TU20 Fellowships

Have you ever had an idea or project you wanted to build, but didn’t know where to start? Then the TU20 Fellowships is for you!

The fellowship program is an opportunity for students to pursue their interests in the technology field. They can take an idea or a project they want to build and receive $1000 funding to get it off the drawing board and into real life!

Through the fellowship program, you can explore your interests in tech fields, learn strong project management strategies and make productive use of your time through the summer.

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Have you ever had an idea or project you wanted to build, but didn’t know where to start? We launched the TU20 fellowship to get projects off the drawing board and into real life over a 6 week period.

Apply for the 2020 Fellowship

Want to be apart of the 2020 Fellowship? If you have an idea for a project you want to build over the summer, this is a great opportunity to receive a funding of $1000, and to work with a mentor to get your project off the ground.

You can apply individually or with a friend!

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2019 TU20 Fellows

Ethan Cho

Ethan Cho is a student attending Mcmaster University and studying in Btech Automotive stream. He is very ambitious and always loves to push himself to learn more.

Project: Autonomous Delivery Drone

This project started with my vision of utilizing drones for deliveries as well as other purposes. I was hoping to make a drone that is capable of making deliveries and having the ability to detect humans so that the user interface could be done with hand gestures as well as facial recognition.

I wanted to give myself a project that I am incapable of understanding or doing at that moment. Forcing myself to push my boundaries and learn more complex material.

David Li

David is a rising junior at John Fraser Secondary School. He has a passion for business, education, and software development and wants to take his abilities to improve the lives of students in any way possible. For the past two years, David has worked as a software developer building internal applications (and the odd public-facing app) for small to medium sized businesses – transferring that knowledge and passion into his school community by creating a 3D printing program and a hack-a-thon.

Jason Huang

Jason Huang is a high school student at John Fraser. He has been programming since middle school, and has worked on everything from web-based Android apps to console-based utilities. He was also one of the founding members of the school’s VEX Robotics team, and has competed for the past two years. Jason is also a big fan of Linux and open source software. He hopes to study either computer science or engineering in university.

Project: Fraser Connect

With traditional in-school announcement methods (such as delivering them over a loudspeaker) wasting over 20 hours of classroom time (per student) every year in Ontario schools, we created Fraser Connect to offer a more efficient and convenient solution in order to save valuable classroom time while improving student engagement across in-school events.

Fraser Connect is a cross platform educational app that digitises important social functions in education; allowing students to engage with in-school events at greater rates. By facilitating easy mobile access to announcements posted by clubs and the school – as well as a personalizable events feed – Fraser Connect bolsters student engagement rates and saves both students and teachers time in the classroom.

Arushi Wadhwa

Arushi Wadhwa will be attending McMaster University for Life Science starting in the fall. Her interest in public speaking came from the activities she participated in while attending White Oaks Secondary School, where she recently graduated from under the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

Alice Chen

Alice Chen is a Grade 12 student in the International Baccalaureate program at White Oaks Secondary School. She’s been deeply involved in activism, public speaking, and community service throughout the past few years. As president of White Oaks DECA and White Oaks Debate, she has transitioned to focus more on coaching younger students with their communication skills.

Stephanie Xiang

Steph is a Grade 11 IB student at White Oaks Secondary. She hopes to study either computer science or business management in post-secondary. Being honest, all three sciences terrify Steph, so arts and humanities are the only options here. Her passions lie in graphic design and visual arts.

You can read their blog post here:

Fellowships 2019: Voca Speak

by viktork | Nov 30, 2019 | TU20 Fellowships

This article was written by 2019 fellowship winners Alice Chen, Arushi Wadhwa and Stephanie Xiang. Project vision Today, communication skills are absolutely essential for success within and outside of school. However, students are often thrown into...

Project: Voca Speak

Today, communication skills are absolutely essential for success within and outside of school.
However, students are often thrown into presentations, interviews, and projects without a strong foundation supporting them. We aim to fill that gap, ensuring accessibility for all students.

We hope to offer kids ages 6-13 the coaching, support, and mentorship they need to become confident in their speaking abilities. Additionally, we will leverage this opportunity to further investigate the attitudes, challenges, and needs of our target demographic in regards to public
speaking.

2018 TU20 Fellows

Ansar Khan

“My name is Ansar Khan, and I will start studying Electrical Engineering at University of Waterloo this fall (class of 2023). I am really passionate for technology and finding a way to leverage its power for everyone. I have an interest for both the hardware and software side of tech. This passion allowed me to be the team captain of my high school robotics team throughout grade 11 and 12, leading our team to be provincial semi finalists this year. Apart from the technical side, I am also a huge football fan and have been playing since I was in grade 4.”

Dean Louizos

“My name is Dean Louizos and I will be going to McMaster University for Health Sciences in the fall. I have a great interest in science and mathematics and regularly compete in various contests, scoring in the top ten percent in Canada for physics. Aside from academics, I have been doing competitive dancing for many years and have a strong passion for the arts.”

Project: App for Diagnosing BPPV

BPPV (or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) occurs when there is a disruption to the normal flow of fluid in the semicircular canals of the inner ear. This could be caused by injury to the head or simply by a calcification moving through the fluid in the inner ear, making BPPV one of the primary causes of vertigo.

The app will look at the movement of the pupils of a patient after a health care professional has attempted to induced vertigo. Based on these movements, it will be able to tell whether or not the patient has BPPV and if they have it, it can locate which part of the inner ear is affected. Our app will be used mostly by doctors but could also be used by nurses at old age homes, as the elderly tend to suffer from BPPV more frequently than the young.

Shusil Shapkota

“My name is Shusil Shapkota and I am enrolled in Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo, starting this fall. I’ve been programming for over three years, mostly in Java and HTML, but I also know a bit of Swift and C#. Using this knowledge, I came 3rd in the 2018 Halton Hackathon, was the lead Android developer of SOLTA, and have made few applications such as Classroom clone, Kinematics calculator, and Students tracker. Besides my programming experience, I am also a soccer player, a black belt in Taekwondo, and I was a member of the CKSS Spartans Robotics.”

Parmeet Singh

“My name is Parmeet Singh, I am 17 years old and I am currently enrolled at the University of Toronto, studying Life Sciences. I have excelled in academics at my school achieving the honor roll all four years, and have completed the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM). In particular, I have always enjoyed the fields of science and technology, and especially how they are shaping our future, and as such I have been a 4-year member of the school robotics team, and have actively taken all science, math, and computing courses offered at our school. I primarily have experience with user interface app design and Java. I am fascinated by the study of medicine which I hope to pursue in the future, however, I know the importance of technology and the role it plays in medical community; which is why I want to use my technical skills and my passion for science to create a practical app which will help society as a whole.”

Project: Pillmate

The project we are working on is an Android application which we have named Pillmate. It is a smart medication reminder app suited for anyone that wishes to get reminders, track habits, see progress, search information, and organize their medicines. In detail, it allows users to set pills, med refill, and various appointment reminders, also allowing them to look up their drugs in case they want more information.

Calvin Mozola

“My name is Calvin Mozola and I have just graduated from Craig Kielburger Secondary School and will be heading off to Ryerson in September for computer Science. I enjoy working with technology and have been apart of my school FIRST™ robotics club for all 4 years of high school.”