SCIENCE FAIR FOUNDATION BC ANNOUNCES SEMI-FINALISTS FOR FOURTH ANNUAL YOUTH INNOVATION SHOWCASE

Vancouver, BC - The Science Fair Foundation BC is pleased to announce this year’s semi-finalists for the Youth Innovation Showcase 2022 who will be moving forward and have a chance to win one of two $5,000 grand prizes; one per age category.  

A total of 20 projects, 10 from students ages 12-15 and 10 from students ages 16-19 have been chosen to move on to the next round of the Youth Innovation Showcase from over 60 registrants.

“Our goal with the Youth Innovation Showcase is to break down barriers and inspire youth by opening the doors for exploration of education and career opportunities,” said Madeleine Guenette, Executive Director of The Science Fair Foundation BC. 

The Youth Innovation Showcase encourages youth to explore creative ways to solve everyday challenges, and to see how theoretical solutions can become real-world change. These young innovators come face-to-face with industry and academic leaders to pitch their great new ideas and inventions, get feedback from experts in the field, and find out where a career in STEM can take them.

The full list of semi-finalists is included below.

Ages 12-15 Category:

Jora Singh Nahal: Drowsiness Detection and Virtual Friend Speech-Robot for Safe Driving: A Novel App

Hitesh Amarjothi: How Solar Tracking Can Help Expand the Renewable Energy Industry

Liam Pope-Lau and Fraser Tuck: LifeHeat: The Self-Heating Lifejacket

Fayhaa Kafi: The Orange Brick

Arav Bangur: Aqua Homes

Vanness Chang: Rubik's Touchless

Harjas Kanwar: Sensory Prosthetic Concept

Keanu Chan: Design Implementation And Assessment Of Novel Universal Design Internal Spine Concept NuDISC

Charlie Chengxi Zhang and Nathan Yeung: Lento: Goal Based Productivity

Luna Yin and Lucy Yin: Light

Ages 16-19 Category:

Timothy Cai: The Water Lily A Miniature Vacuum Solar Still

Eric Xie and Owen Cui: Nail Braille

Pari Goyal and Lucie Li: Windblade

Darren Wang: AI Home Care Monitoring System

Zeanne Madda and Yvonne Wu: Milk Mate

Kristina Garagan: Wilderness Surveillance Drone

Ishan Matthew Leung: Stuck In The Middle With You

Alyssa Lin and Jerry Lin: A Innovative Hydroponic Vase

Yizhuo Chen: Early Wildfire Detection Device

Caixi Lu: Air Humidifier That Can Repel Mosquitos

Finalists will be announced on November 7, 2022 and the winner will be announced on November 30th, 2022, at the Youth Innovation Showcase Awards Show.

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