TEAM MEMBERS
Andrew Booth, Kent Walter, Trevor Kloppenburg

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

University of Windsor

TEAM MEMBERS
Adrienne Mason, Santosh Malekar, Tahmid Sadique Mazumder, Julian Ramirez-Medina, Lizeth Ospina

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

Toronto Metropolitan University

FUN FACT

This team is using a blend of art and science to tackle aspects of nutrient pollution and harmful algal blooms affecting the Great Lakes. Their Algae Filter Apparatus is designed as an art piece, taking inspiration from the 'Stillsuit' of Frank Herbert's Dune. 

TEAM MEMBERS
Abhishek Udawat

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

FUN FACT

This team member loves canoeing and just had a daughter, whom they want to preserve the Great Lakes for.

TEAM MEMBERS
François Xavier Rioux, Jean-Christophe Gauthier Marquis, Louis-André Gagnon

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

FUN FACT

During the semi-finals, this team will be spread across three different time zones.

TEAM MEMBERS
Erik Barrett, Katherine Bazin, Siena Margorian, Anthony Létourneau

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

McGill University

FUN FACT

Every member of this team is from a different Canadian city/town!

TEAM MEMBERS
Regan Miller, Addie Diaz

TEAM MEMBERS
Khyati Joshi, Lachi Wankhede, Sidharth Sharma, Gaurav Bhardwaj

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

York University

FUN FACT

This team is working with fish, but don’t eat fish!

TEAM MEMBERS
Andrew Bacchus

TEAM MEMBERS
Ziyu Wang, Bo Peng, Guorui Zhang, Xueyan Lin

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

Concordia University

FUN FACT

This team brings together interests from AI, environmental sustainability, and precision agriculture—and they realized that some of their best project ideas started during casual conversations about climate resilience, satellite data, and farming technologies over coffee!

TEAM MEMBERS
Alessio Fortin, Devendra Pal, Zi Wang

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

McGill University

FUN FACT

This team has been to 28 different countries.

TEAM MEMBERS
Sabrine Sayadi

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal 

TEAM MEMBERS
Marc Chason, Dan Gamota, Prof. Marcia Silva, Prof. Christos Takoudis, Prof. Gregory Jursich, Rick Latella

FUN FACT

Their university–industry partnership is so lively that half of their meetings turn into accidental stunt shows.

TEAM MEMBERS
Haolun (Allen) Tian, Luke Schmidt

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
Queen's University

FUN FACT

This team is named after both the cute monotreme from Australia and the mother of monsters from Greek mythology!

TEAM MEMBERS
Aman Gurmani, Grishma Bakhedi, Hadiyah Arif, Karanveer Sidhu, Preksha Sood, Yusra Ahmed, Faria Islam, Anika Khan, Yusriyah Rahman

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
University of Windsor

TEAM MEMBERS
Patrick Li

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
University of Michigan

FUN FACT

This team started from a real aquaponics project at the University of Michigan, where they first experienced how difficult it can be to monitor dissolved oxygen and protect fish health in real time.

TEAM MEMBERS
Nicolas Betancur

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
University of Michigan

FUN FACT

For this team, this whole project has been an example of how building with AI empowers the engineer to expand beyond their specialty to make an interdisciplinary impact.

TEAM MEMBERS
Jessica Reemeyer, Aaliyah Lahai, Ashleigh Addison

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
University of Regina

FUN FACT

This is an all-woman team!

TEAM MEMBERS
Ali Aarabi, Romina Aarabi, Saeed Javadi

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
York University

TEAM MEMBERS
Samaneh Yaghoobian, Wonjun Lee, Mingxin Qu, Qiang Hu, Zhihan Wang, Tavayogeshwary Thangadurai 

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
Concordia University

FUN FACT

This team brings together expertise in electrochemical sensing, materials development, machine learning, mapping, and business strategy to turn complex laboratory-based PFAS testing into a field-friendly tool that communities and water managers could use more easily.

TEAM MEMBERS
Matis Garbez, Rin Baudelet, Karim Bouzid

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
University Laval

FUN FACT

The idea for this project was born 16 years ago, back in 2010, when one of their team members first dreamed it up in high school!

TEAM MEMBERS
Andrew Kamal

FUN FACT

This team got a shout-out from the Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE).

TEAM MEMBERS
Stanley Madziyire, Aliyu Saifullah Vandana

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
University of Windsor

FUN FACT

Their go-to spot for meals during work is Osmow's Shawarma (taking advantage of those student deals, of course).

TEAM MEMBERS
Daniel Cirimwami, Nathan Kennedy

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
McGill University

FUN FACT

Both team members speak three languages!

TEAM MEMBERS
Hemanshu Viswanathan, Aditya Ambarisha, Raghavendra Suswaram

ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
Novi High School

FUN FACT

This team was featured on the local news (WDIV) alongside Brittany VanderBeek in an interview advertising the AquaHacking Challenge! The segment got thousands of views. Watch it here!

TEAM MEMBERS
Brandon Kulow