Virtual Mentoring available from JSHS (June 5, 2022)
We received the following email from :
JSHS Teachers,
We realize this is a very busy time of the year, however we just wanted to pass along the Chronus Virtual Mentoring link provided by National JSHS. It’s a freely available platform to match students with mentors and it’s available to students anytime during the year. If you have students who are planning to do some of their work over the summer, it might be a great resource for them.
https://aeop.chronus.com/p/p1/membership_requests/new
Have a great end of the school year and we look forward to seeing you again next year!
— Brian & Lori
Awards for Iowa students at ISEF (May 13, 2022)
This Iowa student received a Special Award at ISEF in Atlanta:
Amara Orth, Lewis Central HS, Council Bluffs
- Acoustical Society of America, First Award of $1,500+.
These Iowa students received Grand Awards:
Libby Knipper, Beckman Catholic High School, Dyersville
- Materials Science, Fourth Award of $500
Amara Orth, Lewis Central HS, Council Bluffs
- Animal Sciences, Third Award of $1,000
ISEF 2022 Virtual Fair is Open Now! (May 6 2022)
Regeneron ISEF has announced:
Here are the 10 Iowa Finalists, with links to their Virtual Project Boards:
ANIM040: Amara Orth
Amara Orth
Secret Sounds of Bees: Analysis of Honey Bee Vibroacoustics Using Hidden Markov Models
Lewis Central High School, Council Bluffs
CHEM038: Kelly Takorbisong
Kelly Takorbisong
Biofuel: Testing Oils for Energy Efficacy
Keokuk High School, Keokuk
ENBM048: Jayden Shin
Jayden Shin
A Thermoreversible Gel for Delivery of Immunostimulant
West High School, Iowa City
ENEV047: Kiersten Knobbe
Kiersten Knobbe
Turbid or Not Turbid? That Is the Question: Creating a Water Filtration and Sanitation Method for Developing Countries
Guthrie Center High School, Guthrie Center
MATS035: Libby Knipper
Libby Knipper
Mechanical Properties of Antimicrobial Starch-Based Plastic Food Storage Films Phase II
Beckman Catholic High School, Dyersville
MCRO038: Ishita Mukadam
Ishita Mukadam
Turmeric Bandage: A Natural and Sustainable Way for Faster Wound Healing
Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Fairfield
PLNT034: Grace Helle
Grace Helle
Analysis of Chelated Minerals on Brassica rapa and Raphanus sativus as a Post-Germination Fertilizer
Beckman Catholic High School, Dyersville
ROBO049: Claire Gu
Claire Gu
Forecasting Beach Safety in Iowa’s Recreational Lakes Using Machine Learning Models
Valley High School, West Des Moines
SOFT042: Jonathan Fan
Jonathan Fan
A Novel Deep Learning-Based Symptom Recognition System for Effective Physician Decision-Making
West High School, Iowa City
TMED037: Lilly Graham
Lilly Graham
A Looming Epidemic: Personal Music Player Use in a Young Adult Sample and Its Implications for Future Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
West High School, Iowa City
Post-Fair progress report (April 1, 2022)
Who’s going to ISEF in Atlanta, Georgia?
- EISEF Senior Champions (photo)
- Kelly Takorbisong (competing in-person)
- Grace Helle (competing in-person)
- Jayden Shin (competing virtually)
- EISEF Junior Champions (photo)
- Caeden Newton (observer, in-person)
- Cally Leenerts (not attending)
How will COVID-19 affect the travelers to ISEF? Find out in the ISEF 2022 COVID-19 Policy.
2022 Photo Album
- Awards Ceremony: We’ve posted the photos of all the award recipients.
- 100% coverage! This year, we got photos of all of the student exhibits and posted them.
- We have more photos from the Fair. We just need to post to them to photo album and caption them.
- Do you have photos from the Fair that you’d like to share? please e-mail them .
Call for photos (March 24, 2022)
Share your pictures with us. Did you take photos at EISEF 2022? Please send them to , and encourage others to do the same. We’ll edit them as needed and post them to the EISEF website. We’ll leave them there indefinitely, so everyone can freely view them, download, and print them.
What are we looking for? Check out our Photo Albums from the past few years, and you’ll see the sorts of photos we prize. Perennial favorites:
- Posed pictures of the student(s) at their exhibit.
(Try to get the exhibit number and the project title in the picture — they help identify the student(s).) - Candid pictures of the students talking to judges.
- Area shots, capturing a moment among the exhibits, at check-in, etc.
- Group shots of all the students from your school.
Simply email the photographs from your phone or digital camera in whatever format it offers. The larger the number of pixels and the lower the compression, the better the picture. Then . Don’t alter the picture — we’ll crop and resize it as needed.
In the text of your email, please describe what the photos show and give names to the people who appear in them.
All photos you send us will become the property of the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair (EISEF). EISEF will edit and publish the photos solely at its discretion.
Summary of the 2022 Fair (March 20, 2022)
The Fair took place on Saturday, March 19, 2022 — 2 years ago.
Meet our 2022 Senior Champions.
Jayden Shin from Iowa City
Grace Helle from Dyersville
Kelly Takorbisong from Keokuk
They won at EISEF in Cedar Rapids. Now they’ll take part in the International Science and Engineering Fair, this May in Atlanta.
Meet the rest of our students.
Center court of Lindale Mall, just before judging started.
Statistics:
- 131 students attended from 16 schools, with 105 exhibits.
- 55 judges interviewed them.
- They received 192 awards in all.
Lists:
- All the exhibits and awards at the fair.
- The award winners, by school
- The award winners, by award
- EISEF 2022 Photo Album. (We will gradually fill this in over the next few 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 the , and maybe we’ll include them in our photo album.
Senior and Junior Champions: Now you have to get ready to go to Atlanta, and you have to meet some strict deadlines. Our Post-Fair Info page tells all about it.
EISEF 2022 award winners, by school (March 20, 2022)
Beckman HS, Dyersville
EISEF: Senior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Class II, Junior Teams
EISEF: Class II, Senior
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Teams
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club / Collins Amateur Radio Club
Genius Olympiad
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Mu Alpha Theta
Beckman HS, Dyersville
US Agency for International Development: Science Champion
Center Point Urbana HS, Center Point
EISEF: Class II, Senior
Central Lee HS , Donnellson
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 6th Year Student
American Meteorological Society
NASA Earth System Science Award
National Geographic That’s Geography! Award
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Society for In Vitro Biology
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize
US Navy and Marine Corps
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
American Meteorological Society
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize
Central Lee MS, Donnellson
EISEF: Junior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class I, Junior Physical
EISEF: Class I, Junior Teams
EISEF: Class II, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class II, Junior Physical
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Biological
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Teams
Broadcom Masters
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize
US Metric Association
US Navy and Marine Corps
Danville Jr-Sr HS, Danville
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
Holy Trinity, Fort Madison
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 6th Year Student
Association for Women Geoscientists
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Alan B. Adams Teacher Award
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award
US Navy and Marine Corps
Iowa City West HS, Iowa City
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
Yale Science & Engineering Association
Keokuk HS, Keokuk
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
American Psychological Association
Regeneron Biomedical Sciences Award
Keokuk HS, Keokuk
EISEF: Senior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Senior
ASM Materials Education Foundation
Genius Olympiad
Keokuk MS, Keokuk
EISEF: Junior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class I, Junior Teams
Broadcom Masters
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
US Navy and Marine Corps
Linn-Mar HS, Marion
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
Ricoh Corporation: Ricoh Sustainable Development
US Navy and Marine Corps
Maharishi SAE, Fairfield
EISEF: Class II, Junior Physical
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club / Collins Amateur Radio Club
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
North Scott HS, Eldridge
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Physical
Cedar Valley Rock and Mineral Society
US Air Force
West HS, Iowa City
EISEF: Senior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Senior
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award
West HS, Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
EISEF 2022 award winners, by award (March 20, 2022)
EISEF: Junior Champion
EISEF: Senior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class I, Junior Physical
EISEF: Class I, Junior Teams
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Class II, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class II, Junior Physical
EISEF: Class II, Junior Teams
EISEF: Class II, Senior
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Biological
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Physical
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Teams
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: 4 Years’ Participation
EISEF: 5 Years’ Participation
EISEF: 6 Years’ Participation
American Meteorological Society
American Psychological Association
ASM Materials Education Foundation
Association for Women Geoscientists
Broadcom Masters
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club / Collins Amateur Radio Club
Cedar Valley Rock and Mineral Society
Genius Olympiad
Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Alan B. Adams Teacher Award
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
Mu Alpha Theta
NASA Earth System Science Award
National Geographic That’s Geography! Award
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Regeneron Biomedical Sciences Award
Ricoh Corporation: Ricoh Sustainable Development
Society for In Vitro Biology
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize
US Agency for International Development: Science Champion
US Air Force
US Metric Association: Award of Merit
US Navy and Marine Corps: Naval Science
Yale Science & Engineering Association
Last-minute info for the 2022 Fair (March 17, 2022)
The Fair is Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Lindale Mall, Cedar Rapids.
Times
Check-in for everybody starts at 8:00 AM on Fair Day.
- Students
- EISEF judges
- Sponsored Award judges
Places
Key locations
- EISEF Headquarters: Main level near the former Sears, across from the Sears entrance.
- Student Check-in: Center Court, near the escalators.
- Judges’ Check-in: Outside EISEF HQ.
- Sponsored Awards Check-in: Inside EISEF HQ.
The When and Where page has schedules, maps, and directions to help you find your way on Fair Day.
Advice for you
Last-minute judges and volunteers: come to check-in (EISEF Headquarters) and we’ll sign you up there.
Students:
- Be sure to bring your mask. Some judges won’t interview you unless you wear a mask.
- You can check your entries on the Status of Student Entries page.
Judges:
- We will have a mask for you if you forget yours.
- 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 a couple 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)
Everybody: Contribute to the 2022 Photo Album!
- Take 3 (or more) photos of things you see at EISEF.
- Email them to .
- We’ll include the photos we like.
Advisory for students about ISEF (March 10, 2022)
In January, the International Science and Engineering (ISEF) announced its 2022 policies for attendees during COVID-19. Here are some important ways the policies affect you, our Senior Champions and Junior Champions:
The hybrid ISEF (virtual and in-person)
- You Senior Champions (ISEF calls you “Finalists”) have to choose:
- Will you compete in-person in Atlanta, Georgia?
- Or will you compete virtually, from Iowa?
- Either way, you’ll have to complete a virtual display within the ProjectBoard platform.
- The instructions are 11 pages long: ProjectBoard — Virtual Display Guidelines. Better start reading them right after you win at EISEF.
- If you compete in-person, you’ll also have to provide a physical display board for the exhibit hall in Atlanta. (This is like any other year at ISEF.)
COVID-19 policies (if you go in-person)
- All attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, at least 14 days before ISEF starts. (You must receive your final dose by April 24.)
- Attendees must wear masks indoors, except while actively eating or drinking.
- The Regeneron ISEF 2022 COVID-19 Policy has the full details.
ISEF 2022 Policies for attendees (January 18, 2022)
We received the following email from :
Hello Fair Director/Fair Contact,
I hope your new year is off to a good start! We are pleased to share with you the Project Material Guidelines for Regeneron ISEF 2022. You can find them here: https://sspcdn.blob.core.windows.net/files/Documents/SEP/ISEF/2022/Resources/Project-Material-Guidelines.pdf. As a reminder, all finalists must complete a virtual booth regardless of whether they are participating virtually or in-person. This document lists the materials that must be uploaded to the virtual booth and provides guidance on each part. Please note that in-person finalists are also required to create a physical board for in-person judging and presentation.
We are also pleased to share with you more details about the dates and format of both virtual and in-person judging. Virtual judging will take place the week prior to the in-person event on Wednesday, May 4 and Thursday, May 5. Categories will be split across the two days with any given category being completed in one day. We anticipate changes in the format of the day compared to Regeneron ISEF 2021 and are finalizing those details. We will share that information once final. In-person judging will take place on Tuesday, May 10. The format of in-person judging remains unchanged from previous in-person ISEFs.
Lastly, we know that there are many questions around the COVID-19 protocol at Regeneron ISEF 2022. You can find our up-to-date policy here: https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/2022-covid-19-policy/. That webpage will be continuously updated as we finalize the protocol. We are also investigating a variety of travel insurance options that fairs can select to participate in that might address some of the concerns around the expenses related to a student being affected during the trip.
Best,
Hunter Hart
Register your project for EISEF (January 13, 2022)
COVID-19 omicron permitting, we plan to hold the Fair in-person in Lindale Mall on March 19, 2022.
Here’s what you need to do register your project for it:
- 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.
- Visit the ProjectRegistrationForm, follow the link, fill out the form and submit it.
- Send us copies by email of your Student Entry Signature Page and all your other paperwork. The deadline is February 28, 2022.
- 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 19, 2022.
Announcement of Rise Virtual Regional Summits (December 11, 2021)
We received the following email from :
As promised, we wanted to share the RISE Toolkit and other important information with you so you can share within your community! You can find more information below:
Do you know a brilliant 15–17 year old?
Encourage students to apply to Rise to receive a lifetime of support as they work to serve others.
First, share one of the RISE Flyers in the link to the RISE Toolkit below with the appropriate group (adult or student). Click this link: https://gethelloorg.page.link/Vww8. You can also feel free to edit the text in this email, as you feel appropriate to share the attachments.
RISE Toolkit: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/73jvhtbtxoum111/AAAY6G2Kmr7K56fy5q9FkBQsa?dl=3D0. This includes flyers, social media blurbs and other helpful information. Simply go to: https://gethelloorg.page.link/Vww8 to have your students start the application.
Rise (http://www.risefortheworld.org/) is a program that finds brilliant people who need opportunity and supports them for life as they work to serve others. The program starts at ages 15–17 and offers access to ‘’‘benefits that last a lifetime including scholarships, mentorship, access to career development opportunities, funding’‘’, and more as Global Winners work toward solving humanity’s most pressing problems.
We’re a proud partner of Rise, alongside Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust. We also believe that ‘’‘educators, parents, and community leaders are uniquely positioned ‘’‘to help us find talented young people who may go undiscovered or unsupported otherwise — which is why we’re emailing you about this opportunity.
Unlike many traditional applications, Rise uses videos, projects, and group interviews so applicants have multiple opportunities to showcase their potential.
Everyone who applies joins a global community of leaders and gains access to free online courses and opportunities from Rise partners around the world. Up to 500 Finalists are selected to participate in “Finalist Days”, then 100 Global Winners are chosen each year to receive benefits for life to help them scale their impact.
In its first year, Rise connected talented young people from over 170 countries, with Global Winners hailing from 42 countries across 6 continents. Meet the first-ever cohort of 2021 Global Winners here <http://www.risefortheworld.org/global-winners>!
All applicants must be 15–17 years old as of July 1, 2022. If you know a talented young person, send them our unique link to apply today: https://gethelloorg.page.link/Vww8.
Learn more about Rise and the application at www.risefortheworld.org.
We are also excited to officially announce the upcoming Rise Virtual Regional Summits — open to all:
- Rise Regional Summit: Americas — 12/13 (7 PM EST)
More information to share can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/te0aw2m2o6k4c77/Americas_Rise%20Regional%20Summits.zip?dl=3D0 - Rise Regional Summit: Africa — 12/14 (11 AM EST)
More information to share can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7kl2371x3y5cqcv/Africa_Rise%20Regional%20Summits.zip?dl=3D0 - Rise Regional Summit: Europe and the Middle East — 12/15 (1 PM EST)
More information to share can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pb55qvrvnbeke7a/Europe_Middle%20East_Rise%20Regional%20Summits.zip?dl=3D0 - Rise Regional Summit: Asia — 12/16 (7:30 AM EST)
More information to share can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhkfonlggcpiuk8/Asia_Rise%20Regional%20Summits.zip?dl=3D0
These summits are targeted towards youth with the goal of motivating them to apply. During the virtual summit, the participants will:
- Meet Rise Winners and Rise Team Members
- Learn more about the Rise program and the Year Two application process
- Hear from Rise winners about their experiences applying and participating in the community
- Have the opportunity to ask questions
- Note: The summits have regional focus for time zones and winner panels but are inclusive and open to all.
Please promote the summits via your channels — this is a great opportunity to engage your network. To support your outreach efforts, please find the information in the RISE TOOLKIT Social Media Graphics (in PNG) for Instagram, Twitter & LinkedIn, as well as Flyers (in PDF). Interested youth can sign up using the following links — if you can, please share these links with your network and add them to your bios/linktree on Social Media.
- Americas: https://schmidtentities.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PFrjCQvFT8S8jsptGYiSZw
- Europe and ME: https://schmidtentities.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k7h7xH0KTm-iA1D-W_2TLQ
- Africa: https://schmidtentities.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WTE03Dl8SLO1XKV0etik2A
- Asia: https://schmidtentities.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A-1M3tzfT-WhmCD0lqKC6g
Lastly, we held two other calls with some of the Fairs earlier in November and a call with fairs, including RISE this past Friday. If you are interested in watching these, here are the links:
- November 16 recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DvKJa6nH4u9c
- November 17 recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D7ky4wP6-kYA
- December 3 recording: https://app.webinar.net/nVdQlZ9g6aA
Sincerely,
The Regeneron ISEF Team