CYSF · 2026
Deep Dive, Food Battery -Future Organic Power Bank
Gold Medal
To quantitatively study and characterize food batteries. Measure Current, Voltage and Voltage Decay. Explore real life applications.
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CYSF · 2026
Development of a Smart Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) for In-Line Navigation & Defect Detection
Gold Medal
I developed an in-line pipe-inspection robot that uses embedded sensors and computer vision to detect structural damage and leak risks in water infrastructure before failures occur.
CYSF · 2026
Does Freezing Hockey Pucks Impact Performance?
Gold Medal
Determining if freezing hockey pucks impacts their performance. I will test how far frozen vs. room temperature hockey pucks will be able to travel, as well as how easily they handle.
CYSF · 2026
Does study music really affect the ability to absorb information?
Gold Medal
I will test how long it takes for somebody to read a fictional story with no music, and classical music. They will then answer questions based on the story with no music and classical music.
CYSF · 2026
Effect of YouTube shorts on your short-term memory
Gold Medal
Testing if watching a YouTube short affects your ability to memorize a seven digit number.
CYSF · 2026
Efficiency of Lenz effect heater versus a conventional space heater.
Gold Medal
This experiment compares the efficiency of a Lenz effect heater and a conventional space heater by measuring how much electrical energy each requires to raise the air temperature by 5 °C.
CYSF · 2026
EIT: The Future of Non Radiation Imaging
Gold Medal
I will create an homemade EIT machine that will be able to detect different internal structures in fruits.
CYSF · 2026
Electric Moon Dust
Gold Medal
If humanity ever settled on the moon, what could be used for power? I am making a battery out of various metals found on both the Earth and Moon. To make my battery, I used magnesium, titani…
CYSF · 2026
Energy scavenger: how to convert wasted heat energy into usable forms of energy
Gold Medal
Once we cook/bake even though we turn off the oven/stove it remains hot for some time. My project is to try to convert this wasted heat energy into kinetic/light energy so that we could run…
CYSF · 2026
Ethylene Consumption in Arctic Soil
Gold Medal
Determines the consumption rate of ethylene in Arctic peat soil
CYSF · 2026
Evaluating Gene Therapy as a Treatment for ABCA3-Related Congenital Surfactant Deficiency
Gold Medal
ABCA3-relation Congenital Surfactant Deficiency is a serious, fatal genetic disorder. My experiment uses a comprehensive literature review to determine gene therapy's eligibility as a treatm…
CYSF · 2026
Feeding the Future
Gold Medal
Using Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Agricultural Indicators to Predict Child Stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa
CYSF · 2026
Floam: A Sustainable Styrofoam Alternative
Gold Medal
Due to the rise of pollution, specifically from the packaging industry's synthetic foam production, this project will make a biodegradable alternative to it using vegan ingredients and a kit…
CYSF · 2026
Floating Gateway: The Prototyping and Iterative Optimization of a Balloon Assisted Sounding Rocket
Gold Medal
to provide affordable mesospheric, upper atmospheric and space access for for upper atmospheric research and smallsat development, specifically focusing on CFD and ML regression assisted aer…
CYSF · 2026
Focus Under Fire
Gold Medal
To determine which genre of interference will derive the focus of Junior High students most. We will perform visual, auditory, and motionary distractions to unsuspecting participants and com…
CYSF · 2026
Getting Greywater Smart
Gold Medal
Using a self-made equation to model a household as either low, average, or high greywater producer, further explaining the best method of greywater reuse for an individual household.
CYSF · 2026
How Antibacterial Mouthwash Blocks the Benefits of Nitrate Sources on Blood Pressure and Attention in Teens
Gold Medal
This study investigated whether a spinach smoothie improves post-exercise blood pressure recovery and attention in teenagers, and whether antibacterial mouthwash blocks these benefits by dis…
CYSF · 2026
How Does Dehydration Impact The Human Body
Gold Medal
I will be testing how dehydration will affect the human body by doing an exercise experiment with and without sufficient water intake.
CYSF · 2026
How Does the Strength of Fertilizer Change Plant Growth
Gold Medal
I will be doing a project on how different concentrations of fertilizer affect plant growth. I will be doing 25%, 50%, 100%, and 125% of the recommended amount of fertilizer
CYSF · 2026
How plants survive.
Gold Medal
Seeing how plants survive in space, land, and under water.
CYSF · 2026
How well does hand sanitizer actually disinfect your hands compared to washing them?
Gold Medal
The experiment will test the amount of bacteria on a Petri dish after touching dirty things and using hand sanitizer and soap and water.
CYSF · 2026
Improving solar panel efficiency
Gold Medal
In this experiment there will be a stationary solar panel and a solar panel that tracks the sun. I will measure and compare the energy made by each solar panel to determine how much more ene…
CYSF · 2026
Investigating the Uniqueness of Earth and Prospects for Extraterrestrial Astrobiology
Gold Medal
Analyzing molecular clouds in the milky way galaxy through machine learning and statistical analysis.
CYSF · 2026
Leveraging Glenn-Research Copper for Integration in Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR)
Gold Medal
This study will focus on determining the viability of Glenn-Research Copper (GRCop) 84 and GRCop 42 alloys in heat exchanging tubing for pressurized water reactors for increased thermal cond…
CYSF · 2026
Life-Band
Gold Medal
An Arduino-based wearable which was developed, tested, and validated based on the problem "How can a cost-effective and accessible device be created to effectively detect and provide alerts…
CYSF · 2026
Machine-Learning Enhanced Orbit Propagation: Improving Low Earth Orbit Prediction Using TLE And GPS Data
Gold Medal
The main objective of this innovative project is to determine whether a supervised machine-learning correction model can reduce multi-day orbit propagation prediction error compared to the s…
CYSF · 2026
Mapping Memory
Gold Medal
I will make a program in which the participants play 4 memory games. While they are playing these games, their brainwaves are being recorded using an EEG headset. They are analyzed and compl…
CYSF · 2026
MediPass: A Pre-Arrival AI Triage and Redirection System to Reduce Emergency Room Overcrowding
Gold Medal
Medipass is an AI system that triages patients by collecting symptoms, analyzing them using machine learning and rule-based methods, identifying potential issues, and recommending appropriat…
CYSF · 2026
Microscopic Allies Against Climate Change: A Comparative Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration by Chlorella and Spirulina
Gold Medal
In this experiment, I will be testing which algae- Chlorella vulgaris or Arthrospira platensis- will absorb more carbon dioxide. I will use the pH of the solutions before and after a 7 day p…
CYSF · 2026
Mission Impossible? Development of an Electronic Medical Record- driven Screening and Treatment Pathway for Patients with Hepatitis C
Gold Medal
To develop and launch an EMR-based intervention designed to identify HCV-positive patients who were undiagnosed or lost to follow-up and measure its impact on re-engagement and referral rate…