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CYSF · 2026

Potato Battery

This experiment is to find out what state of potato generates the most electricity. For example, steamed potatoes, frozen-thawed potatoes, raw potatoes, and dehydrated potatoes.

CWSF · 2026

Powered by the Problem: A TEG-Powered Smoke Exhaust System for Off-Grid Communities

Energy Silver Medal

Cooking smoke kills millions each year, but most solutions need electricity or expensive fuel. Can the fire itself power a fan to remove the smoke? This project develops a self powered smoke…

CYSF · 2026

Power's Path

We will differentiate and analyze conductors and insulators by testing different materials for their conductivity. We will analyze best conductors and insulators from our used materials.

PPAR?–PGC-1a-Mediated Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Fibromyalgia: From PQQ Evaluation to Rosiglitazone Repurposing

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive impairments. Current treatments primarily target symptoms rather than underlying pathology. Growin…

CWSF · 2026

Practical Polymers 2

Natural Resources

Plastic pollution is a major issue, and most plastics are made from materials that are limited and non-renewable. To investigate this, I created several bioplastics using natural materials s…

Pre-Capture Intelligent Trapping System With Multi-Feature Animal Re-Identification

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is a widely used strategy for managing feral cat populations. However, a major challenge in TNR programs is redundant capture, in which already neutered cats (even w…

CWSF · 2026

Precision Allocation of GLP1-RA and SGLT2i in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Disease & Illness

Every year nearly half of cardiac rehab patients quit before finishing recovery. With a specific cardiac rehab program helping over 550 patients with heart disease and diabetes restrengthen…

CYSF · 2026

Precision Allocation of GLP1-RA and SGLT2i in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Constructed 3 medication variables from medication records in cardiac rehabilitation registry of over 550 patients with ASCVD and T2D.

CWSF · 2026

Precision Medicine in Urothelial Carcinoma Using Patient-Derived Organoids and Microfluidic Chips

Disease & Illness Silver Medal

This study aims to improve cancer treatment by using patient-derived tumor organoids. Traditional two-dimensional cell models cannot fully represent the real tumor environment, so drug testi…

CYSF · 2026

Predicting Acute GvHD in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplants using Machine Learning

Acute graft-versus-host-disease is when the immune cells from the donor attack the child's tissues. This happens within 100 days of the allogeneic transplant. By using a ML regression model,…

Predicting Cancer Pathway Shifts via Dietary Carotenoid–Mediated Retinoid Signaling: A Systems Biology Model Integrating Breast, Lung, and Leukemia With Patient-Derived Genomic Data

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Carotenoids are lipid-soluble dietary pigments and vitamin A precursors that regulate gene transcription via RARA and RXRA nuclear receptors. Retinoid signaling controls differentiation, pro…

Predicting Intestinal Drug Absorption Using Mucin-Drug Interaction Analysis

Biochemistry

The main goal of the project is to develop a functional, inexpensive and easily reproducible method for testing the interactions of gastrointestinal glycoproteins, mucins, with a wide range…

CYSF · 2026

Predicting Lung Tumour Motion During Respiration Using ConvLSTM Neural Networks

My project uses a ConvLSTM neural network to predict lung tumour movement caused by breathing and predicts future positions, improving radiation therapy accuracy.

Predicting Urban Expansion and Green Space Loss in Gauteng Province Using Sentinel-2 MSI Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Urban growth and the associated loss of vegetation and green spaces in Gauteng Province, South Africa, were analysed for the period 2016-2040. The study examined land cover change, particula…

Predictive AI-Based Genomic Optimisation of Donor Pig Livers for Human Xenotransplant Compatibility

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

The global shortage of donor organs has renewed interest in xenotransplantation, with genetically modified pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) emerging as potential donors for human liver transplan…

PReEMPT - A New and Unique Method for Very Early Detection of Powdery Mildew Infection Using an AI-Based Hyperparameter-Tuned Convolutional Neural Network and Full-Spectrum Camera

Plant Sciences

Powdery mildew is one of the most widespread and damaging agricultural diseases in the world. As the nation's leading agricultural region, Fresno, California’s 9 billion annual crop revenue…

CWSF · 2026

Preparing for a Future Pandemic: Analyzing Emerging Sequence Variations in Avian Influenza

Disease & Illness Bronze Medal

The H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as Bird Flu, is an urgent threat to global health. This virus is a significant problem, infecting millions of birds and 42 d…

Pressure-Enhanced Close-Contact Melting in Phase Change Materials: An Investigation of Butter as a Thermal Management Solution

Physics and Astronomy

Phase-change materials (PCMs) offer a viable alternative for thermal management and thermal energy storage due to their capacity to store substantial latent heat. This study investigates pre…

CWSF · 2026

Pre-Symptomatic Sepsis Detection Using a Wearable Biosensing System and Deep Learning Framework

Disease & Illness Bronze Medal

Sepsis is one of the deadliest conditions in modern medicine, an extremely fatal cascading immune response to infection that kills more people each year than heart attacks and strokes combin…

Prevent Cough Syrup Poisonings With Color-Changing Polymer Films

Materials Science

Diethylene glycol DEG contamination in medicinal syrups represents a persistent global health crisis, having caused over 300 child fatalities since 2022 alone, and occurring recently as of O…

CYSF · 2026

Prevention of Biofilm

Our project is about understanding the prevention of biofilm., especially the impacts on train stations. Through this we are going to make an analogue experiment to represent a real world si…

CYSF · 2026

Prevention of Soil Erosion on Riverbanks

This project tests 4 different methods of preventing riverbank erosion on the effectiveness of them.

Priming for Success: Investigating the Effects of Hormonal Priming on Seed Germination Under Saline Conditions

Plant Sciences

Salinity in soil is one of the greatest environmental stressors for plants. It has been estimated that worldwide 20% of total cultivated and 30% of irrigated agricultural lands are afflicted…

Printable Biodegradable Conductive Nanocomposites for Sustainable Electronic Applications

Materials Science

More than 50 million tons of electronic equipment waste is generated per year, creating a strong demand for sustainable conductive materials. Yet, biodegradable conductive materials face a c…

Printing 2D MXene-Based Chipless Radio Frequency Identification Tags to Enable Plastic Waste Sorting for Recycling

Materials Science

Plastic recycling is limited by mis-sorting across polymer families and additives. Current identification methods, such as SPI resin codes, labels, and visible/near-infrared/Fourier Transfor…

Printing the Future of Flight: Additive Manufacturing of Carbon Fiber/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Reinforced Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Composites Using Selective Laser Sintering

Materials Science

Reducing carbon emissions in modern engineering has a critical tradeoff: materials must be lightweight to improve energy efficiency, yet strong enough to maintain structural integrity. Polye…

PRISM: A Biologically-Consistent Machine Learning Framework for Protein Function Prediction and Drug Target Discovery

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Purpose: Antimicrobial resistance causes 1.27 million deaths annually, yet 20–30% of proteins in pathogens remain uncharacterized. In Acinetobacter baumannii, the WHO's #1 priority pathogen,…

Pristimerin Mediated Anticancer Potential in Multiple Myeloma

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. This study explored the potential of Pristimer…

Probiotic Modulation of Microplastic- Induced Locomotor Dysfunction in Caenorhabditis elegans: A Functional Model of Environmental Toxicity

Animal Sciences

Microplastics are emerging environmental contaminants that have been detected in diverse ecosystems and biological systems. Increasing evidence suggests that these particles can induce oxida…

Process Optimization of Green Chemistry Pathway for Fabric-to-Fabric Recycling of Cotton

Environmental Engineering

An estimated 92 million tons of textiles are discarded annually, yet fabric-to-fabric recycling accounts for less than 1% of production due to quality degradation and financial barriers. Thi…