2017 Award Winners

2017 York Region District School Board/York Region Science & Technology Fair Award Winners

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Award:

  • Blooming Algae: Raya Mirkheshti, Fania Koutsoulianos

YRSTF CHEMISTRY:

  • Homemade Defrosters and Antifreeze, Jonathan Xie

YRSTF BIOLOGY:

  • Can an Artificial Pancreas Help Solve Diabetes, Jonathan Shenouda

YRSTF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING:

  • Improving The Efficiency of a Refrigerator and Producing Free Hot Water, Leo Graziosi

YRSTF COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION AWARD:

  • Ionica,  Cassandra Lee

Helix Camp Award:

  • Efficient Design of Disposable Cough Filtration and Virus Containment Device: Katelyn Wang

SCi-X Camp Award:

  • Sugar or Spice,  Zoha Sojoudi, Khadija Manji

The Home Innovation Award:

  • Thermal Energy Storage For Homes: Balaji Venkatesh

Junior Innovation Award:

  • Sleep... Let's Get to the Brux of the Matter!, Ariz Babul

Junior Innovation Award:

  • The Ultimate Dryer,   Marcus Chan

Senior Innovation Award:

  • The Minimal Genome Project - Mycoplasma laboratorium, Christina McCabe

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Award:

  • Muscle Sense, Andrew Pun

Vernadsky Award:

  • Beat the heat, Catherine Tse

Enviroanalysis Environment Award:

  • Tardigrades as Bioindicators of Air Quality, Ryan Kum

Cournoyea/Paz-Soldan Peer Award:

  • Improving The Efficiency of a Refrigerator and Producing Free Hot Water, Leo Graziosi

The Minimal Genome Project:

  • Mycoplasma laboratorium: Christina McCabe

York University Entrance Scholarship:

  • Tardigrades as Bioindicators of Air Quality: Ryan Kum

University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship:

  • The Minimal Genome Project - Mycoplasma laboratorium, Christina McCabe

Honourable Mention

  • Focus, Time! (This Game Helps People with ADHD), Sanduli Alwis, Erica  Lo
  • Exploring The Roots Of Self Esteem, Varshaa Maxwell
  • The Paint's Too Fast, Emily Chu, Maggie Leung
  • Future Eco Friendly Car Engine, Risha Reddy, Arya Mane
  • Instant Cold, Max Haim, Nicole Haim
  • Microplastics In A Freshwater Body, Jenna Cheng
  • Does History Truly Repeat Itself?, Lauren Kim, Tobi Adesipo
  • Do I Make you Nervous?, Elika Boland, Maryam Khan
  • Homemade Defrosters and Antifreeze, Jonathan Xie
  • The Mpemba Effect - Does Hot Water Freeze Faster Than Cold Water?, Marwa Waziri, Sofia Sarwary
  • Testing for Insulative Properties of Environmentally Friendly Waste Materials, Natalie Conrad
  • Inhibiton of leukemia cell growth by pausing ATP release and P2X receptor signaling, Bhavana Pagidela

BRONZE

  • Toxic Silver, Suraj Sudheendra
  • Is Your Brain Tougher Than Smell?, Jennifer Gao, Amitis Shahbazian
  • The Hand-y Filter, Chelsea Zhang, Meera Chopra
  • Using Voice Technology to do Web Searches and Form Filling, Brendan Chan
  • Magical Cinnamon: Preventing Alzheimer's Disease by making cells aware of Insulin, Aeron Humaid
  • Temperature, H2O2 and Catalase, Taylor Chan
  • Project D.O.T.- Disinfecting Our Toothbrushes, Megan Chow
  • Activation Energy at Work, Ryan Dick
  • pH of Gas Stations Surrounding Soil, Jessica Lam
  • Improving The Efficiency of a Refrigerator and Producing Free Hot Water, Leo Graziosi
  • A healthy milkshake for a cancer-free life, Haarini Suntharalingam
  • Food for Thought, Ayanna Kara, Fatemeh Ilkhani
  • Beat the heat, Catherine Tse
  • The Effects of Sugar, Amino Acid, and Metals on the Breast Cancer Cell Line: MDA-MB-468 Amina Parven
  • Heating your Home, Maya Thayalan
  • Conversion of water to rocket fuel and then back, Ben Stan
  • Grow Bright in Nutrients, Christy Ho
  • Solar Desalination, Kishan Vethanayagam, Ethan Woo
  • The Quake Effect, Alexandru Muresan, Logan McCann
  • Centrifugal Water Pumping System, Sagaana Sivathason
  • How do Different Styles of Music Affect your Writing?, Eden Shefsky, Samantha Winnick
  • Conductivi-TEA: Evaluating Temperature's Effects on the Mean Change in Conductivity Rates of Red Tea, Mohammed Said

SILVER

  • Tardigrades as Bioindicators of Air Quality, Ryan Kum
  • Competition and Academic Performance, Alston Lo
  • Texting and Talking: Does Cell Phone Activity Affect Reaction Time and Driving Outcomes?, Matteo Andreetta
  • Organic Water Filter, Derrick Cui
  • Muscle Sense, Andrew Pun
  • Game Treatment for Arthritis and Parkinson's Disease, Ahmed Nadeem
  • The Minimal Genome Project - Mycoplasma laboratorium, Christina McCabe
  • Thermal Energy Storage For Homes, Balaji Venkatesh
  • Water, Zayn Ali Dhalla
  • Keep Calm and Don't Stress, Abeeha Shaban
  • Can an Artificial Pancreas Help Solve Diabetes, Jonathan Shenouda
  • Oil Spill Recovery, Jinal Rajawat
  • Mycoremediation of Cellulose Acetate, Asiya  Kazmi
  • Plants In Motion, Alya Fancy
  • How Much Microplastic Pollution Is In The Soil?, Kristen Yee
  • The Paramecium Predicament, Aditi  Sandhu, Natalie Messih
  • Project: REPEAT Amey Dhamgunde, Ian Tong Pan
  • THE FLASH FIRE LOG: THE SCIENCE OF COMBUSTION, Benjamin Abdulnour

GOLD: Travel Award Winners/ Innovation York Mentorship Canada Wide Science Fair

  • The Ultimate Dryer, Marcus Chan
  • Sleep... Let's Get to the Brux of the Matter!, Ariz Babul
  • A Comparative Analysis of Hydro, Aero, and Fogponics on Plant Growth, Austin Wu, Kamron Zaidi
  • Sugar or Spice, Zoha Sojoudi, Khadija Manji
  • Efficient Design of Disposable Cough Filtration and Virus Containment Device, Katelyn Wang
  • VIOLA-BAC; POWER OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY IN REAL WORLD, Harry Parmar
  • Fuelling our Future with...Waste?, Brandon He
  • Who Do I Prefer?, Shirothie Puwaneswaran
  • A New Vision For Diabetic Patients, Hareshan Suntharalingam