Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair
Welcome to the Alameda County Science & Engineering Fair!
The Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (ACSEF) is affiliated with Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge the prestigious national middle school competition, CSEF - CA state science & engineering fair competition, and Regeneron ISEF the international science fair competition.​
Want to Participate?
See our updated Rules and Guidelines page for all new regulations we are introducing to ACSEF 2025!
Not a Student?
There are plenty of ways to get involved. Please check out the following pages on how you can support ACSEF.
Participate in ACSEF 2025
We are Accepting Pre-Submissions!
Click HERE to view our updated submission rules and advice for the 2025 fair!
New Guidelines for ACSEF 2025
1. ACSEF Ethics & General Rules For All Types of Research Projects & Display & Safety Guidelines Click Here
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2. Project Wizard 2025 (Applications Open June 1, 2024 for 2025 Fair) Click Here
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3. ACSEF requires one or more parents or teachers from participating schools to be the school liaison for distributing timely information about ACSEF. Contact Patti Carothers directoracsef@gmail.com. Deadline October 1, 2024
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4. New Policy: students and/or parents must be present to receive physical awards (ribbon/certificates/items and/or monetary awards). If not present, the student will still be recognized for their award but forfeit physical awards.
ACSEF 2025
SET-UP | Friday, March 14, 2025
Location: Chabot College, Hayward campus
Times: 3:00 - 8:00 PM
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JUDGING | Saturday, March 15, 2025
Location: Chabot College, Hayward campus
Times: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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AWARDS | Saturday March 22, 2025
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Building C
Times: TBD
Congratulations to our ACSEF 2024 Participants
See below for a recording of our awards ceremony and the slides announcing our ACSEF 2024 Winners!
ACSEF ISEF Results​
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Divij Motwani/Ayush Garg (ENBM039T) - Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship worth $58,000 and 1st Place with a cash prize of $5000, and a $1000 donation will be sent to ACSEF
Sahiti Bulusu (ENEV044) - The IEEE Foundation Presidents Scholarship, and 2nd Place Award
Meenakshi Nair (ROBO043) - National Geographic Society's Excellence in Geography and Geospatial Science Award, and U.S. Agency for International Development's Third Plac Working in Crisis and Conflict Award worth $2000
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Joshua Wu (BMED045) - 3rd Place Award
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Noah Kaleekal (ACSEF Participant chosen from CSEF, MED090) - 4th Place Award
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ACSEF CSEF Results
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High School Awards:
Noah Kaleekal (Irvington HS) 1st Place
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Sanjeev Magesh (Dublin HS) 1st Place
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Yilin Liu (Amador Valley HS) 2nd Place
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Andrew Zhou (Quarry Lane Upper School) 4th Place
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Ahmed Rehan , Calvin Lacewell, Ian Wan (Washington HS) Honorable Mention
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Shashank Garag (Dublin HS) Honorable Mention
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Kshitij Tomar (Mission San Jose HS) Honorable Mention
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Ishan Joshi HM (Amador Valley HS) Honorable Mention
Middle School Awards:
Ayana Baul, Siri Nuvvuru, Nadia Tsui (Stratford School Fremont) 4th Place
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Isha Ranadive (Challenger School Ardenwood) Honorable Mention
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Bhadrash Kumar, Dhakshinaa Manmathan (Wells MS) Honorable Mention
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ACSEF JIC (Junior Innovators Challenge) Results
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Olivia Chen, 6th Grade (Challenger School, Ardenwood)
Project Title: Simulating Teeth Erosion With Eggshells and Common Drinks
Rudra Goel, 7th Grade (Stratford Middle School)
Project Title: Increasing Earthquake Resilience Through Construction Column’s Cross-Sectional Shapes and Patterns
Sanika Kris, 7th Grade (Stratford Middle School)
Project Title: Empowering the Visually Impaired Through Smart Navigation
Vaedanth Roy, 7th Grade (Stratford Middle School)
Project Title: Incident Surfaces and Polarization by Reflection
Sia Srikrishna, 7th Grade (Stratford Middle School)
Project Title: Let There Be Light: A Saltwater Battery Powered Eco-Friendly Light
Anvi Tandon, 7th Grade (Stratford Middle School)
Project Title: Empowering the Visually Impaired Through Smart Navigation
Savannah Wu, 6th Grade (Challenger School, Ardenwood)
Project Title: The Effect of Agar Hydrogel, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC) Hydrogel and Agar + HEC Hydrogel Versus No Hydrogel Added On the Relative Water Retention Abilities in Soil in Percentage
Donate to ACSEF
As a Non profit 501(C)(3) public charity donations from the public are our life-line and we have very few to date.
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Tax ID 45-1800245 - 100% tax deductable donations
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ACSEF needs a company or business to become our title sponsor! 2 years without a Title Sponsor has been very difficult.
Picture YOUR COMPANY NAME HERE followed by ACSEF on every email, flyer, award ribbon, press release...etc.
THANK YOU TO OUR ACSEF 2024 SPONSORS!
