Q18 : WindDrift: Engineered Real Time Adaptive Platform for Atmospheric and Marine Sensing


Students Maria Polyanska
School HDSB - Garth Webb Secondary School - Oakville
Level Intermediate 9/10 - Grade 10
Group Group 10 - Engineering and Computing III
Abstract The purpose of WindDrift is to engineer a low-cost, adaptive and autonomous, multi-domain environmental monitoring system capable of delivering real time atmospheric and marine data in under monitored regions. My platform integrates oceanic drifters for marine boundary-layer measurements and superpressurized pico balloons for tropopause sensing, each carrying modular scientific payloads. WindDrift has real-world marketability and benefits for meteorological, environmental, government and defense agencies by providing enhanced climate research, pollution monitoring and tracking.
Awards
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IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Hamilton Section AwardsIEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers) Hamilton Section Award$ 125
Professional Engineers Ontario - Oakville Chapter AwardsProfessional Engineers of Ontario - Oakville Chapter Engineering Award - Intermedia$ 200
Dillon Consulting AwardsDillon Consulting Biological Sciences Award$ 250
Merit AwardsGold Merit Award$ 100
ISEF Trip AwardsISEF Trip Award
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society AwardsCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Award - Second$ 50
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