Congratulations to everyone who helped make the 2024 Science Fair one of the most successful in many years! A complete list of all of our Category Award recipients is available here; the list of our Special Award recipients here or from the 2024 Results menu at the top of the page!
Our LACSEF 2024 Program & Student Exhibitors is now available for viewing or downloading! Just click the cover image below or you can access the PDF from the Resources menu at the top of this page!
The Judge’s Science Fair handbook is now available HERE or you can access the PDF from the Resources menu at the top of this page!
Call for Science Fair judges!
Would you please consider volunteering your time as a judge for the 74th Annual Los Angeles County Science & Engineering Fair (LACSEF)? As you may already know, LACSEF is the longest running and one of the largest Science Fairs in the nation! We are proud to say that we did this without a break even during the COVID-19 pandemic when most other fairs were cancelled at least for a year. LACSEF is a 100% volunteer run organization and we depend on individuals like you to create this invaluable opportunity for our budding student scientists. Students’ interaction with the judges is the single most memorable experience for these young scientists! It is also a very rewarding experience for the judges! Judging will take place on Monday, March 11, 2024. There are 36 categories for student exhibits, Junior or Senior Division. Judges are provided with all necessary materials, and there is a Chairperson for each category to help facilitate the process and answer questions. Click here for more details on how to register as a judge.
The 2024 Science Fair T‑shirts are here! Order now!
Get them while they’re hot off the loom! Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair T‑Shirts and sweatshirts are available for purchase. They have a very cool student-designed Fair logo on the back. Deadline to order and receive by the start of the Fair is FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16! You can see and purchase them in a wide variety of colors and styles (including hoodies) at the following link:
https://www.bonfire.com/los-angeles-county-science-amp-engineering-fair/
Calling all Science Fair volunteers!
It is the policy of the Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair that each participating school must provide adult volunteers (18 years or older) to work for a minimum of two & a half hours (preferably more) during the course of the Science Fair. Volunteers a
re not restricted to only teachers or parents. Volunteers can also be family members, business associates, neighbors or friends.
The required number of adult volunteers is determined by the number of student entries from your particular school. The breakdown is as follows:
1 to 6 Projects = 1 Volunteers 7 to 13 Projects = 2 Volunteers
Please visit our Volunteer page here and follow the directions that provide step-by-step instructions for the online volunteer registration process. After you register, you will receive your password in email. When you go online to volunteer, you can select the date, time block, and particular task you are comfortable volunteering for. Volunteer Online Registration can be accessed at:
Please make sure to select a date, time and task otherwise your school will not get credit for your volunteering as your registration will be incomplete. You will receive an email confirmation of your selection(s), as well as a password that can be used along with your email to log back into the online registration system to make any revisions. Please be aware that should the number of volunteers exceed a particular task requirement, it may be necessary for the Volunteer Coordinator to adjust assignments. If you volunteer to help at the Awards Program, 2 seats will be saved for you and you may return to your seat while your student is on stage.
Please complete the online registration process by Friday, February 23, 2024!
Volunteers will receive final confirmation and any additional information via email the week prior to the Science Fair, scheduled for March 10–11, 2024, at Shrine Expo Hall. Please note that at this time the Science Fair will not validate parking for volunteers. Parking information will be sent out with the final email confirmation prior to the Fair.
Congratulations LACSEF participants at the 2023 ISEF!
The Los Angeles County Science & Engineering Fair (LACSEF) is proud of the achievements of our students during the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), held May 14 — 19, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. The competition featured over 1,600 young scientists representing 49 states and 64 countries across the world.
Two projects chosen to represent LACSEF and eight students who represented Palos Verdes Peninsula School District were among the finalists.
Sehoon Kang and Zhehao Zhang from the Webb School of California received a Grand Award in the “Chemistry” category for their project, “Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Versatile Green Chemicals With Isoreticular Metal-Organic Frameworks.”
https://tinyurl.com/mpcnz2ft
Mahesh Arunachalam from Crescenta Valley High School was a finalist in the “Translational Medical Science” category for his project, “New Generation Drug Development Pipeline From in silico Identification to Preclinical Evaluation for Novel Drug Candidates in Glioblastoma.”
https://tinyurl.com/mryvmwxe
Anna Peti-Petererdi, Lena Peresztegi and Daniel Peresztegi from Palos Verdes High School received a Grand Award in the “Cellular and Molecular Biology” category for their project, “Bioplant.”
https://tinyurl.com/52zs6fr8
William Huang from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School was a finalist in the “Systems Software” category for his project, “Superhuman Bionic Eyes for the Blind.”
https://tinyurl.com/mjsfrwck
Justin Liu from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School received a Grand Award in the “Robotics and Intelligent Machines” category for his project, “Super-Resolution AI Engine for Blindness Detection.”
Christine Xie from Palos Verdes High School was a finalist in the “Biomedical Engineering” category for her project, “Pre-Vascularized Biomaterial for Stroke.”
https://tinyurl.com/c9utfffb
Anish Anand from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School was a finalist in the category “Engineering Technology”: Statistics & Dynamics for his project “Novel Control System for Quadcopters.”
https://tinyurl.com/h29ew7np
Andreas John Tempereau from Palos Verdes High School was a finalist in the category “Robotics and Intelligent Machines”: for his project “Constructing an Automatic CPR Machine Gen 2.0”
https://tinyurl.com/4x33svyb
We are so proud of these students’ achievements!
Watch the 2023 Awards Ceremony!
The 2023 Los Angeles County Science & Engineering Fair was a great success! Almost 500 projects were entered and judged. Watch on our YouTube page or right here on the LACSEF website home page. Thanks to everyone–students, parents, teachers, judges, volunteers, donors and staff for making this first in-person Fair following COVID such a wonderful event for all!
The 2023 Category award results can be found under the In the News menu or by clicking here.
Special Award winners can be viewed/downloaded here.
The 2023 Program & Student Exhibitors PDF is available here or from the In the News menu.
It’s official! The 73rd Annual LA County Science & Engineering Fair is in the books. Our new location was the Shrine Expo Hall, across the street from USC, a central location for all schools and a classic venue. See you there next year!
We are a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer organization and must rely on donations to be able to hold our annual event. Please consider donating to ensure that our Fair continues.