The Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair is the premier science competition for students in middle and high school in our 23-county service area of East Tennessee. We have promoted teaching the scientific method in science, engineering, and math since 1952.

The fair is sponsored by the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as many local companies and agencies. It is held at the UT Thompson Boling Arena during the first week of April. There are two divisions of competition - Junior Division for middle school students greades 6 - 8, and Senior Division for high school students grades 9 - 12.

Judges Form can be downloaded from the link in the left column of this page. Please complete and return it by Friday, February 20. Information for Judges and the "2009 Judges Guide" can be found at http://www.sasef.com/judges.html. The IEEE East Tennessee Section will be judging for Special Awards. If you would be interesting in helping with the selections for those awards please email Vice Chair Martin Bauer before completing your Judges Form.