CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Social experiments are a part of human-centered social research. They are often costly and difficult to conduct. Some topics may even be unethical due to lasting harm. In this project, I exp…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Bronze Medal
Testing out the viability of germinating seeds found from purchased fruit and the success of the plants. By taking the seeds found in a variety of fruits and vegetables that you can purchase…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Gold Medal
Inspired by the discovery of elemental sulfur on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover, my research determines whether the presence of reduced sulfur (sulfur with extra electrons) can indicate life…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Silver Medal
The Miura-Ori origami repeating parallelogram pattern was invented by Kōryō Miura, an astrophysicist investigating solutions on how large, thin metal sheets can be folded into a small space.…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Bronze Medal
Carbon dioxide from combustion engines is a major contributor to climate change. I initially designed a system that used chemical reactions to absorb and trap carbon dioxide. Exhaust gas bub…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Gold Medal
By 2052, one quarter of the population will be over the age of 65, with adults over 85 the fastest growing segment. Supporting older adults to age well is a national priority. This project e…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Diagnosing aggressive thyroid cancers like the tall-cell variant can be challenging because pathologists must determine whether the cancer cells are at least 3 times taller than they are wid…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gold Medal
My project focused on the embryonic development of the cerebellum. Little is known about how the cerebellum is formed during early embryonic development, and how its neural pathways are form…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Bronze Medal
I studied how to turn natural light from marine bioluminescent algae into a safe and useful lighting system. This type of light, called bioluminescence, usually fades very quickly, which mak…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Bronze Medal
Freezing rain can build up on power lines and cause serious damage, leading to power outages that affect safety, cost money, and disrupt services. In this project, I studied whether eco-frie…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Goat raising is of great importance in the Mixteca region of Puebla, as it is considered the region's traditional dish. However, as the season progresses and drought sets in, goats begin to…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Our lungs are kept healthy by hair-like structures called cilia, found in our nasal passages, that act as brooms, sweeping bacteria out of our lungs. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is a di…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Protecting (nipiy): Clean water is something many people take for granted. But for some First Nations communities in Canada, safe drinking water is still not always guaranteed. My project ex…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
This project examines the presence of microplastics in drinking water, including methods for their identification, potential impacts on human health, and comparisons with other research find…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
The human Y chromosome is one of the least understood parts of the human genome, mainly because it is very repetitive, making it difficult to sequence accurately. With the release of new hum…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Silver Medal
Cystic fibrosis is a disease that causes difficulty breathing and digestive problems because a certain protein in the body is mutated and therefore does not work properly. Using computationa…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Human rabies is a zoonotic viral disease transmitted from animals to humans, and is virtually 100% fatal post-symptom onset, primarily due to the virus's ability to evade the immune system a…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gold Medal
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent crises in global health, and the first step in fighting it is correctly identifying whether a bacterium is Gram-positive or Gram-negative — a…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
Hydraulics! How are they so powerful? I set out to find the answer by building a model hydraulic system that could crush an aluminum can. A simple hydraulic system consists of a reservoir, p…
CWSF · 2026
Energy
Bronze Medal
Cold environments present a major challenge for electrochemical systems, where freezing disrupts ionic pathways and leads to rapid loss of functionality. This project investigates whether th…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gold Medal
2.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, world wide. One of the main tools to decide the treatment is tumor grade, or aggressiveness of the cancer cells. Yet, the patho…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
Bronze Medal
Damage-Induced Response: Crack-Activated Fluid Delivery in Composite Materials Cracks in materials can lead to sudden failure, especially during events like earthquakes, making structures un…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Have you ever wondered how much plastic stays on Earth long after it is used? To help solve the planet's waste problem, bioplastics were created using everyday food waste like banana peels,…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Silver Medal
Bloodstream infections are life-threatening and frequently bacterial, requiring rapid initiation of species-specific antibiotic treatment. Gram staining provides initial bacterial characteri…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Chaque année, environ 15 millions de nouveau-nés naissent prématurément à travers le monde. Parmi eux, les grands prématurés, nés à 22 semaines de gestation, se trouvent dans une situation p…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
For my project, I tested if a handmade water filter could make dirty water clearer. I built a filter in a water bottle using cotton, sand, charcoal, and different sizes of rocks. Then I test…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Bronze Medal
DERMAGUARD is a wearable used to monitor skin and generate bio-printable models for the treatment of diseased skin. The wearable outsources bio-printing, making a it a non-invasive tool and…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Silver Medal
Undetected and untreated infected wounds are a global leading cause of undiagnosed illness, especially in developing countries. Derma-Heal is designed to address this unattended crisis by de…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
This project developed an autonomous cleaning robot for coastal ecological restoration. The core innovation lies in integrating YOLOv8 deep learning perception with Archimedes spiral propuls…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Fertilizers are responsible for 2% of global CO₂ emissions. Fertilizers also fuel rapid algae growth that produce harmful blooms in the water. They can also negatively impact the moisture an…