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CWSF · 2026

MedLens

Digital Technology

Many individuals face challenges when trying to identify medical conditions early, including limited access to healthcare, lack of medical knowledge, and uncertainty about the severity of sy…

CYSF · 2026

Memory On Trial: Understanding Eyewitness Fail-ability

This experiment explores how eyewitness memory can be altered by influences that occur after an event has already happened. It focuses on two main factors: the wording of post-event question…

CYSF · 2026

Mental Pressure Checker

Coding a form that test mental pressure.

MERIT: Mechanistic Explainability of Reasoning Integrity and Transparency

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly trusted in domains such as education, research, and decision making. Despite their widespread adoption, fundamental questions remain about align…

CWSF · 2026

Metabolic Priming of Hordeum vulgare for Enhanced Feed Efficiency

Agriculture, Fisheries & Food

Cows and sheep waste about a third of the energy in their hay because their bodies cannot fully break it down, and all that undigested grass produces methane, a gas that warms the planet. Th…

Metal-Ion-Induced Spontaneous Formation of a Photocurrent-Generating Surface-Bound Complex in the Ninhydrin Reaction

Chemistry

This study was aimed at examining the effects of metal ions on the classical ninhydrin reaction. During the process, a surface-bound species was incidentally discovered, and its structure an…

Metal-Oxide-Infused Biochar for the Adsorptive Removal of Heavy Metals From Simulated Runoff: A Preventative System to Combat Soil Contamination

Earth and Environmental Sciences

This experiment focuses on the effectiveness of metal oxide nanoparticle infused biochar in adsorbing heavy metals (Pb and Cd) from simulated runoff. The basis of this experiment is the surf…

Meta-Reinforcement Learning Framework for Network-Level Bridge Management

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

A significant number of bridges in the United States are susceptible to failure, and one of the main factors that causes failure is overload. Severe consequences can result from bridge failu…

MethanoX: Machine-Learning-Guided Identification and Validation of Tropical Fruit-Derived Antimicrobials to Mitigate Methane Emissions in Rice Paddy Soils

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Methane (CH4) emissions from flooded rice paddies are a major contributor to agricultural greenhouse gases, driven by the anaerobic activity of methanogenic archaea in soil environments. Red…

Method of Autologous Primary Hair Follicles Preparation in 3D Culture

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Background Hair loss resulting from follicular miniaturization and stem-cell exhaustion lacks effective biological reversal strategies. Traditional hair restoration relies on follicular tran…

MicroMCED: A Novel PoC SERS PNA-Probe Multicancer Early Detector

Biomedical Engineering

MicroMCED is designed to bring routine multicancer screenings to more people with an accessible point of care blood test. Current screening tests require expensive specialized equipment that…

Microorganism Activity Enhanced Biochar as Biological Improvement to Martian Regolith

Earth and Environmental Sciences

This study investigated Martian soil and different way to enhance the soil for plants to grow on Mars because the soil on this planet is not able to support life let alone grow food. I teste…

CYSF · 2026

Microplastics in Soil

I will use different types and concentrations of microplastics in soil to see how they affect plant growth.

CYSF · 2026

Microscopic Allies Against Climate Change: A Comparative Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration by Chlorella and Spirulina

In this experiment, I will be testing which algae- Chlorella vulgaris or Arthrospira platensis- will absorb more carbon dioxide. I will use the pH of the solutions before and after a 7 day p…

Microscopy for Phytohormone-Induced Alterations in Wheat Callus Cells

Plant Sciences

Plant callus cells are undifferentiated, disorganized, proliferating cells that can form on plant tissues in response to wounding in vivo or phytohormone-induced stimuli in vitro, and are us…

MindfulSpace: Your Ideal Emotional Assistant

Behavioral and Social Sciences

The rise in cases of depression, anxiety, and other emotional disorders has led to an alarming increase in deaths from self-inflicted causes, especially among adults under work, academic, an…

CYSF · 2026

Mini Magnetic Accelerator

The Mini Magnetic Accelerator is a safe and fun science project that uses magnets and steel balls to show how energy and motion transfer from one object to another.

CYSF · 2026

Mission Impossible? Development of an Electronic Medical Record- driven Screening and Treatment Pathway for Patients with Hepatitis C

To develop and launch an EMR-based intervention designed to identify HCV-positive patients who were undiagnosed or lost to follow-up and measure its impact on re-engagement and referral rate…

CWSF · 2026

Mission Impossible? Development of an EMR-Driven Screening Pathway for HCV Patients in Alberta.

Disease & Illness

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a high mortality disease identified as one of the Top 10 eradicable global diseases. In Alberta, there are about 19,000 HCV patients, with 50 -75% being undiagnose…

Mitigating and Miscommunicating: Analyzing and Visualizing Discourse Markers From Bilingual Children Across the United States

Behavioral and Social Sciences

The United States is linguistically diverse. Approximately 23% of individuals in the United States speak a language other than English at home. Of those same individuals, 61% speak Spanish.…

CYSF · 2026

Mitigating Prediabetes: Building and Testing a Software-Enabled Recommendation Engine

The purpose of this project is to first build a software enabled recommendation engine that can assist prediabetics in mitigating postprandial glucose spikes. The goal of this is to eventual…

CYSF · 2026

Mitigating Soil Salinity and Sodicity with Amendments

I will be determining which soil-remediating amendment, when integrated into the soil, increases the salt content in the leachate most effectively.

CWSF · 2026

Mitigation Of Greenhouse Gases: Hydrocarbon Adsorption Through Filtration and Organic Medias

Environment & Climate Change

This project presents the design and testing of a multi-stage system created to reduce greenhouse gases, specifically hydrocarbons, from the air. A tall steel structure supports a sealed sys…

Model-Agnostic and Generalizable Learning: Beyond Flatness for Domain Generalization

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Post-hoc domain generalization (PDG) methods aim to generalize machine learning models to unseen target domains using only source-domain information leveraged after training. Unlike train-ti…

Modeling and Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cells Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Energy Generation Efficiency

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

In the search for renewable energy, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) powered by organic waste represent a promising solution. This research is significant due to the integration of AI for intelli…

CWSF · 2026

Modeling Drug Side-Effect Burden on Organ Systems

Health & Wellness Bronze Medal

With a growing and aging population taking an increasing number of prescription medications every year, adverse drug reactions are becoming increasingly common. Despite this, most clinical d…

Modeling Hydrogen Production From Methane Pyrolysis Using Machine Learning

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

In the pursuit of sustainable energy, converting methane to hydrogen presents a vital pathway for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. While methane is a potent feedstock, traditional reform…

Modeling LEPID Pathogenesis in vitro: siRNA Knockdown of Kars1 in PC12 Cells Reveals Downstream Gene Dysregulation

Cellular and Molecular Biology

KARS1 encodes bifunctional cytoplasmic and mitochondrial lysyl-tRNA synthetases, and biallelic loss-of-function variants cause infantile-onset progressive leukoencephalopathy (LEPID) and rel…

Modeling Selfish Routing: Experimental Analysis of Wardrop's First Principle of Equilibrium, Social Optimum, the Price of Anarchy, and Congestion Pricing in Conyers, Georgia

Mathematics

Traffic congestion is one of the most persistent urban challenges in the United States, costing Atlanta-area commuters over 65 hours and approximately $1,164 per driver in 2024. Traffic cong…

Modeling the Evolution of the Point-Symmetric Planetary Nebula IC 4634 Using a Three-Dimensional Morpho-Kinematic Model

Physics and Astronomy

IC 4634 is a planetary nebula with a striking double-S shape, whose curved arcs and distant knots preserve a record of its outflow history. This study presents the first 3D morpho-kinematic…