The results are in from this year's Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF), and Oakville's students are at the top of the rankings. Of the 312 merit and special award winners, 70 Oakville students won 158 awards and represented 11 schools.
Caroline Huang, a grade 12 Abbey Park High School student, won the Primary Fluid Systems Best in Fair award for Chaos in Cancer: Analyzing Network Morphology to Predict Tumor Angiogenesis using Chaos Theory.
The BASF can choose five students to represent the region at the prestigious Regeneron International Science and Engineer Fair (RISEF) in Atlanta, Georgia, held during the first week of May. The RISEF accepts presentations from Grade 9 to 12 students and will award $5 million US in prizes. This year the fair will be a hybrid with judging happening virtually.
Of the five students chosen for RISEF, two were from Oakville. Caroline Huang from Abbey Park High School and Ariana Mastrolonardo from King’s Christian Collegiate.

BASEF
Ariana Mastrolonardo from King’s Christian Collegiate
Ariana won Primary Fluid Systems Pinnacle Third Best in Fair for Exploring the Antibacterial Effect of Microwave-Assisted Biosynthesized Ag2O & CuO NPs on S.aureus.
Maya LeBlanc, who also attends Abbey Park received the greatest number of awards (9) for Carbon Capture Depletion using Catalyzed Photosynthesis to promote Crop Growth.
THE BASF also chose 17 students to represent the region at the Canada-Wide Science and Engineering Fair. Oakville students won eight of those. They include:
- Bae, Jason - King's Christian Collegiate
- Bae, Sam - King's Christian Collegiate
- Klinck, Jeffrey - Oakville Trafalgar High School
- LeBlanc, Maya - Abbey Park High School
- Mao, Teddy - Oakville Christian School
- Mokhtari, Sophia - King's Christian Collegiate
- Romano, Ava - W.H. Morden Public School
- Vashishtha, Vihaan - W.H. Morden Public School
For an elementary school, Oakville Christian School had the highest number of award-winning students (19), and Oakville Trafalgar High School had the highest number of award-winning students for a secondary school (16).
The fair accepts entrants from grade 7 to 12 school children who attend a school in Hamilton, Halton, Haldimand County, County of Brant, and 500 students participated in BASF.
BASEF award recipients from Oakville
Student | Project | Award | Affiliation | School |
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Huang, Caroline | U01 | Dr. M. Doyle Biology Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Huang, Caroline | U01 | Mu Theta Alpha Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Huang, Caroline | U01 | Society for In Vitro Biology Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Huang, Caroline | U01 | Ola Lunyk-Child Memorial Health Science Award – Third | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Huang, Caroline | U01 | Gold Merit Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Huang, Caroline | U01 | Drs. Ranjan Sur and Monalisa Sur Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Huang, Caroline | U01 | Primary Fluid Systems Pinnacle Best in Fair | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Huang, Caroline | U01 | ISEF Trip Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Hot Mill Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | Canadian Nuclear Society (Golden Horseshoe Branch) Awards- Intermediate or Senior | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | Hillfield Strathallan College Awards of Excellence – Scientific Process Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | Ricoh USA, Inc. Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | McMaster Department of Chemical Engineering Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | Earth and Environmental Sciences Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | Royal Botanical Gardens Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
LeBlanc, Maya | A06 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Li, Neng | K09 | ArcelorMittal Global R&D Hamilton Award for Outstanding Research | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Li, Neng | K09 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Abbey Park High School |
Salimi, Rida | B01 | Chairs’ Awards | HDSB | Emily Carr Public School |
Ahmed, Nawra Samia | K08 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Forest Trail Public School |
Araya, Zacharaya | E02 | Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (Hamilton Branch) Award | HDSB | Forest Trail Public School |
Araya, Zacharaya | E02 | Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Award – Second | HDSB | Forest Trail Public School |
Araya, Zacharaya | E02 | Laurentian Chapter of SETAC Award | HDSB | Forest Trail Public School |
Araya, Zacharaya | E02 | Nelson Steel Award | HDSB | Forest Trail Public School |
Araya, Zacharaya | E02 | Talkit.ca Computer Engineering Award – First | HDSB | Forest Trail Public School |
Araya, Zacharaya | E02 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | Forest Trail Public School |
Jeong, Lyn | B04 | Conservation Halton Environmental Sciences Award | HDSB | Garth Webb Secondary School |
Jeong, Lyn | B04 | American Meteorological Society Award | HDSB | Garth Webb Secondary School |
Jeong, Lyn | B04 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Garth Webb Secondary School |
Salimi, Hamna | B04 | Conservation Halton Environmental Sciences Award | HDSB | Garth Webb Secondary School |
Salimi, Hamna | B04 | American Meteorological Society Award | HDSB | Garth Webb Secondary School |
Salimi, Hamna | B04 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Garth Webb Secondary School |
Yin, Brian | R05 | IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers) Hamilton Section Award | HDSB | Iroquois Ridge High School |
Yin, Brian | R05 | Mohawk College Electrotechnology – Computer Engineering Technology Award | HDSB | Iroquois Ridge High School |
Yin, Brian | R05 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Iroquois Ridge High School |
Bae, Jason (Jaesung) | T08 | Hamilton Wentworth Occasional Teacher – Healthy Lifestyles Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Bae, Jason (Jaesung) | T08 | Gold Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Bae, Jason (Jaesung) | T08 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Bae, Sam (Jaeho) | T08 | Hamilton Wentworth Occasional Teacher – Healthy Lifestyles Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Bae, Sam (Jaeho) | T08 | Gold Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Bae, Sam (Jaeho) | T08 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Igwilo, Amah | M01 | U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Igwilo, Amah | M01 | Dr. Colin J.L. Lock Memorial Chemistry Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Igwilo, Amah | M01 | McMaster University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Igwilo, Amah | M01 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mastrolonardo , Arianna | E05 | Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mastrolonardo , Arianna | E05 | Society for In Vitro Biology Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mastrolonardo , Arianna | E05 | Gold Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mastrolonardo , Arianna | E05 | Primary Fluid Systems Pinnacle Third Best in Fair | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mastrolonardo , Arianna | E05 | ISEF Trip Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
McRae, Lila | G02 | Silver Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mokhtari, Sophia | G08 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Material Handling & Logistics Department Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mokhtari, Sophia | G08 | STLE Tribology/Friction Reduction Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mokhtari, Sophia | G08 | Silver Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Mokhtari, Sophia | G08 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
O’Dell, Oscar | L06 | Venture Academy Scholarship | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Rechichi, Alex | S03 | Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Rechichi, Alex | S03 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Reid, Blair | G02 | Silver Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Skumatova, Lilia | M08 | American Meteorological Society Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Skumatova, Lilia | M08 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | King’s Christian Collegiate |
Alles , Tianna | G09 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Alles, Audrina | F07 | Chemical Institute of Canada (Hamilton Section) Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Alles, Audrina | F07 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Awobokun, Tiseyi | F08 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Ayibiowu, Tamilore | C06 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Beekhoo, Beecher | F04 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Chan , Christian | E06 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Danko, Ella | F07 | Chemical Institute of Canada (Hamilton Section) Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Danko, Ella | F07 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Doyle, Alexander | H03 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Fedorovskiy, Maksim | G05 | Electrical Construction Association of Hamilton Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Gannett, Gracie | G09 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Goldstein, Sarah | D06 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Halim, Samantha | D01 | Silver Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Karas, Jasmine | E07 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Kelder, James | F06 | Hamilton Academy of Dentistry Award – First | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Kelder, James | F06 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Mao, Teddy | F09 | ArcelorMittal Global R&D Hamilton Award for Technology Application | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Mao, Teddy | F09 | Silver Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Mao, Teddy | F09 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Vijayan, Nichole | G07 | Hamilton Wentworth Occasional Teacher – Presentation & Aesthetics Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Vijayan, Nichole | G07 | The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Health Research Junior Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Vijayan, Nichole | G07 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Walker, Sam | E08 | BASEF Inspiration Student Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Walker, Sam | E08 | Silver Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Wilson , Grace | F02 | Bronze Merit Award | IND | Oakville Christian School |
Bouganim, Evangeline | J08 | American Meteorological Society Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Bouganim, Evangeline | J08 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Deng, Kevin | D08 | American Psychological Society Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Deng, Kevin | D08 | The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Health Research Intermediate Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Deng, Kevin | D08 | BASEF Inspiration Student Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Deng, Kevin | D08 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Ellis, Hunter | C03 | Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute Grand Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Ellis, Hunter | C03 | American Psychological Association Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Ellis, Hunter | C03 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Gong, Martin | M06 | BASEF Inspiration Student Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Gong, Martin | M06 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Klinck, Jeffrey | J03 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Product Development Business Process Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Klinck, Jeffrey | J03 | Gowling WLG Innovation Award – Grand Winner | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Klinck, Jeffrey | J03 | Ola Lunyk-Child Memorial Health Science Award – Second | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Klinck, Jeffrey | J03 | Mohawk College Computer Science & Information Technology Excellence Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Klinck, Jeffrey | J03 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Klinck, Jeffrey | J03 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Lee, Eryn | J05 | Dr. Laura Blew Social Sciences Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Mao, Michael | M06 | BASEF Inspiration Student Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Mao, Michael | M06 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Shvetsov, Evan | C03 | Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute Grand Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Shvetsov, Evan | C03 | American Psychological Association Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Shvetsov, Evan | C03 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Smales, Lily | J08 | American Meteorological Society Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Smales, Lily | J08 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Wang, Brenton | A03 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Wang, Hannah | J05 | Dr. Laura Blew Social Sciences Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Wei, Helen | H02 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Yao, Kathy | M07 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Human Resources Training & Development Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Yao, Kathy | M07 | Yale Science and Engineering Association Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Yao, Kathy | M07 | Mahut-Brent Award for Women in Science and Engineering | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Yao, Rachel | P01 | Bay Area Health Trust Scholarship, Paul Lakin Life Sciences Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Yao, Rachel | P01 | Association for Women Geoscientists Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Zhang, Xinyue | H02 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Zhao, Emily | P01 | Bay Area Health Trust Scholarship, Paul Lakin Life Sciences Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
Zhao, Emily | P01 | Association for Women Geoscientists Award | HDSB | Oakville Trafalgar High School |
LeBlanc, Jacob | A08 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Commercial Department Award | HDSB | Pilgrim Wood Public School |
LeBlanc, Jacob | A08 | Environmental Inspiration Award | HDSB | Pilgrim Wood Public School |
Barsan, Sebastian | Q04 | Artistically Inspired Display Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Efthimiadis, Anthony | Q05 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Process Automation Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Efthimiadis, Anthony | Q05 | Talkit.ca Computer Engineering Award – Second | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Efthimiadis, Anthony | Q05 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Ghode, Aahan | P05 | Hamilton Academy of Dentistry Award – Second | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Ghode, Aahan | P05 | BASEF Inspiration Student Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Ghode, Aahan | P05 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Guan, Tanya | U04 | Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Marem, Rohanth | T04 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Information Systems Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Marttila, Natalie | R09 | New Health Scientist Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Nah, Emmy | R03 | Artistically Inspired Display Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Pullakhandam, Mithali | S02 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Romano, Ava | R01 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Romano, Ava | R01 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Saha, Yashita | T02 | Hillfield Strathallan College Awards of Excellence – Life Sciences Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Saha, Yashita | T02 | The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Health Research Junior Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Saha, Yashita | T02 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Shirani, Shada | Q08 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chemical Testing Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Shirani, Shada | Q08 | Hamilton Wentworth Occasional Teachers – Environment & Education Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Shirani, Shada | Q08 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Turkstra, Elizabeth | T02 | Hillfield Strathallan College Awards of Excellence – Life Sciences Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Turkstra, Elizabeth | T02 | The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Health Research Junior Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Turkstra, Elizabeth | T02 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Vashishtha, Vihaan | T03 | Canadian Nuclear Society (Golden Horseshoe Branch) Awards – Junior | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Vashishtha, Vihaan | T03 | Silver Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Vashishtha, Vihaan | T03 | Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Wang, Jessie | R09 | New Health Scientist Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Zuo, Peony | Q08 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chemical Testing Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Zuo, Peony | Q08 | Hamilton Wentworth Occasional Teachers – Environment & Education Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Zuo, Peony | Q08 | Bronze Merit Award | HDSB | W. H. Morden Public School |
Tsutsui , Ishin | B05 | ASM Materials Education Foundation Award | HDSB | White Oaks Secondary School |
Tsutsui , Ishin | B05 | Mohawk College Building & Construction Sciences Awards – Building Sciences | HDSB | White Oaks Secondary School |