CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Gold Medal
Much of the ocean remains unmonitored, allowing harmful human activities such as illegal fishing to drive marine ecosystem collapse. To address this, an autonomous, sail-powered trimaran was…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Bronze Medal
Pacific salmon stocks have great economic and cultural significance to Canadians. In recent years, many salmon species have been listed as at risk in salmon conservation assessments. An unde…
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
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
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
Bronze Medal
Individual ants possess limited cognitive capability, yet collectively they accomplish complex tasks without central command. This is enabled through stigmergy, an indirect, decentralized co…
CWSF · 2026
Energy
Bronze Medal
During manual inspections of enclosed or hazardous spaces, hundreds of accidents occur every year; however, traditional legged robots, which rely on actively controlled joints and high-bandw…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Platinum Award
Over 98% of potential therapeutics for neurological diseases fail because they cannot cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Current screening methods for novel ligands often focus too heavily…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Silver Medal
Every 9 seconds, one person dies from diabetes, yet current technologies have significant limitations. I engineered a first-of-a-kind hybrid Physics-ML "glass-box" engine reconstructing each…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Gold Medal
Iron deficiency affects over 2 billion people, but current treatments are limited by gastrointestinal side effects, slow response, adherence challenges or are expensive. Micro-needles consis…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Silver Medal
Worldwide, medical problems in tubular organs, including emboli in blood vessels and foreign objects in the digestive tract, remain major threats to human health, while current surgical trea…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Silver Medal
Non-Polar Organic Contaminants (NPOCs), including Chlorinated Organic Pollutants (Cl-OPs), oils, and Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylene (BTEX), are harmful contaminants that threaten ma…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Silver Medal
The fuel carried by a spacecraft limits how far and how long it can travel in space and orbit planets. My project, VARION (Versatile Atmospheric Ion Thruster), is about utilizing atmospheric…