2026 Regional Science & Innovation Fair
The annual regional showcase celebrating student-led research, innovation, and engineering projects from schools across the district. Judges will evaluate projects on scientific method, creativity, presentation quality, and real-world impact.
Attendee voting is open
Visit booths, scan their QR code, and cast your vote.
Smart Irrigation for Urban Gardens
An IoT-based irrigation system that uses soil moisture sensors and weather API data to reduce water waste by up to 40% in urban garden settings.
Maya Chen, David Park
Microplastics in Freshwater Systems
A field study analyzing microplastic concentrations in three local waterways using DIY filtration and spectroscopy methods.
Aisha Williams
AI-Assisted Recycling Sorter
A prototype conveyor-based sorting system using a computer vision model trained on 12,000+ images to classify recyclables with 91% accuracy.
Jordan Lee, Sofia Reyes, Marcus Johnson
Solar Cooling for Small Greenhouses
A passive and active solar-powered cooling system designed for small-scale greenhouse operators in warm climates.
Nina Patel
Low-Cost Air Quality Sensor Network
A network of 8 low-cost PM2.5 and VOC sensors deployed across a school campus to map air quality variations.
Ethan Kim, Priya Nair
Assistive Glove for Hand Tremors
A wearable piezoelectric dampening glove that reduces tremor amplitude by 60% for people with essential tremor or Parkinson's disease.
Zoe Martinez
Portable Water Purification Prototype
A solar-powered, gravity-fed water purification device designed for deployment in disaster relief scenarios with no infrastructure.
Carlos Mendez, Hana Suzuki
Pollinator Habitat Tracking Dashboard
A citizen science platform that uses image recognition to map bee and butterfly populations across urban green spaces.
Ava Thompson, Ben Carter
Bioplastic from Agricultural Waste
Research into producing biodegradable bioplastic film from sugarcane bagasse and corn starch with comparable tensile strength to LDPE.
Lena Okafor
Autonomous Wildfire Detection Drone
A proof-of-concept autonomous drone system using thermal imaging and edge AI to detect early-stage wildfires in remote areas.
Ryan Gutierrez, Amara Diallo
Mycelium Packaging Materials
Growing custom-shaped packaging inserts from agricultural waste and mycelium as a fully compostable alternative to expanded polystyrene.
Sam Bishop, Iris Tan
Crowd-Sourced Pothole Detection
A smartphone app that passively detects road potholes using accelerometer data and maps them for municipal reporting.
Derek Olson