CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Imagine if we could control how cells behave when there is a disease in our body. Scientists are doing this by targeting the tiny survival manual inside our cells called DNA with a tool call…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Pediatric Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death for children worldwide [1], largely due to slow or incorrect diagnosis [2]. Even with advancements in machine learning, modern AI…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Platinum Award
About 55% of the estimated 25,000 near-Earth-asteroids 140 metres or larger remain undetected, with millions more in the main belt uncatalogued. The 2013 Chelyabinsk event, where a 19-metre…
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
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
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
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
My project explores the reason Artifical Intelligence makes errors when diagnosing chest x-ray scans. To do this I developed an AI model and ran several experiments to find the root cause of…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Silver Medal
Diagnosing and treating ocular diseases quickly and accurately is essential, as prolonged ocular disease not only affects patient morbidity, but can also lead to permanent eye damage. Curren…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Silver Medal
Plaque is a widespread health problem leading to cavities, pain, gum disease, and eventual tooth loss. Many popular mouthwashes address this by using alcohol to nonselectively kill oral bact…