Surrey & White Rock students win 31 awards in BC/Yukon Virtual Science Fair
Surrey students had a great showing at this year's BC/Yukon Virtual Science Fair, with 21 students taking home 31 awards, including 14 provincial awards, 16 divisional awards and one special award.
Nearly half of the district's winners were students from SAIL (14), followed by Fraser Heights Secondary (6), Semiahmoo Secondary (5), Cougar Creek Elementary (3), Queen Elizabeth Secondary (2) and Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary (1).
SAIL students Patrick Cioata and Nathan Yeung are among five Surrey students from the BC/Yukon Virtual Science Fair who were selected as finalists for the 2021 Canada Wide Science Fair.
Five Surrey students from the BC/Yukon Virtual Science Fair were named 2021 Canada Wide Science Fair finalists:
- Timothy Cai, Fraser Heights Secondary - An Investigation into Active Control for Accessible Orbital Flight - Senior
- Robin Yadav, Queen Elizabeth Secondary - Wildfire Drone Automation Using Deep Learning - Senior
- Patrick Cioata, SAIL - A Solution to the World's Plastic Problem - Intermediate
- Albert Guo, Fraser Heights Secondary - Sleepy? Using a Neural Net to Catch Drowsy Drivers - Intermediate
- Nathan Yeung, SAIL - Hyperfocus: A New Kind of Timer - Junior
Cai received four awards in the competition, including the Engineers & Geoscientists of BC Award, Innovate BC Young Innovator Scholarship and Michael Crooks Physics Prize. He and Yadav both won gold in the Engineering & Computing Sciences divisional category.
Semiahmoo Secondary's Heidi Burgert won three awards, including the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Award, Women in Engineering and Geoscience Award and silver in the Earth & Environmental Sciences divisional category.
SAIL's Charlie Zhang also took home three awards, including the BC Hydro Award, silver in the Engineering & Computing Sciences divisional category, and the Dr. J Bruce Neilson Memorial Award in the Special Awards category.
Congratulations to all of our Surrey Schools winners! For a full list of winners, see below.
Provincial Award Winners:
BC Agriculture in the Classroom Award
Heidi Burgert, Semiahmoo Secondary - Drought Machine - Intermediate
BC Game Developer's Award
Nathan Yeung, SAIL - Hyperfocus: A New Kind of Timer - Junior
Robin Yadav, Queen Elizabeth Secondary - Wildfire Drone Automation Using Deep Learning - Senior
BC Greenhouse Growers' Award
Jessica Tang, Fraser Heights Secondary - A Novel Deep Reinforcement Learning Controller for Vertical Farming - Senior
BC Hydro Award
Charlie Zhang, SAIL - The Peltier Water Bottle - Junior
BC Nature Awards
Haris Cheema & Hasan Jaan, Cougar Creek Elementary - Dam… Those keystones don't shine. An Innovative Solution - Junior
Engineers & Geoscientists of BC
Timothy Cai, Fraser Heights Secondary - An Investigation into Active Control for Accessible Orbital Flight - Senior
Genome BC Award
Jasmine Virk, Semiahmoo Secondary - Radon Estimation in Water - Intermediate
Innovate BC Young Innovator Scholarship
Timothy Cai, Fraser Heights Secondary - An Investigation into Active Control for Accessible Orbital Flight - Senior
Michael Crooks Physics Prize
Timothy Cai, Fraser Heights Secondary - An Investigation into Active Control for Accessible Orbital Flight - Senior
Sanofi Biogenius Award
Caden Sato, SAIL - Multiplayer LAN Games During A Global Pandemic - Intermediate
Joven Gill, SAIL - Earth-Friendly Mask - Junior
SCWIST Award
Aqsa Agro, SAIL - Anti-fog Glasses Clip - Intermediate
Women in Engineering and Geoscience Award
Heidi Burgert, Semiahmoo Secondary - Drought Machine - Intermediate
Provincial Award Nominations:
Aquatics Informatics Water Award
Aishwarya Aishwarya, Kwantlen Park Secondary - The Clean Solution to the Indigenous Water Crisis - Senior
W.E. Coates Award
Patrick Cioata, SAIL - A Solution to the World's Plastic Problem - Intermediate
Divisional Awards Winners:
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Patrick Cioata, SAIL - A Solution to the World's Plastic Problem - Intermediate - Gold
Heidi Burgert, Semiahmoo Secondary - Drought Machine - Intermediate - Silver
Jasmine Virk, Semiahmoo Secondary - Radon Estimation in Water - Intermediate - Bronze
Haris Cheema & Hasan Jaan, Cougar Creek Elementary - Dam… Those keystones don't shine. An Innovative Solution - Junior - Bronze
Munia Zadi, SAIL - Biodegradable Band-Aid - Junior - Bronze
Amanat Harry & Cheyanne Stephens, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary - How Do Painkillers Affect Plant Growth - Junior - Bronze
Engineering & Computing Sciences
Timothy Cai, Fraser Heights Secondary - An Investigation into Active Control for Accessible Orbital Flight - Senior - Gold
Robin Yadav, Queen Elizabeth Secondary - Wildfire Drone Automation Using Deep Learning - Senior - Gold
Albert Guo, Fraser Heights Secondary - Sleepy? Using a Neural Net to Catch Drowsy Drivers - Intermediate - Gold
Vivien Dome, SAIL - The Retractable Speed Bump - Intermediate - Bronze
Nathan Yeung, SAIL - Hyperfocus: A New Kind of Timer - Junior - Gold
Charlie Zhang, SAIL - The Peltier Water Bottle - Junior - Silver
Sophia Chen, SAIL - 3D-Printed String Winding Extension - Junior - Bronze
Sathvik Vinnakata, SAIL - The Kangaroo Distance Pouch - Junior - Bronze
Health Sciences
Aqsa Agro, SAIL - Anti-fog Glasses Clip - Intermediate - Silver
Sapna Pooni, Cougar Creek Elementary - Breathe Easy… The Key To Lung Health - Junior - Bronze
Special Awards Winners:
Dr. J Bruce Neilson Memorial Award
Charlie Zhang, SAIL - The Peltier Water Bottle - Junior
