Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The outbreak of the coconut scale insect first occurred around May to August 2014, becoming a threat to the Philippines' coconut industry. The pest recurred around October 2017 and May 2025.…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Silver Medal
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are supermassive black holes found at the centre of galaxies. AGN BL Lacertae contains an accretion disk and high-energy jets emitted perpendicular to the disk,…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Between 2020 and 2024, fatal occupational falls averaged 782 annually, peaking at 865 in 2022, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Many occurred in high risk environments like skys…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
I am taking a concept from PteroDynamics' X-P4 Transwing Aircraft and making a small delivery drone version for delivering equipment and supplies to hostile weather conditions and locations…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Food allergy (FA) affects 18% of the population and is driven by type-2 inflammation, epithelial barrier dysfunction, and tight junction (TJ) disruption. Recent studies identify Zonulin and…
Chemistry (Senior Division)
Uncoated electrodes during electrolysis produce wide reaction zones and accumulate gas bubbles at their surface, reducing efficiency and control. This project investigated whether calcium al…
Translational Medical Science
Psoriasis silently torments 125 million people worldwide, yet current therapies such as corticosteroids and biologics thin the skin, suppress the immune system, and lose efficacy over time,…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects 55 million people worldwide, leading to progressive cognitive decline, brain cell death, and brain shrinkage. Current treatments offer only limited relief, u…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Third Award
Ischemic injury causes neuronal loss and neurological deficits, challenging stroke recovery. After injury, a glial scar forms, but its regulation of neural stem cell (NSC) fate remains uncle…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
First Award
The glial scar that forms after ischemic injury creates a structurally and functionally complex barrier, yet how it regulates neural stem cell (NSC) fate remains unclear. Single-cell RNA seq…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
First Award
Antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa is responsible for an estimated 559,000 deaths annually worldwide, and for immunocompromised patients like myself, it is a leading cause of mortal…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Anxiety is an ever-growing issue plaguing modern society as it becomes more prevalent in young adults and adolescents, particularly Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Despite the existence…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
As climate change intensifies, millions of lives are also increasingly threatened by energy insecurity, meaning renewable energy has become critical. Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) or organic…
CYSF · 2026
I will be explaining how matter changes state using food science to show how the molecules can change form, shape, and color.
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Track 2) (Junior Division)
Global warming is a current, growing problem affecting all our lives. My science fair project discovers what happens to mollusk shells when oceans become more acidic due to global warming, a…
CYSF · 2026
An experience familiar to anyone who has prepared for a presentation, or a performance, your heart begins to pound, and your focus narrows, but often 15-20min before. My project is about how…
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Junior Division)
Engineered a low-cost dual-layer gas safety system combining Arduino-based MQ-5 gas detection ("Digital Nose") with smartphone visual monitoring ("Digital Eyes") for elderly stove safety. Th…
Animal Sciences
This project is about bee life and how we can help them survive all year round. I have been studying bees and expanding this project every year for the past 3 years. I have done several diff…
Environmental Engineering
This research investigated whether the presence of pure copper bars in water containers is associated with changes in visible algae growth and water quality indicators in an agricultural set…
Embedded Systems
Analog circuit synthesis poses complex optimization problems in high-dimensional design spaces, where integrated circuit (IC) designers must employ laborious, manual parameter tuning to sati…
Animal Sciences
Bison are highly efficient grazers that convert forage into high-quality protein, making growth efficiency an important factor in livestock production. Weight per day of age (WDA) is a key m…
Animal Sciences
Second Award
Pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia breviceps and Kogia sima) are deep-diving cetaceans with limited internal health data due to low visibility. Necropsies often reveal stomach infestations…
Physics and Astronomy
Diving beetles (Dytiscidae) are among the most well-adapted freshwater insects. A previous study on variations in the length between the point of maximum width of the elytra and the tip of t…
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, and early detection significantly improves survival outcomes. Subsolid pulmonary nodules, including ground-glass…
CWSF · 2026
Energy
Bronze Medal
Anaerobic Digestion is a process for breaking down organics in an oxygen-free environment. A by-product of this digestion is biogas; a methane-rich gas that can be used for energy production…
Translational Medical Science
Headache disorders are among the top three most common neurological conditions, affecting 40% of the global population, yet 50–80% of migraine patients are misdiagnosed due to fragmented dia…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Everyday environmental noise consists of multiple mixed frequencies, yet most Acoustic Metasurface (AMS) studies focus on single-frequency conditions. This study investigates how to improve…
Computational Science (Senior Division)
Standard causal language model pretraining uses a single-label cross-entropy objective that ignores the existence of multiple valid next-token continuations resulting in sample inefficiency.…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hydrogen, the first element in the periodic table, is now becoming the first choice for clean and efficient energy production, serving as a promising energy carrier. However, 95% of hydrogen…
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division)
2.1 billion people do not have access to clean, safe water. Depending on my findings, I am hopeful this research will help a lot of people gain confidence in creating their own filters. I cr…