by aussef | Jul 29, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
In the closing ceremony for the 38th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC), our four students all took out major awards. Adrian and Alex Zhuang (NSW) won a Gold Award in the Environmental Science category, Niyaz Hasan (NT) won a Silver...
by aussef | Jul 29, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
International relations are at the heart of CASTIC. This evening, we were taken on a ferry ride down the Haihe River where we witnessed the amazing lights of Tianjin and took in the spectacular architecture including the giant Ferris wheel “Tianjin Eye” built on the...
by aussef | Jul 29, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
As a chaperone, this is the day I have been waiting for to finally see all of the projects. I was delighted to find that not only were there senior student projects, but also a Primary School section. These students absolutely deserve to be there as a couple of them...
by aussef | Jul 27, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
Today was the official judging day. Students arrived at the Meijiang Convention Centre by 7:30am to attend their booth by 8am. There was no fanfare like ISEF, rather, photos and cheery well wishes as chaperones were separated from students. For 10 hours students were...
by aussef | Jul 27, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
While the students were busy presenting their projects at judging, I was engaging in international relations at an official’s lunch. Bing Xin, director of CAST welcomed us to China and to CASTIC. Seated next to Songguang Wang, deputy director of CAST was an honour...
by aussef | Jul 27, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
The boys are looking good and feeling comfortable. The first team to represent Australia at the China Adolescents Science and Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) are ready to go. Judging starts at 8am and finishes at 6pm, so it will be a very long and intensive...
by aussef | Jul 26, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
We returned to Meijiang Convention Centre to finalise project set up this morning, where we found more participants than yesterday. More Chinese students have arrived to Tianjin, setting up ready for tomorrows judging. There are 20 international countries...
by aussef | Jul 26, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
This afternoon we were all taken on a cultural and scientific visit to the National Maritime Museum of China. With earpieces shared out, we were given a tour in English through the Ancient Oceans exhibition hall which is organised by geological ages, showcasing 1158...
by aussef | Jul 25, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
With thanks to Robert at Flight Centre, our AUSSEF team arrived synchronously in Singapore’s beautiful Changi airport for our united flight into Tianjin. Arriving at 7:30am after approximately 15hrs of transit, we were quite overwhelmed to be met by cameras and video...
by aussef | Jul 25, 2024 | CASTIC 2024, Updates
After our team’s strong performance in Los Angeles, we received an invitation to send a four member team to China to compete at Asia’s largest school student Science Fair. The AUSSEF Committee saw that this would be another good opportunity to showcase...
