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[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/basef.jpg” caption=”Anthony Chiarelli”]The future of science and engineering will be on display in McMaster's Burridge Gymnasium April 2 to 5.

Close to 500 of the Bay Area's top brains from Grade 7 to OAC are participating in the 43rd annual Bay Area Science & Engineering Fair (BASEF). This is nearly double the number of students who participated in the event last year.

Students from 65 schools located from Halton Hills to Dunnville will take part in the fair, which will offer more than $70,000 in prizes, including cash awards, scholarships and trips. There will also be a $250 prize donated by the McMaster Engineering Society.

The top winners will qualify to compete at both the Canada Wide Science Fair in Calgary, Alberta May 10-17 and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Cleveland, Ohio May 11-18.

McMaster students and employees are among approximately 200 volunteers that will judge 329 projects. The fair takes place over the course of four days, starting with project set-up on the first day, judging on the second day, trips and activities on the third, culminating in the award ceremony on Saturday.

Photo caption: Grade 8 student Anthony Chiarelli, from St. Teresa of Avila in Hamilton, demonstrates his project entitled “See the Unseen, Hear the Unheard. Exploring the limits of steganography”. Chiarelli, who won the divisional gold medal in the 2002 BASEF, was among 16 students who received all-expense-paid trips to the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Photo credit: Chantall Van Raay

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/basef.jpg" caption="Anthony Chiarelli"]The future of science and engineering will be on display in McMaster&#039;s Burridge Gymnasium April 2 to 5.<p><br />
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Close to 500 of the Bay Area&#039;s top brains from Grade 7 to OAC are participating in the 43rd annual Bay Area Science & Engineering Fair (BASEF). This is nearly double the number of students who participated in the event last year. <p><br />
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Students from 65 schools located from Halton Hills to Dunnville will take part in the fair, which will offer more than $70,000 in prizes, including cash awards, scholarships and trips. There will also be a $250 prize donated by the McMaster Engineering Society.<p><br />
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The top winners will qualify to compete at both the Canada Wide Science Fair in Calgary, Alberta May 10-17 and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Cleveland, Ohio May 11-18. <p><br />
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McMaster students and employees are among approximately 200 volunteers that will judge 329 projects. The fair takes place over the course of four days, starting with project set-up on the first day, judging on the second day, trips and activities on the third, culminating in the award ceremony on Saturday.<p><br />
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<i>Photo caption: Grade 8 student Anthony Chiarelli, from St. Teresa of Avila in Hamilton, demonstrates his project entitled "See the Unseen, Hear the Unheard. Exploring the limits of steganography". Chiarelli, who won the divisional gold medal in the 2002 BASEF, was among 16 students who received all-expense-paid trips to the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Photo credit: Chantall Van Raay</i>

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