Undergraduate Student Project Presentation Contest

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Applications are reviewed and eight (8) full-time undergraduate students enrolled in a degree-granting college or university program are selected to present their project at AISTech. High school students, including those participating in dual-enrollment or early college programs, are not eligible to compete. The topic of the project is unlimited but must be technical in nature. Students are assigned 15-minute sessions to present their research and conclusions. Participants are judged on overall knowledge of project topic, thoroughness of the content, and presentation skills. Each student selected to present receives US$300 toward travel expenses, and the presentations receiving the top scores receive cash prizes: US$1,500 for first place, US$1,000 for second place and US$500 for third place.

2026 Winners

First Place (US$1,500)
Nicolas Rebollo Canedo-Arguelles, University of Toronto

Second Place (US$1,000)
Anna Eshenbaugh, Purdue University Northwest

Third Place (US$500)
Paul Bosyj, University of Toronto

2025 Winners

First Place (US$1,500)
Eileen Hung, Carnegie Mellon University

Second Place (US$1,000)
Nicolas Rebollo Canedo-Arguelles, University of Toronto

Third Place (US$500)
Clark Andrew Nguyen, Missouri University of Science and Technology

2024 Winners

First Place (US$1,500)
Veronica Pitt-Payne, Purdue University Northwest

Second Place (US$1,000)
Ethan Shimak, Iowa State University

Third Place (US$500)
Jacob Elizondo, Purdue University Northwest

2023 Winners

First Place (US$1,500)
Anna Carnahan and Sophia Stivala, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Second Place (US$1,000)
Maria Isabel Bucio Herrejon, Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia

Third Place (US$500)
Shiyu Wang and Qingyun Pu, Purdue University Northwest

Honorable Mention (US$250)
Matthew Vongphachanh, Michigan Technological University