2024 Award Recipients
2024 Toronto Science Fair – Special Awards Winners
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Award - 1st Prize
“The Uniqueness of Clouds”
Eric Schroter
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Award - 2nd Prize
“Solar Powered Water Desalination Device”
Irina Poenaru and Grace Fan
Kirkor Architects Award
“A sustainable, Fully Recyclable Sandwich Panel Solution for Temporary Housing”
Nikita Wood
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Award
“Utilizing Differential Pressure to Optimize Space Launch Systems”
Jerone Arristan and Alan Gabriel
Sanofi Biogenius Canada Award
“Modulating consciousness using Diffusion MRI and Tractography Analysis of the Ascending Arousal Network”
Darwin Li
The Charles Lee Design for Innovation Award
“Distra Xcel”
Lida (Tony) Song
The Charles Lee Design for Innovation Award
“VISTA: Cost Effective Vibro Sensory Travel Aid Headset for Visually Impaired”
Russell Tabata
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto Award - 1st Place
“Ground Effect Vehicles: A Potential Alternative to Traditional Marine Transport Vehicles”
Alvik Maharjan
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto Award - 2nd Place
“Riding the Thermoelectrical Wave: How Ferro fluids and Thermoelectrics Can Save Energy On a Roller Coaster”
Alex Deng
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto Award - 3rd Place
“Utilizing Pressure Differential to Optimize Space Launch Systems”
Jerone Arristan and Alan Gabriel
The University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship
“Overflux: Magnetic Electro Catalyst for Renewable Energy Storage”
Xavier Rutten-Dion and Cy McKee
The Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO) Award
“Rain on Me: Harvesting Energy from Roof Runoff”
Krystana Alvear and Trixie Kelly Catalma
U of T Chapter of Sigma XI Award
“UTI-Alert: Harnessing AI Technology for Rapid Urinary Tract Infection Detection”
Caroline Chan
U of T Chapter of Sigma XI Award
“Extending Mileage on EV and Hybrid Vehicles Using a Ratchet and Flywheel Regenerative Shock Absorber”
Matthew Fong and William Zhou
University of Toronto Department of Earth Sciences Mathew Shawn McConville Award - Senior
“Effectiveness of Fruit Peels on Heavy Metal Uptake to Treat Water Contamination”
Julie Zhu and Simone Ghosh
University of Toronto Department of Earth Sciences Mathew Shawn McConville Award - Intermediate
“Integrating Open Source Sparce and Dense Photometry for Comprehensive Asteroid Characterization”
Arushi Nath
University of Toronto Department of Earth Sciences Mathew Shawn McConville Award - Junior
“Is our planet headed for the Sixth Mass Extinction?”
Aamna Khan
UTSC Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Awards - Physics
“MobiMate: Low Cost Collision-Avoidance and Auto-Steering for Mobility Devices”
Mohammad Abd-Ur-Rehman Chaudhry
UTSC Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Award - Chemistry
“Dopamine-Loaded Nanoparticles for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease”
Mia Tran and Isabel Liu
UTSC Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Awards - Environment
“An Evaluation of the Ice-Melting Capacity, Ecotoxicity and Corrosivity of Agro-Based Deicers”
Errita Xu
University of Toronto Scarborough Chemistry Society Award - 1st Prize
“Hysteresis Inhibition for Performance Improvement Via Halide Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells”
Victor Xu
University of Toronto Scarborough Chemistry Society Award - 2nd Prize
“Stay Away, UV Ray”
Ruweyda Ahmed and Simra Mohamud
University of Toronto Scarborough Chemistry Society Award - 3rd Prize
“Ink-citing Writing: Using Algae Ink As an Alternative for Carbon-Based Inks!”
Jonathan Sun
Young Scientist Award
“Coffee in a Printer and How Printers Work”
Timothy Ferreira