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CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
During manual inspections of enclosed or hazardous spaces, hundreds of accidents occur every year; however, traditional legged robots, which rely on actively controlled joints and high-bandw…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Global warming is causing climate disasters in Canada. The present study builds on previous science fair research by engineering a novel product from compost material to limit the effects of…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Critical bone defects remain a major clinical challenge, often requiring pre-formed grafts or substitutes that can trigger inflammatory responses and delay healing. This project focuses on d…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Excess phosphate in the Bay of Quinte(BOQ) causes algae overgrowth and threatens ecosystems and surrounding communities. My project studied the main source of phosphate pollution and explore…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
My project is about recycling cigarettes. I was inspired to investigate this topic as cigarettes are the most littered item in the world (Kuta, 2024). I tested which simple and affordable ki…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Bronze Medal
Wildfires are becoming an increasing concern as climate change decreases rainfall, increases lightning storms, and causes earlier snow melt. Most wildfires are in northern Canada, and often…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Buying food can be very expensive. And it can be even more expensive to buy healthy food. My goal was to create an efficient way to grow plants inexpensively in the home. My idea for an indo…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
Tamarack bark tea is a traditional tea consumed by the Aboriginal people of Canada. It is primarily made up of the bark of Larix laricina to help with the health of the brain. Although the t…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), otherwise known as "forever chemicals," are a group of highly stable, bioaccumulative, and toxic synthetic chemicals used in a wide range of consu…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources Bronze Medal
At current consumption rates, oil and gasoline reserves will be depleted within the next 47 years (Wordometer 2026). To reduce carbon dioxide emissions and prevent future energy shortages, g…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Bronze Medal
Scientific analysis of starts is critical in sports where success is often determined by milliseconds, making reaction and motion times valuable factors to exploit and improve. While perform…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Considering the prevalence and life-altering nature of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), why is it so difficult to diagnose? Within recent years, much research has linked changes in the gut microbio…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
My project is about making functional prosthetic hands more accessible and affordable than a smartphone. To achieve this, I use 3D printing to create lightweight, customizable parts that tra…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
This project focused on many aspects of harvesting renewable energy from highways, including cars, vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT), cost, traffic, and solar panels. Four vehicle types (pi…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Many people blanket their horses in cold weather, yet few studies have quantified the thermal benefits. This study tested whether adding a detachable hood increased neck surface temperatures…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
This project studied how different ways of preparing plastics affect how certain types of fungi interact with plastic waste. Two common types of plastic were either applied abrasion with san…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Bronze Medal
Constraint satisfaction problems are widely used in scheduling, logistics, and planning systems. Classical solvers handle most instances efficiently, but hard instances trigger exponential s…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Over 2.5 million people living with motor impairments like Amyotrophic-Lateral-Sclerosis and Quadriplegia depend entirely on caregivers, as their only remaining capability is eye-blinks. Yet…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's are predominantly framed as problems of protein accumulation and downstream clearance, implicitly assuming that pathogenic conformations are su…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Our brains require proper neuronal cell communication to work. Between the gap where neurons connect (referred to as the synapse) are receptors, chemical transmitters, and proteins which are…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
Les colorants artificiels sont utilisés dans l'alimentation car ils produisent des couleurs vives. Cependant, ils peuvent avoir des effets potentiellement préoccupants sur la santé. L'un des…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Ce projet traitera du noir absolu et vous permettra de découvrir s'il est possible de l'obtenir. Vous apprendrez pourquoi les chercheurs s'y intéressent, ainsi que les expériences qui ont ét…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Bronze Medal
Les gants à percussion offrent une alternative novatrice à la batterie traditionnelle, en permettant de jouer de la musique du bout des doigts. Grâce au phénomène peu connu qu’est la piézoél…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
Operating conditions inside nuclear reactors promote material degradation, inhibiting the maturity of nuclear capabilities. In pressurized water reactors (PWRs), heat exchanger materials are…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Bronze Medal
This study benchmarks ten large language models on their ability to extract and classify software user pain points from thousands of real-world feedback records across four platforms: G2, Ca…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Bronze Medal
Since its founding in 2007, Galaxy Zoo participants have helped scientists classify hundreds of millions of galaxies and played a crucial role in examining large astronomical data sets (Pear…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
When someone is depressed, doctors prescribe antidepressant medication, but it only works for about half of patients, meaning the other half can wait months on ineffective treatment. We deve…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
With a growing and aging population taking an increasing number of prescription medications every year, adverse drug reactions are becoming increasingly common. Despite this, most clinical d…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
Anaerobic Digestion is a process for breaking down organics in an oxygen-free environment. A by-product of this digestion is biogas; a methane-rich gas that can be used for energy production…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Proactive disease screening is vital for preventive care, yet common biomarker tests are invasive, wasteful, and indefinitely slow. Conversely, NephroSense proposes generalized breath analys…