The Wood Buffalo region will be well represented at the Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF).
Four students from the Fort McMurray Public School District (FMPSD) are heading to Ottawa after competing at the 11th annual Wood Buffalo Regional Science Fair.
Team Wood Buffalo will include Krish Shah and Shaaf Babar from École McTavish Junior High School and Dhruv Patel and Dhvani Patel from Westwood Community High School.
Shah won for his project, HALO- Heat Ability LOG and Operator, an app for smart watches and smart phones that monitors the user’s heart rate and detect sudden cardiac issues.
“I don’t have words to share my excitement. This will be my first time going to the nationals. I feel an overwhelming feeling of joy,” said Shah, who is in grade nine.
This will be Shaaf Babar’s second time at nationals, he is in grade eight and will display his project called Smart Escape- A Dijkstra Based Algorithm for Shortest-Safe Exit.
“It’s an amazing experience to go again. I created an app, which alerts users when there’s a fire, or any other hazard. It shows them the shortest, and safest way to escape. It can be used in apartments, hotels, or schools,” explained Babar.
Dhruv Patel is a grade 12 student, who recently won the $100,000 Loran Scholarship. He won for his project, HIRO- FatigueFree: An Intelligent System for Drowsy Driver Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Deep Learning.
“This will be my first time at CWSF. I’m really looking forward to it. My project is about using artificial intelligence to detect driver drowsiness. It’s a system that solves the problem with a camera. Driver fatigue is detected by using three features: calculating eyes, yawning frequency, and heart rate,” said Dhruv Patel.
Dhvani Patel is headed to CWSF for the third year in a row, he won for his W.A.A. (Wireless Activity Advisor) SMART Infant Health Technology it is a system that tracks baby temperatures medical records and activities.
The regional fair had 177 participating students, featuring 133 projects, nationals is May 12-19.
