All students will be interviewed on Tuesday, April 12, by judges in their division- and category-specific judging panel. Simply due to the fact that the number of projects in each of these panels varies greatly, the schedule for interviews will be different in different panels. The fundamental pattern of interviews any student will experience will differ depending upon whether theirs is a “small” or a “large” panel, where the dividing line for size will be approximately 24 projects.
In both large and small panels, all interviews will start (and end) on a regular 10-minute schedule.
Large Panels will be assigned to one of two different sessions. Aside from the start time, these sessions are identical to that in a standard CSEF in-person fair.
Students in large panels must be present in their zFairs room for the entirety of their assigned session (except for the break) because judges will arrive at unpredictable times. Both Category Award judges and Sponsored Award judges will use the same session, but different periods within it.
The following judging panels are “Large Panels.” The Panel column shows the first four characters of each project number in that panel.
Panel | Category | Division | Session |
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J-06 | Chemistry | Junior Division | Morning |
J-10 | Electronics & Electromagnetics | Junior Division | Afternoon |
J-11 | Environmental Engineering | Junior Division | Afternoon |
J-17 | Physics & Astronomy | Junior Division | Afternoon |
J-18 | Plant Biology | Junior Division | Afternoon |
S-03 | Applied Mechanics & Structures | Senior Division | Morning |
S-04 | Behavioral & Social Sciences | Senior Division | Morning |
S-08 | Computational Systems & Analysis | Senior Division | Morning |
S-09 | Earth & Environmental Sciences | Senior Division | Morning |
S-11 | Environmental Engineering | Senior Division | Afternoon |
Small Panels will mean a shorter time commitment by each student because each interview will be scheduled, with a minimum (or lack) of breaks between them. Generally, small panels will have fewer judges than large panels.
Small Panels will start at staggered times throughout the day. While judges will interview projects in contiguous 10-minute interview periods, depending upon the number of projects and judges in a given panel, projects may or may not have contiguous interviews. Nevertheless, interviews of every project will be scheduled so as to be as compact in time as possible.
Here are the judging panels that are “Small Panels.” Please note that this table is ordered by Panel (the first four characters of your Project Number) and not alphabetically. Your project number tells you which panel you are in. This table gives the window in which your project will be interviewed. It does not tell you when in that window your actual interviews will be scheduled. Your personal interview schedule will be posted to your zFairs account on Saturday, April 9.
Students should ignore the "Judge Mtg" column. This is a meeting for judges in each judging panel in their own meeting room to go over procedures and final preparations before coming to speak with you.
Panel | Category | Division | Judge Mtg | Start Interviews | End Interviews |
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J-02 | Alternative Energy | Junior Division | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 4:50 PM |
J-03 | Applied Mechanics & Structures | Junior Division | 9:40 AM | 10:10 AM | 1:30 PM |
J-04 | Behavioral & Social Sciences | Junior Division | 9:50 AM | 10:20 AM | 2:30 PM |
J-05 | Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology | Junior Division | 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
J-07 | Cognitive Science | Junior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 12:00 PM |
J-12 | Mammalian Biology | Junior Division | 2:50 PM | 3:20 PM | 5:00 PM |
J-13 | Materials Science | Junior Division | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 4:50 PM |
J-14 | Mathematical Sciences | Junior Division | 11:50 AM | 12:20 PM | 3:50 PM |
J-15 | Microbiology (General) | Junior Division | 9:50 AM | 10:20 AM | 2:30 PM |
J-19 | Product Science (Biological) | Junior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 9:50 AM |
J-20 | Product Science (Physical) | Junior Division | 8:50 AM | 9:20 AM | 1:00 PM |
J-22 | Zoology | Junior Division | 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | 11:10 AM |
J-24 | Earth & Environment: Air/ Water | Junior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 11:50 AM |
J-25 | Earth & Environment: Soil/ Pollution | Junior Division | 11:40 AM | 12:10 PM | 3:50 PM |
S-05 | Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology I | Senior Division | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | 4:00 PM |
S-06 | Chemistry | Senior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 11:30 AM |
S-10 | Electronics & Electromagnetics | Senior Division | 10:40 AM | 11:10 AM | 3:10 PM |
S-12 | Mammalian Biology | Senior Division | 8:50 AM | 9:20 AM | 11:40 AM |
S-14 | Mathematical Sciences | Senior Division | 1:00 PM | 1:30 PM | 4:00 PM |
S-15 | Microbiology (General) | Senior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 11:50 AM |
S-17 | Physics & Astronomy | Senior Division | 11:10 AM | 11:40 AM | 3:30 PM |
S-18 | Plant Biology | Senior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 10:40 AM |
S-21 | Toxicology | Senior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 9:50 AM |
S-22 | Zoology | Senior Division | 11:50 AM | 12:20 PM | 4:00 PM |
S-23 | Computational Systems: Medical | Senior Division | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | 4:40 PM |
S-26 | Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology II | Senior Division | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 12:00 PM |
Whether you are in a large or a small panel, we are sorry, but there is no possibility of rescheduling any interviews owing to conflicts with outside events. Because rescheduling even a single interview would require coordinating with multiple people, we simply do not have the ability to make changes to the schedule for anyone, student or judge. Please do not ask for an exception. None will be given.