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WHO WE ARE

Our Mission and Vision
Tomorrow’s science workforce is being created today. ASSEF is making that happen! We inspire future problem solvers in science and engineering, developing critical thinkers who can analyze and understand the world around them, whatever field they pursue.

OUR HISTORY

For 70 years, the association has been Arkansas premiere pre-collegiate STEM competition. The association supports students and educators in a year-long journey. Regardless of background and resources, students are able to showcase their independent research projects and innovative ideas while engaging with professional scientists and engineers.

OUR FUTURE

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ASSEF relies on the generous donations of like-minded organizations to further our work in inspiring and empowering students across Arkansas. This young talent becomes the future pipeline of STEM workers and leaders in Arkansas and beyond.

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2024

Arkansas ISEF

Top winners represent Arkansas at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, competing against peers from over 80 countries. Many past participants have gone on to receive college scholarships and pursue advanced STEM degrees. Arkansas students have a history of winning at the International Science Fair. Arkansas has won the top prize three times at ISEF.

Student Projects from Arkansas

Finalists at ISEF from around the World

# of Arkansas Student Specialty Award Winners

# of Arkansas Student Category Award Winners

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Regeneron ISEF 2024: Los Angeles, CA. High School Students from around the world won nearly $9M in awards and scholarships with the $75,000 top award going to 16 year old Grace Sun of Lexington, Kentucky.

ISEF 2024 ARKANSAS WINNERS

ISEF Specialty Award

Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force First Award of $750 in each Regeneron ISEF Category Glass trophy and USAF medal for each recipient Integrative Assessment of the Novel Radioprotective Efficacy of Cardamonin: A Comprehensive in vitro and in silico Analysis

Siddharth SridharanLittle Rock Central High School

ISEF Specialty Award

University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship of $5,000 per year, renewable for up to four years Using Machine Learning to Detect Sequential Patterns in the Temporal Ordering of Dynamic States as Candidate Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease

Yahya YounusLittble Rock Central High School

ISEF Specialty Award

University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship of $5,000 per year, renewable for up to four years GlaucoScreen: A Novel Deep Learning-Based System for Glaucoma Detection and Progression Monitoring

Siddhartha Reddy MilkuriBentonville High School

ISEF Specialty Award

University of Texas at Dallas Scholarship of $5,000 per year, renewable for up to four years Home Occupancy Simulation Using Machine Learning

Humam Al-ShamiArkansas Connections Academy, Magnolia

ISEF Specialty Award

Long Island University Presidential Scholarships Home Occupancy Simulation Using Machine Learning

Humam Al-ShamiArkansas Connections Academy, Magnolia

ISEF Specialty Award

Missouri University of Science and Technology $2,000 tuition scholarship (renewable for up to 4 years) Optimizing Lip Reading Using Convoluted Neural Networks

Daniel NkungaArkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, Sherwood

ISEF Category Award

BIOCHEMISTRY; Fourth Award of $500 Integrative Assessment of the Novel Radioprotective Efficacy of Cardamonin: A Comprehensive in vitro and in silico Analysis

Siddharth SridharanLittle Rock Central High School

ISEF Category Award

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; Fourth Award of $500 Elucidating Novel Mechanisms: Berberine Mitigates Cisplatin-Induced Hepatorenal Mitochondrial Dysfunction Through Preservation of Electron Transport Chain Integrity

Bhavana SridharanLittle Rock Central High School

Arkansas State Science & Engineering Fair Categories

High school students (grades 9-12) who are winners from regional fairs are invited to exhibit projects on their research in the State Science Fair, which is affiliated with Science and the public. Recognition for excellence is made in seventeen categories:

Animal Science

This category includes all aspects of animals and animal life, animal life cycles, and animal interactions with one another or with their environment.

Behavioral & Social Sciences

The study of cognitions (thought processes), emotions, behavior, and/or learning of humans and animals.

Biochemistry

Study of chemical basis of processes occurring in living organisms, including processes by which substances enter into, or are formed in, the organisms and react with each other & environment.

Cellular & Molecular Biology

This is an interdisciplinary field that studies the structure, function, intracellular pathways, and formation of cells.

Chemistry

Studies exploring the science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter not involving biochemical systems.

Computer Science

Algorithms, data bases, ai, networking and communications, computational science, graphics, software engineering, programming languages, operating system.

Earth & Planetary Science

Climatology, weather, geochemistry, mineralogy, paleontology, geophysics, planetary science and/or tectonics.

Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical

Electrical and mechanical: electrical, computer, and/or mechanical engineering, controls, robotics, thermodynamics and/or solar.

Engineering: Material & Bioengineering

Materials and bioengineering: bioengineering, civil, construction, chemical and/or industrial engineering, as well as processing and/or material science.

Energy & Transportation

Aerospace and aeronautical engineering, aerodynamics, alternative fuels, fossil fuel energy, vehicle development and/or renewable energies.

Environmental Analysis

Environmental sciences: air pollution and air quality, soil contamination and soil quality and/or water pollution and water quality.

Environmental Management

Environmental management: bioremediation, ecosystems management, environmental engineering, land resource management, forestry, recycling and/or waste management.

Mathematical Sciences

The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. The deductive study of numbers, geometry, and various abstract constructs, or structures.

Medicine & Health

Projects that aim to improve human health/ longevity by translating novel discoveries into effective activities/tools for clinical/ public health use.

Microbiology

The study of micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, prokaryotes, and simple eukaryotes as well as antimicrobial and antibiotic substances.

Physics & Astronomy

Physics is the science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two. Astronomy is the study of anything in the universe beyond the Earth.

Plant Sciences

Structure, physiology, development, classification. cultivation, development, ecology, genetics, breeding, pathology, physiology, systematics and evolution.