The Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF) is an annual event organized to encourage students to learn about science, and to consider a career in science or engineering. Students not only have the opportunity to learn and implement the scientific method and engineering design principles, but also the the social skills of communication and collaboration and the confidence to be successful in the 21st century.
2022 OCSEF Winners
Junior Division (Grades 6-8) | Senior Division (Grades 9-12) |
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Amber L: Reducing Reactive Oxygen Species Through Nanotechnology
| Adela S: The Effect of Neem Oil and Eucalyptus Oil on Plant Growth
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Audrey and Marissa H: Analyzing Asian Hate Through Social Media Data
| Mari I: Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease Using Electroencephalography and Machine Learning
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Braden Y: What Combination of Video Characteristics Will Maximize Viewership?
| Ming Q: Modeling the Action Potentials of Heart Cells with Brugada Syndrome
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Gene Y: “Zing” Through Zinc: Zinc supplements augment growth in Brassica oleracea
| Samantha L: Protection and Prevention: How UVR Affects Yeast Colony Growth
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Jacob C: Frequency Dependent Sound Absorption
| Sophia D: Musical Computers: A Study to Build on Music Recognition Software
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Kayla R: The True Color of Caffeine: The Effect of Caffeine on Cognitive Interference
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Lakshmi C: Honey Encryption: A Nightmare for Cyber Criminals
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Luke S: Specialized Training on Arm Stress and Pitching Performance
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Mahima W: Cavities, Here I Come! The Antibacterial Activity of the extract from Plectranthus amboinicus (Indian Borage) vs from Azadirachta indica (Neem) on the dental caries causing bacteria Streptococcus mutans
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Mark M: Monitoring Health of Elderly Using Machine Learning Anomaly Detection
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Nikita K: Can Microsatellite Distribution Be Used to Classify Beta-Coronaviruses?
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Rhea S: Silent But Deadly: SmartM Detector to Reduce Food Waste
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Sailee C: How Much Plastic Are You Drinking? Detecting Microplastics in Drinking Water
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Zoe T: Using Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate the Identification of Novel Treatment Targets for SARS-CoV-2
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2020 OCSEF Winners
Junior Division (Grades 6-8) | Senior Division (Grades 9-12) |
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Aryush, 6th Grade
| Anshul
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Christine, 7th Grade
| Dylan, 9th Grade
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Haaris, 7th Grade
| Katherine, 9th Grade
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Raghav, 8th Grade
| Nithin, 10th Grade
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Ryan, 7th Grade
| Sabreen, 10th Grade
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Taeho, 7th Grade
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