The Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair (MSSEF) provides middle and high school students with the opportunity to work on independent research projects in science and engineering. Now in its 64th year, the annual statewide fair will feature the highest quality projects of hundreds of students from across the Commonwealth. We will need more than 300 outstanding judges to donate their time to evaluate these students’ work. Some students invest more than 1,000 hours of research in their projects!
Volunteer to judge! Please consider being a member of the distinguished judging panel at the 2013 State Science & Engineering Fair. If you have received a four-year college degree in a science or technology subject, and work in a related field, you are eligible to judge and may register online.
You can make a difference! Just a few hours of your time will help to encourage these young people in their quest for excellence in science and technology. It’s an experience that lasts a lifetime!
Orientation for new and experienced former judges is held immediately prior to each judging session. Judges are typically assigned to projects within their respective area(s) of expertise. (Project categories include Behavioral Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computers, Earth & Space Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Mathematics and Physics & Electronics.)
2013 High School State Fair
Friday, May 3, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johnson Athletics Center
Judge Schedule
10:45am: Refreshments, orientation & judging assignments
11:30am – 5:30pm: Judging of projects
Refreshments and parking arrangements are provided at each location. Confirmation of volunteer service is provided, upon request, to employers.
Click here to register online!
INSTRUCTIONS
Judges from past years:
User ID: your email address
Password: your password
New judges:
User ID: will be your email address
Password: you choose
Registration Code: atmit
Registered Judges will receive a confirmation email with detailed information prior to May 3, 2013. For assistance, email judginginfo@scifair.com or call 617-491-1500.
The research of Quincy High School seniors Peter Giunta and Eoin Moriarty snagged them a Team Honorable Mention at the 63rd Massachusetts High School Science & Engineering Fair at MIT in May. More importantly, the pair’s project shed light on an interesting question: Is the consumption of probiotics through yogurt or pills really beneficial to digestive health? 
“I always was fascinated by weather,” says New England meteorologist Mish Michaels. A member of the Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair board of directors, the TV veteran has early memories of a tornado blasting through her family’s Baltimore, MD apartment complex — an experience that helped form her fascination with the weather. Currently taking a break from her TV meteorologist job to raise her young daughter, Mish has a new children’s clothing line called Natural Cloud Cover, consisting of weather-themed organic t-shirts and onesies. A percentage of sales goes to the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in Massachusetts. Mish is living proof that there’s no limit to where an interest in science can lead!