Biomedical Engineering
Robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) was used in millions of procedures in 2025. Despite its widespread adoption, current systems largely lack force-sensing capabilities and r…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Uncontrolled minor bleeding requires effective, safe, and accessible materials. However, most commercial hemostatic dressings rely on synthetic, non-renewable polymers and present high produ…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Brain age gap estimation(BrainAGE) has emerged as a powerful biomarker in human neuroimaging, offering insight into deviations from normative aging trajectories and providing a sensitive ind…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Gliomas are the deadliest brain tumors with recurrence rates of up to 90%. Without an accurate map of the tumors’ heterogeneity, surgeons operate with limited knowledge of tumor margins, oft…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor (Mayo Clinic, 2025), presenting with a 5-year survival rate of 5-10%. Current treatments for GBM are impeded by the tumor's aggressi…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Many students feel mentally tired during school, which can affect their focus, memory, and coordination - this is called cognitive fatigue. To explore this, I first researched how the brain…
Materials Science
DNA nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field with broad applications in medicine and engineering. The field concerns itself with understanding DNA's structural applications through build…
Biomedical Engineering
Your mind works perfectly, but your body will not let you speak. Millions with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, stroke, or paralysis live trapped inside working minds. Today's brain-computer i…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
We studied how effective dry dams were at reducing water velocity in a watershed district that has elevated landforms with tributaries leading towards Manitoba's 10th largest lake (Dauphin L…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune-mediated esophageal disorder that currently requires repeated invasive endoscopic biopsies for diagnosis and disease monitoring. The absen…
Biomedical Engineering
Vaping is a common habit and a widespread health issue that affects over 100 million people and has transformed into a youth epidemic, with teens being around nine times more likely than adu…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Individuals spend approximately 90% of their time indoors, so maintaining a good Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is important. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is an essential component of IAQ, as t…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Coral reefs are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, but are increasingly prone to bleaching due to warming ocean temperatures and acidification. Selective breeding of corals, es…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
I tested the strength of three types of bridges (Truss, Beam and Arch) I designed and 3D printed four of each bridge type, attached buckets with a testing rig and put sand and weights inside…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Silver Medal
Your body tells the truth: 47% people underestimate their stress! Standard bots hallucinate and ignore physical limits. We fix this by syncing real-time body data with professional AI and im…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
⚠️Please keep in mind at the time of me typing this i am still working on this project so some of the information may be outdated⚠️. My project is about playing non-VR games on a VR Headset.…
Materials Science
Large-scale reforestation efforts often struggle due to the large cost associated with seeding and low growth yield due to pest predation on seeds. To negate pests, blanket application of ch…
Animal Sciences
Coral reefs are rapidly declining due to climate change and pollution, with more than 80% of reefs worldwide at risk of bleaching. However, current restoration efforts cannot ensure long-ter…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
I did this project to determine if a student's reading habits will affect their academic performance. I created a survey, and provided permission forms to the parents/guardians of the studen…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Monitoring inland waters such as rivers, lakes, and coastal regions is essential for understanding environmental processes and detecting pollution. Conventional measurement buoys are station…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Gold Medal
The plastic mulch film, a plastic sheet applied to agricultural soils, increases crop yield through its benefits such as moisture retention and weed suppression. However, due to their potent…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Bronze Medal
Due to climate change, the tick population in Canada is rising rapidly, increasing the risk of tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease. The goal of this project was to find an environmenta…
Software Design
Middle ear disorders are common but hard to diagnose without structural imaging. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) offers an accessible alternative to CT, yet it produces noisy and partial…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Cadenza is a music practice app that's designed to help musicians improve by providing immediate, accurate feedback on intonation, rhythm, tone, and harmony. Developed to bridge the gap for…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Social experiments are a part of human-centered social research. They are often costly and difficult to conduct. Some topics may even be unethical due to lasting harm. In this project, I exp…
Software Design
Evaluating scientific claims requires synthesizing evidence across extensive literature, which is time-consuming for experts and challenging to automate. Existing approaches rely on expensiv…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Bronze Medal
Testing out the viability of germinating seeds found from purchased fruit and the success of the plants. By taking the seeds found in a variety of fruits and vegetables that you can purchase…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Gold Medal
Inspired by the discovery of elemental sulfur on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover, my research determines whether the presence of reduced sulfur (sulfur with extra electrons) can indicate life…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Silver Medal
The Miura-Ori origami repeating parallelogram pattern was invented by Kōryō Miura, an astrophysicist investigating solutions on how large, thin metal sheets can be folded into a small space.…
Biomedical Engineering
Many people struggle to access their medication, especially those with reduced hand mobility caused by conditions such as arthritis, rheumatism or Parkinson's Disease. In my project, I have…