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An Ellipsoidal Remote Wireless Robot for Wetland Ecological Monitoring

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Wetland ecosystems play critical roles in maintaining biodiversity, regulating hydrological processes, and supporting carbon sequestration—functions that align closely with United Nations Su…

An Ensemble Precipitation Prediction Model for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Dendrochronological Reconstruction and Satellite Data

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Sub-Saharan Africa is vulnerable to variations in precipitation levels, as a large percentage of the population practices subsistence farming and most of their electricity is from hydropower…

An Entropy-Driven Framework for Early Prediction of Phase Transitions in Strategic and Combinatorial Systems

Mathematics

Strategic system stability depends on sustained cooperation, yet these frameworks frequently undergo phase transitions into competitive or destructive states. This research utilizes an entro…

A Neurological Subtype Classification of ASD and an fMRI-Powered Therapy Prediction Model

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

It is well known that autism is a spectrum of various disorders rather than a single, discrete disorder. This makes it incredibly difficult to study since there appears to be a gradient in b…

An Evaluation of Potential Advances in Limb Immobilization for Orthopedic Healing

Biomedical and Health Sciences

This project is a three year study in investigating possible advancements that could made in the medical world. I created 3D printed casts and did comparative testing with different, more mo…

A New Class of Thermoelectric Material – Electrical Power From Coconut-Fibers and Carbon Nanoparticles

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Thermoelectric materials convert thermal energy directly into electrical energy based on Seebeck effect. An effective thermoelectric material must simultaneously possess a low thermal conduc…

A New Method to Measure Serum Drug Levels to Improve the Safety of Cancer Therapies

Biochemistry

It is crucial that cancer patients receive the proper medication dosage. Too high of a dose can be toxic; too low of a dose will not effectively kill cancer cells. Accurate dosing requires a…

A New Spectral-Geometric Optimized Architecture for Distortion-Free Binaural Speech Intelligibility

Embedded Systems

Commercial hearing aids struggle with poor speech clarity in noise, notably “cocktail party” settings. Many devices also distort the spatial cues critical for sound localization. As a result…

CYSF · 2026

A New System for Tagging Vehicles Involved in Hit-and-Run Incidents Injuring Cyclists.

Using an Arduino, we made a hit and run crash detector to check if a vehicle has hit the bicycle and trigger a spray.

A New Upper Estimate for the Fermat-Torricelli Ratio

Mathematics

Given P, a set of clients (points) in the plane, the task is to open a facility and connect each client to this facility while minimizing the connecting cost. If one assumes that this cost i…

A Next-Generation Weed Management Platform: Engineering of a Modular Weed Management System Integrating a Multi-Mode Bioherbicide Formulation and Precision Spraying Tool to Reduce Agricultural Chemical Inputs

Plant Sciences

Weed infestations are considered as the most prominent biotic stressors threatening crop yields globally, contributing to 25-40% of annual crop losses. Currently, synthetic herbicides are mo…

CYSF · 2026

Angle of Attack: How Starting Angles Influence Sprint Performence

This project experiments with how the angle of starting blocks affects a sprinter's acceleration in the first few meters of a race. The goal of this experiment is to provide science based re…

Animatronic Octopus Tentacle: Designing a Control System for a Soft Robot With the Capability of Transporting a Lobster With a Success Rate of 90% to Demonstrate Its Use in Real-World Exploration

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Animatronic Octopus Tentacle Kai McConnell Home school, Eustis, Florida, United States This engineering project, in the realm of soft robotics, has the opportunity to be world changing. This…

An Inexpensive, Open-Source Alternative to Commercial Cell Counters: Leveraging Found Instruments, 3D Prints & Computer Vision

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

The integration of technological advancements has enabled fit laboratories to address growing workforce shortages, meet rising test demands with quick turnaround times, and reduce operationa…

An in silico Scaffold-Based Machine Learning Approach to Analyze the Influence of Molecular Descriptors and Substructures on the Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability of Neurological Drugs

Chemistry

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) remains a formidable challenge in pharmacology, blocking ~98% of small-molecule drugs from entering the central nervous system (CNS). To address this challenge,…

An Integrated Robotic System With EEG Intent Recognition for Customizable Home-Based Upper Limb Rehabilitation

Biomedical Engineering

Upper limb impairment resulting from neurological conditions such as stroke often reduces quality of life and requires ongoing rehabilitation. However, access to rehabilitation is often limi…

An Intelligent System for Endotracheal Tube Monitoring

Embedded Systems

Endotracheal intubation is widely used in intensive care units for unconscious and semi-conscious patients who cannot breathe independently. Unplanned extubation and tube migration are alarm…

An Investigation Into Anthropogenic Drivers Exacerbating Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Within bodies of water, a red tide is rising. Due to high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, algae tends to proliferate at high levels. These high levels of algae within bodies of water are…

An Investigation of Fractal Dimension Growth and Convergence in Mathematical Fractals Using Box-Counting and Perimeter Scaling Methods

Mathematics

Fractals are geometric objects that are characterized by self-similarity and non-integer dimension. They appear in ideal mathematical constructions and in natural systems. This project exami…

CWSF · 2026

An Investigation of Juvenile Muscle Activity for the Development of a Pediatric Prosthetic

Health & Wellness

In an age of rising conflict, there has been a significant increase in limb loss especially for the pediatric population. Yet the sustainability and cost associated with traditional prosthet…

AnisGuard: A Multifunctional Biofungicide of Fennel Seeds for Controlling Penicillium spp. in Postharvest Coffee-Beans

Plant Sciences

The AnisGuard project was born from the urgent need to combat the contamination crisis caused by filamentous fungi in coffee beans from Brazil, a threat that compromises food safety through…

Annual Patterns, Seasonal Shifts, and Modeled Trends in Polar Bear Observations in the Prudhoe Bay Industrial Footprint

Animal Sciences

Declining Arctic sea ice is rapidly altering polar bear habitat and increasing interactions with human activities. This study investigated how sea-ice loss influences polar bear movement and…

CYSF · 2026

An oily mishap: how to separate oil from water

My project started off as a way to improve absorption of oil from water. But due to a mishap I realised that I could use a coffee filter to separate oil from water.I changed course and did a…

An On-Device AI System for Enhancing ATC Pilot Communications

Embedded Systems

Safe and efficient aviation operations rely heavily on precise verbal exchanges between pilots and air traffic controllers (ATC). These exchanges are conducted via voice radio transmissions…

CWSF · 2026

Anorexia Nervosa in the Eyes of Neuroimaging: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI and MRI Studies

Disease & Illness Gold Medal

Anorexia Nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder that primarily impacts teenage girls. This condition is especially challenging due to the lack of concrete biomarkers, such as structural ch…

A Novel Adaptive Landing Gear Design to Reduce Stress During Crosswind Landings

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Every day, there are over 40,000 crosswind landings occurring. Pilots use sideslip or crabbing methods to land in crosswinds. Both techniques require pilots to use ailerons to bank the airpl…

CWSF · 2026

A Novel Algae Synergy for Carbon Capture and Water Purification

Environment & Climate Change

This project explores a new way to boost algae so it can clean polluted water and capture carbon much faster. I built 32 mini bioreactors and experimented with Chlorella vulgaris by adding g…

A Novel Analytical Model for Identification O1 Strange Quarks via Relativistic Ultra Fast Timing Method

Physics and Astronomy

In high energy collisions the ability to isolate the strange quark is often compromised by the hadron is overlap where pions and kaons are overlapping in the high momentum spectrum it leads…

A Novel Approach to Precision Determination of Vub Using Strange-Quark Fragmentation in Semileptonic Bs Decays

Physics and Astronomy

The precise measurement of the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM ) matrix element Vub is an ongoing gap in our understanding of quark flavor physics and provides an important test of the Standa…

CWSF · 2026

A Novel Approach to Sinkhorn ε-Annealing: A 3.62x Speedup for the Optimal Transport Problem

Digital Technology Silver Medal

The Optimal Transport Problem arises in fields such as AI, machine learning, computer vision and biology. The problem seeks the cheapest way to transport mass between two distributions. The…