Projects

Throughout high school and into university, I have completed numerous projects relating to topics in machine learning, mathematics, and environmental science. These projects hold a special place in my heart and have taught me invaluable lessons on perseverance, problem solving, and time management. The hours spent working on these projects were some of the happiest hours of my life.

Viral Dynamics: Modeling the Spread of Internet Fame with Differential Equations and the SIR Model

The spread of a video shares similarities with the spread of a disease. We found that mathematical epidemiological models can help to predict how fast and far a video could spread, given certain assumptions and parameters, in a similar way it predicts the spread of a disease in a population.

About this project: I completed this project as part of the Math Mentorship Program at the University of Toronto as a student researcher and mentee. We conducted research with a Ph.D. student on the SIR model and its implementation for investigating how videos go viral. The project was one of the five (out of 17) to get selected for presentation at the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2023.

About the program: "The Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto is proud to offer a mentorship program pairing high school students interested in the field of mathematics study and research, with graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty in the field. Students will be working on a math research project of their interests under the guidance of their mentor."

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January 2023 - May 2023

Comparison of regression algorithms for multivariable drought analysis

The purpose of my project is to compare the performance of machine learning algorithms for analyzing droughts in various areas around the world and quantifying the correlation between drought and various factors, including wind speeds, evapotranspiration, precipitation, soil moisture, minimum and maximum temperature, vapour pressure, and CO2 emissions.

Awards

Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair

Silver Medal at the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (top 15/222)
Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award
Mohawk College Mathematics Awards - Senior
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Award - Second
McMaster University Earth and Environmental Sciences Award
Mohawk College Computer Science & Information Technology Excellence Award

Canada-Wide Science Fair

The weeklong Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF) is Canada's largest youth STEM event and brings together the country;s top young scientists in grades 7-12/Cégep.

Bronze Medal

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January 2023 - Present

Multiple factor regression analysis of vegetation changes and land degradation in drylands

The purpose of the study is to quantify the effect of various factors, including drought, precipitation, CO2 emissions, forest area, and electrical energy consumption, on the vegetation cover of various regions using multiple factor regression and identify measures that humans can take to increase the vegetation cover.

Awards

Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair

Gold Medal at the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (top 5/161)
International Science and Engineering Fair Trip Award
Canadian Nuclear Society (Golden Horseshoe Branch) Awards - Senior
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Environment Award
Association for Women Geoscientists Award
Mohawk College Mathematics Awards - Senior
Laurentian Chapter of SETAC Award
Dillon Consulting Biological Sciences Award
McMaster University Geography Award
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Award - First
International Science & Engineering Affiliated Fair Awards - Ricoh USA, Inc. Award

International Science and Engineering Fair

The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF) is the world's largest international pre-college science competition.

Grand Award - Third Place in the Earth and Environmental Sciences category

October 2021 - May 2022

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How Do Sleep Positions Affect Dreams In Teenagers?

The purpose of our study was to find the correlation between sleep positions and subjective dream quality in teenagers. We did so by creating a Google Form survey inquiring about sleep habits and sleep positions, collecting data from people aged 13-19, and identifying factors that could affect subjective dream quality in certain sleep positions.

Awards

Gold Medal at the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (top 10/131)
Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award
Ola Lunyk-Child Memorial Health Award

January 2021 - March 2021

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Marangoni effect in liquid environments

Purpose: To study and measure the duration of the Marangoni effect by observing it, changing the fat content of milk and identifying factors that affect the duration of the Marangoni effect. The Marangoni effect is a flow formed in a liquid because of surface tension. The flow moves from the points of lower level of surface tension to the points of higher level. The effect was first discovered by a scientist James Thomson in 1855, but was called after an Italian scientist Karlo Marangoni who studied the effect a decade later.

January 2019 - April 2019

Awards

Bronze Medal at the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair
Primary Fluid Systems Award

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Courses

I've independently completed various online courses, honing technical skills, fostering creative problem-solving, and fueling my innate curiosity.

alm001: A-level Mathematics for Year 12 - Course 1: Algebraic Methods, Graphs and Applied Mathematics Methods - Imperial University

This is the first part of a longer A-level Mathematics course. I took this course to prepare myself for school Maths mainly. There were several new topics in it that I haven't studied before. The course was sort of challenging to me because at the time, I felt really out of shape in a "mathematical" way.