Physics and Astronomy
The pace of asteroid discovery surpasses the rate at which their physical properties can be analyzed. To date, phase curves, which are crucial for asteroid characterization, have been genera…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Spinal treatment modalities such as spinal fusion and trauma surgery, radiofrequency ablation, and cancer biopsies require the utmost precision to avoid damaging critical structures such as…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), the most common pediatric cancer, is characterized by the proliferation of immature, leukemic B-lymphocytes in the bone marrow. CAR-T cell therap…
Biomedical Engineering
Flow meters that test lung function requires a device to measure airflow. Currently used devices are often flawed (vane anemometers) or are expensive and difficult to clean (pneumotachs). Pn…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
First Award
Skin cancer is the most prevalent cancer worldwide with 8 million incidences and 120,000 annual deaths. Visual inspection has a 40% misdiagnosis rate, causing treatment delays leading to inc…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
First Award
The increasing focus on decarbonization has brought hydrogen into the center role in the quest for sustainable solutions. As the hydrogen economy is expected to grow, new detection methods a…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Talk to the Hand is a project that facilitates access to communication and understanding between the verbally able and the deaf blind community. Many people do not know sign language, especi…
Embedded Systems
First Award
The 10m Air Rifle competition is an ISSF Summer Olympic sport where 1mm can make the difference between winning and losing. Over 57,000 cadets in Canada train with the 853C air rifle in the…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Survival chances of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients are near zero after 10 minutes, but EMS response rates are on average 9 minutes or longer. This project developed the first indoor…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Through our design, we have employed two machine learning models. First, a visual transcript of hand signs, and other physical features must be established, and accurately return a string of…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
The ongoing climate change and water pollution crises have threatened coral reefs and their ecosystems, leading reefs to terrible fates such as bleach, disease, and loss of growth. From this…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Hypoxia is the state of insufficient tissue oxygenation to support homeostasis that, if untreated in time, can lead to tissue damage and organ failure. However, there is a lack of accurate a…
Environmental Engineering
Water is one of the most essential facets of human life, yet billions of people worldwide, especially in remote areas, do not have access to safe drinking water. Harmful microorganisms in co…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Hemiplegia is a type of paralysis where one side of the body experiences a loss of motor function. Hemiplegics may be confined to a wheelchair, which presents health issues such as low bone…
Biomedical Engineering
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms are issues related to the bladder system, affecting over 80% of men above 60. Symptoms are caused either by an obstruction in the urinary tract or a weak bladder…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Harmful algae blooms plague aquatic ecosystems around the world. They impact water quality and ecosystem diversity, cause dead zones, cost the fishing and tourism industries millions of doll…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
My project involved creating an autonomous robot that can identify and repair potholes on roads. The robot is designed to measure the dimensions of each pothole and use an eco-friendly mater…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Our project is heavily inspired by the utilization of drones in the current ongoing conflict in Ukraine. We focused mainly on 2 ideas. The first one being human detection for search & rescue…
Embedded Systems
Fourth Award
Optical microscopy is an essential tool for biomedical discoveries and cell diagnosis at micro- to nano-scales. However, conventional microscopes rely on lenses to record 2-D images of sampl…
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a fear of a global ventilator shortage for treating patients. This prompted the development of low-cost ventilator designs worldwide. SimplyV…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Modern Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are potent catalysts for scientific-industrial impact. To maximize performance and hypothesis space, however, DNNs involve excessive parameters – impeding…
Biomedical Engineering
The detection of extremes in health is imperative to the preservation of human life. From the staple stethoscope in every medical institution, to as simple a scale in someone’s bathroom, acc…
Translational Medical Science
Emerging evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 can lead to myocarditis and may induce malignant arrhythmias associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) during high intensity exercise. The objec…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
Biogas is a renewable energy source generated by the anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic matter. Of all the gases produced by animal waste, 55-65% is methane, affecting global warming 21 tim…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Recently, a new, practical and publicly accessible satellite standard called the SmallSat has amplified public involvement in orbital research. This allows for flexible and efficient deploym…
Biomedical Engineering
Acute, chronic, and surgical wounds affect millions of people with unmet critical needs. There is no effective way to stop traumatic wound bleeding and suturing involves a risk of infection.…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
The unpredictable behavior of tumors is a problematic barrier to developing personalized therapeutic strategies for individuals with all forms of cancer. A leading cause of cancer’s volatile…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Second Award
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a prevalent form of acquired injury that can lead to permanent disabilities and increased mortality. 90% of all TBI patients suffer visual impairment resultin…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Current concrete structure inspection methods can cost on average $7500US per day. Cracks in concrete caused by forces can lead to long-term instability and serious structural problems. Nowa…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
The touch-sensible plants of the Mimosa genus are a factory of phytochemicals that could prolongate lifespan and treat autoimmune diseases such as diabetes. While its phytochemical flavonoid…