2025 OCSEF Registration
Registration is now open for the 70th annual Orange County Science & Engineering Fair! Don’t wait to complete your Online Application to register your project – the first step of participation in 2025 OCSEF.
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Ask a Scientist/Engineer
The Ask a Scientist/Engineer program is an opportunity for students, grades 6-12, to ask questions and receive guidance from a scientist or engineer about any aspect of their project. These are informal ONE hour virtual events starting at 4 pm on selected Saturdays. Students must register by the Thursday before the Saturday session they want to attend. …
OCSEF Students are Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge Finalists
Society for Science announced that Jocelyn Mathew and Rhea Sreedhar are among the 30 finalists in the 2024 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge – the nation’s premier STEM research competition for middle school students. Jocelyn, an 8th grader at Fairmont Private School (Anaheim Hills campus), entered her OCSEF project titled “Optimizing Microbiologically Contaminated Wastewater Treatment …
OCSEF Academy 101 – Workshop Series
The Academy 101 workshop is an introductory course for students (grades 6-12) to learn how to conduct a science or engineering fair project. This FREE virtual workshop is a series of four Saturday sessions (1 hour each) designed for students with no prior science/engineering fair experience (click here for flyer). Each student must register by …
Teacher Appreciation: Catching Up With Santiago High School’s Vicky Lieu
Santiago High School ranks among the top 25 schools in terms of the number of project applications submitted for this year’s OCSEF. For Teacher Appreciation Day we caught up with Vicky Lieu, Science Department Chair, Chemistry, Physics, and AP Physics 1 Teacher, and UCI MESA Advisor, whose name we often see on students’ applications, for …
OCSEF – Chapman High School Research Conference
Chapman High School Research Conference will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 8:30am to 4:00pm The annual OCSEF – Chapman High School Research Conference is a unique enrichment opportunity focused on STEM careers for Orange County high school students that participated in our fair this year. Invited high school students will share their science fair …
OCSEF Announces 2024 Winners & Nominees for CSEF & Thermo Fisher, and ISEF
The 69th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF) celebrated its winners on Sunday, March 10 at Chapman University. Starting from August of last year, students were invited to submit their STEM projects for OCSEF 2024. This year, over 1,000 students from across Orange County participated, which was a 22% increase from last year …
Woodbridge High School Student Katherine Hua’s AI-Powered Vision Aid Earns Recognition in Regeneron Science Talent Search
In a prestigious acknowledgment of scientific excellence, Katherine Hua, a 17-year-old student from Woodbridge High School, has been named among the top 300 scholars in the 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Search. The annual competition, founded in 1942, stands as the nation’s oldest and most esteemed science and math competition for high school seniors. The Regeneron …
OCSEF Student Maya Gandhi Wins Thermo Fisher JIC Top Winners Award
Congratulations to our star student Maya Gandhi! Earlier this year Maya was announced among the 30 finalists in the 2023 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge — the nation’s premier STEM research competition for middle school students. Maya got to be flown to Washington, DC to participate in the Finals Week of the competition and …
Ask A Scientist / Engineer
The OCSEF is providing an opportunity for students, grades 6-12, where you can ask questions and get guidance from a scientist or engineer about any aspect of your project. The program is called “Ask a Scientist/Engineer.” Register Here These are informal ONE hour events from 4 pm to 5 pm on selected Saturday’s. OCSEF …