Austin Energy Regional Science Festival

03/05/2021

🥳 Huge round of applause for LTISDSchools Lake Travis High's Aniket Navarent for taking 1st place in the Biomedical and Health Sciences category! Aniket (in the red polo) is headed to ISEF!

Several of the Lake Travis High students got together and watched the award ceremony with teacher Kallie Nichols. Ms. Nichols even gave out candy bars as awards -- might that beat getting a trophy? 🥰

Lake Travis High had:
🏆9 placements
🏆8 special awards
🏆4 State Qualifiers
🏆And one ISEF Best of Fair!

What was the title of Aniket's project? Refinement of SNP mutations of Atopic Dermatitis related Filaggrin through existing R packages.

View and share the abstracts and virtual project boards of our ISEF finalists here:
http://www.sciencefest.org/awards/sec-awards

03/05/2021

Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2021 - Award Ceremony - Senior Division

CBS Austin Meteorologist Avery Tomasco will host the award ceremony announcing all the winners in the Senior division.

Hear from sponsors and find out which students area going to the International Science and Engineering Fair!

Title Sponsor: Austin Energy
Elementary Anchor Sponsor: Dell Technologies
Gold Sponsors: 3M and Synopsys

03/04/2021

Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2021 - Award Ceremony - Junior Division

CBS Austin Meteorologist Avery Tomasco will host the award ceremony announcing all the winners in the Junior division.

Hear from a few of our sponsors and find out which students take home the special awards!

Title Sponsor: Austin Energy
Elementary Anchor Sponsor: Dell Technologies
Gold Sponsor: 3M

03/04/2021

📝 Everything has been judged and the winners have been finalized!

Find out which #AEScienceFest projects made it to the top during the virtual ceremony TONIGHT.

WATCH both events right on our page! Just look for the premiere event!

The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. with the Junior division and then 7 p.m. kicks off the Senior division.

Join the fun, 📸 snap a photo or take a short video and share it on social media and make sure you use #AEScienceFest!

03/03/2021

Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2021 - Award Ceremony - Senior Division

CBS Austin Meteorologist Avery Tomasco will host the award ceremony announcing all the winners in the Senior division.

Hear from sponsors and find out which students area going to the International Science and Engineering Fair!

Title Sponsor: Austin Energy
Elementary Anchor Sponsor: Dell Technologies
Gold Sponsors: 3M and Synopsys

03/03/2021

Even though we’re not able to gather IRL for the awards ceremony, we want to celebrate all the young scientists!

Join the fun, 📸 snap a photo and share it on social media and make sure you use #AEScienceFest!

We can’t wait to see all the celebratory photos!

03/03/2021

Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2021 - Award Ceremony - Junior Division

CBS Austin Meteorologist Avery Tomasco will host the award ceremony announcing all the winners in the Junior division.

Hear from a few of our sponsors and find out which students take home the special awards!

Title Sponsor: Austin Energy
Elementary Anchor Sponsor: Dell Technologies
Gold Sponsor: 3M

03/01/2021

Which students will head to the International Science and Engineering Fair this year?

🎉 Find out during the virtual #AEScienceFest awards ceremony on Thursday, March 4.

The virtual ceremony kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with the Junior division and Senior div starts at 7 p.m. Join the fun and watch with family and friends!

02/25/2021

Find out which students + which #AEScienceFest projects take home the big prizes on March 4!

The virtual ceremony kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with the Junior division and Senior div starts at 7 p.m. CBS Austin’s Avery Tomasco is coming back as our host!

WATCH:
️ ✔️ Right here on our page! Join the watch party!
✔️ sciencefest.org
✔️ Austin Energy’s YouTube youtube.com/austinenergy

02/22/2021

RESCHEDULED: The #AEScienceFest virtual ceremonies have been postponed and will air on Thursday, March 4.

5:30pm Junior Division
7:30pm Senior Division

Remember, you'll be able to watch it right here on March 4!

02/14/2021

💚💖Now this is love and dedication to the Science Festival!

This is our support team that is keeping the virtual festival on track this year.

The fair's director, Russell Cowen, says he sure does miss the physical world and all the excitement that surrounds the fair.

Thank you to everyone behind the scenes who is keeping education and science at the forefront for students this year! You're the real MVPs! 💯

02/11/2021

#ThrowbackThursday: Check out this timelapse from last year's #AEScienceFest!

We're so bummed we won't be able to hear and see all the excitement at the Palmer Events Center this year, but we're still going to have fun with the virtual awards ceremony!

02/09/2021

Even though we won’t be able to pack the Palmer Events Center, we’ll still be celebrating students and STEM education with the #AEScienceFest virtual awards ceremony.

💻 The ceremony will be streamed on Thursday, Feb. 25! Here’s how to watch:
✔️ Right here on our page! Join the watch party!
✔️ sciencefest.org
✔️ Austin Energy’s YouTube youtube.com/austinenergy

Junior division kicks off at 5:30 p.m. and Senior division is at 7 p.m.

Join us to find out who is taking home the 🏆!

02/04/2021

Synopsys is once again a Gold Sponsor of the Austin Energy Regional Science Festival.

Their loyal support has enabled Best of Fair winners to travel to #ISEF in previous years. This year, their generous support enables our fair support student learning and exploration, along with preparing for next year's fair.

Headquartered in California, but with Austin offices, Synopsys provides silicon design and verification, silicon intellectual property, and software integrity, with a motto of “Smart, Secure Everything—From Silicon to Software."

📷: Dr. Peter Brooker, Corporate Application Engineer at Synopsys, with the 2020 Best of Fair Winners at the Junior/Senior Awards Ceremony

02/01/2021

The Travis County Medical Association will once again support Science Fest as a Bronze Sponsor. Their 65-year commitment spans generations of science students across Central Texas.

The Alliance assists the Travis County community with health related needs and fosters social networks for the families of medicine.

Fun fact! When the First Annual Austin Science Fair (as it was known then) was organized by the University of Texas in 1956, the Travis County Women’s Medical Auxiliary, now TCMA, raised the necessary funds to send two students to the Science Club of America, the precursor of today’s International Science And Engineering Fair.

👏Thank you for your many, many years of generous support.

02/01/2021

Tokyo Electron is a Bronze Sponsor of the fest for the ninth time since 2013.

The Japanese-owned electronic and semi-conductor company is known world-wide for its equipment that fabricates integrated circuits, flat panel displays, and photovoltaic cells.

Per its Corporate Philosophy, TEL strives to contribute to the development of a dream-inspired society though its services. In addition to financial assistance, TEL also provides judges and volunteers each year.
https://www.tel.com/csr/contribution/

📷 Caption: Tokyo Electron researcher Merritt Funk interviewing students during the 2020 fair

01/30/2021

Samsung Austin Semiconductor will continue to support the Austin Energy Regional Science Festival as a Bronze Sponsor!

Samsung Austin Semiconductor is one of the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the world with more than 3,000 employees and 2.45 million square feet of floor space.

At $17 billion, the microchip manufacturing plant is one of the largest direct foreign investments in United States history.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor is proud to be a partner in the Central Texas community by supporting STEM education, manufacturing workforce development, and equitable access to breakthrough learning opportunities.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor employees have served for years as judges at our fair and we thank them for their support!

01/28/2021

🔊This is your friendly reminder that TODAY is the last day to register for this year's Austin Energy Regional Science Festival!!

All registration documents MUST BE RECEIVED by 5:00 p.m.

While this year's festival will be different, we don't expect anything less from our amazing students!

Everything you need to know: sciencefest.org

01/26/2021

DEADLINE APPROACHING!

You have until Jan. 28 to register for the Austin Energy Regional Science Festival!

We are excited to see what brilliance our young scientists across Central Texas submit!

Get everything you need to know about this year's fest here:
http://www.sciencefest.org/

01/25/2021

CoolestProjectsGirl Team 2020

Shoutout to Broadcom M.A.S.T.E.R.S. as a Category Sponsor for Math!

Broadcom Masters' mission is to advance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education by funding research, recognizing scholarship and increasing opportunity.

The Foundation has been a supporter of our fair since 2014.

NEW this year, they are also offering a "Coding With Commitment" Award for a middle school project that uses STEM knowledge to improve the community.

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01/23/2021

Thank you, Thermo Fisher Scientific, for being a Silver Sponsor this year!

Thermo Fisher's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, they are here to support them.

📷 Caption: Dr. Xingwang Fang, Thermo Fisher Principal Scientist, at the 2019 Jr/Sr Awards ceremony

01/22/2021

How the width of a horse's butt determined the Size of the Space Shuttle

What does the span of a horse's rear end have to do with the size of NASA's space shuttle? We are glad you asked!

https://www.opednews.com/articles/How-the-width-of-a-horse-s-by-Rob-Kall-080709-431.html

sometimes the reasons we do things are based on a long series of connections that go Waaaay back

01/16/2021

New digs, new opportunities: How Ping Identity empowers employees to grow

Say 'hello' to one of our newest sponsors, Ping Identity!

The Ping Intelligent Identity™ platform provides a comprehensive suite of identity services including multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, access security, directory, data governance and intelligent API cybersecurity.

Four employees delve into Ping Identity's new office space and how they're growing with the company.

01/13/2021

Atlassian Foundation helps save the planet - Work Life by Atlassian

Shout out to Atlassian for becoming a bronze sponsor for the Science Festival this year!

Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian products help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Their mission is to help unleash the potential of every team.

https://www.atlassian.com/blog/archives/atlassian-foundation-helps-save-the-planet

It’s a little known fact that Atlassians have green blood. You could cut one to see, but that’s probably not...

01/11/2021

Welcome back POWER Foundation! They're back for their third year as a Bronze Sponsor.

The POWER Foundation is the philanthropy arm of POWER Engineers. POWER is a global firm that offers consulting services and engineering design in energy, food and beverage, facilities, environmental and federal markets.

Its Foundation supports STEM activities in locations where POWER Engineers employees live and work. We appreciate their support!

📷: POWER Engineers Employee Bob Breeze interviewing middle school Science Fest participant.

01/07/2021

Cirrus Logic is returning to the Science Fest for their third year as a sponsor!

Headquartered right here in Austin, Cirrus Logic is an international semi-conductor, that specialized in analog, mixed-signal, and audio Digital Signal Processor integrated circuits, used in headsets, smartphones and home theater speakers among others.

The company believes in supporting its communities both financially and through employees volunteering their time.

Thank you, to Cirrus Logics for supporting young minds!

01/06/2021

We are pleased to introduce our newest Silver Sponsor this year -- Innovation WorkSpaces -- who is offering the Rising Innovator Scholarship.

Innovation WorkSpaces offers luxury coworking on the greenbelt in Cedar Park where they provide the space needed to connect community and enterprise, sparking innovation from youth, entrepreneurs, large organizations and more.

12/21/2020

The ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn

Will you be looking to the skies tonight?

The planets (Jupiter and Saturn) can be seen with the unaided eye, but if you have binoculars or a small telescope, you may be able to see Jupiter’s four large moons orbiting the giant planet.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-great-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-saturn

Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on the night of Dec. 2...

12/15/2020

The City of Austin Office of Sustainability and Austin Watershed are jointly sponsoring the category of Earth and Environmental Sciences in this year’s fair.

🌎The Office of Sustainability will also offer a Special award for projects related to Climate Protection.

The Office of Sustainability manages the City’s Climate Protection Plan and advises Council and City Staff on actions to reduce the City’s carbon footprint and be more resilient to the effects of climate change. http://austintexas.gov/climate

12/10/2020

We are very pleased to announce that the City of Austin Office of Sustainability and Austin Watershed will jointly sponsor the category of Earth and Environmental Sciences in this year’s fair.

Watershed Protection will offer a special award for the best research projects related to water quality.

💧DYK the Watershed Protection Department manages the City’s creeks, drainage systems and water quality programs.

Learn more about the many educational programs they offer: http://www.austintexas.gov/Watershed/YouthEd

12/07/2020

Geminids Meteor Shower 2020

Mark your 📅!

The Geminid Meteor Showers are viewable Dec. 13-14! Unlike most other meteor showers, the Geminids are not associated with a comet but with an asteroid: the 3200 Phaethon.

☄️During peak viewing you may be able to see up to 100 meteors in an hour.

Check out the video to see where to view the shower:

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/geminids.html

The 2020 Geminids meteor shower will peak on the night of 13 December and early morning of 14 December. Use the meteor shower animation to find out how, where, and when to see these shooting stars.

12/02/2020

Austin Regional Science Festival

Even though the Austin Energy Regional Science Festival will be online this year, we plan to have all the energy and excitement of an in-person fair!

🔬Judges will review every single project.
🏆Elementary students will still receive ribbons.
🏆Junior and Senior will still receive trophies and medals for 1st - 5th place winners, along with numerous special awards and a chance to advance State and International Fairs.

We look forward to seeing you in February 2021!

http://www.sciencefest.org/

Austin Area Regional Science Festival

11/30/2020

Duke Energy Foundation - Duke Energy

Thank you, Duke Energy for becoming a Silver Sponsor for our 2021 Regional Science Fair.

The Duke Energy Foundation is committed to making strategic investments to build powerful communities where nature and wildlife thrive, students can excel, and a talented workforce drives economic prosperity for all.

https://www.duke-energy.com/community/duke-energy-foundation

The Duke Energy Foundation, along with employee and retiree volunteers, provide philanthropic support to address the needs vital to the health of our communities.

11/25/2020

This is a good week to remember to thank all the sponsors of the Austin Energy Regional Science Festival as well as all the staff, teachers, parents and students for making all of this possible!
See who is helping make #AEScienceFest happen this year.
http://www.sciencefest.org/sponsors

11/23/2020

Collection of Science Experiments for Kids | 3M Science at Home Program

Not sure how to get started on your Science Fair project? Check out these lessons from 3M to get ideas for your next science project.

Take what you learn from these videos and ask more questions, introduce more variables, or come up with an different experiment of your own.

Whether you are a parent or teacher looking to encourage students or a student wanting to explore the world around you, this website has lots of ideas!

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/gives-us/education/science-at-home/science-experiments-for-kids/

View the complete collection of fun & educational science experiments for kids, ages 6-12, by the 3M Science at Home program.