Canada-Wide Science Fair Award in Acoustics

The Canadian Acoustical Association (CAA) is sponsoring an award for the best acoustics related project (junior level) at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, the annual showcase event of the Youth Science Foundation. In this event, some 450 young scientists are chosen to compete from the top ranks of approximately 25,000 competitors at over one hundred regional science and technology fairs staged across the country (link to Canada-Wide Science Fair).

The annual winner of the CAA award is invited to present his/her work in the December issue of Canadian Acoustics.

Coordinator

Dr. Annabel J. Cohen Department of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3, tel (902) 628-4325, fax (902) 628-4359.

Prize Winners (last 5 years)

2007 - Truro (NS)
Luke Regier, St. Monica E.S. (Simcoe County, Ontario)
Blowing Down the Walls of Jericho

2006 - Saguenay (QC)
Steven Gasior, St. Joseph Secondary School (Mississauga, Ontario)
Blind navigation

2005 - Vancouver (BC)
Chet Gervais, Sandwich Secondary School (Lasalle, Ontario)
The Matrix Probe – Evaluation: Co-registration of digital mammography with 3Dimensional breast ultrasound using a full-field matrix of piezoelectric crystal transducers

2004 - St. John’s (NF)
Benjamin Schmidt, Centre Wellington District High School (Fergus, Ontario)
Robotic sound localization

2003 - Calgary (AB)
Caroline Hubert, St. Margaret’s School (Victoria, British Columbia)
Good, good, good vibrations