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	SciFest 2009 Photos
	Intel Celebrates Excellence in Scrience and Launch of Scifest 2009 Intel Excellence in Science Award Winners Back L to R: David Hanevy (Athlone Community College), P.J. O’Donoghue (St Colman’s College, Fermoy), Peter Wilson (Skerries Community College), Gerry Nolan (Intel Ireland Education Specialist), Dr Jimmy Devins T.D. (Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation), Sheila Porter (SciFest National Coordinator), Robert Kenny (Athlone Community College), Alex Carey and Jane Aston (Christ King Girls Secondary School, Cork). Front L to R: Ciara Stein (Presentation Secondary School, Tralee), Robert Neary and Raafay Shehzad (Lucan Community College), Fergal Roue, Sean Walsh and Thomas Quinn-Bailie (St Gerald’s College, Castlebar), Adrian Shannon (Colaiste Bhride, Carnew, Co Wicklow) and Mary Prendergast (Blackwater Community School, Co Waterford).
		Launch of SciFest 2009 L to R: Blathnaid Sheridan (DIT), Marie Walsh (LIT), Frank Turpin (Intel Ireland), Aideen Hodgins (ITB), Dr Jimmy Devins T.D. (Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation), Gerry Nolan and Sheila Porter (Intel Ireland), Peter Brabazon (Discover Science and Engineering), Dr Sheila Donegan (WIT), Dr Brian Murray( IT Tallaght) and Margaret Mulrooney (IT Sligo)
		SciFest 2009 Athlone IT Abbott Runner-up Best Project Award Shauna Coffey, Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone and Rod Toner (Abbott Ireland) Project Title - ‘The physics of dance’
		SciFest 2009 Athlone IT Enterprise Ireland Creation Award David Toolan, Marist College, Athlone explaining his project to Dr Eileen Lane (AIT) Project Title - ‘Magnet car’
		SciFest 2009 Institute of Technology Blanchardstown Discover Sensors Award Maria Kennedy and Lauren Keegan St. Peter's College Dunboyne, Co. Meath Project Title – ‘Juicy Vegetables’
		SciFest 2009 Institute of Technology Blanchardstown Conor Quinn and Conor O'Dwyer, St. Peter's College, Dunboyne, Co Meath Project Title – ‘It's a Slippery Slope’
		SciFest 2009 Cork IT BT Best Communicator Award Anna McNamara Taylor, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co Cork Project Title - Investigation of the effects of different types of games on ability to perform specific tasks
		SciFest 2009 Cork IT Intel Best Project Award Joe Murphy, Brion O'Flynn, St. Goban's College, Bantry, Co Cork Project Title – ‘Visual and audio memory of children aged 12-17yrs. both male and female’
		SciFest 2009 Millennium Forum, Derry Niamh Mc Devitt, Sharon Dorrity, Alice O’Hare and Vikas Ram, Nazareth House Primary/Model Primary (Joint entry) Project Title – ‘The Wonderful World of Woodlice’
		SciFest 2009 Millennium Forum, Derry BT Best Communicator Award Presented by Lindsay Atkinson (BT) to Matthew Ball, Timothy Clarke, Eamonn Brown and Shaun Doherty, St Peter’s, Derry Project Title - ‘The Day after tomorrow’
		SciFest 2009 Dublin Institute of Technology Leah Kelly and Zainab Raouf, Loreto College Foxrock, Dublin demonstrating their project which investigated whether mobile phones can be charged using solar energy.
		SciFest 2009 Dublin Institute of Technology Sujith Galla, Salesian College, Celbridge, Co Kildare explaining his project ‘Pickups and Faradays Law of Induction’ to other students at the exhibition
		SciFest 2009 Dundalk Institute of Technology A future SciFest winner Ross Nevin with Laura Reilley, Zoe Nevin and Rebeca Sweeney, St. Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk Project Title – ‘Left or right, which is more common?’
		SciFest 2009 Dundalk Institute of Technology Students attending the opening ceremony in the Whittaker Theatre
		SciFest 2009 Letterkenny Institute of Technology Deele College students Keara Mc Glinchey, Conor Crawford and Leanne Roan with their Physical Science award winning project entitled 'What materials work best in sandbags for blocking flood waters'
		SciFest 2009 Letterkenny Institute of Technology Judges examining the Coláiste Ailigh project which checked the precision of different types of golf putters. The students are from left: Seosamh Mac Oscair, Séamus Ó Mortún and Aindriú ó Cnaimhsí-Scalaí
		SciFest 2009 Limerick Institute of Technology Intel Best Project Award Michael Shannon and Sr Margaret Pepper, Kilrush Community School, Co Clare Project Title – ‘To test the effects of microwaves on PTFE glass coated fabric’
		SciFest 2009 Limerick Institute of Technology Discover Sensors Award Dr Oonagh Meighan (Discover Science and Engineering), Dylan Grace, Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh, and Siobhan Murphy (PharmaChemical Ireland) Project Title – ‘Eifeacht teas ar pH agus seoltacht deochanna eagsula’
		SciFest 2009 Institute of Technology Sligo Students investigating the properties of dry ice
		SciFest 2009 Institute of Technology Sligo Photograph taken with a camera attached to a helium balloon
		SciFest 2009 IT Tallaght Intel Best Project Award Shona Mulligan, Niamh McDonnell, Hannah Doherty, Confey College, Leixlip with Gerry Nolan (Intel), Virginia O’Hehir (science teacher), Sheila Porter (SciFest National Coordinator) and Peter Brabazon (Discover Science and Engineering) Project Title – ‘An investigation to see how Schools contribute to the development of Type 2 Diabetes in their Schools, and what they can do to prevent it’
		SciFest 2009 IT Tallaght Discover Sensors Award Jennifer-Marie Seeru, Shauna McKay and Grenna Joyce Mirabel, Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School, Mourne Road, Drimnagh, Dublin, with their teacher Geraldine Walsh and Peter Brabazon (Discover Science and Engineering) Project Title – ‘The Heat of Neutralisation’
		SciFest 2009 Institute of Technology Tralee Intel Best Project Award Maire Ni Loinsigh, Colaiste Na Sceilge, Cahersiveen, Co Kerry with Dr Edmond Harty (Dairymaster) and Dr Joseph Walsh (IT Tralee) Project Title – ‘Chun Cosc A Chur Ar An Damaiste Agus Dochar A Dheanann Seilioi Agus Druchtini Don Cabaiste Ag Usaid’
		SciFest 2009 Institute of Technology Tralee Abbott Runner Up Best Project Award Tim Farrell and Richard Rafferty, Mercy Mount Hawk, Tralee, Co Kerry Project Title – ‘Handy Hygiene’
		SciFest 2009 Tipperary Institute Abbott Runner Up Best Project Award Conor Cuddihy, Scoil Ruain, Killenaule, Co Tipperary Project Title – ‘Paper aeroplane project’
		SciFest 2009 Tipperary Institute BT Best Communicator Award Aine Byrne, Annette Faul and Michelle Collins, Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles Project Title – ‘Plant Power: are you using the right plant food?’
		SciFest 2009 Waterford Institute of Technology Discover Sensors Award Peter Brabazon, Discover Science and Engineering, Aishling McDonald, Mairead Grace, and Lisa Gannon, Our Lady’s of Lourdes School, New Ross Project Title – ‘Testing washing powders’
		SciFest 2009 Waterford Institute of Technology Chris Cavanagh, Blackwater Community School, Lismore, Co Waterford Project Title – ‘Moo Glue’
	Intel Celebrates Excellence in Science and Launch of SciFest 2009 - October 2008	320kb
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