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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

“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.

“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.”

Project: City Visualization Tool

Sponsored by Geotab

My project is a web tool that will assist city planners through data visualizations of idling areas, road hazards, and parking location. This information will help city planners make more informed decision to protect the environment by reducing idling time and safer road by identifying and fixing hazards.

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