CYSF · 2026
Tournament of energy
Gold Medal
I was testing what shape of propeller blade would work the best.
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CYSF · 2026
Ultrasonic Obstacle Detection for Assistive Mobility Devices
Gold Medal
This project focuses on designing and building an assistive cane equipped with ultrasonic sensors to help visually impaired individuals detect obstacles more effectively. The system uses ult…
CYSF · 2026
Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect Parkinson's Disease Via Audio Samples
Gold Medal
We made an artificial intelligence that recognizes patterns in voice to predict a person's chances of having Parkinson's disease.
CWSF · 2026
Veino - IV Safety Monitoring System
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Many patients are injured when IV fluids accidentally leak into their skin instead of staying in the vein. This causes painful swelling and bruising, and it happens to nearly 1 in 10 people.…
CYSF · 2026
Water Chemistry
Gold Medal
Using different coagulants to purify dirty/ unclean/ polluted water.
CYSF · 2026
What is the effect of baking powder in cupcakes
Gold Medal
We are going to alter the amount of baking powder in cupcakes
CYSF · 2026
“When Enough Is Never Enough” “The neuroscience, the reasons, and the depressing untold truth about addictions”
Gold Medal
Through this project, I hope to research the neuroscience, the reasons, and the depressing untold truth about addictions in the modern world.
CYSF · 2026
Why FTL Travel is (Likely) Impossible under Modern Physics
Gold Medal
How faster than light travel leads to causality violations.
CWSF · 2026
Window to the Mind: A Multi-Stage Computational Pipeline for Early Alzheimer's Intervention
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
Alzheimer's disease steals the memories of 55+ million worldwide, yet no effective diagnosis or treatment exists. The retina is composed of neural tissue, thus mirroring neurological damage…
CYSF · 2026
Worms Vs. Waste
Gold Medal
We will be feeding mealworms plastic with probiotics and vitamin C and see which one allows mealworms to eat more plastic
CYSF · 2026
Yogurt Instinct - Do Supermarket yogurts have more live cultures than homemade
Gold Medal
My project is about comparing the probiotics present in supermarket yogurt compared to homemade using them as starters.
CWSF · 2026
ΛCDM+S - Thermodynamic Cosmology: Simulating The Universe's Expansion Without Dark Energy
Aerospace Platinum Award
Even after nearly three decades of intense research, cosmology fails to fully explain the physical origin of the universe's accelerated expansion. The standard model of cosmology, ΛCDM, asso…
CYSF · 2025
Accelerating Healing of Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers through Electrostimulation and Adaptable Hydrogels
Gold Medal
Combining electrostimulation technology and hydrogels to provide a comprehensive treatment for accelerating the healing process of chronic wounds.
CYSF · 2025
A Cleaner Choice: Investigating the Effectiveness, Cost and Environmental Benefits of Homemade vs. Store-Bought Cleaners
Gold Medal
I will be testing and comparing homemade, store bought and natural store bought cleaners to determine the effectiveness, cost, and environmental impacts of each cleaner in hope to find out w…
CYSF · 2025
A Comparison Study of the Regional Impacts of Extreme El Niño Events on India and Peru in the 1788-1793 and 1982-1983 Episodes
Gold Medal
This project would employ proxy data and historical documents to reconstruct the 1789-1783 El Niño and its socio-economic effects. Then, the project compares them with statistics of the 1982…
CYSF · 2025
Advanced Moisturizer Testing: Hydration Effects on Gelatin-Based Artificial Skin Using WVTR Analysis
Gold Medal
In this experiment I tested the retaining ability, sweating, UV exposure, and WVTR of aloe vera gel, coconut oil, vaseline, and shea butter.To test this I made artificial skin samples out of…
CYSF · 2025
AHTMAS - The Future of Houseplants
Gold Medal
I am making an AI greenhouse which will be tested by growing a basil plant
CYSF · 2025
AMPAR and NMDAR Related Glutamatergic Neuroadaptations in the Amygdala as a Result of Alcohol Use Disorder
Gold Medal
Investigating glutamatergic neuroadaptations in the amygdala, specifically involving α-amino-3‑hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid-type ionotropic receptor (AMPAR) and N-methyl-D-aspa…
CYSF · 2025
A Muscle Watch: A Personalized Device for Hamstring Injury Prevention Using Surface Electromyography (sEMG) Sensors and Machine Learning
Gold Medal
The MuscleWatch was developed and validated as a proof-of-concept to address this problem: How might we non-invasively monitor hamstring muscle activation in teenagers during physical activi…
CYSF · 2025
A Practical Weapon Detection System For Enhanced Security Using Artificial Intelligence
Gold Medal
How can we make our cities more secure against gun and weapon violence?
CYSF · 2025
Are you what you eat: A deep dive into how food affects cognitive ability
Gold Medal
In the project I will be testing if different food effect the overall health of the human brain for Grade 7 students seeing if you are what you eat and if that will agina change how you can…
CYSF · 2025
Automatic Plant irrigation system
Gold Medal
In this project we are going to compare the amount of water usage that a machine that measures the water and hand watering to see which one wastes more water.
CYSF · 2025
Beating Alzheimer's: Investigating the Effectiveness of Current Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
Gold Medal
We are comparing 3 different treatments (Donanemab, Donepezil, and physical therapy) and their impact on reducing cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease. In addition, we have made an AR me…
CYSF · 2025
Bike Gearing and Gearing Ratios
Gold Medal
In this project I will be experimenting with different gear ratios to learn which gear ratio give you the most power output for the same input.
CYSF · 2025
Biodegradable Hydrogel-Enhanced Genetics in Crops and Plants for Sustainable Agriculture
Gold Medal
Reviewing and exploring the power of biodegradable hydrogels integrated with genetic modification in crops and plants aiming to pave the way towards more sustainable agriculture in our rapid…
CYSF · 2025
Bioplastic Blueprint: Reinventing ABS
Gold Medal
Testing different recipes for bioplastics, made primarily out of materials that can be found in a kitchen, that can recreate the properties of ABS plastic.
CYSF · 2025
Blended Wing Aircraft, Financial Friend or Foe?
Gold Medal
In this project we will study the efficiency and the cost of the blended wing aircraft and compare it to the tube wing aircraft design.
CYSF · 2025
B. Megaterium Vs. Environmental Conditions: The Impact on Abundance, Reproduction and Resistance
Gold Medal
Bacillus megaterium cultures will be grown in petri dishes under varying environmental conditions and tested for colonial abundance, reproduction rate and resistance to diluted bleach.
CYSF · 2025
Boundary Layer Tripping Methods and Their Effect on the Performance of an Airfoil
Gold Medal
By 3D printing variations of airfoils, each with their own method of boundary layer tripping, I can measure the drag to determine the best one.
CYSF · 2025
Bye-Bye Blooms!
Gold Medal
This project optimizes a floating wetland system to sequester agrochemicals in order to improve the quality of water and prevent eutrophication.