Earth & Environmental Sciences (Track 2) (Junior Division)
Fourth Award
Earthquakes may seem to be just tremors that make buildings rattle and trees shake, but they can be very dangerous. Even though they were only 8% of the disasters from 2000 to 2019, they acc…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
This project aims to develop compact robots that can be easily assembled and deployed, potentially in swarms. An autonomous mobile robot based on a Tensegrity structure is developed. The Ico…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
A self-developed, open-source High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Applied-Field Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster (AF-MPDT) platform for deep-space propulsion combines potential for high Isp…
Microbiology
It is important to find ways to study neuronal diseases or methods of treatment that are ethical, relevant, and effective. It is intriguing to see that the structure of fungal mycelium and n…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The go/no-go (GNG) task is a well-known paradigm for studying reactive inhibition. While traditional GNG tasks use repetitive presentations of letters or other visual stimuli, there is an in…
CYSF · 2026
Discovering the science of how Agar Agar powder, a biopolymer derived from red algae, stabilizes the harmful effects of microplastics on early plant growth and plant performance. This projec…
Computational Science (Senior Division)
Traditional 3-axis fused-filament fabrication (FFF) is fundamentally constrained by Euclidean planar slicing, which introduces discrete staircase artifacts and fixed-bead orientations that c…
Mathematics
This research aims to characterize divisor topologies within the framework of tau-factorization where tau is a symmetric relation on the set of non-zero, non-unit elements of an integral dom…
Currently, there is a noticeable lack of AI in the medical field to support doctors in treating heterogenous brain tumors such as Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), the deadliest human cancer in…
Earth & Environmental Sciences(Senior Division)
The accumulation of pyrethroid pesticides in agricultural soils, many of which have lost about 50-70% of their original carbon stock, poses significant health and environmental risks as pyre…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Climate change continues to disrupt agricultural systems, making crop yield forecasting a critical component towards enabling climate resilience in agriculture. This project aimed to deciphe…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
This project is a research on how AI can help with agriculture, and food growth. Predicting weather and giving people easier ways to track their crops
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division)
The convergence of Smart Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and Large Language Models (LLMs) presents a novel framework for intelligent soil monitoring and precision agriculture. This study pr…
CYSF · 2026
The focus of this project is to be informed with the right information by the help of computer science. About 70% of people globally are misinformed by their own algorithms and feeds online,…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Swallowing pills can be a massive fear and nuisance, that begs the question; does the size of pharmaceutical capsules affect how fast they dissolve in our bodies? There were three capsule si…
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division)
During Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Clear Lake, California, the lake is not safe for swimming. This experiment compared the effect of temperature on the growth of a cyanobacteria, Anabaena…
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, contributing to strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure worldwide. Wearable devices utilizing photoplethysmography (PPG) provide…
Software Design
Beef cattle producers collect years of breeding, pregnancy, and calving data, but typically analyze it using spreadsheets and manual review — methods too slow to reveal multi-year trends. It…
Translational Medical Science
Helicobacter pylori infects over 4.4 billion people and is a WHO Group 1 carcinogen linked to gastric cancer. Rising antibiotic resistance, particularly to clarithromycin (>30% in many regio…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Student engagement, including attention, focus, and emotional involvement, is essential for academic success. However, traditional observation methods are limited in precision and may not ca…
Embedded Systems
Visual impairment significantly limits an individual's ability to live independently and navigate their surroundings safely, often requiring external assistance. Current solutions, such as t…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Attentional fatigue reduces cognitive performance, increases reaction time variability, and increases error rates, especially in environments where safety is critical. This study developed a…
Materials Science
Nickel-Titanium (Ni-Ti) alloys dominate the shape memory alloy (SMA) market, but high costs limit their expansion. While iron-based SMAs (Fe-SMAs) offer a cheaper alternative, discovering co…
Translational Medical Science
Drug repurposing involves identifying new therapeutic uses for existing drugs that have already been approved or tested for other diseases, offering a faster and lower-cost alternative to tr…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Oil well blowouts are a major safety and economic problem in drilling operations, often caused by delays in decision-making during critical situations. In many cases, engineers require signi…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality, primarily due to its high metastatic potential and the difficulty of early detection. Current clinical approaches rely on a…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, and its prevalence is projected to nearly triple by 2050. A major clinical challenge is identifying individuals who are likely to expe…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Coral reefs around the Qatari peninsula are increasingly threatened by rising sea temperatures, pollution, and desalination brine discharge. This project proposes an AI-driven system for rea…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
I have made a smart walking stick that's AI enabled to help people with visual impairments to navigate more easily. This will be done by AI recognition.
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Bronze Medal
Visually impaired people often face challenges in safely navigating their environment due to limited awareness of surrounding objects. Traditional canes primarily detect ground-level obstacl…