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CYSF · 2026

DUST IMPACT ON SOLAR PANELS

This project is about solar panels and the many questions it can hold. There will also be a display of a solar panel.

CYSF · 2026

DWC Duel: Synthetic vs Organic

Between the mineral-based and organic homemade hydroponic nutrient solution, which is the best option for the height and number of leaves on a spearmint plant?

Dye-sophila: The Effect of a Natural and Artificial Yellow Dye on Drosophila Populations and Preference

Animal Sciences

There have been calls for replacing synthetic food dyes, including Yellow 5 (tartrazine), with natural dyes, including beta-carotene extract from the microalgae Dunaliella salina. The projec…

Dynamic Coprime Labeling: A Novel Framework for Cryptographic Safe Prime Generation on k-Uniform Hypergraphs

Mathematics

Classical graph coprime labelings given by Gallian (2009) are static and unchanging, thus inadaptable to real-world systems. We introduce dynamic coprime labeling (DCL), a novel extension of…

Dynamic of Kerr Spacetime: Geodesics, Frame Dragging, and the Penrose Process

Physics and Astronomy

Kerr black holes, or rotating black holes, are central to understanding spacetime curvature around massive rotating bodies; the Penrose process offers a theoretical framework for extracting…

CWSF · 2026

Dynamic Recovery: A Rower's Secret Weapon

Curiosity & Ingenuity

In rowing, maximum efficiency is achieved through optimizing the rigging and oars and by perfecting the technique, in addition to strength training. Various approaches exist to the recovery…

Dynamics of the Nascent Polypeptide-Associated Complex in the Ribosomal Exit Tunnel

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

In all known life, proteins are synthesized on ribosomes. This delicate biochemical process is regulated by a multitude of factors, one of them being the Nascent-polypeptide Associated Compl…

CWSF · 2026

Dynamic Time Warping Based Clustering Anonymization Approach for Patient Time Series

Health & Wellness Bronze Medal

In this digital age, we give away our data everyday; by accepting website cookies or wearing smartwatches that track everything from heart rate to sleep cycles. The data we generate can be u…

Early Diagnosis of Schizophrenia Through an Interpretable CNN–Transformer Model of fMRI Connectivity

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Schizophrenia affects 24 million people worldwide. A critical barrier to treatment is anosognosia, the lack of illness awareness that develops in later-stage SCZ and causes patients to refus…

CWSF · 2026

Early Frames to Full Picture: Deep Learning for Interpretable mRNA-LNP Delivery Prediction

Disease & Illness

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are an important component of a leading drug delivery system. They protect the medicine they carry, increasing its bioavailability and stability and notably used i…

Early Stage Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease Using Fractal Dimension Calculations

Mathematics

Early-stage identification of Alzheimer's disease is regarded as a critical factor for effective disease and intervention management. Structural changes of the brain are difficult to quantif…

Early Warning for Critical Transitions in Epidemics: A Generative Dynamical Systems Approach

Mathematics

Disease outbreaks are dynamical systems that can abruptly cross critical transitions and escalate into epidemics. While early warning of epidemics is essential for life-saving interventions,…

CWSF · 2026

Early Warning of Water Quality Risk Using Real Time Sensor Data

Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal

Problem: Traditional water testing is a long process. By the time the lab finds a contaminant, people may have already drunk the water, or it may have affected the environment. We need a way…

CYSF · 2026

Earth-Moon system

Exploring how tidal interactions between the Earth and Moon contribute to the current rate of lunar recession, and what do these interactions reveal about the future stability of the Earth-M…

CYSF · 2026

Earthquakes - Last one standing

In this project I want to try to find the most ideal design and material to withstand earthquakes and mitigate their negative effects. To simulate an earthquake on a small scale I will use t…

CYSF · 2026

East Asian vs North American Sunscreens : A Comparitive Analysis

My project will be testing the efficacy of North American and Asian sunscreens. Asian brands are able to access a range of ingredients that North American brands are not, due to the FDA's li…

Echo-Glove: Assistive Communication Device

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

Echo Pantry: Gamified RFID Tracking to Eliminate Household Food Waste

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…

CYSF · 2026

EcoBot X

A robotic waste sorter which aims to help reduce the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfills to help reduce the amount of methane produced into the atmosphere.

Ecofeeder

Animal Sciences

This project proposes a three-compartment trash can designed to separate waste at the point of disposal. General waste, food waste, and processed animal feed are collected in separate sectio…

CWSF · 2026

Ecoferroquatics: Aquatic Plastic Clean Up With Ferrofluid and an Autonomous AI-Piloted Robot

Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal

11 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans every year. To recover these plastics, we employ problematic methods such as nets, traps, skimmers, and filters. Relying on manual labour, they…

EcoFog: A Novel Composite Mesh for Passive Water Collection From Fog and High Relative-Humidity Environments

Materials Science

Over 2 billion people globally lack access to fresh water, and in recent years, fog harvesting has emerged as a promising solution in water-scarce regions. Yet, the only widely implemented s…

CWSF · 2026

Eco-Friendly Biodegradable Agricultural Mulch Film with Light-Triggered Pesticide Release System

Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Bronze Medal

White pollution—the buildup of plastic waste—poses increasing threats to our global ecosystems by damaging water sources and food supplies. Traditional agricultural plastics greatly contribu…

ECOGuard - Autonomous Drone for Selective Waste Collection in Large, Hazardous, or Inaccessible Environments, Based on Deep Neural Networks and Advanced Artificial Intelligence Methods for Automatic Detection and Classification

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Waste affects nature because it often accumulates in inaccessible spots like lakes, crevasses and slopes. In the mountains tourists can bring in and wind scatter wastes like plastic, paper,…

EcoHawk: YOLOv11 Low-Altitude Drone System for Simultaneous Detection, Geospatial Quantification, and Risk Mapping of Invasive Species With Real-Time Authority Notification

Embedded Systems

In this project, the researcher developed the engineering goal of creating a real-time drone system that would fly over an area, state the location of each invasive plant, create a risk asse…

EcoSense-CH4: Using Mobile Technology to Monitor Methane Emission for Sustainable Environmental Management

Embedded Systems

Worldwide, food waste is a major contributor to methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, creating an urgent need for sustainable, decentralized energy technologies. EcoSense-CH4 is a smal…

Eco-Thread Technology: Transforming Waste Plastic Bottles to Laundry Ropes and Baskets

Environmental Engineering

91% of waste plastic bottles are not recycled in Nigeria and many other developing countries, driving a global environmental crisis. This project focuses on transforming waste plastic bottle…

EEG-Based Emotion Recognition and Conversational AI VR Assistant for Personalized Assistance

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), electroencephalography (EEG), and virtual reality (VR) have led to new approaches to cognitive enhancement and emotion prediction. This study invest…

Effectiveness of AI-Adaptive Robotic Hand in Common Medical and Industrial Tasks

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Mishandling objects in medical and industrial fields is a leading cause of preventable errors. Current robotic grippers rely on static force control, failing to adapt to various distinct obj…

Effect of Aging on Mechanical Performance and Chemical Characteristics of PG 58–28 Asphalt Binder

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Asphalt properties change throughout its aging process through a physiochemical process. Asphalt needs to be well understood to better utilize its properties in order to extend its mechanica…