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CYSF · 2026

10 people, 1 body

Researching what DID is, how the abuse a person suffers affects the way their disorder presents/develops, and how the brain changes from DID in comparison to controls. Then, using this infor…

CYSF · 2026

24/7 Sunlight

Silver Medal

This experimental project aims to maximize the use of natural sunlight for illumination in homes and workplaces. My project is to find a way to harness 24/7 sunlight for illumination and red…

2D Flexible MoS2 Devices and ILG Flexible FETs

Materials Science and Engineering (inferred)

Flexible two-dimensional (2D) field-effect transistors (FETs) have gathered great interest, due to the need to solve scalability problems that are commonplace in 3D FETs. Specifically, the r…

3D Cerebranet++: State-of-the-Art 3D Structural Image Reconstruction Model for Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis: Attention-Guided 3D MRI Inpainting for Structural Reconstruction of Brain Tumor Regions via Composite Spatial-Frequency Optimization

Translational Medical Science

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women, with approximately 42,000 deaths annually in the United States and over 700,000 worldwide. Brain metastases represent…

3D MRI Inpainting for Structural Reconstruction of Brain Tumor Regions via Composite Spatial–Frequency Optimization

Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women, with approximately 42,000 deaths annually in the United States and over 700,000 worldwide. A majority of these deaths…

3D Printed Biodegradable Skin Scaffolds Using Cross-Linked Polymers to Predict Cell Regeneration

Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award

Deeper superficial abrasions or wounds that extend into the dermis often require intensive treatment to prevent complications such as infection, pain, and delayed healing. In these cases, sk…

3D-Printed Buccal Films for Transmucosal Antidepressant Delivery and Personalized Dose Tapering

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects over 332 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of disability. Duloxetine is a widely prescribed antidepressant; however, discontinuation is…

CYSF · 2026

5,4,3,2,1 but is it clean?

Gold Medal

Testing the 5 second rule and bacteria growth on food dropped on the floor.

CYSF · 2026

5 second theory

We are testing if the 5 second rule is true or not

CWSF · 2026

AAV Based Combination Therapies to Improve Glioblastoma Treatment Efficacy

Disease & Illness

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer with a 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. My project focused on using Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) as a vessel for gene t…

CYSF · 2026

A better alarm

we made a great water sensing alarm

A Braille Embosser for Independent Use by Low-Vision People

Electronics & Electromagnetics (Junior Division)

Adequate access to Braille resources is one of the largest challenges that can improve blind people's education level and social connectedness. The current embossers on the market are extrem…

A Bump in the Road: Modeling Efficiency of School Parking Lots

Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)

Many parents drive through the L.T. Ball Intermediate School drop-off system to drop their children off. This system, like other school drop-off systems, is inefficient, blocks traffic flow,…

A Burning Reason: Developing and Testing Bio-Based Flame Retardants Derived From Agricultural Waste and Confirming Ecotoxicological Safety Through a Multigenerational Epigenetic Study on Daphnia magna

Earth and Environmental Sciences

With 2.25 million tons of annual flame retardant production, phosphorus flame retardants cause aquatic ecosystem disruption and eutrophication. Agricultural waste disposal causes 6% of globa…

Accelerating Discovery of Sustainable Crosslinked Biopolymers: A Hybrid Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning Pipeline for Property Prediction and Performance Mapping for Application-Specific Design

Environmental Engineering

This year’s engineering project targeted to expand the BioRegen prototype, a waste-derived plastic-alternative optimized for natural biodegradation and performance. The development of a prot…

Accelerating LHC Exotic Physics Discovery via Optimal Transport Flow Matching Calorimeter Simulation

Physics & Astronomy (Senior Division)

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN smashes protons together at nearly the speed of light to search for particles never seen before, potential keys to understanding dark matter, extra di…

Accelerating Transmission Spectroscopy of Exoplanets for Biosignature Detection Using Machine Learning

Physics & Astronomy (Senior Division)

Detecting molecular species in exoplanet atmospheres through transmission spectroscopy is essential for exoplanet characterization, but traditional atmospheric retrieval methods are computat…

Accelerating Whole-Brain Axonal Mapping With FastRandomForest and Proof of Concept in a Familial Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Mapping long - range axonal projections is critical for understanding neural circuit dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases. While machine learning ( ML ) tools have advanced volumetric c…

Accent or Impediment? Using Machine Learning to Prevent Speech Misdiagnosis in Children

Technology Enhances the Arts

Bilingual children are frequently misdiagnosed in schools and clinics because speech patterns shaped by second-language acquisition can resemble speech sound disorders. As a result, a typica…

Accessing Adolescent Neurotransmission through Multivariate Modeling

Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)

Adolescence (ages 14–18) is characterized by rapid neurodevelopment that influences attention and cognitive control, often producing measurable changes in reaction time and accuracy. However…

ACE: Explainable Classification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Subtypes Using Unlabeled Single-Cell Images

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults, with ~22,000 new cases and ~11,000 deaths in the USA annually. AML subtypes require distinct treatment proto…

CYSF · 2026

A CFD-Based Investigation of Baffle Geometry on Fluid Sloshing Forces: From Comparison to Optimization of Smart Baffle Designs

Gold Medal

Using transient multiphase CFD simulations to compare and optimize Smart Baffle designs by analyzing sloshing behavior and wall forces, advancing safer and more stable liquid tank transporta…

Acid Catalyzed in situ Transesterification of Sargassum for Biodiesel Production

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Sargassum buildup along the coasts has raised environmental concerns and spurred research into its potential as a renewable energy source. This study examines how reaction time influences bi…

A Cleaner Cure: Medical Bioplastics Derived From Seaweed

Environmental Engineering

Plastic pollution and microplastics are major environmental concerns, especially in the healthcare industry, which relies heavily on single use plastics. This project investigated whether bi…

CWSF · 2026

A Cleaner Tomorrow with Biochar Today

Environment & Climate Change

Can biochar be used to create an effective septic system filter? I live on Seymour Lake, where we experience harmful algae blooms, so this is an important question for my community. Most pho…

A Coastal Underwater Seabed Waste Bin: Design, Development, and Stability Analysis

Environmental Engineering Fourth Award

Devices placed on the seabed in shallow coastal waters must remain stable under waves and near-bed currents. In this project, I developed a coastal underwater seabed waste bin that serves as…

A Colorimetric Lateral Flow Assay to Detect Neurodegeneration From Tears, Phase II

Translational Medical Science Second Award

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's affect millions worldwide, yet current diagnostic methods remain invasive, expensive, and largely inaccessible during the critical early intervent…

A Comparative Analysis of Coral Bleaching Predictive Models and Construction of a Multivariable Reef Bleaching Stress Score Utilizing Oceanic Conditions from Global Coral Reef Systems

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Coral bleaching is a harmful phenomenon where corals expel their symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae caused by global warming induced environmental stressors. Conservation efforts utilize p…

A Comparative Analysis of Parasporin Families from Bacillus thuringiensis as Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapeutics

Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division)

Bacillus Thuringiensis is a bacterium which, in a study led by Mizuki et. al. in 1999-2000, had been discovered to produce a variety of special Cry(Crystal) proteins in the pesticidal bacter…

A Comparative Analysis of Tactile Communication Between Asian Elephant Dyads

Animal Sciences

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) groups exhibit a fission-fusion social structure, temporarily separating and reuniting multiple times throughout an elephant’s life. Due to this social dynam…