The Houston Illini Club is a Special Award Agency sponsoring awards at the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston. The Fair will be held February 15th, 2020 at George R Brown Convention Center.

This is a great opportunity for people interested in meeting and inspiring the next generation of young scientists and engineers. If you are interested in being a judge please fill out this form. We are specifically looking for judges with background or expertise in engineering, computer science, mathematics, life sciences, and physical sciences. We will contact you soon about how to register with SEFH. Judges must have at least a bachelor's degree. School and district science fair coordinators and elementary or secondary school teachers are generally NOT eligible to serve as SEFH judges.

For more information, please visit the SEFH website or contact Caroline Cvetkovic. For those club judges who have already signed up and who have been contacted by Caroline we need to check in at the GRB by 11:30 AM on February 15. Please reference in advance the judges' reference material:

• https://sefhouston.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/2020_SAO_Manual_10232018.pdf
• https://sefhouston.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/Place_Award_Judge_Scoresheet.pdf
• https://sefhouston.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/2020_SpecialAward_Schedule.pdf

On February 22nd, the Houston Illini Club presented "Illinois Innovator Awards" to six students at the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston (SEFH) 2020 at the University of Houston. Houston-area high school students competed for individual 1st Place and Honorable Mention prizes in categories including life science, physical science, and engineering. Houston Illini Club members served as judges for the event. Congratulations! Please visit https://sefhouston.org/assets/SEFH2020_Special_Awards_Winners.pdf to see all of the Special Award winners.

Photos from event: https://houston.illiniclub.org/images.html?view_album=68