 Male – 30% 28 Female – 67% 42 Female – 70% Mathematics & Computer Sciences Mathematics & Computer Sciences - 19 8 Male – 80% 14 Male – 74% 2 Female – 20% 5 Female – 26% Medicine & Health Medicine & Health - 47 14 Male – 40% 20 Male – 43% 21 Female – 60% 27 Female – 57% Microbiology Microbiology - 25 3 Male – 21% 3 Male – 12% 11 Female – 79% 22 Female – 88% Physics Physics - 30 19 Male – 58% 13 Male – 43% 14 Female – 42% 17 Female – 57% Plant Sciences Plant Sciences - 28 10 Male – 48% 7 Male – 25% 11 Female – 52% 21 Female – 75%

Ethnicity Ratios Percentage of Students (313 Finalists) Percentage of Projects (277 Projects) 220 Caucasian – 70% 197 Caucasian – 71% 32 Hispanic – 10% 25 Hispanic – 9% 25 Asian – 8% 21 Asian – 7% 2 African American – 1% 1 African American – 1% 34 Other/Unknown – 10% 33 Other/Unknown – 12% Percentage of Special Awards (258 Awards) Percentage of Grand Awards (142) 169 Caucasian – 66% 105 Caucasian – 74% 14 Hispanic – 5% 8 Hispanic – 5% 36 Asian – 14% 15 Asian – 11% 2 African American – 1% 0 African American – 0% 37 Other/Unknown – 14% 14 Other/Unknown – 10% Percentage of Projects by Category Animal Sciences Behavioral & Social Sciences 10 Caucasian – 67% 15 Caucasian – 63% 0 Hispanic – 0% 4 Hispanic – 17% 0 African American – 0% 1 African American – 4% 1 Asian – 6% 2 Asian – 8% 4 Other/Unknown – 27% 2 Other/Unknown – 8% Chemistry Earth & Space Sciences 19 Caucasian – 83% 10 Caucasian – 77% 2 Hispanic – 9% 1 Hispanic – 8% 0 African American – 0% 0 African American – 0% 1 Asian – 4% 0 Asian – 0% 1 Other/Unknown – 4% 2 Other/Unknown – 15% Energy & Transportation Engineering 12 Caucasian – 71% 20 Caucasian – 67% 2 Hispanic – 12% 5 Hispanic – 17% 0 African American – 0% 0 African American – 0% 1 Asian – 5% 2 Asian – 6% 2 Other/Unknown – 12% 3 Other/Unknown – 10% Environmental Sciences Mathematics & Computer Sciences 26 Caucasian – 63% 7 Caucasian – 70% 1 Hispanic – 2% 0 Hispanic – 0% 0 African American – 0% 0 African American – 0% 5 Asian – 12% 2 Asian – 20% 10 Other/Unknown – 23% 1 Other/Unknown – 10% Medicine & Health Microbiology 26 Caucasian – 75% 11 Caucasian – 79% 4 Hispanic – 11% 1 Hispanic – 7% 0 African American – 0% 0 African American – 0% 5 Asian – 14% 1 Asian – 7% 0 Other/Unknown – 0% 1 Other/Unknown – 7% Physics Plant Sciences 25 Caucasian – 76% 16 Caucasian – 76% 4 Hispanic – 12% 1 Hispanic – 5% 0 African American – 0% 0 African American – 0% 0 Asian – 0% 1 Asian – 5% 4 Other/Unknown – 12% 3 Other/Unknown – 14%

Grade Level Ratios Percentage of Students (313 Finalists) Percentage of Projects (277 Projects) 6th grade – 12% 6th grade – 10% 7th grade – 24% 7th grade – 25% 8th grade – 26% 8th grade – 27% Junior Division – 62% Junior Division – 62% 9th grade – 9% 9th grade – 9% 10th grade – 10% 10th grade – 11% 11th grade –12% 11th grade – 11% 12th grade – 7% 12th grade – 7% Senior Division – 38% Senior Division – 38% Percentage of Grand Awards per Division Percentage of Students Winning Grand Award 6th grade – 10/73 awards - 14% 6th grade – 10/39 students – 26% 7th grade – 32/73 awards - 44% 7th grade – 30/75 students – 40% 8th grade – 31/73 awards - 42% 8th grade – 30/81 students – 37% 9th grade – 13/69 awards - 18% 9th grade – 14/30 students – 47% 10th grade – 19/69 awards - 28% 10th grade – 17/31 students – 55% 11th grade – 22/69 awards - 32% 11th grade – 24/36 students – 67% 12th grade – 15/69 awards - 22% 12th grade – 15/21 students – 71% Percentage of Special Awards Percentage of Students Winning Special Awards 6th grade – 17/258 awards – 7% 6th grade – 11/39 students – 28% 7th grade – 42/258 awards – 16% 7th grade – 30/75 students – 40% 8th grade – 61/258 awards – 24% 8th grade – 33/81 students – 41% Junior Division – 120/258 awards – 47% 9th grade – 26/258 awards – 10% 9th grade – 13/30 students – 43% 10th grade – 39/258 awards – 15% 10th grade – 18/31 students – 58% 11th grade – 48/258 awards – 18% 11th grade – 23/36 students – 64% 12th grade – 25/258 awards – 10% 12th grade – 9/21 students – 43% Senior Division – 138/258 awards – 53%

Research Institution & Qualified Scientist Ratios % of Projects Using an RI % of Projects Using a QS 6th grade – 1/29 - 3% 6th grade – 3/29 - 8% 7th grade – 6/69 - 9% 7th grade – 10/69 - 22% 8th grade – 9/76 - 12% 8th grade – 11/76 - 9% Junior Division – 16/174 - 9% Junior Division – 24/174 - 14%

9th grade – 4/26 - 15% 9th grade – 6/26 - 23% 10th grade – 7/30 - 23% 10th grade – 9/30 - 30% 11th grade – 12/30 - 40% 11th grade – 14/30 - 47% 12th grade – 5/17 - 29% 12th grade – 6/17 - 35% Senior Division – 28/103 - 27% Senior Division – 35/103 - 34%

TOTAL % of Projects Using an RI – 16% TOTAL % of Projects Using a QS – 21% % of Grand Awards to Projects Using an RI % of Grand Awards to Projects Using a QS 1st Place – 12/26 - 46% 1st Place – 9/26 - 35% 2nd Place – 9/26 - 35% 2nd Place – 4/26 - 15% 3rd Place – 4/26 - 15% 3rd Place – 4/26 - 15% 4th Place – 5/23 – 22% 4th Place – 5/23 – 22% Honorable Mention – 11/41 - 27% Honorable Mention – 11/41 - 27% TOTAL – 41/142 - 29% TOTAL – 33/142 - 23% Junior Division – 15/73 - 21% Junior Division – 12/73 - 16% Senior Division – 26/69 - 38% Senior Division – 21/69 - 30% % of Special Awards to Projects Using an RI % of Special Awards to Projects Using a QS 6th grade – 0/268 - 0% 6th grade – 1/268 – 0.4% 7th grade – 6/268 - 2% 7th grade – 8/268 - 3% 8th grade – 19/268 - 7% 8th grade – 8/268 - 3% Junior Division – 25/268 - 9% Junior Division – 17/265 - 6%


TOTAL – 90/268 - 34% TOTAL – 78/268 - 29% % of Projects Winning Awards Using an RI % of Projects Winning Awards Using a QS 6th grade – 1/29 - 3% 6th grade – 2/29 - 7% 7th grade – 6/69 - 9% 7th grade – 7/69 - 10% 8th grade – 7/76 - 9% 8th grade – 5/76 - 7% Junior Division – 14/174 - 8% Junior Division – 14/174 - 8%


TOTAL – 41/277 - 15% TOTAL – 40/277 - 14%

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2012 CSEF GENDER RATIOS With the 2010 Annual Report, the CSSF, Inc. began to report statistics from across the spectrum of participation in the CSEF. Through time, these numbers may show trends and allow for iden-tification of areas in need of improvement. The goal is to ensure that the students who participate are a reflection of the student population from across Colorado. The CSSF, Inc. mis-sion is to make the CSEF accessible to all of Colorado’s students regardless of gender and ethnicity.

(Please note that team projects are identified by the gender of the Team Leader.)

Percentage of Projects Male – 47% Female – 53% Percentage of Projects by Category Animal Sciences Male – 20% Female – 80% Behavioral & Social Sciences Male – 17% Female – 83% Chemistry Male – 48% Female – 52% Earth & Space Sciences Male – 38% Female – 62% Energy & Transportation Male – 82% Female – 18% Engineering Male – 87% Female – 13% Environmental Sciences Male – 33% Female – 67% Mathematics & Computer Sciences Male – 80% Female – 20% Medicine & Health Male – 40% Female – 60% Microbiology Male – 21% Female – 79% Physics Male – 58% Female – 42% Plant Sciences Male – 48% Female – 52%

Percentage of Awards Male – 42% Female – 58% Percentage of Awards by Category Animal Sciences Male – 18% Female –82% Behavioral & Social Sciences Male – 16% Female – 84% Chemistry Male – 50% Female – 50% Earth & Space Sciences Male – 25% Female – 75% Energy & Transportation Male – 71% Female – 29% Engineering Male – 84% Female – 16% Environmental Sciences Male – 30% Female – 70% Mathematics & Computer Sciences Male – 74% Female – 26% Medicine & Health Male – 43% Female – 57% Microbiology Male – 12% Female – 88% Physics Male – 43% Female – 57% Plant Sciences Male – 25% Female – 75%

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2012 CSEF ETHNICITY RATIOS (Please note that team projects are identified by the ethnicity of the Team Leader.)

Percentage of Projects Caucasian – 71% Hispanic – 9% Asian – 7% African American – 1% Other/Unknown – 12%

Percentage of Awards Caucasian – 69% Hispanic – 6% Asian – 12% African American – 1% Other/Unknown – 12%

2012 CSEF GRADE LEVEL RATIOS (Please note that team projects are identified by the grade level of the Team Leader.)

Percentage of Students Junior Division – 62% 6th grade – 12% 7th grade – 24% 8th grade – 26% Senior Division – 38% 9th grade – 9% 10th grade – 10% 11th grade – 12% 12th grade – 7% Percentage of Grand Awards per Division Junior Division – 51% 6th grade – 14% 7th grade – 44% 8th grade – 42% Senior Division – 49% 9th grade – 18% 10th grade – 28% 11th grade – 32% 12th grade – 22% Percentage of Special Awards per Division Junior Division – 47% 6th grade – 7% 7th grade – 16% 8th grade – 24% Senior Division – 53% 9th grade – 10% 10th grade – 15% 11th grade – 18% 12th grade – 10%

Percentage of Projects Junior Division – 62% 6th grade – 10% 7th grade – 25% 8th grade – 27% Senior Division – 38% 9th grade – 9% 10th grade – 11% 11th grade – 11% 12th grade – 7% Percentage of Students Winning Grand Awards Junior Division – 36% 6th grade – 26% 7th grade – 40% 8th grade – 37% Senior Division – 59% 9th grade – 47% 10th grade – 55% 11th grade – 67% 12th grade – 71% Percentage of Students Winning Special Awards Junior Division – 38% 6th grade – 28% 7th grade – 40% 8th grade – 41% Senior Division – 20% 9th grade – 53% 10th grade – 58% 11th grade – 64% 12th grade – 43%

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2012 COLORADO SCIENCE

AND ENGINEERING FAIR

TOP AWARDS The top three Senior Division project

exhibitors (individual or team) won a trip to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Pittsburgh, PA May 13 - 18, 2012. First place went to Sara Volz, Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, grade 11, for the project Optimizing Algae Biofuels Artificial Selec-tion & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Synthesis. Second place went to Lawrence Zhang, Fairview High School in Boulder, grade 10, for the project miRNA 205: Su-pressing Inpp4b and Wnt5a Expression. Third place went to Easton LaChappelle, Mancos High School in Mancos, grade 10, for the project Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis.

The winner of the Ralph F. Desch Me-morial Technical Writing Award was Rahul Shankar from Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, grade 12, for the project Assembling a Dextran-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Uptake by Cancerous Cells.

The winner of the Senior Division Stu-dent Choice Award was Easton LaChappelle, Mancos High School in Man-cos, grade 10, for the project Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biome-chanical Prosthesis. The Junior Division Student Choice winner was Mitchell Fosdick, Fowler Junior High School in Fowler, grade 7, for the project Hydrogen: The Clean Energy of Today.

The winner of the Poster Art Contest was Alison Weinberger, Cherry Creek Challenge School in Denver.

The winners of the Pioneers of Science Awards were Josie Sitton, Cortez Middle School in Cortez, grade 6, for the project Time and Temperature of Wood; Zander Graham, Quest Academy in Dacono, grade 7, for the project Spectroscopy; Sean Flat-ten, Centennial Middle School in Montrose, grade 7 for the project Mice, Mazes and Mu-sic!; Avi Swartz, Cherry Creek Challenge School in Denver, grade 7, for the project One Out of 400 Choose 100; Nicole White-head, North Middle School in Colorado Springs, grade 8, for the project The Aimless Fingerprint; Luke Tyler, Eagle County Charter Academy in Edwards, grade 6, for the project Spin to Win; Michael Stankie-wicz, Cesar Chavez Academy in Pueblo, grade 6, for the project 5 Second Rule: Fact or Fiction; Julia Ludwig, Lamar Middle School in Lamar, grade 8, for the project The Effect of Disinfectants on the Eradica-tion of a Biofilm; Thomas McCarthy, West Jefferson Middle School in Conifer, grade 7, for the project Vertiginous Vegetables: A Study of How Gravity Affects Root Devel-opment; Journey Simmons, Stanley British Primary School in Denver, grade 8, for the project Buenas Noches! The Scientific Study of Conscious vs. Unconscios Learning of Spanish Vocabulary; Zach Wilson, Walsh Elementary School in Walsh, grade 6, for the project Tip of the Iceberg: Lowering the Melting Point of Water; Marika Basagoitia, Sargent Junior High School in Monte Vista, grade 8, for the project Brush Buster or Brush Busted?; Roger Nakagawa, Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences in Denver, grade 6, for the project The Effect of Dimple Size on How Golf Balls Roll; Sierra Kelly, Miller Middle School in Durango, grade 6, for the project Black Roof, White Roof, Which One Is the Right Roof?; Rebecca Er-ickson, Blevins Middle School in Fort Collins, grade 7, for the project Got Oil?; Bethany Levy, Cortez Middle School in Cortez, grade 8, for the project Operation Meditation.

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2012 COLORADO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ADAMS STATE COLLEGE Nicholas Lobato, Center High School, Cen-ter, grade 10, for the project Studying the Effects of Incubation Rates and Water Tem-perature on Gila Pandora’s Eggs

Cristina Loranca, Arickaree School, An-ton, grade 11, for the project A la Derecha o a la Izquierda (To the Right or To the Left)

Aniruddh Prakash, Fairview High School, Boulder, grade 11, for the project Effect of Defects on Selectivity Parameters of SAPO-34 Zeolite Membranes

Anna Kulp, Center High School, Center, grade 11, for the project A New Approach to Treating & Remediating Incrusting Bacte-rias in Water Supply Wells via NaHSiO3+2H2O

Eric Lyne, Brush High School, Brush, grade 9, for the project, Boosting Solar-Collector Efficiency with a Fresnel Lens

Brett Bostrom, Brush High School, Brush, grade 11, for the project Automated Irriga-tion

Devon Enke, La Veta High School, La Veta, grade 10, for the project Mycoremedi-ation: Using Pleurotus ostreatus Mycelium to Remove Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Freshwater and Saltwater Environments

Jessica Constant, Poudre High School, Fort. Collins, grade 11, for the project Com-puter Modeling V: A Predictive Model of Tracer Dispersion in the Atmosphere

Dustin Sanchez, West Grand High School, Kremmling, grade 10, for the project Walk the Line

Monica Gaitonde, Lamar High School, Lamar, grade 11, for the project Film Canis-ter Cannon

Casey Huz, Pioneer Christian School, Rocky Ford, grade 10, for the project Go Ahead Shoot Me: It’s Safer Than It Looks

Neal Hiser, Basalt High School, Basalt, grade 11, for the project Effect of Allelo-chemicals on the Growth of Western Wheat Grass

Gerri Roberts, Poudre High School, Fort Collins, and Hannah West, Windsor High School, Windsor, grade 11, for their project Green Processing of Fatty Acids for Fuel Pro-duction

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Tristan Seawalt, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, grade 11, for the project Ethanol on the Household Level

Sara Volz, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, grade 11, for the project Optimizing Algae Biofuels Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis

Brett Bostrom, Brush High School, Brush, grade 11, for the project Automated Irriga-tion

Brisha Wakasugi, Sierra Grande High School, Blanca, grade 11, for the project Kerber Creek Restoration Using Phytore-mediation III: Prioritizing Clean-up Areas

Jessica Constant, Poudre High School, Fort Collins, grade 11, for the project Computer Modeling V: A Predictive Model of Tracer Dispersion in the Atmosphere

Moeka Nakagawa, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village grade 11, for the project Analysis of Expression of Fructose Transporter GLUT5 in Rat Tissues with Re-gards to Reducing Obesity

Tyler Stratman, Brush High School, Brush grade 11, for the project Polygonal Shapes on a rotating Fluid Surface

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Caitlyn Lee, Fairview High School, Boul-der, grade 9, for the project Happiness is Associated with a Stronger Belief in the Value of Prosocial Behavior

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Johanna Phillips, Monte Vista High School, Monte Vista, grade 12, for the pro-ject Water In, Water Out: Using a Water Balance Model to Estimate Net Consumptive Availability

Easton LaChappelle, Mancos High School, Mancos, grade 10, for the project Fine Mo-tor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomedical Prosthesis

Leslie Seitz, Fairview High School, Boulder grade 9, for the project Running Dry? De-veloping an Intuitive Water Planning Interface

Jessica Constant, Poudre High School, Fort Collins, grade 11, for the project Computer Modeling V: A Predictive Model of Tracer Dispersion in the Atmosphere

Lawrence Zhang, Fairview High School, Boulder, grade 10, for the project miRNA 205: Suppressing Inpp4b and Wnt5a Ex-pression

Kelli Lynch, Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins, grade 12, for the project Irra-diation Extermination Part 3: A Portable System to Eliminate Microorganisms

Ya’el Courtney, Lewis Palmer High School, Monument, grade 10, for the project Does Ambient Air Pressure Affect Rocket Motor Performance?

Samantha Chin, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, grade 11, for the project Effects of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrical) Extracts on the Growth of Mature Winter Wheatgrass

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGEOF NATURAL SCIENCES Sara Volz, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, grade 11, for the project Optimizing Algae Biofuels Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis

Lawrence Zhang, Fairview High School, Boulder, grade 10, for the project miRNA 205: Suppressing Inpp4b and Wnt5a Ex-pression


FORT LEWIS COLLEGE Sara Volz, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, grade 11, for the project Optimizing Algae Biofuels Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis


Simon Schaefer, Monte Vista High School, Monte Vista, grade 11, for the project Gravity’s Effect on Non-uniform Suspended Chains

Christina Stratton, Arriba-Flagler School, Flagler, grade 10, for the project Can You Burn Trash to Make Clean Energy?

Samantha Chin, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, grade 11, for the project Effects of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrical) Extracts on the Growth of Mature Winter Wheatgrass

Jacob Nichols, Brush High School, Brush, grade 10, for the project An Investigation of the Washboard Road Phenomenon

RYAN PATTERSON SCHOLARSHIP The Ryan Patterson Scholarship is named in honor of the Intel ISEF top winner of 2001. This year’s winner was Kelli Lynch, Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins, grade 12, for the project Irradiation Extermination Part 3: A Portable System to Eliminate Mi-croorganisms

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ORGANIZATION The success of the yearly Colorado Sci-

ence and Engineering Fair is directly dependent upon the support of public and pri-vate organizations, government agencies, school districts and universities, as well as the efforts of hundreds of committed volunteers. It is no exaggeration to say that CSEF volun-teers indeed make the event possible. At the state level, there is the Board of Directors (which is comprised of volunteers from the sponsoring organizations and oversees the op-eration of the CSEF and the non-profit organization); the Advisory Council (volun-teers from around the state who are on the CSEF Working Committees to make sure eve-rything operates smoothly at the event); judges (both for Grand and Special Awards who interview the finalists and choose the winners); and hundreds of on-site volunteers who do the actual work of the CSEF. Prior to the state event, thirteen regional science fairs and a large number of local school science fairs are conducted throughout the state, and each of these is supported and promoted by hardworking and dedicated educators. And before a student’s project even makes it to a local science fair, it requires the encourage-ment and support from individual teachers, adult sponsors, and parents to help students see their projects through from inception to finished exhibit. The Colorado Science and Engineering Fair is a product of all of these people.

MISSION STATEMENT Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. honors ex-cellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; providing opportunities for students from all regions of the state to create and present their research in environments that nurture interests in science and technolo-gy; promoting professional skills, high ethical standards, diversity and continuing intellectu-al development.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. is an organization that: Organizes the infrastructure of the Colorado

Science and Engineering Fair for students from all regions of the state of Colorado to present science projects to judges, representa-tives of scientific organizations, the public and their peers;

Honors winners from Colorado regional sci-ence fairs at the annual Colorado Science and Engineering Fair;

Sends finalists from the state of Colorado to the Intel International Science and Engineer-ing Fair (Intel ISEF);

Provides experiences for Colorado students to interact with their peers, Colorado science teachers and Colorado scientists and engineers in professional and social settings;

Promotes science, engineering and technology as careers, inspiring excellence, high ethical standards and emphasizing the immense satis-faction that comes from confronting and solving intellectual problems that serve socie-tal needs;

Reinforces in students the wonder nature in-stills, wherever and however possible, empowering them to follow their questions and dreams; and

Encourages a culture that values and nurtures diversity.

We support regional science fairs by: Acting as an alternative to the Science Service

affiliation as a means of attending the Intel ISEF;

Providing a forum where regional science fairs can influence policies, rules and by-laws for the state science fair;

Providing rules and requirements for participa-tion in the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair;

Facilitating communication, where practical, between regional science fairs and their partic-ipants;

Providing information and resources to the regional fair directors, teachers and students which will promote interest in science, engi-neering and technology, and excellence in scientific research;

Increasing public awareness and appreciation of science, engineering and technology in the schools.

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CSEF SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS (Providing over $2,500 in support of CSEF)

Colorado Dental Association

Colorado State University Office of the Provost College of Natural Sciences College of Natural Sciences Education &

Outreach Center

Covidien

Intel Foundation

Lockheed Martin

Seagate Technology

US Department of Commerce/NOAA

US Department of Commerce/NTIA/ITS

Xcel Energy Foundation

GOLD SPONSORS (Providing $1,000 - $2,500 in support of CSEF)

AREVA Federal Services

Colorado Medical Society

Silver SPONSORS (Providing $750- $1000 in support of CSEF)

Galvanic Engineering

REGULAR SPONSORS (Providing $500 - $750 in support of CSEF)

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Colorado Engineering Council

ICAT Managers

IEEE, High Plains Section

San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc.

Sundyne Corporation

COMPANY CONTRIBUTORS (Providing up to $500 in support of CSEF)

Colorado Geographical Alliance

Colorado Geological Survey

Colorado Science Teachers Association

CSU Bookstore

CSU College of Natural Sciences

CSU Research Center

Denver Botanical Garden

Denver Broncos

Dinosaur Resource Center

Durango/Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

King Soopers

Kristi Mountain Sports

Kroenke Sports Enterprises

Mesa Verde Museum Association

National Geophysical Data Center

Pro-Sports

RAFT Colorado

Rio Grande Scenic Railroad

SparkFun Electronics

Texas Instruments

Trout Unlimited/Boulder Fly Casters

Villa Pizza & Butler Pizza Company

Western National Parks Association

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS (Providing up to $500 in support of CSEF)

Ed & Lucy Adams

Sam & Eileen Bartlett

Michael Bemski

Matthew Bruehl

Nancy Glissmann

David & Vonda Holm

Robert Lamperuer

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CSEF ADVISORY COUNCIL The CSEF Advisory Council is comprised of the Board of Directors, the Regional Fair Di-rectors and Assistant Directors, and many at-large members.

CSSF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Colorado Dental Association Carol Morrow – President Regular Member since 2002

Xcel Energy Marty Cameron Regular Member since 2011

Galvanic Engineering Ryan Patterson - Secretary Regular Member since 2004

AREVA Federal Services Mike Bemski - Treasurer Regular Member since 2002

Colorado Engineering Council Sam Bartlett – Immediate Past President Regular Member since 2001

Lockheed Martin Vanessa Aponte Regular Member since 2012

US Department of Commerce/NOAA Al Bedard Regular Member since 1996

Elemer Bernath - Historian Associate Member since 2002

US Department of Commerce/NOAA Russell Chadwick Alternate Member since 2009

Colorado Engineering Council Paul Cheng Regular Member since 2011

Nancy Glissmann – Grand Awards Judging Associate Member since 2011

San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc. David Holm Regular Member since 1997

Colorado Medical Society Dean Holzkamp Regular Member since 2003

Colorado Medical Society A. Bill Kieger Regular Member since 2002

Galvanic Engineering Katlin Hornig Regular Member since 2012

IEEE High Plains Section Paul Janke Regular Member since 2012

Lockheed Martin Larry Knauer Regular Member since 2011

US Department of Commerce/NOAA Dan Kowal Regular Member since 2007

Colorado Dental Association Bob Morrow Regular Member since 1995

Colorado State University Jan Nerger Regular Member since 2003

San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc. Jody Oaks Alternate Member since 2010

Covidien Joe Paulus Regular Member since 2010

Doug Steward – SRC Chair Associate Member since 2006

San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc. Larry Sveum Regular Member since 2007

ICAT Managers Jeremy Teiber Regular Member since 2010

Colorado State University Andrew Warnock Regular Member since 2011

US Department of Commerce/NTIA Amy Weich Regular Member since 2000

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REGIONAL FAIR DIRECTORS Arkansas Valley Regional Science Fair Wayne Beadles

Boulder Valley Regional Science Fair Jennifer Barr and Marlys Lietz

Denver Metro Regional Science Fair Kristina Wenzel and Beth Ingram

East Central Regional Science Fair Marguerite Yowell and William Mallory

Longs Peak Regional Science Fair Lori Ball

Morgan/Washington Regional Science Fair Darline Miner

Northeast Regional Science Fair Penny Propst and Andrew Fritzler

Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair Georgia Matteson

San Juan Basin Regional Science Fair Lynne Schneider

San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair Lucy Adams and Meagen Smith

Southeast Regional Science Fair Terri Lira and Robin Staker

Southern Colorado Regional Science Fair Lori Leyh and Corrine Solano

Western Regional Science Fair Kevin Hoskin and Sandy Cruz

MEMBERS AT LARGE David Clark Doug Everett Nancy Gettman Joel Gray Beth Ingram Steve Iona Larry Jakel Ron Kollars John McConnell Kim Melville-Smith Candus Muir David Pfuhl Amanda Parker Judy Prester Katie Propst Brian Scriber Rod Simpson Jim Sites Jim Stevens Doug Steward Laura Ussery Dan Van Gorp

PAST CSEF DIRECTORS * Charles Bragaw

1956 – 1967

*Calvin Fisher 1968 – 1974

*Sam Shushan 1975 – 1977

Gordon Moore

1978 – 1979

*Russell B. Stoner 1979 – 1981

Virgil A. Sandborn

1981 – 1983

James R. Sites 1984 – 1985

Lloyd Walker 1986 – 1988

Connie Vader-Lindholm

1989 – 1990

Lynn Butler 1991 – 1992

Kate Taylor 1992 – 1994 1997 - 1998

Christal McDougall

1995 – 1996

Lucy Adams 1998 – 1999

Courtney Butler 1999 – present

* Director Emeritus for outstanding contributions to CSEF and more than two years of service as CSEF Director.

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WORKING COMMITTEES Alumni The focus of this committee is to create ways in which CSEF Alumni can continue to be active in the fair each year (i.e.: recruiting them as judges, volunteers, and/or sponsors) by keeping in contact with graduated seniors. Awards Ceremony The focus of this committee is the smooth running of the Awards Ceremony and winner recognition. Display & Safety The focus of this committee is to oversee the vol-unteers who check Finalists’ projects for display and safety rules compliance. Grand Awards Judging The focus of this committee is to coordinate the recruitment and category assignments of judges. The committee also oversees the work of the judg-es during the fair, collects and reports the results to the Awards Ceremony committee. Photography The focus of this committee is to coordinate the volunteers who take the official photo of Finalists at their projects and the photo of winners at the Awards Ceremony. This committee is also re-sponsible for sending a copy of the official photo to the Finalist, their Regional Fair Director and the CSEF Director. Publicity The focus of this committee is to maintain a cur-rent list of media contacts around the state of Colorado and to send out press releases to these contacts as deemed appropriate to gain exposure for CSEF. This committee is also responsible for inviting VIPs and media contacts to CSEF for in-teraction with the Finalists. Registration The focus of this committee is to maintain and prepare Finalist registration materials for SRC re-view and check-in at CSEF.

Room Set-Up The focus of this committee is to design the layout of the exhibit hall space, taking into account elec-trical, floor and table space requirements. This committee is also responsible for coordinating with the Lory Student Center for room and materi-al needs and to coordinate the exhibit space set-up at CSEF. Scholarships This committee is comprised of representatives from the colleges, universities and organizations providing scholarship money to Finalists through CSEF. Members are responsible for updating the scholarship descriptions each year and advising their institutions of any changes made by CSEF that might affect the number or type of scholar-ships given. Scientific Review The focus of this committee is to review Finalist paperwork for compliance with the ISEF rules and guidelines for student scientific research. The SRC must be comprised of a biomedical scientist (Ph.D., MD, DVM, DDS or DO), a science teach-er, and at least one other person. Special Awards The focus of this committee is to solicit organiza-tions to give special awards to Finalists based on criteria that the organization sets. This committee is also responsible for overseeing the special award judging process during the fair and report the results to the Awards Ceremony committee. Student Activities The focus of this committee is to arrange for the pizza party on Saturday and the guest speaker on Friday. Tours The focus of this committee is to arrange for tours and/or presentations of local/university science labs for the Finalists. Volunteer Coordination The focus of this committee is to arrange for vol-unteers to help with photography, display & safety, registration, room set-up, door monitoring, and the awards ceremony. This committee is also responsible for directing volunteers at CSEF.

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57th Annual Colorado Science and Engineering Fair

Lory Student Center CSEF Headquarters: Registration Booth, 2nd Floor Colorado State University

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Finalist Schedule

8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Tour Ticket Pick-Up/Sales Room 213/2158:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. SRC Interviews - Students requiring an interview must comply BEFORE project may be set up. Room 203/2059:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Finalist Check-In Registration Booth

Finalists MUST stay with their exhibit until Display & Safety Check has been done and An Official Photo has been taken. Finalists must be out of the exhibit area by noon.

1:20 p.m. Doors open to Exhibit Hall for students only. Main Ballroom1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Judging - Students must be at their exhibits for interviews. Main Ballroom

Adult Schedule

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Middle School Rulebook Discussion Room 203/2052:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Student Engineering Research Projects & Science Fairs Room 203/205

Teachers and parents are invited to attend this informal presentation on how to supervise engineering projects. Presented by Candus Muir of The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.

Judging Schedule

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Grand Awards Judge Captains’ Briefing Room 23010:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Grand Awards Judges’ Briefing Cherokee Park Room11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Grand Awards Judges’ Luncheon North Ballroom12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Special Awards Judges’ Briefing Room 22812:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Judging Main Ballroom

12:00 p.m. Grand Award Judges may enter the exhibit room. Judges only in the exhibit room. 12:30 p.m. Special Awards Judges may enter the exhibit area. Judges only in the exhibit room. 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. Students will be at their exhibits for interviews.

5:30 p.m. Exhibit area is locked. Final judging continues. Main BallroomOnly Judging Captains and Scientific Review Committee Members are permitted in the exhibit area at this time.

Friday, April 6, 2012

10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CSEF Finalist Exhibits Open to the Public and the Media Main Ballroom8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Special Presentation on Intellectual Property Room 228 Tours - Finalists, Adult Sponsors, family members and judges are invited to participate in the tours and presentation.

2:00 p.m. Finalist Ballots for Student Choice and Poster Contest are due. Registration Booth6:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony Thompson Valley HS

Saturday, April 7, 2012

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CSEF Finalist Exhibits Open to the Public and the Media Main BallroomFinalists MUST be at their projects for interaction with the public.

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Advisory Council & Regional Fair Directors Meeting - open to all Room 213/215

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pizza Party - Finalists, Adult Sponsors, family members and judges are invited. Finalists must be present to win door prizes!

Main Ballroom

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Exhibit Dismantling – Everything must be out by 1:00 p.m. Main Ballroom12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting - open to all Room 213/215

The upcoming Intel International Science and Engineering Fair will Pittsburgh, PA, May 13 – 18, 2012. Next year’s Colorado Science and Engineering Fair will be April 11 – 13, 2013.

(Dates are subject to change.)

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2012 Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Grand Awards Press Release

Junior Division Best CSEF Project

First Place Marlo Masters 7th grade My Mom Was Robbed!! The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Second Place Evan Savage 7th grade Growing Algae for Biodiesel in the Desert Boulder Country Day School Boulder

Third Place Aleesa Muir 8th grade Analyzing the Effects of Dietary Supplement Consumption on Probiotic Growth The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Senior Division Best CSEF Project

First Place Sara Volz 11th grade Optimizing Algae Biofuels: Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis Cheyenne Mountain High School Colorado Springs

Second Place Lawrence Zhang 10th grade miRNA 205: Suppressing Inpp4b and Wnt5a Expression Fairview High School Boulder

Third Place Easton LaChappelle 10th grade Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis Mancos High School Mancos

Junior Division Animal Sciences

First Place Nadja de Sa 7th grade Sticky Fingers The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Second Place Madison Olver 7th grade Hay! How's Your Dust, Mold, and Nutritional Value? Blevins Middle School Fort Collins

Third Place Rene Carter 8th grade Genetic Reproduction Patterns of Mice North Middle School Colorado Springs

Fourth Place Megan Godsey 7th grade Daphnia Heart Rate Under Caffeinated Conditions Buchanan Middle School Wray

Honorable Mention Sofia Antal 8th grade Hydra Reproduction Rates in Correlation with Their Envi-ronment Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver

Senior Division Animal Sciences

First Place Nikki Buhrdorf 12th grade Vikash Hypio 12th grade Mytilus edulis Protein Strength: Mussels Have Muscles Hotchkiss High School Hotchkiss

Second Place Nakayla Lestina 12th grade Biological Control of Diffuse Knapweed: Analyzing Two Nat-ural Insect Enemies Dove Creek High School Dove Creek

Third Place Beth Lenz 11th grade Calving Under Pressure Wray High School Wray

Fourth Place Tess Ringlein 10th grade One Fish, Two Fish, Normal Fish? Lone Star High School Otis

Honorable Mention Nicholas Lobato 10th grade Studying the Effects of Incubation Rates and Water Tempera-ture on Gila Pandora's Eggs Center High School Center

Junior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences

First Place Callie Matteson 6th grade Ashley Vitti 6th grade Just a Minute North Middle School Colorado Springs

Second Place Kristina Cavey 8th grade Secret Savior Turner Middle School Berthoud

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Third Place Diego Ruis 7th grade Human Reactions Under Pressure Union Colony Preparatory School Greeley

Fourth Place Wyatt Hurt 7th grade How Is the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony Affected by the Method of Questioning? East Middle School Grand Junction

Honorable Mention Bethany Levy 8th grade Operation Meditation Cortez Middle School Cortez

Honorable Mention Lauren Lang 8th grade Very Handy Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette

Honorable Mention Mallory Noble 8th grade Brains vs. Brawn Otis Jr/Sr High School Otis

Senior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences

First Place Caitlyn Lee 9th grade Happiness is Associated with a Stronger Belief in the Value of Prosocial Behavior Fairview High School Boulder

Second Place Dora Seres 10th grade Evaluation of Creek's Graduating Class of 2011 Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

Third Place Braeden Horton 12th grade Brydie Mitchell 11th grade Elizabeth Wood 12th grade The Rubik's Cube of Political Gridlock: Resistance to Change in the American Tax System Hotchkiss High School Hotchkiss

Fourth Place Cristina Loranca 11th grade A la Derecha o a la Izquierda (To the Right or To the Left) Arickaree School Anton

Honorable Mention Dorothee Bohme 11th grade How to Negate the Stroop Effect Arickaree School Anton

Honorable Mention Kate Weimer 11th grade A Colorful Debate: A Study on the Effect of FD&C Yellow 5 on Gromphadorhina portentosa Merino Jr/Sr High School Merino

Junior Division Chemistry

First Place Marlo Masters 7th grade My Mom Was Robbed!! The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Second Place Nicholas Finan 8th grade Sticky Water: Intermolecular Attraction Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette

Third Place Chris Alleman 8th grade What's Up with the Poudre? Kinard Middle School Fort Collins

Fourth Place Karli Buchanan 7th grade Kitchen Chemistry 101: Fluffy Pancakes Buchanan Middle School Wray

Honorable Mention Matthew Manfredo 8th grade An "Egg"cellent "Eggs"periment Harrison School Canon City

Honorable Mention Zach Wilson 6th grade Tip of the Iceberg: Lowering the Melting Point of Water Walsh Elementary School Walsh

Senior Division Chemistry

First Place Gerri Roberts 11th grade Hannah West 11th grade Green Processing of Fatty Acids for Fuel Production Poudre High School Fort Collins Windsor High School Windsor

Second Place Aniruddh Prakash 11th grade Effect of Defects on Selectivity Parameters of SAPO-34 Zeo-lite Membranes Fairview High School Boulder

Third Place Sydney Anderson 10th grade Rowan Binkley-Jones 10th grade Shampoo Chemistry Edison High School Yoder

Fourth Place John Cheslock 10th grade Comparative Study of Binding Strengths of Food Dyes FDA Red 40 & Natural Extract Betanin on Firboin Sargent High School Monte Vista

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Honorable Mention LaRae Cesko 10th grade Stainless Truth Arriba-Flagler School Flagler

Junior Division Earth & Space Sciences

First Place Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver

Second Place Ivo Erben 8th grade Hyperborean History Summit Middle School Boulder

Third Place Kelsey Kimberling 7th grade Dust Away Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista

Fourth Place David McHugh 8th grade Commotion in the Ocean Banning Lewis Ranch Academy Colorado Springs

Senior Division Earth & Space Sciences

First Place Johanna Phillips 12th grade Water In, Water Out: Using a Water Balance Model to Esti-mate Net Consumptive Availability Monte Vista High School Monte Vista

Second Place Anna Kulp 11th grade A New Approach to Treating & Remediating Incrusting Bacte-rias in Water Supply Wells via Center High School Center

Third Place Sydney Matteson 9th grade How Well Is Your Well: The Effect of Hydrofracking Fluids on a Eukariotic Species Palmer High School Colorado Springs

Fourth Place Isabella Soehn 11th grade A Wind Field Study Comparing Five Automatic Weather Sta-tions on the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf Boulder High School Boulder

Honorable Mention Emma Frantz 9th grade The Effect of the Sun on Cloud Formation and the Earth's Climate Palmer High School Colorado Springs

Junior Division Energy & Transportation

First Place Evan Savage 7th grade Growing Algae for Biodiesel in the Desert Boulder Country Day School Boulder

Second Place Keanan Anderson 6th grade Tate Hinger 6th grade What Is the Delta T of a Two Can Stirling Engine? Pagosa Springs Middle School Pagosa Springs

Third Place George Liu 7th grade Caught Sleeping The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Fourth Place Mitchell Fosdick 7th grade Hydrogen: The Clean Energy of Today Fowler Junior High School Fowler

Honorable Mention Brandon Cruz 7th grade Fossil Fuel Cesar Chavez Academy Pueblo

Senior Division Energy & Transportation

First Place Sara Volz 11th grade Optimizing Algae Biofuels: Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis Cheyenne Mountain High School Colorado Springs

Second Place Wyatt Goodin 11th grade Examination of Power Grid Cascading Failure Through Simu-lation Fairview High School Boulder

Third Place Max Snider 11th grade Fermentation of Spirogyra After a Period of Growth Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

Fourth Place Eric Lyne 9th grade Boosting Solar-Collector Efficiency with a Fresnel Lens Brush High School Brush

Honorable Mention Laura Brothers 12th grade The Wind, the Windmill, and the Windcube Grace Preparatory Academy Durango

Honorable Mention Noah Westfall 10th grade Heat Transfer from Biomass II Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

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Junior Division Engineering

First Place Leighton Burt 7th grade Elastic, Plastic, or Bust: Investigating Yield Strength of Butyl Rubber Inner Tubes Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista

Second Place Johann Kailey-Steiner 7th grade Rocket Design Part 2 - Testing the Effects of Vortex Genera-tors on Drag Coefficient Grant Beacon Middle School Denver

Third Place Clint Sexton 8th grade Wiismart Blevins Middle School Fort Collins

Fourth Place Mary Hood 8th grade Doggie's New Playmate Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista

Honorable Mention Roger Nakagawa 6th grade The Effect of Dimple Size on How Golf Balls Roll Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences Denver

Senior Division Engineering

First Place Easton LaChappelle 10th grade Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis Mancos High School Mancos

Second Place Wesley Hileman 11th grade Matthew Hileman 9th grade Ion Propulsion: Electrostatic Thruster Design and Optimiza-tion for Space Applications The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Third Place Nathan Frantz 12th grade On the Road: From Dual Disability to Independence Fleming High School Fleming

Fourth Place Connor Sendel 9th grade Optimization of Materials for Catcher's Gear Chest Protectors Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

Honorable Mention Joey Park 11th grade Matthew Winchester 11th grade Nidesh Lamichhane 11th grade Nerve Cell Functions/Uses Outside the Body Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

Junior Division Environmental Sciences

First Place Joshua Courtney 6th grade Condition Indexes of Fish as Bioindicators One Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Monument Academy Monument

Second Place Rahul Ramesh 7th grade Got Fuel? Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver

Third Place Ramsey Carter 8th grade The Effect of a Thin, Clear, Plastic Membrane on a Snow Col-lector Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences Denver

Fourth Place Emma Cooney 8th grade Removing Copper with Fruit Peels and Seaweed Summit Middle School Boulder

Honorable Mention Grace Romer 8th grade Searching for Clarity: Drop by Drop Stanley British Primary School Denver

Honorable Mention Rebecca Bloomfield 7th grade Hit Me with Your Best (Lead) Shot: Lead Contamination on Rampart Shooting Range North Middle School Colorado Springs

Senior Division Environmental Sciences

First Place Leslie Seitz 9th grade Running Dry? Developing an Intuitive Water Planning Inter-face Fairview High School Boulder

Second Place Maislinn Helfer 9th grade Lights Out: The Use of Vibrio fischeri to Determine Water Quality Palmer High School Colorado Springs

Third Place Michael Seltzer 11th grade An Inexpensive Method for Estimating Particle Pollution Fairview High School Boulder

Fourth Place Clark Cranfill 12th grade Thicker Phloem = Funeral Home Sargent High School Monte Vista

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Honorable Mention Tayler Rocha 10th grade Macroinvertebrate and Nutrient Response to Stream Water Quality After a Wildfire on Medano Creek Monte Vista High School Monte Vista

Honorable Mention Boyu Wang 12th grade Yichen (Astron) Liu 12th grade Stephan Liu 11th grade Self-Sustained Desalination in Combination with Wastewater Treatment – Hybrid Microbial Desalination Lakewood High School Lakewood

Honorable Mention Vishal Krishnan 10th grade Mitigation of Environmental Impacts Caused by Wind Tur-bines Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

Honorable Mention Brisha Wakasugi 11th grade Kerber Creek Restoration Using Phytoremediation III: Priori-tizing Clean-up Areas Sierra Grande Jr/Sr High School Blanca

Junior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences

First Place Stevan Maksimovic 8th grade How an Author Affects His or Her Numerical Style of Writing Summit Middle School Boulder

Second Place Avi Swartz 7th grade One Out of 400 Choose 100 Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver

Third Place Peter Shearon 7th grade Program and Play The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Senior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences

First Place Jessica Constant 11th grade Computer Modeling V: A Predictive Model of Tracer Disper-sion in the Atmosphere Poudre High School Fort Collins

Second Place Ben Ribovich 12th grade Decomposition of Automorphism Groups Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

Third Place Cole Hugelmeyer 11th grade Proof That a Circular Hopf Link is a Stationary Point for Mo-bius Energy Boulder High School Boulder

Fourth Place Coby Buck 12th grade Predicting Depressions with Presidential Regressions Wray High School Wray

Honorable Mention Simon Schaefer 10th grade Gravity's Effect on Non-uniform Suspended Chains Monte Vista High School Monte Vista

Junior Division Medicine & Health

First Place Aleesa Muir 8th grade Analyzing the Effects of Dietary Supplement Consumption on Probiotic Growth The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Second Place Ted Dumont 7th grade The Effect of Altitude on Hematocrit Estes Park Middle School Estes Park

Third Place Michael Harms 7th grade Got Oxygen? The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Fourth Place Alison Weinberger 8th grade Is Homeopathy More Than the Placebo? The Effect of Home-opathic Arnica Montana on Fruit Flies Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver

Honorable Mention Alea Hardesty 7th grade Energy Buzz! Buchanan Middle School Wray

Honorable Mention Kaitlyn Carson 7th grade iVet vs. Evo Preston Middle School Fort Collins

Honorable Mention Nicole Whitehead 8th grade The Aimless Fingerprint North Middle School Colorado Springs

Honorable Mention Lauren Zawacki 8th grade Wash Those Hands North Middle School Colorado Springs

Senior Division Medicine & Health

First Place Lawrence Zhang 10th grade miRNA 205: Suppressing Inpp4b and Wnt5a Expression Fairview High School Boulder

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Second Place Rahul Shankar 12th grade Assembling a Dextran-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Up-take by Cancerous Cells Rampart High School Colorado Springs

Third Place Cody Mattern 12th grade Brett Reinke 11th grade Jay Rosenfield 12th grade Quantifying Postural Sway of Simulated Pre & Post Traumat-ic Brain Injury Trials Warren Tech North Arvada

Fourth Place Apurva Subramanian 10th grade Does the TAST2R38 Gene Affect Body Fat Composition? Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village

Honorable Mention Austin Reed 11th grade Time Course of Doxorubicin Accumulation in Cardiovascular Tissue Wray High School Wray

Honorable Mention Nicolette Laird 12th grade The Role of the miR-106b-25 miRNAs in Predicting Breast Cancer Outcomes in Differential Subtypes Monarch High School Louisville

Honorable Mention Jenna Hartley 9th grade Engineering a Novel Inhibitor for Encapsulated Pathogens Palmer High School Colorado Springs

Junior Division Microbiology

First Place Seth Young 7th grade Microbe Blaster for a Crude Oil Disaster The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Second Place Kelsey Lindbloom 8th grade Fueling the Future Salida Middle School Salida

Third Place Lauren Soehner 8th grade Isolation of Propionibacterium acnes Buchanan Middle School Wray

Fourth Place Courtney Haag 7th grade Jewell Humphrey 7th grade Do Cooking Methods Prevent Bacteria Growth on Different Meat Types? Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver

Honorable Mention Madison McDonald 6th grade How Does Temperature Affect Bacterial Growth in a Plastic Water Bottle? Blevins Middle School Fort Collins

Honorable Mention Gabriella Lopez 7th grade Jinny Lehr 7th grade Have You Cleaned Your Cucumis melo reticulates? La Veta Middle School La Veta

Senior Division Microbiology

First Place Kelli Lynch 12th grade Irradiation Extermination Part 3: A Portable System to Elimi-nate Waterborne Microorganisms Rocky Mountain High School Fort Collins

Second Place Genysie Van Duren 11th grade The Effect of pH on the Efficiency of Transformation Fleming High School Fleming

Third Place Darian Wilson 9th grade The Effect of Fasudil on the Metastasis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sterling High School Sterling

Fourth Place Monica Gaitonde 11th grade The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate and Hydrogen Peroxide on the Growth of Streptococcus Mutans Lamar High School Lamar

Junior Division Physics

First Place Alex Roerty 8th grade It's Not a Catapult! Preston Middle School Fort Collins

Second Place Elya Courtney 8th grade Is the Drag Force on a Supersonic Projectile Proportional to Air Density? Monument Academy Monument

Third Place Ilse Meiler 8th grade Splat! An Investigation into the Splatter Patterns of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette

Fourth Place Ali Betsch 7th grade Racer Ready? The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

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Honorable Mention Marika Basagoitia 8th grade Brush Buster or Brush Busted? Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista

Honorable Mention David Parr, Jr. 6th grade Soundproofing for the Musician St. Columba Catholic School Durango

Honorable Mention Heather Graham 6th grade Screws vs. Nails: The Practical Test Genoa-Hugo School Hugo

Honorable Mention Nathan George 6th grade Perpetual Motion: Fact or Fiction? Walsh Elementary School Walsh

Senior Division Physics

First Place Ya'el Courtney 10th grade Does Ambient Air Pressure Affect Rocket Motor Perfor-mance? Lewis Palmer High School Monument

Second Place Jacob Nichols 10th grade An Investigation of the Washboard Road Phenomenon Brush High School Brush

Third Place Victoria Milano 12th grade The Phenomenon of Oscillons in Vertically Vibrated Granular Material Brush High School Brush

Fourth Place Casey Huz 10th grade Film Canister Cannon Pioneer Christian School Rocky Ford

Honorable Mention Genesis Villa 9th grade Jasmine Garcia 9th grade Infrared Radiation vs. Thermal Conduction for Hair Permanence to Reduce Pili Damage Center High School Center

Junior Division Plant Sciences

First Place Alison Henry 7th grade This Is Your Bean. This Is Your Bean on Drugs The Classical Academy Colorado Springs

Second Place Misha Kummel 6th grade Field Parameterization of a Model for Secondary Forest Suc-cession by Shade Tolerance North Middle School Colorado Springs

Third Place Alexander Crane 8th grade Better Lawn Care? St. John the Evangelist Catholic School Loveland

Fourth Place Cortnie Hunter 7th grade Stablization or Poison: The Effects of Soil Stabilizer on Plant Germination Monte Vista Middle School Monte Vista

Honorable Mention Alexandra Tompkins 7th grade Is the Grass Greener? Boulder Country Day School Boulder

Honorable Mention Talor Saffer 7th grade Too Much of a Good Thing? Arriba-Flagler School Flagler

Honorable Mention Madison Thompson 8th grade The Effects of Sequestrating Carbon Dioxide onto C3, C4, and CAM Plants Otis Jr/Sr High School Otis

Senior Division Plant Sciences

First Place Samantha Chin 11th grade Effects of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Extracts on the Growth of Mature Winter Wheatgrass Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette

Second Place Elizabeth Hoffner 10th grade Is There Strength in Numbers? Home School Center

Third Place Neal Hiser 9th grade Effect of Allelochemicals on the Growth of Western Wheat Grass Basalt High School Basalt

Fourth Place Evan Waters 9th grade How Much Is Too Much? Springfield High School Springfield

Honorable Mention Davis Lange 9th grade A Cell Plant Regeneration Cherry Creek High School Denver

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2012 Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Special Awards Press Release

Teacher Awards Lockheed Martin

CSEF Teacher of the Year Award David Miner $3000 grant, plaque Brush High School Brush

SparkFun Electronics SparkFun Constructivism Energy Award

David Miner certificate, scholarship to attend a 2-day Introduction to Microcontrollers for Educators class ($300 value) Brush High School Brush

William Mallory certificate, scholarship to attend a 1-day Intro to Arduino class ($125 value) Genoa-Hugo School Hugo

Loree' Harvey certificate, scholarship to attend a 1-day Intro to Arduino class ($125 value) Monte Vista Middle School Monte Vista

Diego Martinez certificate, scholarship to attend a 1-day Intro to Arduino class ($125 value) Center High School Center

Terri Paulson certificate, scholarship to attend a 1-day Intro to Arduino class ($125 value) Sargent Jr/Sr High School Monte Vista

Colorado Science and Engineering Fair

Ralph Desch Memorial Technical Writing Award Rahul Shankar 12th grade $100, certificate Rampart High School Colorado Springs Assembling a Dextran-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Up-take by Cancerous Cells

Poster Art Contest Alison Weinberger 8th grade $100, certificate Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver

Student Choice Award Mitchell Fosdick 7th grade $100, certificate, trophy Fowler Junior High School Hydrogen: The Clean Energy of Today

Easton LaChappelle 10th grade $100, certificate, trophy Mancos High School Mancos Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis

Pioneers of Science - Edward Teller Josie Sitton 6th grade $30, certificate Cortez Middle School Cortez Time and Temperature of Wood

Pioneers of Science Edwin Hubble Zander Graham 7th grade $30, certificate Quest Academy Dacono Spectroscopy

Pioneers of Science - Georges Cuvier Sean Flatten 7th grade $30, certificate Centennial Middle School Montrose Mice, Mazes, and Music!

Pioneers of Science - Grace Hopper Avi Swartz 7th grade $30, certificate Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver One Out of 400 Choose 100

Pioneers of Science - Greene Black Nicole Whitehead 8th grade $30, certificate North Middle School Colorado Springs The Aimless Fingerprint

Pioneers of Science - James Joule Luke Tyler 6th grade $30, certificate Eagle County Charter Academy Edwards Spin to Win

Pioneers of Science - John Salk Michael Stankiewicz 6th grade $30, certificate Cesar Chavez Academy Pueblo 5 Second Rule: Fact or Fiction

Pioneers of Science - Louis Pasteur Julia Ludwig 8th grade $30, certificate Lamar Middle School Lamar The Effect of Disinfectants on the Eradication of a Biofilm

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Pioneers of Science - Luther Burbank Thomas McCarthy 7th grade $30, certificate West Jefferson Middle School Conifer Vertiginous Vegetables: A Study of How Gravity Affects Root Development

Pioneers of Science - Margaret Mead Journey Simmons 8th grade $30, certificate Stanley British Primary School Denver Buenas Noches! The Scientific Study of Conscious vs. Unconscious Learning of Spanish Vocabulary

Pioneers of Science - Marie Curie Zach Wilson 6th grade $30, certificate Walsh Elementary School Walsh Tip of the Iceberg: Lowering the Melting Point of Water

Pioneers of Science - Max Planck Marika Basagoitia 8th grade $30, certificate Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista Brush Buster or Brush Busted?

Pioneers of Science - Nicola Tesla Roger Nakagawa 6th grade $30, certificate Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences Denver The Effect of Dimple Size on How Golf Balls Roll

Pioneers of Science - Rachel Carson Sierra Kelly 6th grade $30, certificate Miller Middle School Durango Black Roof, White Roof, Which One Is the Right Roof?

Pioneers of Science - Rosalie Edge Rebecca Erickson 7th grade $30, certificate Blevins Middle School Fort Collins Got Oil?

Pioneers of Science - Sigmund Freud Bethany Levy 8th grade $30, certificate Cortez Middle School Cortez Operation Meditation

Military

United States Air Force Air Force ROTC Award

Zander Graham 7th grade certificate, victory sport bag, sonic sound speaker, junior tech organizer Quest Academy Dacono Spectroscopy

Katherine Younglove 8th grade certificate, victory sport bag, sonic sound speaker, junior tech organizer Summit Middle School Boulder Using Mirrors to Increase the Power Obtained by Solar PV Cells

Eric Lyne 9th grade certificate, victory sport bag, sonic sound speaker, junior tech organizer Brush High School Brush Boosting Solar-Collector Efficiency with a Fresnel Lens

Easton LaChappelle 10th grade certificate, victory sport bag, sonic sound speaker, junior tech organizer Mancos High School Mancos Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis

United States Army US Army Research Laboratory Award

Cody Mattern 12th grade Brett Reinke 11th grade Jay Rosenfield 12th grade certificate, $50 US savings bond Warren Tech North Arvada Quantifying Postural Sway of Simulated Pre & Post Traumat-ic Brain Injury Trials

Boyu Wang 12th grade Yichen (Astron) Liu 12th grade Stephan Liu 11th grade certificate, $50 US savings bond Lakewood High School Lakewood Self-Sustained Desalination in Combination with Wastewater Treatment – Hybrid Microbial Desalination

Rebecca Kraxberger 9th grade certificate, $50 US savings bond Genoa-Hugo School Hugo Electrolytes vs. Different Drink: Water, Sports Drinks, or Fruit Juice

Desarae Cruz 9th grade certificate, $50 US savings bond Dolores Huerta Preparatory High Pueblo Age vs. Reaction Time

Easton LaChappelle 10th grade certificate, $100 US savings bond, silver medallion Mancos High School Mancos Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis

United States Navy & United States Marine Corps

Office of Naval Research Award Peter Shearon 7th grade certificate The Classical Academy Colorado Springs Program and Play

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Mitchell Fosdick 7th grade certificate Fowler Junior High School Fowler Hydrogen: The Clean Energy of Today

Aleesa Muir 8th grade certificate The Classical Academy Colorado Springs Analyzing the Effects of Dietary Supplement Consumption on Probiotic Growth

Joshua Courtney 6th grade certificate Monument Academy Monument Condition Indexes of Fish as Bioindicators One Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Rahul Shankar 12th grade certificate, $75 gift certificate Rampart High School Colorado Springs Assembling a Dextran-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Up-take by Cancerous Cells

Tayler Rocha 10th grade certificate, $75 gift certificate Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Macroinvertebrate and Nutrient Response to Stream Water Quality After a Wildfire on Medano Creek

Sydney Matteson 9th grade certificate, $75 gift certificate Palmer High School Colorado Springs How Well Is Your Well: The Effect of Hydrofracking Fluids on a Eukariotic Species

Organizational

Air & Waste Management Association Rocky Mountain States Section

Michael Seltzer 11th grade $50 (to be mailed) Fairview High School Boulder An Inexpensive Method for Estimating Particle Pollution

Tayler Rocha 10th grade $50 (to be mailed) Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Macroinvertebrate and Nutrient Response to Stream Water Quality After a Wildfire on Medano Creek

Kelli Lynch 12th grade $50 (to be mailed) Rocky Mountain High School Fort Collins Irradiation Extermination Part 3: A Portable System to Elimi-nate Waterborne Microorganisms

Kelsey Kimberling 7th grade $50 (to be mailed) Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista Dust Away

Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade $50 (to be mailed) Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials

American Chemical Society Colorado Local Section

Tucker Shrout & Vincente Ozzello 8th grade certificate, $100 La Veta Middle School La Veta Neutralizing pH

Gerri Roberts 11th grade Hannah West 11th grade certificate, $100 Poudre High School Fort Collins Windsor High School Windsor Green Processing of Fatty Acids for Fuel Production

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Rocky Mountain Section

Grace Romer 8th grade $75 Stanley British Primary School Denver Searching for Clarity: Drop by Drop

Emma Cooney 8th grade $100 Summit Middle School Boulder Removing Copper with Fruit Peels and Seaweed

Aniruddh Prakash 11th grade $75 Fairview High School Boulder Effect of Defects on Selectivity Parameters of SAPO-34 Zeo-lite Membranes

Boyu Wang 12th grade Yichen (Astron) Liu 12th grade Stephan Liu 11th grade $100 Lakewood High School Lakewood Self-Sustained Desalination in Combination with Wastewater Treatment – Hybrid Microbial Desalination

American Meteorological Society Denver/Boulder Chapter

Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade certificate, $50 in weather related items Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials

Emma Frantz 9th grade certificate, $50 in weather related items Palmer High School Colorado Springs The Effect of the Sun on Cloud Formation and the Earth's Climate

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American Public Power Association DEED Energy & Efficiency Innovation Award

Katherine Younglove 8th grade $50 Summit Middle School Boulder Using Mirrors to Increase the Power Obtained by Solar PV Cells

Noah Westfall 10th grade $75 Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village Heat Transfer from Biomass II

DEED Environmental Innovation Award Rahul Ramesh 7th grade $50 Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Got Fuel?

Sara Volz 11th grade $75 Cheyenne Mountain High School Colorado Springs Optimizing Algae Biofuels: Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesi

American Statistical Association, Colorado/Wyoming Chapter David Young Memorial Award

Jubliee St. Louis 7th grade letter of acknowledgement The Classical Academy Colorado Springs I'm Running It!

Lauren Lang 8th grade $150, student membership in the American Statistical Association, acknowledgement at the chapter spring meeting and on chapter web site Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette Very Handy

Nurul MohdReza 10th grade $150, student membership in the American Statistical Association, acknowledgement at the chapter spring meeting and on chapter web site Union Colony School Greeley The Study of Soil Remediation on Soil Respiration

American Vacuum Society Rocky Mountain Chapter

Elya Courtney 8th grade $50, $50 for adult sponsor Monument Academy Monument Is the Drag Force on a Supersonic Projectile Proportional to Air Density?

Nicholas Finan 8th grade $100, $100 for adult sponsor Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette Sticky Water: Intermolecular Attraction

Emma Frantz 9th grade $50, $50 for adult sponsor Palmer High School Colorado Springs The Effect of the Sun on Cloud Formation and the Earth's Climate

Ya'el Courtney 10th grade $100, $100 for adult sponsor Lewis Palmer High School Monument Does Ambient Air Pressure Affect Rocket Motor Perfor-mance?

American Water Works Association, Rocky Mountain Section & Rocky Mountain Water

Environment Association

Shelly Steinert 8th grade certificate, $200 Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista Snow to Water . . . A Long Way to Go!

Grace Romer 8th grade certificate, $400 Stanley British Primary School Denver Searching for Clarity: Drop by Drop

Leslie Seitz 9th grade certificate, $200 Fairview High School Boulder Running Dry? Developing an Intuitive Water Planning Inter-face

Kelli Lynch 12th grade certificate, $400 Rocky Mountain High School Fort Collins Irradiation Extermination Part 3: A Portable System to Elimi-nate Waterborne Microorganisms

ASM International Best Materials Related Award

Courtney Ensz 10th grade $100 Arriba-Flagler School Flagler Preventing Iron Oxidation Corrosion in the Maritime Industry

Leighton Burt 7th grade $150 Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista Elastic, Plastic, or Bust: Investigating Yield Strength of Butyl Rubber Inner Tubes

Association for Women Geoscientists Larimide Chapter

Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade $80, 2012 achievement medal Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials

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Johanna Phillips 12th grade $80, 2012 achievement medal Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Water In, Water Out: Using a Water Balance Model To Esti-mate Net Consumptive Availability

Colorado Association of Meat Processors Monica Gaitonde 11th grade certificate, $60 Lamar High School Lamar The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate and Hydrogen Peroxide on the Growth of Streptococcus Mutans

Colorado Association of Science Teachers CAST Award

Rebecca Bloomfield 7th grade $75 North Middle School Colorado Springs Hit Me with Your Best (Lead) Shot: Lead Contamination on Rampart Shooting Range

Lenka Doskocil 7th grade $75 Bayfield Middle School Bayfield Bean Plants in Biochar

Rahul Shankar 12th grade $75 Rampart High School Colorado Springs Assembling a Dextran-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Up-take by Cancerous Cells

Tayler Rocha 10th grade $75 Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Macroinvertebrate and Nutrient Response to Stream Water Quality After a Wildfire on Medano Creek

Gerald Gromko Memorial Award Easton LaChappelle 10th grade $150, certificate Mancos High School Mancos Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis

Colorado Biology Teachers’ Association Misha Kummel 6th grade certificate, $75 North Middle School Colorado Springs Field Parameterization of a Model for Secondary Forest Suc-cession by Shade Tolerance

Samantha Chin 11th grade certificate, $75 Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette Effects of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Extracts on the Growth of Mature Winter Wheatgrass

Colorado Chemistry Teachers' Association Marlo Masters 7th grade $50, certificate The Classical Academy Colorado Springs My Mom Was Robbed!!

Gerri Roberts 11th grade Hannah West 11th grade $100, certificate Poudre High School Fort Collins Windsor High School Windsor Green Processing of Fatty Acids for Fuel Production

Colorado Dental Association Julia Ludwig 8th grade $50 Lamar Middle School Lamar The Effect of Disinfectants on the Eradication of a Biofilm

Alyssah Ewing 6th grade $100 Genoa-Hugo School Hugo Toothpaste

Olivia Sayer 11th grade $50 Warren Tech Center Lakewood Nicotine and Cancer: The Effects of Nicotine on Carcinoma Cell Proliferation

Monica Gaitonde 11th grade $100 Lamar High School Lamar The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate and Hydrogen Peroxide on the Growth of Streptococcus Mutans

Colo. Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety Outstanding Earth Science Award

Emma Cooney 8th grade $75 Summit Middle School Boulder Removing Copper with Fruit Peels and Seaweed

Tayler Rocha 10th grade $75 Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Macroinvertebrate and Nutrient Response to Stream Water Quality After a Wildfire on Medano Creek

Colorado Environmental Health Association Courtney Haag & Jewell Humphrey 7th grade certificate, $100 Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Do Cooking Methods Prevent Bacteria Growth on Different Meat Types?

Michael Seltzer 11th grade certificate, $150, invitation to exhibit at the CEHA Annual educational Conference ($400 value) Fairview High School Boulder An Inexpensive Method for Estimating Particle Pollution

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Colorado Foundation for Agriculture Agriculture in the Classroom Award

Madison Thompson 8th grade certificate, $50 Otis Jr/Sr High School Otis The Effects of Sequestrating Carbon Dioxide onto C3, C4, and CAM Plants

Madison Olver 7th grade certificate, $50 Blevins Middle School Fort Collins Hay! How's Your Dust, Mold, and Nutritional Value?

Teisha Coffield 9th grade certificate, $50 Lone Star High School Otis Chemotaxis in Physarum polycephalum: A Model for the Ef-fects of Antioxidants on Cancer Progression

Nurul MohdReza 10th grade certificate, $50 Union Colony School Greeley The Study of Soil Remediation on Soil Respiration

Colorado Geographic Alliance Application of Geography Award

Chris Alleman 8th grade $100 Kinard Middle School Fort Collins What's Up with the Poudre?

Isabella Soehn 11th grade $100 Boulder High School Boulder A Wind Field Study Comparing Five Automatic Weather Sta-tions on the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf

Colorado Medical Society Alison Weinberger 8th grade $100, invitation to the winners and their parents to exhibit at the Colorado Medical Society Annual Meeting and attendance at the Presidential Inaugural Dinner with a paid overnight stay Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Is Homeopathy More Than the Placebo? The Effect of Home-opathic Arnica Montana on Fruit Flies

Jenna Hartley 9th grade $100, invitation to the winners and their parents to exhibit at the Colorado Medical Society Annual Meeting and attendance at the Presidential Inaugural Dinner with a paid overnight stay Palmer High School Colorado Springs Engineering a Novel Inhibitor for Encapsulated Pathogens

Colorado Mineral Society Andrew Miller 8th grade certificate, $25, 2 mineral specimens, book Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Lakewood Rock and Sediment Properties and Water Flow

Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade certificate, $40, 2 mineral specimens, book Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials

Johanna Phillips 12th grade certificate, $25, 2 mineral specimens, book Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Water In, Water Out: Using a Water Balance Model To Esti-mate Net Consumptive Availability

Brisha Wakasugi 11th grade certificate, $40, 2 mineral specimens, book Sierra Grande Jr/Sr High School Blanca Kerber Creek Restoration Using Phytoremediation III: Priori-tizing Clean-up Areas

Colorado Mycological Society Devon Enke 10th grade $50, Vera Evenson's book, society honorary membership, cer-tificate La Veta Jr/Sr High School La Veta Mycoremediation: Using Pleurotus ostreatus Mycelium to Remove Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Freshwater and Salt-water Environments

Colorado Scientific Society Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade $50 Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials

Joshua Courtney 6th grade $75 Monument Academy Monument Condition Indexes of Fish as Bioindicators One Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Brisha Wakasugi 11th grade $75 Sierra Grande Jr/Sr High School Blanca Kerber Creek Restoration Using Phytoremediation III: Priori-tizing Clean-up Areas

Sydney Matteson 9th grade $100 Palmer High School Colorado Springs How Well Is Your Well: The Effect of Hydrofracking Fluids on a Eukariotic Species

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Colorado State University Clean Energy Supercluster

Clean Energy Achievement Award Sara Volz 11th grade certificate, invitation to present research at the annual Cenergy Expo, April 18, 2012 at Colorado State University (travel ex-penses reimbursed up to $500) Cheyenne Mountain High School Colorado Springs Optimizing Algae Biofuels: Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis

Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences

Innovations in the Science of Agriculture Award Teisha Coffield 9th grade Lone Star High School Otis Chemotaxis in Physarum polycephalum: A Model for the Ef-fects of Antioxidants on Cancer Progression

Colorado State University Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Lawrence Zhang 10th grade certificate, $100 Fairview High School Boulder miRNA 205: Suppressing Inpp4b and Wnt5a Expression

Colorado State University Department of Chemistry

Karli Buchanan 7th grade certificate, $100 Buchanan Middle School Wray Kitchen Chemistry 101: Fluffy Pancakes

Aniruddh Prakash 11th grade certificate, $100 Fairview High School Boulder Effect of Defects on Selectivity Parameters of SAPO-34 Zeo-lite Membranes

Colorado State University Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Alison Henry 7th grade $100 The Classical Academy Colorado Springs This Is Your Bean. This Is Your Bean on Drugs.

Alexandra Tompkins 7th grade $100 Boulder Country Day School Boulder Is the Grass Greener?

Elizabeth Hoffner 10th grade $100 Home School Center Is There Strength in Numbers?

Samantha Chin 11th grade $100 Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette Effects of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Extracts on the Growth of Mature Winter Wheatgrass

Colorado Veterinary Medical Association Kaitlyn Carson 7th grade certificate, $50 from CVMA, $50 from CVMA Auxiliary Preston Middle School Fort Collins iVet vs. Evo

Beth Lenz 11th grade certificate, $50 from CVMA, $50 from CVMA Auxiliary Wray High School Wray Calving Under Pressure

Colorado-Wyoming Society of American Forest-ers

Miah Pitcher 8th grade $100 savings bond Paogsa Springs Middle School Pagosa Springs Challenging the Lorax: A Study of Forest Health After Bio-mass Harvesting

Clark Cranfill 12th grade $100 savings bond Sargent High School Monte Vista Thicker Phloem = Funeral Home

Misha Kummel 6th grade $100 savings bond North Middle School Colorado Springs Field Parameterization of a Model for Secondary Forest Suc-cession by Shade Tolerance

Comstock Family Heather Comstock Memorial Award

Jenna Hartley 9th grade certificate, $200 Palmer High School Colorado Springs Engineering a Novel Inhibitor for Encapsulated Pathogens

Eppler Family Katherine Younglove 8th grade microprocessor kit & digital multimeter ($100 value) Summit Middle School Boulder Using Mirrors to Increase the Power Obtained by Solar PV Cells

Cedric Camacho 8th grade microprocessor kit & digital multimeter ($100 value) Edison Middle School Yoder Eco Friendly Robot Car

Fort Collins Conservation District Shelly Steinert 8th grade $50, plaque Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista Snow to Water . . . A Long Way to Go!

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Johanna Phillips 12th grade $50, plaque Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Water In, Water Out: Using a Water Balance Model To Esti-mate Net Consumptive Availability

Frank Armbruster Foundation Charles Armbruster Memorial Award

Christopher Van Lieu 8th grade $100 Kinard Middle School Fort Collins Blown Away

Hands & Minds, Inc. Anatomy in Clay Award Cody Mattern 12th grade Brett Reinke 11th grade Jay Rosenfield 12th grade Student Maniken model by Anatomy in Clay Learning System ($250 value) Warren Tech North Arvada Quantifying Postural Sway of Simulated Pre & Post Traumat-ic Brain Injury Trials

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Rocky Mountain Chapter

Nathan Frantz 12th grade $100 Fleming High School Fleming On the Road: From Dual Disability to Independence

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers High Plans Section

Clint Sexton 8th grade $100 Blevins Middle School Fort Collins Wiismart

Easton LaChappelle 10th grade $150 Mancos High School Mancos Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis

Little Shop of Physics Matthew McCausland Memorial Award

Cedric Camacho 8th grade $100 Edison Middle School Yoder Eco Friendly Robot Car

Emma Frantz 9th grade $100 Palmer High School Colorado Springs The Effect of the Sun on Cloud Formation and the Earth's Climate

Lockheed Martin Johann Kailey-Steiner 7th grade $50 Grant Beacon Middle School Denver Rocket Design Part 2 - Testing the Effects of Vortex Genera-tors on Drag Coefficient

Wesley Hileman 11th grade Matthew Hileman 9th grade $100 The Classical Academy Colorado Springs Ion Propulsion: Electrostatic Thruster Design and Optimiza-tion for Space Applications

MWH Americas, Inc. Sustainable Future Award

Rahul Ramesh 7th grade $100, plaque Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Got Fuel?

Kelsey Lindbloom 8th grade $200, plaque Salida Middle School Salida Fueling the Future

Laura Brothers 12th grade $100, plaque Grace Preparatory Academy Durango The Wind, the Windmill, and the Windcube

Boyu Wang 12th grade Yichen (Astron) Liu 12th grade Stephan Liu 11th grade $200, plaque Lakewood High School Lakewood Self-Sustained Desalination in Combination with Wastewater Treatment – Hybrid Microbial Desalination

National Geophysical Data Center Ivo Erben 8th grade $100 savings bond, certificate, plaque Summit Middle School Boulder Hyperborean History

Optical Society of America Rocky Mountain Section

Zander Graham 7th grade certificate, 1-year subscription to Discover magazine Quest Academy Dacono Spectroscopy

Eric Lyne 9th grade certificate, 1-year subscription to Discover magazine Brush High School Brush Boosting Solar-Collector Efficiency with a Fresnel Lens

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Pepperman-Alpert Family Pepperman-Alpert Memorial Award

Rahul Shankar 12th grade $50 Rampart High School Colorado Springs Assembling a Dextran-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Up-take by Cancerous Cells

Rawat Family Champion of Scientific Innovation Award

Tiana Linkus 7th grade $100 savings bond, $50 savings bond for teacher Quest Academy Dacono Kick It: Kick Angle Effect on Distance

Casey Shaw 7th grade $100 savings bond, $50 savings bond for teacher Liberty School Joes The Effect of Trebuchet Design Modifications on Projectile Launch Distance

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade cash awards TBD Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials

Isabella Soehn 11th grade cash awards TBD Boulder High School Boulder A Wind Field Study Comparing Five Automatic Weather Sta-tions on the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf

SACNAS, Colorado State University Chapter Rahul Shankar 12th grade $50 Rampart High School Colorado Springs Assembling a Dextran-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Up-take by Cancerous Cells

Samantha Chin 11th grade $50 Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette Effects of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Extracts on the Growth of Mature Winter Wheatgrass

Cedric Camacho 8th grade $50 Edison Middle School Yoder Eco Friendly Robot Car

Journey Simmons 8th grade $50 Stanley British Primary School Denver Buenas Noches! The Scientific Study of Conscious vs. Uncon-scious Learning of Spanish Vocabulary

Science Toy Magic, LLC Keanan Anderson & Tate Hinger 6th grade $50 Pagosa Springs Middle School Pagosa Springs What Is the Delta T of a Two Can Stirling Engine?

Nathan Harman, Abby Herman & Jay Armstrong 7th grade $100 Fort Morgan Middle School Fort Morgan If Copper Isn't Magnetic, Then Why Does It Affect a Falling Magnet?

Tyler Stratman 11th grade $50 Brush High School Brush Polygonal Shapes on a Rotating Fluid Surface

Eric Lyne 9th grade $100 Brush High School Brush Boosting Solar-Collector Efficiency with a Fresnel Lens

Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Colorado Section

Andrew Miller 8th grade $100, plaque Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Lakewood Rock and Sediment Properties and Water Flow

Emma Cooney 8th grade $200, plaque Summit Middle School Boulder Removing Copper with Fruit Peels and Seaweed

Brisha Wakasugi 11th grade $200, plaque Sierra Grande Jr/Sr High School Blanca Kerber Creek Restoration Using Phytoremediation III: Priori-tizing Clean-up Areas

Society of Manufacturing Engineers Colorado Chapter 354

Andy Keller Memorial Award Diego Ruis 7th grade $100, recognition by chapter 354 Union Colony Preparatory School Greeley Human Reactions Under Pressure

Colt Thompson 8th grade $150, recognition by chapter 354 Cortez Middle School Cortez Roping Dummy DIY

Easton LaChappelle 10th grade $200, recognition by chapter 354 Mancos High School Mancos Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis

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Society of Women Engineers Rocky Mountain Section

Katherine Younglove 8th grade certificate, $75 Summit Middle School Boulder Using Mirrors to Increase the Power Obtained by Solar PV Cells

Mary Hood 8th grade certificate, $100 Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista Doggie's New Playmate

Leslie Seitz 9th grade certificate, $75 Fairview High School Boulder Running Dry? Developing an Intuitive Water Planning Inter-face

Kelli Lynch 12th grade certificate, $100 Rocky Mountain High School Fort Collins Irradiation Extermination Part 3: A Portable System to Elimi-nate Waterborne Microorganisms

SPIE-The International Society for Optics & Photonics

SPIE Optics & Photonics Award Zander Graham 7th grade $100 Quest Academy Dacono Spectroscopy

Sierra Kelly 6th grade $150 Miller Middle School Durango Black Roof, White Roof, Which One Is the Right Roof?

Katherine Younglove 8th grade $250 Summit Middle School Boulder Using Mirrors to Increase the Power Obtained by Solar PV

Cells VJ Christophersen 9th grade $100 Plainview School Sheridan Lake El Sol - Inexpensive Energy

Eric Lyne 9th grade $150 Brush High School Brush Boosting Solar-Collector Efficiency with a Fresnel Lens

Austin Moore 10th grade $250 Grace Preparatory Academy Durango Laser Viscometer

The Inventors' Roundtable Clint Sexton 8th grade $100, free patent search ($499 value) Blevins Middle School Fort Collins Wiismart

Trout Unlimited Trout Unlimited River Conservation Award

Leslie Seitz 9th grade $50 savings bond, alternate for scholarship to attend Colorado Trout Unlimited's River Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp Fairview High School Boulder Running Dry? Developing an Intuitive Water Planning Inter-face

Tayler Rocha 10th grade $100 savings bond, scholarship to attend Colorado Trout Un-limited's River Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Macroinvertebrate and Nutrient Response to Stream Water Quality After a Wildfire on Medano Creek

United States Department of Commerce DOC Excellence in Science and Engineering Award Johanna Phillips 12th grade alternate for opportunity for summer employment with De-partment of Commerce Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Water In, Water Out: Using a Water Balance Model To Esti-mate Net Consumptive Availability

Victoria Milano 12th grade opportunity for summer employment with Department of Commerce with the possibility for future continuing employ-ment Brush High School Brush The Phenomenon of Oscillons in Vertically Vibrated Granular Material

United States Geological Survey USGS Excellence in Geological or Water Research

Award Emma Cooney 8th grade reference book, mineral specimen Summit Middle School Boulder Removing Copper with Fruit Peels and Seaweed

Sydney Matteson 9th grade reference book, mineral specimen Palmer High School Colorado Springs How Well Is Your Well: The Effect of Hydrofracking Fluids on a Eukariotic Species

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University of Colorado, Denver Medical Scientist Training Program Award

Dorothy Pope 7th grade $50 The Classical Academy Colorado Springs You Say Tomato, I Say To-mah-to!

Jenna Hartley 9th grade $50 Palmer High School Colorado Springs Engineering a Novel Inhibitor for Encapsulated Pathogens

University of Northern Colorado MAST Institute Award

Stevan Maksimovic 8th grade $50 Summit Middle School Boulder How an Author Affects His or Her Numerical Style of Writing

Jacob Nichols 10th grade $50 Brush High School Brush An Investigation of the Washboard Road Phenomenon

Wojtaszek Family Paul Wojtaszek Memorial Award

Moeka Nakagawa 11th grade certificate, $300 Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village Analysis of Expression of Fructose Transporter GLUT5 in Rat Tissues with Regards to Reducing Obesity

Women in Physics Ilse Meiler 8th grade $50 Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette Splat! An Investigation into the Splatter Patterns of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids

Xcel Energy Environmental Stewardship Award

Cassandra Horton 8th grade $50 Quest Academy Dacono Hydropower vs. Wind Power

Vishal Krishnan 10th grade $50 Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village Mitigation of Environmental Impacts Caused by Wind Tur-bines

Innovation in Energy Award Teegan Hite & Kiselya Plewe 8th grade $50 Dolores Middle School Dolores Taking a Stand

Wyatt Goodin 11th grade $50 Fairview High School Boulder Examination of Power Grid Cascading Failure Through Simu-lation

Yale Science and Engineering Association Most Outstanding 11th Grade Project Award

Gerri Roberts 11th grade Hannah West 11th grade certificate, medallion (to be mailed) Poudre High School Fort Collins Windsor High School Windsor Green Processing of Fatty Acids for Fuel Production

SSP

American Psychological Association Achievement in Psychological Science Award

Savannah Russell 10th grade Katelan Sinski 9th grade certificate North Fork Vision School Paonia A Study of the Speech and Riding Connection

Broadcom Foundation Broadcom MASTERS Competition Nomination

Nadja de Sa 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition The Classical Academy Colorado Springs Sticky Fingers

Callie Matteson & Ashley Vitti 6th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition North Middle School Colorado Springs Just a Minute

Marlo Masters 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition The Classical Academy Colorado Springs My Mom Was Robbed!!

Alexandra Famiglietti 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials

Evan Savage 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Boulder Country Day School Boulder Growing Algae for Biodiesel in the Desert

Leighton Burt 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Sargent Junior High School Monte Vista Elastic, Plastic, or Bust: Investigating Yield Strength of Butyl Rubber Inner Tubes

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Joshua Courtney 6th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Monument Academy Monument Condition Indexes of Fish as Bioindicators One Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Stevan Maksimovic 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Summit Middle School Boulder How an Author Affects His or Her Numerical Style of Writing

Aleesa Muir 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition The Classical Academy Colorado Springs Analyzing the Effects of Dietary Supplement Consumption on Probiotic Growth

Seth Young 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition The Classical Academy Colorado Springs Microbe Blaster for a Crude Oil Disaster

Alex Roerty 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Preston Middle School Fort Collins It's Not a Catapult!

Alison Henry 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition The Classical Academy Colorado Springs This Is Your Bean. This Is Your Bean on Drugs.

Madison Olver 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Blevins Middle School Fort Collins Hay! How's Your Dust, Mold, and Nutritional Value?

Kristina Cavey 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Turner Middle School Berthoud Secret Savior

Nicholas Finan 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette Sticky Water: Intermolecular Attraction

Ivo Erben 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Summit Middle School Boulder Hyperborean History

Keanan Anderson 6th grade Tate Hinger 6th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Pagosa Springs Middle School Pagosa Springs What Is the Delta T of a Two Can Stirling Engine?

Johann Kailey-Steiner 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Grant Beacon Middle School Denver Rocket Design Part 2 - Testing the Effects of Vortex Genera-tors on Drag Coefficient

Rahul Ramesh 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver Got Fuel?

Avi Swartz 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Cherry Creek Challenge School Denver One Out of 400 Choose 100

Ted Dumont 7th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Estes Park Middle School Estes Park The Effect of Altitude on Hematocrit

Kelsey Lindbloom 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Salida Middle School Salida Fueling the Future

Elya Courtney 8th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition Monument Academy Monument Is the Drag Force on a Supersonic Projectile Proportional to Air Density?

Misha Kummel 6th grade nomination to compete in the Broadcom Masters competition North Middle School Colorado Springs Field Parameterization of a Model for Secondary Forest Suc-cession by Shade Tolerance

Intel Corporation Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award

Jessica Constant 11th grade certificate, $200 (to be mailed) Poudre High School Fort Collins Computer Modeling V: A Predictive Model of Tracer Disper-sion in the Atmosphere

National High School & Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society

Mu Alpha Theta Award Cole Hugelmeyer 11th grade certificate Boulder High School Boulder Proof That a Circular Hopf Link is a Stationary Point for Mo-bius Energy

National Society of Professional Engineers Innovative Engineering Award

Easton LaChappelle 10th grade certificate, lapel pin, entry into National Innovative Engineer-ing Award competition ($1,000) Mancos High School Mancos Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis

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Ricoh Americas Corporation Ricoh Sustainable Development Award

Noah Westfall 10th grade certificate Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village Heat Transfer from Biomass II

Society for In Vitro Biology Outstanding Achievement for Ability and Creativity

in In Vitro Biology Award Austin Reed 11th grade certificate Wray High School Wary Does the TAST2R38 Gene Affect Body Fat Composition?

United States Department of Commerce Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award

Emma Frantz 9th grade certificate, medallion Palmer High School Colorado Springs The Effect of the Sun on Cloud Formation and the Earth's Climate

United States Metric Association Best Use of the International System of Units Award Tayler Rocha 10th grade certificate Monte Vista High School Monte Vista Macroinvertebrate and Nutrient Response to Stream Water Quality After a Wildfire on Medano Creek

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2011/2012 Expense Report September 1, 2011-August 31, 2012

Category Descriptions Budget Actual Difference

INCOME Sponsorships $39,000.00 $24,850.00 ($14,150.00)Contributions $5,000.00 $2,702.06 ($2,297.94)General Income

Interest $200.00 $68.57 ($131.43) Matching Gifts $1,000.00 $122.26 ($877.74) RSF Outreach Funds $7,500.00 $7,500.00 $0.00 Sales $1,500.00 $1,087.90 ($412.10) Scholarships/Special Awards $3,660.00 $5,200.00 $1,540.00 Teacher of the Year Award $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $0.00

TOTAL General Income $16,760.00 $16,978.73 $218.73Grants $10,500.00 $10,000.00 ($500.00)In-Kind $12,400.00 $19,119.16 $6,719.16Registrations $11,060.00 $11,270.00 $210.00 TOTAL INCOME $94,720.00 $84,919.95 ($9,800.05)

Category Descriptions Budget Actual Difference

EXPENSES Awards

Best of CSEF Awards $350.00 $400.00 ($50.00) CSEF Special Awards $400.00 $400.00 $0.00 Grand Awards $9,000.00 $9,100.00 ($100.00) Non-Cash Awards $800.00 $1,852.72 ($1,052.72) Other Special Awards $6,660.00 $6,230.00 $430.00

TOTAL Awards $17,210.00 $17,982.72 ($772.72)

Board Expenses Communications $400.00 $339.53 $60.47 Meetings $1,875.00 $1,504.94 $370.06 Operations $8,430.20 $6,586.33 $1,843.87

TOTAL Board Expenses $10,705.20 $8,430.80 $2,274.40

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Category Description 2103 Actuals 2013 Budget Difference 2012 Actuals Notes

Sponsorships -$ 29,350.00$ (29,350.00)$ 24,850.00$ Contributions -$ 3,675.00$ (3,675.00)$ 2,702.06$ In-Kind -$ 19,000.00$ (19,000.00)$ 19,119.16$ Registrations -$ 11,060.00$ (11,060.00)$ 11,270.00$ Grants -$ 10,000.00$ (10,000.00)$ 10,000.00$ General Income

Interest -$ 100.00$ (100.00)$ 68.57$ Sales -$ 1,500.00$ (1,500.00)$ 1,087.90$ Matching Gifts -$ 100.00$ (100.00)$ 122.26$ RSF Outreach Funds -$ 7,500.00$ (7,500.00)$ 7,500.00$ Scholarships/Special Awards -$ 4,600.00$ (4,600.00)$ 5,200.00$ Teacher of the Year Award -$ 3,000.00$ (3,000.00)$ 3,000.00$

TOTAL General Income -$ 16,800.00$ (16,800.00)$ 16,978.73$

TOTAL INCOME -$ 89,885.00$ (89,885.00)$ 84,919.95$

AwardsGrand Awards -$ 9,000.00$ 9,000.00$ 9,100.00$ Best of CSEF Awards -$ 350.00$ 350.00$ 400.00$ CSEF Special Awards -$ 400.00$ 400.00$ 400.00$ Other Special Awards -$ 7,030.00$ 7,030.00$ 6,230.00$ these are pass through award payments from SOAsNon-Cash Awards -$ 2,700.00$ 2,700.00$ 1,852.72$

TOTAL Awards -$ 19,480.00$ 19,480.00$ 17,982.72$

Board ExpensesCommunications -$ 350.00$ 350.00$ 339.53$ Meetings -$ 1,675.00$ 1,675.00$ 1,504.94$ Operations -$ 7,630.20$ 7,630.20$ 6,586.33$

TOTAL Board Expenses -$ 9,655.20$ 9,655.20$ 8,430.80$

ISEFAffiliation -$ 650.00$ 650.00$ 650.00$ Travel -$ 6,600.00$ 6,600.00$ 4,747.20$ based on 5 student attendees (CSEF Director is paid by SSP)

TOTAL ISEF -$ 7,250.00$ 7,250.00$ 5,397.20$

Outreach -$ 9,500.00$ 9,500.00$ 9,661.80$

INCOME

EXPENSES

Category Description 2103 Actuals 2013 Budget Difference 2012 Actuals NotesCSEF Expenses

Adult Sponsors -$ 350.00$ 350.00$ 338.16$ Advisory Council -$ 100.00$ 100.00$ 108.03$ Finalist Activities -$ 7,100.00$ 7,100.00$ 6,633.28$ took out Finalist's socialFinalist Registration -$ 16,850.00$ 16,850.00$ 16,992.47$ Fundraising -$ 100.00$ 100.00$ 68.68$ Judging -$ 5,065.00$ 5,065.00$ 5,071.74$ Personnel -$ 8,122.80$ 8,122.80$ 8,342.82$ Publications -$ 1,850.00$ 1,850.00$ 2,507.72$ Regional Fair Directors -$ 450.00$ 450.00$ 424.49$ Scientific Review Committee -$ 700.00$ 700.00$ 594.60$ Supplies -$ 750.00$ 750.00$ 848.02$ Volunteers -$ 1,900.00$ 1,900.00$ 1,751.93$

TOTAL CSEF Expenses -$ 43,337.80$ 43,337.80$ 43,681.94$

TOTAL EXPENSES -$ 89,223.00$ 89,223.00$ 85,154.46$

INCOME - EXPENSES -$ 662.00$ (662.00)$ (234.51)$

Proposed Sponsorships: Proposed Contributions:Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - $500 CAST - $300AREVA Federal Services - $1,000 Kristi Mountain Sports - $75Ball Foundation - $2,500 Dean Tsao Foundation - $1,000Colorado Dental Association - $2,500 Scheevel Geo Technologies - $200Colorado Engineering Council - $500 Individuals - $1,100Colorado Medical Society - $2,000 new contributors - $1,000Covidien - $2,500CSU College Of Natural Sciences - $3,000CSU Provost Office - $3,000Galvanic Engineering - $750ICAT Managers - $500IEEE High Plains Section - $500Lockheed Martin - $2,000San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair - $500Seagate Technology - $2,000Society of Petroleum Engineers - $2,600Sundyne Corporation - $500new sponsors - $2,500

Minutes November 3, 2012, Colorado State Science Fair Members present: Mike Bemski, Nancy Glissman, Gweyth Glissman, Brian Scriber, Larry Sveum, Sam Bartlett, Russ Chadwick, Dan Kowal, David Holm, Carol Morrow, Courtney Butler, CSEF director, Lucy Adams, recording secretary, Elemer Bernath, historian, and Judy Prester, guest. Brian Scriber moved to accept the agenda, David Holm second, motion passed. Larry Sveum moved to accept the minutes of September, Sam Bartlett second, motion passed. REPORTS Finance Committee – Mike Bemski wanted to know if board members are willing to do fund raising or not. Carol Morrow suggested that each contact three new companies. Sam Bartlett will make sure that there is no duplication of companies. Science Fair Committee - Post card created to send to alumni. Larry Sveum has a letter ready to go to students for a 5 and 10 year reunion to be held at the fair this coming spring. There is a service that one can check for update emails and mailing addresses. Dan Kowal brought up having Pay Pal available. This would cost the fair around a 3% service charge of amount collected. Treasurer’s Report – presented by Courtney Butler and on file

Grant from Intel will be $15,000 this year - $2,000 is for the scholarship, $1,000 will go to each of the affiliated regional science fairs and the rest is for CSEF operations;

Part of the money is to be received this quarter; the remainder will be in the spring; Money received at this point includes SLV Regional Science Fair, Optimal Schedule, and

various individuals; Mike Bemski asked if someone could be a board member from the local Intel office –

Courtney Butler will ask; CU is suppose to be back on board this year as Amanda Parker works there know in the

Science and Engineering College; David Holm moved to accept the report, Dan Kowal seconded, motion passed. Director’s Report - presented by Courtney Butler and on file

Colorado Science Convention will be in a couple of weeks, we have a booth and Daniel Newmyer is doing a presentation on science fair;

Costs that Metro Denver has to pay for their fair, if the fair would move to Denver for 2014 would be around $13,000;

Do not have a total estimate yet from the Hilton, but it would be approximately around $15,000;

Alumni Team Report – presented by Nancy Glissmann

It is recommended to not do a Twitter account for CSEF; Facebook and Linked In accounts are open and running; Post card design has been decided and will be going out this spring;

Grand Award – presented by Nancy Glissmann Updating the comment/scoring forms that the judges use in order to garner better and

more useful comments; Will take a tour of the CSU theater in January; Gwyneth will be helping with the abstract review process; Creating a power point for students and teachers to use on judging; Updating the judging information;

SRC – presented by Courtney Butler for Doug Steward (not present)

Need a person with a Psychology background to be on committee; Larry Jakel is leaving the team; Will ask Candice Muir to be on committee;

OLD BUSINESS MOU - tabled at this time DPS – tabled at this time CSEF 2014

student center will be shut down starting May 2013, will not be available until August 2014, so need a facility for the fair in 2014;

Can have fair at the Hilton, but need to commit now; Check with Jan Nerger on “political issue” if moved to another campus for one year;

Sam Bartlett moved to go ahead and sign with the Hilton at this time. David Holm seconded, motion passed. Middle School Rulebook/Guidelines – tabled at this time Pioneers of Science

Sam Bartlett passed around a sign up sheet for sponsorship of these awards. Guest Speaker for 2013 CSEF

Brian Jones from Little Shop of Physics agreed to be the guest speaker for this year; Dr. Walt Meier from CU Boulder and Nobel awardee has agreed to be the guest speaker

for 2014; Proposed Changes to Sponsorship Levels

Change the names to: Diamond Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Copper

Need to make a matrix with all of the information outlined; Logos will be put on the back of the Finalist’s shirts in black ink only; Should we also allow for the specific sponsorships of the award categories – consensus

was no; Input needs to be sent to Courtney Butler ASAP and we will do an email vote of the

changes. Election of Officers – presented by Larry Sveum

Slate of officers is as follows: President - Carol Morrow V President - Russ Chadwick Treasurer - Mike Bemski Secretary - Ryan Patterson

David Holm moved to accept the slate. Sam Bartlett seconded, motion passed. NEW BUSINESS Regional Science Fair Schedule

Sam Bartlett passed around a list of the 2013 regional science fairs for board members to sign up to visit and volunteer for.

Misc. Announcements

Dan Kowal has the Annual Report and posters for people to take. Audit Update – Dan Kowal has done the Quicken process, Russ Chadwick will spot

check the books and a report should be ready for the January meeting. Next Meetings: January 19, 2013 Board of Directors and Regional Fair Directors Meetings at CDA April 13, 2013 Board of Directors and Advisory Council Meetings at CSU July 13, 2013 Board Retreat in Alamosa David Holm moved to adjourn, motion passed. Submitted by Lucy Adams, Recording Secretary


Bank Accounts




CSU 1-33736-CSU Sponsorship 5,948.08





Cash Accounts








Account Balances Report - As of 10/28/2012As of 10/28/2012

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INCOME

INCOME

Contributions

Other INCOME:Contributions 0.00 3,675.00 -3,675.00

TOTAL Contributions 0.00 3,675.00 -3,675.00

General Income

Interest 6.46 100.00 -93.54

Matching Gifts 0.00 100.00 -100.00

RSF Outreach Funds 0.00 7,500.00 -7,500.00

Sales 0.00 1,500.00 -1,500.00

Special Awards & Scholarships 60.00 4,030.00 -3,970.00

Teacher of the Year 0.00 3,000.00 -3,000.00


TOTAL General Income 66.46 16,230.00 -16,163.54

Grants 0.00 10,000.00 -10,000.00

In-Kind

Other INCOME:In-Kind 0.00 19,000.00 -19,000.00

TOTAL In-Kind 0.00 19,000.00 -19,000.00

Registrations

Arkansas Valley 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Boulder Valley 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Denver Metro 0.00 1,295.00 -1,295.00

East Central 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Longs Peak 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Morgan-Washington 0.00 770.00 -770.00


Pikes Peak 0.00 1,470.00 -1,470.00

San Juan Basin 0.00 770.00 -770.00

San Luis Valley 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Southeast 0.00 770.00 -770.00


Western 0.00 770.00 -770.00


TOTAL Registrations 0.00 11,235.00 -11,235.00

Sponsorships

Gold 1,000.00 5,000.00 -4,000.00

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Platinum 6,000.00 20,600.00 -14,600.00

Regular 0.00 3,000.00 -3,000.00

Silver 0.00 750.00 -750.00




TOTAL INCOME 7,066.46 89,490.00 -82,423.54

TOTAL INCOME 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL INCOME 7,066.46 89,490.00 -82,423.54

EXPENSES

AWARDS


Grand Awards 0.00 9,350.00 9,350.00

Non-Cash Awards 0.00 2,700.00 2,700.00

Other Special Awards 0.00 7,030.00 7,030.00


TOTAL AWARDS 0.00 19,480.00 19,480.00

Board Expenses


Meetings 309.68 1,675.00 1,365.32

Operations 1,319.20 7,630.20 6,311.00



CSEF EXPENSES

Adult Sponsors 100.49 350.00 249.51

Advisory Council 0.00 100.00 100.00

Finalist Activities 0.00 7,100.00 7,100.00

Finalist Registration 0.00 16,850.00 16,850.00

Fundraising 0.00 100.00 100.00

Judging 8.60 5,065.00 5,056.40

Personnel

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Personnel 2,056.56 8,122.80 6,066.24

TOTAL Personnel 2,056.56 8,122.80 6,066.24

Publications 0.00 1,850.00 1,850.00

Regional Fair Directors 0.00 450.00 450.00



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Supplies 147.82 750.00 602.18

Volunteers

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Volunteers 0.00 1,900.00 1,900.00

TOTAL Volunteers 0.00 1,900.00 1,900.00



ISEF

Affiliation 0.00 650.00 650.00

Travel

Other ISEF:Travel 0.00 6,600.00 6,600.00

TOTAL Travel 0.00 6,600.00 6,600.00

Other ISEF 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL ISEF 0.00 7,250.00 7,250.00

OUTREACH 0.00 9,500.00 9,500.00

TOTAL EXPENSES 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL EXPENSES 4,068.64 89,223.00 85,154.36

OVERALL TOTAL 2,997.82 267.00 2,730.82


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CSEF Director’s Report November 3, 2012

1. Announcements

Lucy, Sam, Daniel Newmyer and I will be attending the Colorado Science Convention November 16 and CSEF will have a booth again this year with the EOC. Daniel will be doing a presentation on creating student research seminar classes at the high school level – encouraging participation in science fair research projects.

2. Fall Accomplishments

Sent out letters to last year’s adult sponsors. Completed the 2012 CSEF photo album. Added Facebook and Linked In buttons on the CSEF web site. Arranged for the Advisory Council meeting. Created new sponsorship level proposal. Arranged for a block of hotel rooms for the Colorado delegation in Phoenix, AZ. Created the 2013 CSEF database. Collected Regional Science Fair affiliation paperwork from all but 4 regional fairs. Completed ISEF affiliation for 2013. Completed 2011/2012 Annual Report for printing. Created post cards to send out to CSEF alumni. Reviewed/edited letter to invite CSEF alumni to this year’s CSEF. Continued to update the CSEF web site as needed. Contacted the DMNS about possibly holding the 2014 CSEF there. Costs that the DMRSF incur for their fair

include: Tickets for ~650 students and teachers to attend the Planetarium - $875 Rental of tables (265) and chairs (600) - $3,053 Delivery, set-up and break down of tables and chairs - $913 Catering for judges luncheon, security and ushers for ceremony, auditorium rental - $2,571 Lunch tickets for students $6,400 TOTAL - $13,812

3. Looking Forward

Continue to add more data to the finalist participation matrix. Add last known addresses to finalist participation matrix. Finish researching CSAP results by schools that participate in CSEF. Update CSEF web site as needed for 2013. Complete the Adult Sponsor Guidebook. Arrange for Regional Fair Director meeting in January. Send out Fundraising Packets. Process SSP Awards when they arrive. Need to order supplies (pens, pins, medal, ribbons, etc.). Complete Finalist Handbook for 2013. Arrange for parking and shuttles for 2013 CSEF. Finalize award ceremony location for 2013. Finalist location of CSEF for 2014 (Hilton or DMNS).

Colorado Science and Engineering Fair

Judge’s CONFIDENTIAL Rating Card

(This portion will be destroyed after judging is completed.)

Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Judge’s Comment Card – STUDENT COPY

(Return completed portion to the Judging Coordinator.)

Exhibit No.: ________________________________________________

Exhibit Title:_______________________________________________

Student Name: Exhibit No: Exhibit Title:

Place Pre-Printed Label with Student Info

100 Maximum Total Possible Points

1. Creative Ability (30 Points) – Comments:

2. Scientific Thought/Engineering, Math, and Computer Science Goals (30 Points) – Comments:

3. Thoroughness (15 points) – Comments:

4. Skill (15 points) – Comments:

5. Clarity (10 points) – Comments:

Total Points:

Possible Contender:

1. The best elements of your project/research:

2. Recommendations for improvement of your project/research:

3. The best elements of your presentation/display:

4. Recommendations for improvement of your presentation/display:

5. General Comments:

Adopted: November 2006 Last updated: November 20062012

Sponsorship/Contributionors Policy Special awards provided by sponsoring organizations must have a minimum

combined value of $50. Each organization providing special awards for CSEF may award up to four awards. Awards that are certificates only will be announced, but not presented during the awards ceremony.Organizations providing Special Awards to students may elect to send the funds to CSEF for distribution to the students provided funds are received by April 1st.

Sponsors and contributors providing in-kind goods or services must submit an In-

Kind Sponsorship Form prior toby March 1st to CSEF in order to be recognized in the CSEF Program. An Actual In-Kind Report is also requested following the fair in order torequired by August 31st to complete the budget and financial reports.

A Sponsor must donate $500 or more (cash or in-kind) and is eligible for two seats on the Board of Directors. A Contributor may donate less than $500. A Sponsorship/Contribution Pledge Form (for cash donations) is requested prior to CSEF in order to include organizations in the CSEF Program. Payment of pledges is required by July 1 in order to be included in the current fiscal year’s financial reports.

Sponsors are those individuals, organizations and companies who give at least $500 each year to the general operation of the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair. Sponsors are allowed two voting seats on the Board of Directors if they so choose to specify individuals. Sponsorships must be paid or pledged by March 1st to be included in that year’s CSEF printed promotional materials. Annual sponsorship levels and benefits are as follows: Diamond Sponsors provide ≥ $10,000 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo placed on the Home page and the Sponsor page

of the CSEF website; The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organization logo, along with a short description will be printed in

the CSEF Award Ceremony Program; Company/organization name will be listed in the CSEF Program and CSEF

Annual Report; Company/organization liaison with CSEF will receive two tickets to a donor

dinner to be held in the Summer; Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the

student exhibit hall during the CSEF; The company/organization logo will be printed on the back of the Finalist’s t-

shirts; and *Starting in 2015, the company/organization may provide a banner to hang in

the student exhibit hall during the CSEF (banners can be no larger than 4’w x 3’h).

Platinum Sponsors provide $5,000 - $9,999 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF

website;


The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organization logo, along with a short description will be printed in




student exhibit hall during the CSEF; Company/organization name will be printed on the back of the Finalist’s t-



Gold Sponsors provide $2,500 - $4,999 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF

website; The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organization logo, along with a short description will be printed in


Annual Report; The company/organization liaison with CSEF will receive two tickets to a

donor dinner to be held in the Summer; **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the

student exhibit hall during the CSEF for an additional fee of $15; and Company/organization name will be printed on the back of the Finalist’s t-

shirts. Silver Sponsors provide $1,000 - $2,499 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF

website; The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organization name, along with a short description will be printed in


Annual Report; The company/organization liaison with CSEF will receive one ticket to a donor

dinner to be held in the Summer; **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the


shirts. Bronze Sponsors provide $750 - $999 in support and receive the following additional benefits:


Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF website;

The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organizational name, along with a short description will be printed

in the CSEF Award Ceremony Program; Company/organizational name will be listed in the CSEF Program and CSEF

Annual Report; The company/organizational liaison with CSEF will receive one ticket to a

donor dinner to be held in the Summer; and **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the

student exhibit hall during the CSEF for an additional fee of $45. Copper Sponsors provide $500 - $749 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization name will be listed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF




dinner to be held in the Summer; and **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the

student exhibit hall during the CSEF for an additional fee of $60.

Contributors are those individuals, organizations and companies who give less than $500 each year to the general operation of the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair. Contributors will be listed by name only in the CSEF Program, the CSEF Award Ceremony Program, the CSEF Annual Report, and on the Sponsor page of the CSEF website. There will also be a link to the company/organizational website from the CSEF Sponsor page of the CSEF website. Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the student exhibit hall during the CSEF for an additional fee of $75.** Contributions must be paid or pledged by March 1st to be included in that year’s CSEF printed promotional materials.

Grants received for special purposes shall be separate from the normal operating

budget and shall be reported as restricted funds and be afforded the same benefits as sponsors for that monetary category..

*Those organization/companies that have been supporting CSEF as a sponsor (≥ $500) for at least 5 years prior to 2015, will also be allowed to hang a banner at the CSEF. **Additional charges for table space to sponsorship levels below Platinum may be adjusted according to Lory Student Center policy and costs.

Minutes January 19, 2013, Colorado State Science Fair Members present: Mike Bemski, Russ Chadwick, Gwyneth Glissmann, Nancy Glissmann, David Holm, Larry Knauer, Dan Kowal, Bob Morrow (via phone), Carol Morrow, Ryan Patterson Larry Sveum, Courtney Butler, CSEF Director, and Lucy Adams, recording secretary. David Holm moved to accept the agenda, Dan Kowal second, motion passed. Larry Sveum moved to accept the minutes of September, Ryan Patterson second, motion passed. REPORTS Finance Committee – presented by Dan Kowal

Reviewed the new sponsorship benefits list. Colorado Grants list was reviewed – Dolly Morrow might be willing to help write grants

for CSEF. Lucy Adams and Larry Sveum sent letters out to parents of last year’s Finalists (minus

SLV participants) asking for contributions – received 2 responses. Will need to continue to do this.

Courtney Butler will set up PayPal account for CSEF - need to check on the actual service charge. Is there a difference between companies and non-profits? This link will be put on Facebook and CSEF web sites.

Larry Knauer has a contact for a financial management company – need advice on starting an endowment.

What about multi-year sponsorships? Board members need to help contact companies. In-kind support is not tracked as well as it could/should be. Need to look at the Denver Post’s Business section – there is a writer that showcases a

non-profit organization each week. Carol Morrow suggested hiring a professional grant writer who would receive a

percentage of the amount raised. Need to scan pictures of past Finalists to add to the Facebook page.

Science Fair Committee – presented by Courtney Butler

There is the possibility to apply for funds from Ball Aerospace to hold more teacher workshops.

Need new special awards in certain categories: medicine & health, animal sciences and behavior & social sciences.

Have not sent out postcards to past Finalists yet – we have 13 years’ worth of data – need postage amount.

Nancy Glissmann and Gwyneth Glissmann will look into the cost of a post card with pictures on it.

Treasurer’s Report – presented by Courtney Butler and on file Need to order medals this year – will get the slightly smaller, cheaper ones this time. The company that does the CSEF pins is going out of business, so will need to find a new

company for next year. It was suggested that we order 2 years’ worth of pins this year. David Holm moved to accept the report, Dan Kowal second, motion passed. CSEF Director’s Report – presented by Courtney Butler and on file

The award ceremony will be held at the Timberline Church in Fort Collins this year, but we have to start at 6 p.m. in order to be done by their deadline of 9 p.m.

Junior Division and Senior Division projects will be in separate ballrooms this year due to the construction.

Alumni Team Report – presented by Carol Morrow

Need more pictures on Facebook page. Need to get the post cards sent out.

Grand Award Coordination Report – presented by Nancy Glissmann

The Grand Awards Judges will be housed in the CSU Theater this year and will be great. The only downside is the walk for the Senior Division judges to the North Ballroom.

Will need to rent a TV to show the schedule on. Will use the large overhead screen for the judges’ presentation.

SRC Report – presented by Courtney Butler for Doug Steward (not present)

The committee will be meeting on March 22 & 23, 2013. Regional Fair Directors Meeting Report – presented by Courtney Butler

The biggest issues will be the split of the junior and senior division projects into separate ballrooms.

They are only allowed to send less than or equal to the number of Finalists that Courtney assigns them for each division due to space restrictions this year and the split.

OLD BUSINESS MOU – tabled at this time DPS Support – tabled at this time CSEF 2014

We have a contract to hold it at the Hilton – we don’t have to pay until the event. Courtney has the cost for the rooms – will need to spend so much on food in order for the

cost of the rooms to go down some. We might invite someone from the Hilton to the November meeting and/or have the

meeting at the Hilton so the board can view the space. Middle School Rulebook/Guidelines – tabled at this time

Pioneers of Science There are a couple of people who still have to pay. There are still some awards that need a sponsor as well.

Regional Fair Adoption

There are still some regional fairs that need someone to attend/make contact with. All are invited to help with the SLV Regional Science Fair.

Proposed Changes to Sponsorship Levels

Motion passed via email vote. NEW BUSINESS 990 Tax Forms – this has been completed and submitted for 2012. Audit – This has been completed by Dan Kowal and Russ Chadwick. A year ago, an independent accountant did a review. There should be this type of outside review every three years and the committee can probably do with two members instead of three. Proposed Changes to Audit Committee Policy – Mike Bemski moved to accept this change, Ryan Patterson second, motion passed. Next Meetings: April 13, 2013 at Colorado State University July 20, 2013 in Alamosa Announcements: The Colorado Dental Association has sold the building we currently meet in and will be moving to a new building in the Tech Center and we will be meeting there in September. Larry Knauer moved to adjourn the meeting, David Holm second, motion passed. Submitted by Lucy Adams, Recording Secretary


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Cash Accounts









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INCOME

INCOME

Contributions

Other INCOME:Contributions 725.00 3,675.00 -2,950.00

TOTAL Contributions 725.00 3,675.00 -2,950.00

General Income

Interest 15.91 100.00 -84.09

Matching Gifts 100.73 100.00 0.73

RSF Outreach Funds 0.00 7,500.00 -7,500.00

Sales 0.00 1,500.00 -1,500.00

Special Awards & Scholarships 150.00 4,030.00 -3,880.00



TOTAL General Income 266.64 16,230.00 -15,963.36

Grants 11,500.00 10,000.00 1,500.00

In-Kind

Other INCOME:In-Kind 50.00 19,000.00 -18,950.00

TOTAL In-Kind 50.00 19,000.00 -18,950.00

Registrations


Boulder Valley 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Denver Metro 0.00 1,295.00 -1,295.00

East Central 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Longs Peak 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Morgan-Washington 0.00 770.00 -770.00


Pikes Peak 0.00 1,470.00 -1,470.00

San Juan Basin 0.00 770.00 -770.00

San Luis Valley 0.00 770.00 -770.00

Southeast 0.00 770.00 -770.00


Western 0.00 770.00 -770.00


TOTAL Registrations 0.00 11,235.00 -11,235.00

Sponsorships

Bronz 0.00 750.00 -750.00


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Copper 1,000.00 3,000.00 -2,000.00

Diamond 6,000.00 6,000.00 0.00

Gold 3,600.00 14,600.00 -11,000.00

Platinum 0.00 0.00 0.00

Silver 0.00 5,000.00 -5,000.00




TOTAL INCOME 23,141.64 89,490.00 -66,348.36


TOTAL INCOME 23,141.64 89,490.00 -66,348.36

EXPENSES

AWARDS


Grand Awards 0.00 9,350.00 9,350.00

Non-Cash Awards 0.00 2,700.00 2,700.00

Other Special Awards 2,000.00 7,030.00 5,030.00


TOTAL AWARDS 2,000.00 19,480.00 17,480.00

Board Expenses


Meetings 484.68 1,675.00 1,190.32

Operations 2,548.00 7,630.20 5,082.20



CSEF EXPENSES

Adult Sponsors 100.49 350.00 249.51

Advisory Council 89.32 100.00 10.68

Finalist Activities 0.00 7,100.00 7,100.00


Fundraising 73.10 100.00 26.90

Judging 112.67 5,065.00 4,952.33

Personnel

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Personnel 4,154.97 8,122.80 3,967.83

TOTAL Personnel 4,154.97 8,122.80 3,967.83

Publications 0.00 1,850.00 1,850.00


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Supplies 243.45 750.00 506.55

Volunteers

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Volunteers 0.00 1,900.00 1,900.00

TOTAL Volunteers 0.00 1,900.00 1,900.00



ISEF

Affiliation 650.00 650.00 0.00

Travel


TOTAL Travel 0.00 6,600.00 6,600.00

Other ISEF 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL ISEF 650.00 7,250.00 6,600.00

OUTREACH 393.31 9,500.00 9,106.69


TOTAL EXPENSES 11,097.70 89,223.00 78,125.30

OVERALL TOTAL 12,043.94 267.00 11,776.94


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CSEF Director’s Report January 19, 2013

1. Announcements

Contract for 2014 CSEF at the Hilton Fort Collins has been signed and we are set to hold parts of the event there.

Colorado Science Convention went well – had contact with many teachers and gave out information. Daniel’s presentation went well too.

I will be attending the Denver Metro RSF, the Longs Peak RSF and the San Luis Valley RSF this year. EOC will be hosting a Mock Interview session for Longs Peak RSF participants on February 4th. I judged at the St. Joseph’s and Blevins’ school fairs in December. We will be needing extra volunteers due to the splitting of the projects into different ballrooms this year.

2. Fall Accomplishments

Ordered pens for 2013 CSEF. Completed the Finalist Handbook for 2013. Arranged for the Regional Fair Directors meeting. Sent out fundraising packets to new and continuing sponsors. Processed the SSP awards. Arranged for project drop-off in the Library lot during CSEF. Arranged for parking at the Equine Center for Thursday of CSEF. Finalized the award ceremony location for 2013. Started planning for the 2013 tour schedule. Completed the 990 tax return and filed it. Submitted reports to the Colorado Secretary of State as required by law. Created a new parking map for the campus. Updated signs and created new ones for this year as needed.

3. Looking Forward

Continue to add more data to the finalist participation matrix. Add last known addresses to finalist participation matrix. Finish researching CSAP results by schools that participate in CSEF. Update CSEF web site as needed for 2013. Complete the Adult Sponsor Guidebook. Need to order supplies (pins, medals, ribbons, nametags, etc.). Arrange for shuttles for 2013 CSEF. Collect finalist registrations. Process Finalist paperwork. Arrange for SRC meeting in March. Create the Award Ceremony and CSEF programs. Finalize 2013 tour schedule. Order trophies and plaques. Solicit volunteers.


Sponsorship/Contributionors Policy Special awards provided by sponsoring organizations must have a minimum

combined value of $50. Each organization providing special awards for CSEF may award up to four awards. Awards that are certificates only will be announced, but not presented during the awards ceremony.Organizations providing Special Awards to students may elect to send the funds to CSEF for distribution to the students provided funds are received by April 1st.

Sponsors and contributors providing in-kind goods or services must submit an In-

Kind Sponsorship Form prior toby March 1st to CSEF in order to be recognized in the CSEF Program. An Actual In-Kind Report is also requested following the fair in order torequired by August 31st to complete the budget and financial reports.

A Sponsor must donate $500 or more (cash or in-kind) and is eligible for two seats on the Board of Directors. A Contributor may donate less than $500. A Sponsorship/Contribution Pledge Form (for cash donations) is requested prior to CSEF in order to include organizations in the CSEF Program. Payment of pledges is required by July 1 in order to be included in the current fiscal year’s financial reports.

Sponsors are those individuals, organizations and companies who give at least $500 each year to the general operation of the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair. Sponsors are allowed two voting seats on the Board of Directors if they so choose to specify individuals. Sponsorships must be paid or pledged by March 1st to be included in that year’s CSEF printed promotional materials. Annual sponsorship levels and benefits are as follows: Diamond Sponsors provide ≥ $10,000 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo placed on the Home page and the Sponsor page

of the CSEF website; The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organization logo, along with a short description will be printed in




student exhibit hall during the CSEF; The company/organization logo will be printed on the back of the Finalist’s t-



Platinum Sponsors provide $5,000 - $9,999 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF

website;


The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organization logo, along with a short description will be printed in




student exhibit hall during the CSEF; Company/organization name will be printed on the back of the Finalist’s t-



Gold Sponsors provide $2,500 - $4,999 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF

website; The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organization logo, along with a short description will be printed in


Annual Report; The company/organization liaison with CSEF will receive two tickets to a

donor dinner to be held in the Summer; **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the


shirts. Silver Sponsors provide $1,000 - $2,499 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF




dinner to be held in the Summer; **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the


shirts. Bronze Sponsors provide $750 - $999 in support and receive the following additional benefits:


Company/organization logo will be placed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF website;

The CSEF website will provide a link to the company/organization website; Company/organizational name, along with a short description will be printed

in the CSEF Award Ceremony Program; Company/organizational name will be listed in the CSEF Program and CSEF

Annual Report; The company/organizational liaison with CSEF will receive one ticket to a

donor dinner to be held in the Summer; and **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the

student exhibit hall during the CSEF for an additional fee of $45. Copper Sponsors provide $500 - $749 in support and receive the following additional benefits: Company/organization name will be listed on the Sponsor page of the CSEF




dinner to be held in the Summer; and **Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the

student exhibit hall during the CSEF for an additional fee of $60.

Contributors are those individuals, organizations and companies who give less than $500 each year to the general operation of the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair. Contributors will be listed by name only in the CSEF Program, the CSEF Award Ceremony Program, the CSEF Annual Report, and on the Sponsor page of the CSEF website. There will also be a link to the company/organizational website from the CSEF Sponsor page of the CSEF website. Starting in 2015, the company/organization may host a table outside of the student exhibit hall during the CSEF for an additional fee of $75.** Contributions must be paid or pledged by March 1st to be included in that year’s CSEF printed promotional materials.

Grants received for special purposes shall be separate from the normal operating

budget and shall be reported as restricted funds and be afforded the same benefits as sponsors for that monetary category..

*Those organization/companies that have been supporting CSEF as a sponsor (≥ $500) for at least 5 years prior to 2015, will also be allowed to hang a banner at the CSEF. **Additional charges for table space to sponsorship levels below Platinum may be adjusted according to Lory Student Center policy and costs.

Adopted: September 2001 Last updated: November 2001January 2013

Audit Committee Policy The Audit Committee typically consists of three two board members appointed by the President of the board of directors at the September meeting. Although not mandatory, at least one committee member should have Quicken software to assist in the evaluation of financial records. Otherwise, the Executive Director shall provide printouts from Quicken in the year-end books. A report is due by the November January meeting. As most committee members are not located geographically close together, each member has a different role in the audit procedure. Committee Member 1:

Review the Quicken files for accuracy. Make sure all receipts and income checks are recorded properly. Reconcile the debts and deposits in account ledgers (“checkbooks”) with the bank statements, looking for any unaccounted for expenses. Spot check all records and ledges for consistency.

Committee Member 2:

Spot check the debits and deposits with the bank statements, looking for any large, unusual or inappropriate expenses. Check the expenditure and deposit receipts with bank statements and account ledgers. Compare large expenses (>$100) to the budget and, if necessary, to similar expenses in previous years if necessary.

Committee Member 3:

Review the Quicken files for accuracy. Make sure all receipts and income checks are recorded properly. Spot check all records and ledgers for consistency.

Optional:

Have an accountant review the financial records after the audit committee to get a professional opinion that concurs with the committee’s findings.

Minutes April 13, 2013 Colorado State Science Fair Members present: Sam Bartlett, Mike Bemski, Russ Chadwick, Gwenyth Glissman, Nancy Glissmann, David Holm, Kaitlin Horning, Dan Kowal, Bob Morrow, Carol Morrow, Jody Oaks, Ryan Patterson, Brian Scriber, Larry Sveum, Elemer Bernath, CSEF Historian, Marissa Patterson, guest, Judy Prester, guest, Courtney Butler, CSEF Director and Lucy Adams, redording secretary. The January meeting minutes are not available for review at this time. REPORTS: Treasurer’s Report – presented by Courtney Butler and on file

This report does include the grand awards and special awards from the fair. The report does not include funds from Lockheed Martin and the Colorado Dental Association which

are forth coming. Lucy Adams was given a contribution from a Finalist’s grandparent.

Advisory Council Meeting Report – presented by Courtney Butler

There was only one negative comment on the survey forms and that was that a judge was using his/her phone during judging.

Johnny Valdez, a parent and teacher from Ignacio was at the meeting and expressed a desire to get involved.

The awards ceremony was done on time and in record time. Only two projects failed to qualify out of nine possibilities. We were down about 20 projects this year due to construction and no shows.

Special Award Organization Report – presented by Sam Bartlett

There was one new special award organization this year – Colorado Rural Electric. Colorado State University, Pueblo came back and gave two scholarships. University of Colorado, Boulder came back and gave several scholarships this year.

Grand Award Coordination Report – presented by Nancy Glissmann

Everything went very well this year. Nancy is concerned about judge’s potential conflicts of interest and would like to see all judges sign

something that states they have disclosed any potential conflicts they might have with being a judge at the CSEF (mentor, adult sponsor, judge at a RSF, teacher, etc.).

David Holm suggested a committee work on a policy and come back with an outline at the fall meeting. Committee members will be Brian Scriber, David Holm and Nancy Glissmann.

Announcements:

Elemer Bernath requested materials for the archives. Would like to have the November meeting at the Hilton in order to walk through the space to see the

layout of next year’s fair. The venue for the Award Ceremony in 2014 has not been determined yet.

Next Meetings: July 20, 2013 in Alamosa Submitted by Lucy Adams Recording Secretary


Bank Accounts






Fisher CD (1 Year Reinvest)-Dr. H. Calvin Fis... 10,580.50



Cash Accounts



PayPal Account 387.80



Credit Card at First National Bank Fort -1,916.61

TOTAL Credit Card Accounts -1,916.61



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INCOME

INCOME

Contributions

Other INCOME:Contributions 1,675.00 2,276.46 -601.46

TOTAL Contributions 1,675.00 2,276.46 -601.46

General Income

Interest 28.88 61.95 -33.07

Matching Gifts 130.73 61.95 68.78

RSF Outreach Funds 14,500.00 4,645.83 9,854.17

Sales 0.00 929.17 -929.17

Special Awards & Scholarships 4,555.00 2,496.37 2,058.63



TOTAL General Income 19,214.61 10,053.60 9,161.01

Grants 4,500.00 6,194.45 -1,694.45

In-Kind

Other INCOME:In-Kind 4,355.50 11,769.45 -7,413.95

TOTAL In-Kind 4,355.50 11,769.45 -7,413.95

Registrations


Boulder Valley 0.00 476.96 -476.96

Denver Metro 0.00 802.17 -802.17

East Central 0.00 476.96 -476.96

Longs Peak 770.00 476.96 293.04

Morgan-Washington 910.00 476.96 433.04


Pikes Peak 1,405.00 910.58 494.42

San Juan Basin 0.00 476.96 -476.96

San Luis Valley 700.00 476.96 223.04

Southeast 0.00 476.96 -476.96


Western 385.00 476.96 -91.96


TOTAL Registrations 4,170.00 6,959.31 -2,789.31

Sponsorships

2013 Budget Report:59/1/2012 through 4/13/2013 Using Budget 2013

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Bronz 2,000.00 464.58 1,535.42

Copper 2,500.00 1,858.33 641.67

Diamond 6,000.00 3,716.67 2,283.33

Gold 12,100.00 9,043.87 3,056.13

Platinum 0.00 0.00 0.00

Silver 2,000.00 3,097.21 -1,097.21


TOTAL Sponsorships 24,600.00 18,180.66 6,419.34


TOTAL INCOME 58,515.11 55,433.93 3,081.18


TOTAL INCOME 58,515.11 55,433.93 3,081.18

EXPENSES

AWARDS

CSEF Special Awards 400.00 247.79 -152.21

Grand Awards 9,325.00 5,791.79 -3,533.21

Non-Cash Awards 2,518.06 1,672.50 -845.56

Other Special Awards 4,865.00 4,354.70 -510.30


TOTAL AWARDS 17,108.06 12,066.78 -5,041.28

Board Expenses


Meetings 739.36 1,037.58 298.22

Operations 4,864.40 4,726.49 -137.91


TOTAL Board Expenses 5,791.29 5,980.86 189.57

CSEF EXPENSES

Adult Sponsors 100.49 216.79 116.30

Advisory Council 89.32 61.95 -27.37

Finalist Activities 3,013.70 4,398.04 1,384.34


Fundraising 79.18 61.95 -17.23

Judging 1,797.82 3,137.50 1,339.68

Personnel

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Personnel 5,658.36 5,031.62 -626.74


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TOTAL Personnel 5,658.36 5,031.62 -626.74

Publications 363.76 1,145.96 782.20


Scientific Review Committee 553.90 433.62 -120.28

Supplies 293.42 464.58 171.16

Volunteers

Other CSEF EXPENSES:Volunteers 966.71 1,176.95 210.24

TOTAL Volunteers 966.71 1,176.95 210.24



ISEF

Affiliation 650.00 402.62 -247.38

Travel


TOTAL Travel 0.00 4,088.33 4,088.33

Other ISEF 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL ISEF 650.00 4,490.95 3,840.95

OUTREACH 11,416.58 5,884.71 -5,531.87


TOTAL EXPENSES 48,744.62 55,268.63 6,524.01

OVERALL TOTAL 9,770.49 165.30 9,605.19


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CSEF Director’s Report April 13, 2013

1. Announcements

• I attended the Denver Metro Regional Science Fair on February 27nd, the Longs Peak Regional Science Fair on February 19th and the San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair on March 7 & 8.

2. Recent Accomplishments

• Ordered CSEF pins. • Arranged for parking and shuttles. • Solicited volunteers for the CSEF. • Created the CSEF program and Awards Ceremony Program. • Held SRC meetings (3 projects FTQ’d). • Ordered plaques and trophies. • Ordered t-shirts. • Ordered catering. • Input information into database. • Coordinated the housing for the regional fairs at ISEF.

3. Looking Forward

• Finalize travel for CSEF winners to ISEF. • Attend ISEF in Phoenix. • Update web site with winner information. • Send thank you’s. • Process photo orders. • Organize official photos and send to Amy for processing. • Create album of photos. • Start working on a middle school handbook. • Create videos for filling out paperwork.

Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting

July 20, 2013 Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Succession of BOD Members

Need a succession plan for the Executive Director – advertise and put together hiring committee; what happens if something happens to CEO/Director – need to check newest version of by-laws; need a succession policy

For CEO – president would take over duties until the position can be advertised and hired for – need to add this to the by-laws

For Director – CEO/president can appoint an interim Director for running the fair; consult with EOC/CSU to find interim director; need to look into MOU with CSU

Sam – will send out a possible policy for the September meeting BOD Membership

Declining board members and need younger members to replace officers and members

Need to contact organizations that are giving us money and eligible for board members – send out list to people to see about contacting them and encourage membership

Why should they want to be a board member? Want to make a difference in a young scientists’ life?

2013/2014 Meeting Schedule

September 7, 2013 – CDA in Denver (new address) at 9 a.m.

November 2, 2013 – Hilton in Fort Collins (need to ask Erik again about holding the meeting there) advisory in the morning and BOD in the afternoon

January 11, 2014 – CDA in Denver (new address) RFD in the morning and BOD in the afternoon – ask other board members to host

April 12, 2014 – Hilton in Fort Collins (after CSEF) at noon Conflict of Interest

Need to add COI agreement to judges’ registration;

Would like to get this COI to the regional science fairs as well

Need to send out and then vote on at the September meeting

Need to include examples of conflict of interest in the agreement

Is there a conflict for special awards?

Board member be a student advocate to go around to all of the students and make sure they have been judged or find out if there have been any issues – Dolly will do that – probably need another person for the other division (maybe Jody?); have a list of projects and check-off that they have been interviewed at least three times by GAJ.

Parent Advisory Group

Make this part of the advisory council or separate?

What can the parents do for CSEF?

Get registration packet goodies?

Parent committee as part of the advisory council.

Ask each regional fair for 2-3 parent names to be part of the committee.

Fundraising ideas for new companies. Fundraising for 2014 & Beyond

Need to fundraiser letters to parents – include a contact form as well for their employers

Ask Special Award sponsors to also give a sponsorship

Send a letter out to Grand Awards Judges

Include information to current sponsors about this year’s circumstances

Need to target professional organizations – veterinary, medical, dental, agricultural, etc.

Local dental association – Bob & Carol

Exxon Mobile – with Mike B.

Gwyneth will approach Boulder companies – need to send brochure and ask outline

Focus on smaller companies?

Digital Globe – Russ will follow-up again

Dolly will look at grant opportunities

NCAR – Sam will start a conversation with them (may only be special award) ISEF Recap CSEF

2013 debrief – why do captains report so early – might make that shorter; will talk about mentors helping students at the judges meeting; term “Finalist” is misleading to some judges; need to clarify how projects are awarded – do we need to give the judges the right to not give all 4 places – need to look at number of projects in a category; maybe combine category with Environmental Sciences?

Evolution – is the fair losing momentum?

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