Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair
- Date of this year's Fair—March 17, 2012, 62 days ago.
- Location—Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids.
- The When and Where page has schedules, maps, and directions to help you find your way on Fair Day.
- News from the Fair—read it in the EISEF Recent News.
- Date of next year’s Fair—March 16, 2013, 10 months from now.
This year’s logo
EISEF's Mission Statement
We are the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair (EISEF).
Our mission is to inspire eastern Iowa’s students to pursue careers in science, engineering, and math.
To accomplish our mission, every year we do the following:
- We challenge the students in grades 6–12 to do science projects.
- We support their parents and teachers in guiding their projects.
- We invite them to Cedar Rapids to exhibit their projects and explain what they learned.
- We recognize the deserving students with awards, prizes, and scholarships.
- We send the very best students to the International Science and Engineering Fair, to exhibit their projects alongside the best students from around the world.
- We raise funds and mobilize volunteers and resources to make all this happen.
- We try to have fun doing it, and make it fun for everyone else.
This web site: Information for the EISEF mission.
This web site is a primary source of information for the people who carry out EISEF’s mission:
Follow the links above, on the left, and in the EISEF News section below to find the information you need for your part in EISEF’s mission.
EISEF Recent News
2012–05–17: ISEF Special Awards
These EISEF students received Special Awards in Pittsburgh:
- Pavane Gorrepati, $2,500 for the Monsanto First Award for Innovation in Plant Science
2012–03–29: 2012 Photo Album is complete.
The Album contains the following:
- 360 photos in all, all with captions.
- 221 exhibit photos
- 46 award photos
- Many more to tell the visual story of EISEF 2012.
2012–03–21 B: Progress report on photos
All photos of the award winners have been posted to the 2012 Photo Album.
100% coverage! This year, we got a photo of all the student exhibits. Now we’ll gradually caption these photos and post them to the 2012 Photo Album.
2012–03–21 A: Professional photos of exhibits available
Check out this gallery of photos taken by Mark Oehler, the professional photographer at the Fair. It includes photos of nearly all the student exhibits.
2012–03–18: Summary of the 2012 Fair
The Fair took place on Saturday, March 17, 2012—62 days ago.
Meet our 2012 Senior Champions!
Micaela Bryant from Donnellson
Surekha Mullangi from Burlington
They won at EISEF in Cedar Rapids. Now they’re headed to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, May 13–18.
Statistics:
- 224 students attended, with 183 exhibits.
- 110 judges interviewed them.
- They received 205 awards in all.
Lists:
- All the exhibits and awards at the fair.
- EISEF 2012 Photo Album. (This will take a couple of weeks.)
Did you take photos at the Fair? If you’d like to share them, we’d love to see them. E-mail them to our webmaster, and maybe we’ll include them in our photo album.
Senior and Junior Champions: Now you have to get ready to go to Pittsburgh, and you have to meet some strict deadlines. Our Post-Fair Info page tells all about it.
2012–03–09: Last-minute information for the 2012 Fair
The Fair is Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Lindale Mall, Cedar Rapids.
Registration for everybody starts at 8:00 AM on Fair Day.
- Students
- EISEF judges
- Sponsored Award judges
Key locations
- EISEF Headquarters: Lower level by Center Court.
- Student registration: Center Court, near the fountain, between Kay Jewelers and Rogers Jewelry.
- Judges’ registration: Outside EISEF HQ.
- Sponsored Awards registration: Inside EISEF HQ.
Last-minute judges and volunteers: come to Registration (EISEF Headquarters) and we’ll sign you up there.
The When and Where page has schedules, maps, and directions to help you find your way on Fair Day.
Students! You can check your entries on the Status of Student Entries page.
Judges! You can pick the exhibits you’d like to judge — before the Fair. These pages list the entries we’ve received, with their titles and descriptions. Look them over, choose the ones that are right for you, and you’ll be ready to sign up on Fair Day morning.
- Exhibit List for Judges (regular EISEF judging)
- Exhibit List for Awards (Sponsored Awards)
2012–01–24: Students: Time to enter your project in the Fair
Here’s what you need to do:
- Read the For Students And Teachers page and follow its directions.
- Check the Forms Guide to find out what forms and certificates you need to fill out and when.
- Finish your experiment and complete your paperwork.
- Fill out the Student Entry Form and submit it.
- Mail us copies of your Student Entry Signature Pages and all your other paperwork. The deadline is February 26, 2012.
- Check the status of your entry on the Status of Student Entries page.
- Bring the originals of all paperwork with you to the Fair on March 17, 2012.