Science Fairs 2026

In March and April 2026, Laurentian SETAC volunteers judged primary, intermediate, and senior-level science fair projects at the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair in Hamilton, Ottawa Regional Science Fair, and Peterborough Regional Science Fair. Laurentian SETAC sponsored two awards at each fair to projects that conducted research in a field related to environmental chemistry, pollution, contamination, remediation, environmental protection, ecology, or toxicology.

Bay Area Science & Engineering Fair (March 12)

• Judges: Lara Alves Beese, Jack Salole

• Senior: FruitPlast: Engineering and Performance Assessment of Fruit-Derived Biopolymers - by Aryan Mohanty

• Junior: The Effects of Light Pollution on Marine Ecosystems and a Proposed Global Lighting Standard - by Celina Yun

  
  

Ottawa Regional Science Fair (March 27-28)

• Judges: Jillian Rohonczy, Caitlyn Hisung, Hardeep Gill

• Junior: Mycovoltaics - by Ayah Siddique

• Senior: AI-Driven Monitoring of Water Quality for Northern Lakes - by Justin Huang

Peterborough Regional Science Fair (April 8)

• Judges: Elise Millar, Tyler Dow 

• Intermediate: A Novel Biodegradable Treatment to Limit Drought and Wildfire Disaster and Retain Soil Nutrients - by Claire Shen

• Senior: Removal of Aquatic Microbial Biocontaminants with Ozonide: An Assessment of Apoptosis in Wild Type and CRISPR-Cas9 iPT Homozygous Knockout Cell Lines - by Ella Sehn

Thank you to all of the judges who participated on behalf of Laurentian SETAC and congratulations to the students for their excellent work!