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GOLD
Grade: 9
2026

Bye-Bye Plastic Mulch!

Gayatri Sakharkar
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

Development of a biodegradable mulch film in order to reduce microplastic pollution in soil and replace current biodegradable films which have been deemed to be unsafe.

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Awards
The Plum Foundation Travel Award
CYSF Top Intermediate Runner Up
Shad Community Changemaker Award
ACPA Rick Dillen Memorial Award in Chemistry
SILVER
Grade: 9
2026

Cleaning Earth's Orbit

Prabhmeet Singh Jhinjar
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

How to clean up the growing threat of space debris efficiently. This project encompasses the standard trifold with thorough information, and what sets this apart, a prototype of the actual launcher that works (without the chemical reaction/explosion part)

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

Creating Biodegradable plastic and the effects on plants

Akash Ashok
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

Plants grown in biodegradable planters will show equal or better growth (height, leaf growth, root development) than plants in plastic pots, because biodegradable pots allow better root penetration, aeration and moisture retention.

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GOLD
Grade: 9
2026

Mapping Memory

Harpaavan Sahota
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

I will make a program in which the participants play 4 memory games. While they are playing these games, their brainwaves are being recorded using an EEG headset. They are analyzed and complied into a report which gives an overview of a person's memory.

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Awards
CYSF Junior Life Science Award
HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

Nanobots for Life After Cancer: Monitoring and Early Detection

Amelie Gorbani
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

Explore how cutting-edge nanotechnology is revolutionizing cancer survivorship care. Microscopic nanobots offer cancer survivors continuous, real-time health monitoring by detecting biomarkers and early warning signs of recurrence at the cellular level. T

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GOLD
Grade: 8
2026

Pillarox AI - Medicine Identification for Visually Impaired

Rishiraj Panchagnula
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

Pillarox AI is a program made to assist visually impaired individuals with identifying their medication. Trained using Google's Teachable Machine and coded using AI, this project hopes to reduce the health hazards and risks for a visually impaired person.

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GOLD
Grade: 9
2026

Programmable Living Bacterial Circuits.

Puneet Dhillon
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

My project investigates the possibility of growing living electronic circuits using bacteria strains embedded in a hydrogel complex.

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Awards
CYSF Director's Award
SILVER
Grade: 7
2026

Smart Glasses to Help Blind People Detect Obstacles

Vedhang Tentu
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

This project is meant to help visually impaired people by using sensors and technology through code in smart glasses.

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Awards
Alberta Assoc of Optometrists Award
HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 9
2026

SmartPestSense

Sophia Lee
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

A pest monitoring device using 3D printing and coding to track activities of house mice and other sets that enter or trespass houses. Experiments will happen with 3D printed mice, meaning that no real organisms are involved.

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