CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Bronze Medal
DERMAGUARD is a wearable used to monitor skin and generate bio-printable models for the treatment of diseased skin. The wearable outsources bio-printing, making a it a non-invasive tool and…
Software Design
Among Us is a 4-15 player social deduction game in which players on a spaceship are secretly assigned the roles of Crewmates or Impostors. Crewmates work collaboratively to complete tasks an…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Damage to musical strings can degrade sound quality or even cause sudden failure during a musical performance. For large wire-cables, complex methods measuring the propagation of vibrations…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
This project developed an autonomous cleaning robot for coastal ecological restoration. The core innovation lies in integrating YOLOv8 deep learning perception with Archimedes spiral propuls…
Software Design
This study developed a dynamic evacuation route guidance system that reflects time-varying fire risk by integrating Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)-grounded prediction models with the A* pathf…
Software Design
Online child grooming is a serious and growing issue that occurs across many digital platforms, making it difficult to detect when only one type of evidence is used. This experiment focuses…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Before any long journey, our ancestors prepared with prayer and ceremony. Smudging with sage cleanses the eyes, ears, and mouth. It clears the mind and offers protection. This was survival.…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Communication barriers significantly affect those who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired and/or mute. Limiting access to education, healthcare, employment, and everyday social intera…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Bronze Medal
Every year, families accidentally throw away tons of good food just because they forget what’s hiding in the back of their cupboards. To solve this, we created Echo Pantry, a smart system th…
Software Design
This project developed and evaluated NLC (Natural Language Compression), a language-agnostic lexical text encoder optimized for natural language (NL). Efficient NL encoding is most applicabl…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Every lacrosse player wants to improve their shot speed, but few have a coach every time they practice or a radar gun to measure the speed of each shot. I built a motion sensor that attaches…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Bronze Medal
Individual ants possess limited cognitive capability, yet collectively they accomplish complex tasks without central command. This is enabled through stigmergy, an indirect, decentralized co…
Software Design
Communication barriers in healthcare settings remain a significant challenge for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) individuals, particularly during patient-provider interactions. This can lead…
Software Design
The purpose of this project was to design and test a true random number generator using physical noise from an analog input. Most random number generators in common use rely on software algo…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Silver Medal
Canadian emergency rooms face a systemic crisis, with patients routinely waiting over 20 hours on stretchers. ERgo is a discrete-event simulation engine designed to tackle the chronic overcr…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Silver Medal
EvoNash: Accelerating Convergence to Nash Equilibrium Investigating Adaptive Mutation Rates in Genetic Neural Networks This experiment investigates the efficiency of evolutionary algorithms…
Software Design
This project investigates the feasibility of integrating hybrid post-quantum key exchange into TLS 1.3 by combining classical elliptic-curve cryptography (X25519) with a post-quantum key exc…
Software Design
In the U.S., about 1 in 14 children has a communication disorder, and 1 in 4 children with speech disorders also experience social and emotional difficulties, making them twice as likely to…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Most smart glasses today are prohibitively expensive and closed source, making them difficult to integrate into custom projects. My vision is to make the beauty of AR more available worldwid…
Software Design
Deepfake technology has rapidly evolved into a pervasive tool for digital exploitation. By the end of 2025, over 8 million deepfakes had been shared online, a dramatic increase from about 50…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Silver Medal
I chose this project because wildfires are becoming a bigger problem in Canada. they can affect forests, wildlife, air quality, and nearby communities. I wanted to see if a machine learning…
Software Design
As hyper-realistic deepfakes grow into one of the world’s most pressing crises, the rush to secure digital integrity has made watermarking one of the most urgently researched sectors in cybe…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Silver Medal
Growing labour shortages and an aging population have created urgent demand for robotic systems capable of assisting across healthcare, elder care, and household settings. Existing approache…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Words are how we preserve our history, our culture, and our identity here at Island Lake. Words we use every day are slowly being lost. I wanted to make a difference. Our Science teacher, El…
Technology Enhances the Arts
This project determined if playing different games in different amounts would affect typing speed and accuracy. The experiment was performed due to personal research that showed an increase…
Software Design
Plant diseases, particularly fungal infections, cause significant crop losses worldwide due to delayed detection and limited access to rapid diagnostic tools. This project presents Gharsa, a…
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…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Over 1 Billion people globally live with mental health conditions driving depression & suicide crises. Music therapy is a proven nonpharmacological approach for emotional regulation, yet acc…
Software Design
This project advances audio augmentation in augmented reality (AR) by developing a music-theoretic spatial sonification method. Although AR is increasingly used in education and entertainmen…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Over 430 million people have some degree of hearing loss . Hearing-impaired individuals use sign language (SL) as their primary communication method, but SL literacy in society is low. This…