Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair - LRSEF

06/08/2026

05/15/2026

Congratulations to LRSEF and students who took home awards at the Grand Awards ceremony today.

Gopalaniket Tadinada, North Oldham High School, took home 2nd place and $2,400 in the Biomedical Engineering category for his project, ENBM035 - Risk-Weighted Robotic Glioma Resection System: https://isef.net/project/enbm035-risk-weighted-robotic-glioma-resection-system

Jiwoo Kim, Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science, was awarded 3rd place and $1,200 in the Cellular and Molecular Biology category for his project: CELL018 - Isoflurane Effects on Synaptic Transmission: https://isef.net/project/cell018-isoflurane-effects-on-synaptic-transmission

05/15/2026

Congratulations to Sophia Lee of Louisville Collegiate School for winning a special award and $10,000 during yesterday's Special Awards ceremony!

You can check out her project, ETSD055 - Procedural CAD Pipeline for Impact Mitigation in the Virtual Fair: https://isef.net/project/etsd055-procedural-cad-pipeline-for-impact-mitigation

Grand Awards are this morning!

05/14/2026

Hello from in Phoenix, AZ! Students have their networking sessions today. The exhibit hall is open to the public and finalists will answer questions from the public and student groups. Tonight is the Special Awards Ceremony and the dinner.

Last night, finalists visited Chase Field for games and food. Afterwards, groups divided between the pool and dinner. Then, some students headed to Insomnia Cookies before curfew.

05/13/2026

Scenes from LRSEF and students at Judging Day. During lunch break (thanks to teacher chaperone Ms. Jones) students said judging was going well✔️❤️

05/12/2026

Yesterday was another eventful day for Team Kentucky and LRSEF students at . Finalists attended symposium sessions, attended the college fair, explored the Musical Instrument Museum, and attended the Opening Ceremony.

05/11/2026

LRSEF students are joining up with Team Kentucky at the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) this week in Phoenix, AZ! Our students have checked in and their projects have been approved.

You can check out their projects at https://isef.net/home using the project codes below!

Leah Chen (CHEM028) – The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science

Bailey Kaiser (ENEV031) – Ballard High School

Jiwoo Kim (CeLL018) – The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science
Sophia Lee (ETSD055) – Collegiate High School

Shreethan Palla (SFTD029) – North Oldham High School

Gopalaniket Tadinada (EMBM035) – North Oldham High School

05/11/2026

Go Team go!

Being a Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist is about more than being an accomplished researcher and exceptionally well-rounded high school…

05/11/2026

You can now log on and follow our delegates to ISEF! Go for it! Check for their names or their Catagory.....

Leah Chen, Chem, 028, Bailey Kaiser Enev03, Shreethan Palla SfTD029, Jiwoo Kim Cell 018, Aniket Tadinada Enbm035 and Sophia Lee Etsf 055.

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05/05/2026

In the latest edition of the LRSEF Newsletter, see how LRSEF students did at KY-SEF, hear from a volunteer judge, and learn how you can support Team Kentucky at ISEF!