Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Louisiana pipelines are made of many different materials as they were all built during different times where certain metals were optimal. These aging pipes can be hazardous to the community,…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
Individuals with conditions such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or paralysis often face significant barriers in communicating speech and mobility limitations. These challenges necess…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
This study explores the effectiveness of Convolutional Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (Conv-Bi-LSTM) in detecting neonatal seizure activity using Electroencephalogram (EEG) data, based…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Droughts kill over 45,000 people yearly and affect the livelihoods of 55 million others, with climate change likely to worsen these effects. Despite this, researchers have struggled to dev…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
In my project, I plan to create a microplastic filter, that can sustain in very cold water environments while not disturbing the ecosystem
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
In this project, I created a portable ultrasound device that is a multi-cancer diagnosis system utilizing artificial intelligence. I designed and prototyped an effective portable ultrasound…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In the first 6 hours following a building collapse, the chance of finding a survivor is approximately 60%, but drops to less than 10% by the 48th hour. This research developed a soft biomime…
The global issue of plastic mismanagement causes constant pollution, water contamination, and environmental leakage; moreover, carbon emissions (such as from cement production —a key part of…
Used for diagnosis, preventative screening, treatment, and more, it is undeniable that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is necessary to the future of healthcare technology. Yet drastically, AI f…
CYSF · 2025
Using CRISPR-based gene editing to weaken the proboscis of mosquitoes, preventing them from being able to sting humans and transmit diseases.
CYSF · 2025
My project is about using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to cure hereditary aneimia, using my research and data points.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Arctic sea ice and permafrost are critical to global climate balance and bio-geophysical diversity. Recent CryoSat-2 satellite data indicates that ice thickness is depleting at the rate of 1…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
First Award
Poor sleep is a major contributor to adolescent health issues, linked to poor mental health, risk-taking behaviour, and even physical health problems. Sleep issues can harm family and social…
Biomedical Engineering
This project addresses the accessibility gap in hypertension monitoring by developing a low-cost, cuffless blood pressure device. With 48.1% of U.S. adults affected by high blood pressure, m…
Inflammation is the most common biological response in the majority of acute as well as chronic debilitating diseases and is a chief cause of morbidity. Current therapies for inflammatory di…
Biomedical Engineering
Millions of patients worldwide require the use of implanted medical devices (IMDs) to treat chronic illnesses. These devices use non-rechargeable batteries, requiring invasive and possibly d…
CYSF · 2025
Silver Medal
My project explores if sound waves can move items on plastic wrap, like walnuts or fennel seeds. By playing sounds at different frequencies, I observe and analyze how sound waves can influen…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
In spring 2015, the U.S. Pacific Coast experienced an unprecedented spike in domoic acid concentrations, surpassing federal safety limits by over 700% in parts of Washington State and trigge…
CYSF · 2025
Our project is about the effects of daylight when you sleep at night
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and prevalent malignant primary brain tumors, accounting for 50.1% of all gliomas and 16% of all primary brain tumors. In the Unit…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
Information overload acts as a barrier to teenagers tasked with decision making. This project aims to simulate and evaluate teenagers' ability to make decisions by filtering information.
Cellular and Molecular Biology (inferred)
In a recent study, 33% of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) carried mutations in ASXL3, whose function is unknown. To understand ASXL3’s role in NDDs, we used CRISPR tec…
A recent study revealed that 33% of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) carry ASXL3 mutations, although its function was previously unknown. To investigate, we used CRISPR t…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Third Award
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) affect over 300 million people globally. In previous research, we identified ASXL3 as a biomarker for NDDs, but our understanding of how the clinical seve…
In a recent study, 33% of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) carried mutations in ASXL3, whose function is unknown. To understand ASXL3’s role in NDDs, we used CRISPR tec…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Mental imagery is a sophisticated brain function that enables high-level inference and creation. The ability for mental imagery varies among individuals along various dimensions, such as viv…
Circadian clocks are internal 24 -hour rhythms that synchronize body functions with day -night cycles. At the molecular level, they consist of gene networks that control gene oscillations, g…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems are crucial in diabetes care, but focus only on monitoring blood glucose levels (BGL), neglecting diet, exercise, and medication and lacking predi…
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems are crucial in diabetes care but focus solely on monitoring blood glucose levels (BGL), neglecting diet, exercise, and medication and lacking pred…
Comprehensive Cancer Center Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer with high metastatic potential and a significant rate of treatment resistance, particularly to targeted therapies such as BR…