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CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Platinum Award
Fungal pathogens pose an enormous threat to global health, and a growing number of pathogens are developing resistance to our limited arsenal of antifungals. Overexpression of efflux pumps t…
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
My project investigates optimal conditions for passive solar heating. I used a temperature data logging system to quantify the effect of surface colour, surface angle, and thermal mass. Cond…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Dementia effects almost One-Million Canadians, and has no cure, with current treatments having severe side-effects. This experiment aimed to explore the effectiveness of high-frequency pulse…
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
Health & Wellness
I am Khloe Sandy ,a proud Dakota Indigenous girl. I wanted to try making an eyeliner at home that's safe and natural since many eyeliners in stores contain chemicals that are not good for th…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
The real question is, can you make a water filter out of materials you can get only in your home? We wanted to create a water filter system that could be made household materials that you co…
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
Curiosity & Ingenuity
Ocean acidification is an aquatic cycle that many people don't know about. This is a cycle where the carbon dioxide gets released into the air and slowly gets absorbed by our ocean. And when…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
My project explores the reason Artifical Intelligence makes errors when diagnosing chest x-ray scans. To do this I developed an AI model and ran several experiments to find the root cause of…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Music makes us inspired, sad, angry, happy and nostalgic And there are really good reasons to listen to music every day; listening to music gives us a lot of benefits that we can take advant…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This science fair project investigated whether cellphone distraction affects short-term memory recall. The experiment involved two groups of participants: one group completed the task withou…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Is it possible to affect the answer to a question by altering the way you ask it? Yes it is. I surveyed around 45 people in total to see exactly how much question wording can change opinions…
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
Energy
Solar panels are increasingly prevalent across Canada; however, their performance during long winter conditions remains a concern. This study examined the effect of snow accumulation on sola…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often co-occurs alongside attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), potenti…
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
Energy
This project explores an enhanced Harmony Wind Turbine design engineered to prevent over-rotation during high wind conditions. To achieve this, I implemented and tested an automated blade-cl…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Silver Medal
Every 9 seconds, one person dies from diabetes, yet current technologies have significant limitations. I engineered a first-of-a-kind hybrid Physics-ML "glass-box" engine reconstructing each…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), affecting about 1 in 4,000 people, is the most common inherited retinal disease. A common cause of RP is the P23H mutation in rhodopsin, which causes the protein t…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
The prevalence of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments is a significant global concern. However, quantifying microplastics using conventional laboratory-based methods is costly and…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Approximately 5-10% of students experience dyslexia[1], a neurodevelopmental reading disorder often identified after prolonged difficulties in reading development[2]. Standard screening appr…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
We designed and built a Smart Pill Container that helps seniors take their medications on time and reduce related health risks. We were inspired to create this project by a lovely neighbor o…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
My project is investigating the anti-microbial properties of sage. In this investigation I decided to test sages ability to fight bacteria. Sage is traditionally a medicinal plant that is co…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gestational diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood sugar during pregnancy and is estimated to impact 1 in 7 pregnancies globally. This condition poses significant h…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Cartilage injuries, like those in the knee, are difficult to heal because they don't have a strong blood supply to deliver nutrients. To explore a possible solution, I created a model of thi…
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
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health problem where bacteria are becoming harder to treat with antibiotics. This increases the need for new solutions. In my project, I st…