Since its inception in 2000, Westchester Science & Engineering Fair (WESEF) has grown tremendously. Last year, over 150 students entered projects from a total of 23 different schools across Westchester and Putnam Counties.

Finalists of WESEF will attend the INTEL® International Science & Engineering Fair, where they will compete against over 1,500 top high school research students from the USA and 50 additional countries.

WESEF 2008 Photos
Pictures from the 2008 Westchester Science & Engineering Fair
Award Ceremony, Set-up and Banquet Dinner at the Crabtree's Kittle House Restaurant

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The WESEF board would like to congratulate all fair participants. Once again, we were blown away with the quality of the research that students have conducted.

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WESEF 2008 FINALISTS

We are also pleased to share the names and project titles of the finalists who will be proceeding to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair held May 11th - 17th, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The top 8 individual projects from WESEF 2008:

Daniel Barson - John Jay High School
Using laminin to promote the reversal of myelin inhibition in central nervous system neurons

Elizabeth Cai - Briarcliff High School
Developing an in vitro method for testing genes that regulate angiogenesis

Caitlyn Curnyn - Yorktown High School
Gene therapy in Hemophilia

Alicia Darnell - Pelham High School
Alternative splicing defects linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Riya Goyal - Harrison High School
Linearity & Sensitivity optimization of implantable glucose sensors using layer by layer outer membranes

Caitlyn Lia - Ossining High School
Independent conflict-driven & expectancy-driven mechanisms of cognitive control

JJ Luceno - Yorktown High School
Sustainable agriculture through utilization of duckweed

Mary Williams - Ossining High School
Cognitive & implicit measures of acculturation in Hispanic Americans

Top 4 Team Project Finalists from WESEF 2008:

Greg Robins - Ossining High School
Oliver Donsin - Ossining High School
Wheeled robots of various terrains: with applications to simultaneous localization and mapping

Alex Simnock - Fox Lane High School
Talia Arnow - Fox Lane High School
A biogeographical model for the relationship between lemur & canarium in the Madagascar rainforest

Neelu Pathiyil - Ossining High School
Ashwin Ricci - Valhalla High School
The effect of Tempol on edema and scoliosis induced by spinal cord injury

Max Hammer - Ossining High School
Max Maron - Ossining High School
A statistical analysis of magnetic field measurements by the ACE spacecraft: investigating the structure of solar wind

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Carl Zeiss Microimaging