Arkansas State Science
and Engineering Fair
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.
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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Arkansas ISEF
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Finalists at ISEF from around the World
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# of Arkansas Student Category Award Winners
71st Annual
April 4-5th, 2025
The 2025 Arkansas State Science and Engineering Fair will hold its 71st annual student competition on April 4th and 5th. The Arkansas State Science and Engineering Fair (ASSEF) is a state competition that encourages students from the six major regions in Arkansas to meet and present their research through oral explanations of their poster presentations. Registration will open after February 2025.
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ISEF 2024 Arkansas Winners
Regeneron ISEF 2024: Los Angeles, CA High school scientists from around the world won nearly $9M in awards, scholarships at Regeneron ISEF 2024, with the $75,000 top award going to 16-year-old Grace Sun of Lexington, Kentucky.
ASSFA 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.
Arkansas State Science Fair Association Board
Amanda Waser Smith
ASSFA President
Amanda Waser Smith
ASSFA President
Lecturer at University of Central Arkansas, Department of Biology
LSC 155 | 180 Lewis Science Center | Conway, AR 72035
- Phone:+1 (870) 404-1601
- Email:asmith180@uca.edu
Kyle Hurley
ASSFA Vice President
Kyle Hurley
ASSFA Vice President
Arkansas State Science & Engineering Fair Director;
University of Central Arkansas, Department of Biology | 180 Lewis Science Center | Conway, AR 72035
- Phone:+1 (501) 450-3146
- Email:khurley@uca.edu
Rebekah DiGiacomo
ASSFA Treasurer
Melissa Bland
ASSFA Secretary
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