WESEF 2020 will be held on Saturday, March 21st – Save the Date!!
We have just confirmed that WESEF 2020 will be held on Saturday, March 21st, 2020 at Sleepy Hollow High School. Please mark your calendars as we are looking forward to another exciting event!
The 2019 Westchester Science & Engineering Fair was held on Saturday, March 16th, 2019 at Sleepy Hollow High School. This was our biggest and best event ever with over 650 students competing!
Congratulations to all the WESEF Finalists who attended ISEF 2019 in Phoenix, AZ! It was an incredible week meeting other amazing young scientists from all over the world! Our WESEF students had a blast interacting with the judges and sharing the cutting edge research they had completed.
Many of our WESEF Finalists took home Grand and Special Awards, a testament to the caliber of their research and the innovation of their ideas. The WESEF student winners include:
Giovanni Santucci – Ossining High School: |
Rachel Joseph – Somers High School:
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Shrila Shah – Yorktown High School (NYSSEF Finalist): 2ndPlace in Biomedical Engineering category, earned $1500 and had a minor planet named in his honor by the CERES Connection |
Renner Kwittken – Byram Hills High School: |
Jed Katzenstein – Dobbs Ferry High School: |
Cheryl Luo – Yorktown High School: |
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Brent Perlman – Byram Hills High School: |
Ryan Onatzevitch – Yorktown High School: 4th Place in Cellular & Molecular Biology, earned $500; also was selected for the National Anti-Vivisection Second Place Award, earned $5000 |
Kellen Cooks – Ossining High School: |
Joseph Atherall – Yorktown High School: |
Photos from WESEF 2019 are now available – Please click here!
WESEF 2019 AWARDS & Finalists
During our incredible and exciting awards ceremony, a total of 448 awards were given out including special awards, 1st – 4th place category awards and grand awards which included 9 students being selected to attend the International Genius Olympiad and 18 students who will attend the International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix, AZ.
A complete list of the WESEF 2019 awards and recipients can be found here.
The top WESEF Finalists who will represent our region at the International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix are:
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Yorktown High School | Joseph Atherall |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Ossining High School | Kellen Cooks |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Ossining High School | Giovanni Santucci |
| Biochemistry | Ossining High School | Magdalene Ford |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Somers High School | Sun Graham |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Yorktown High School | Ryan Onatzevitch |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Byram Hills High School | Brent Perlman |
| Engineering | Somers High School | Rachel Joseph |
| Medicine and Health | Byram Hills High School | Renner Kwittken |
| Microbiology | Yorktown High School | Cheryl Luo |
| Neuroscience | Byram Hills High School | Samantha Abbruzzese |
| Neuroscience | Dobbs Ferry High School | Jed Katzenstein |
| Computational Biology/Bioinformatics | Yorktown High School | Janani Rajadurai Pooja Rajadurai |
| Engineering | Ardsley / Hackley | Isha Brahmbhatt Anastasia Popova |
| Medicine and Health | Ardsley High School | Adeel Arif Amber Arif |
Additionally, our Genius Olympiad Finalists who will attend the International Genius Olympiad are:
| Animal Sciences | Sleepy Hollow High School | Molly Brennan |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Pelham Memorial High School | Isabelle Anderson |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Briarcliff Manor High School | Christopher Li |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Ossining High School | Fanny Zhang |
| Computational Biology/Bioinformatics | Ossining High School | Hammad Hassan |
| Computational Biology/Bioinformatics | Horace Greeley High School | Alec Xiang |
| Medicine and Health | Ardsley High School | Gillian Gold |
| Medicine and Health | Yorktown High School | Anna Prybylski |
| Neuroscience | Hastings High School | Mia Veefkind |
Congratulations to all who attended! You are all to be celebrated for taking on the world’s biggest problems and conducting scientifically rigorous studies in search of solutions. You are change makers! You ensure our future is bright!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN WESEF 2018
This year was our biggest and best Regeneron Westchester Science & Engineering Fair yet! In total, we had approximately 560 projects representing 44 high schools in our region including Westchester and Putnam Counties. The caliber of our students’ work was exceptional and rivals that of professional scientists!
We are excited to share the results of our science fair:
A complete list of all Regeneron WESEF winners can be found here.
The top Regeneron WESEF winners will advance to the International Science & Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, PA May 13th – May 19th where they will compete among 1,800 students from more than 75 countries around the world for $4 million in prizes.
Additionally, Regeneron WESEF is able to the send nine qualifying projects to the Genius Olympiad June 11th – June 16th, an international science fair held in Oswego, NY which will include a total of 600 projects from over 70 countries.
We must additionally thank the more than 300 judges who volunteers to support student interests in science by giving generously of their time on a Saturday morning.
Finally, we recognize that this science fair would not be possible without the continued support of our donor organizations including our top donors Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Acorda Therapeutics, Entergy, and Boehringer Ingelheim Cares. Additional information on our donors can be found here.
Photos from the awards ceremony can be found here.
The Photo Montage from the Awards Ceremony is available here.
The top 12 individual and top 3 teams advancing to the International Science & Engineering Fair are:
| Name | School |
| Caitlin O’Donnell | Yorktown High School |
| Alaina Otto | Sleepy Hollow High School |
| Simon Peck | Fox Lane High School |
| Madiha Zia | Ossining High School |
| Jessica Finkler | Mahopac High School |
| Eden Sheinin | Yorktown High School |
| Tara Venkatadri | Ardsley High School |
| Sarah Broas | Putnam Valley High School |
| Rachel Joseph | Somers High School |
| Kiera Mallinson | Pelham Memorial High School |
| Michaela Kyer | Yorktown High School |
| Isha Puri | Horace Greely High School |
| Julia Piccirillo-Stosser, Sabrina Piccirillo-Stosser, & Kiara Tavares | Ossining High School |
| Hannah Bilton & Emma Bilton | Yorktown High School |
| Jainil Sutaria, Rachel Li, & Chelsea Wang | Ardsley High School |
The top 9 projects advancing to the Genius Olympiad are:
| Name | School |
| Magdalene Ford | Ossining High School |
| Ryan Onatzevitch | Yorktown High School |
| Madeleine Sleeman | Fox Lane High School |
| Peter Wei | Pelham Memorial High School |
| Pranav Burugula | Yorktown High School |
| Chirag Kumar | Horace Greeley High School |
| Jamie Kramer | Dobbs Ferry High School |
| Bryan Mesquita | Westlake High School |
| Susanna Weber | Mamaroneck High School |
Many thanks to all who helped to pull this event together, including the donors, judge volunteers, teachers, parents, mentors, and student volunteers! Thank you for your continued participation, interest, and support!