National Award Winners 2009
Scifest 2011 National award winners
Grand Award Winners: Ruairi O’Neill and Eoghan Flynn, Blackwater Community School, Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Project Title: ‘Polyfuel – A novel solution to fuel shortages and disposal of ELPs’ (Technology Category)
- The Award: An opportunity to compete and represent Ireland in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in May 2012. Their teacher David King will accompany them on the trip.
Scifest 2010 National award winners
SciFest 2010 was a huge success with 2649 students exhibiting 1097 projects in 15 venues throughout Ireland. This represented a 33.6% increase in the number of students participating compared to 2009. In the three years since SciFest was launched nationwide more than 6 241 students have exhibited projects.
Well done to all who participated ? students, teachers, parents, judges and regional organisers. Thank you to all who sponsored prizes at each event and to all who played a role in making it possible. We hope to see you all again at SciFest 2011.
There were lots of awards to be won at each SciFest event. The projects were of a very high standard so well done to all the deserving students who received awards.
Four major awards were presented at each Institute of Technology:
- Best Project, sponsored by Intel Ireland
- Runner-up Project, sponsored by Abbott Ireland
- BT Best Communicator Award, sponsored by BT
- Discover Sensors Award, sponsored by Discover Sensors (the best project in which the investigation involved substantial use of one or more digital sensors.)
2 prizes ? Winner Prize and Highly Commended Prize
Category prizes, display awards, and best communicator awards were also given and some of the Institutes of Technology presented trophies sponsored by the relevant Institute.
Mathematics in Science Award
At each Institute of Technology the judges were asked to identify the project which best illustrated the importance of mathematics in science. The ten selected projects were then passed to a SciFest judging panel. The standard was very high and finally the following three projects were awarded prizes.
Congratulations to
- FIRST PRIZE - Killian O'Dwyer, CBS Ennistymon, Co. Clare
'An Investigation into the Shortest Distance between Vertices in Various 3-D Solids'
Teacher: Mary Lyons
- FIRST PRIZE - Rachel McCole, Maryrose McLoone, and Kate Ryan, St Columba?s Comprehensive School, Glenties, Co. Donegal
'Is your bag weighing you down'
Teacher: Kathleen Molloy
- HIGHLY COMMENDED PRIZE - Aisling Neary, Sacred Heart School, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
'Skating on Dry Ice'
Teacher: Sindy Meleady
As part of the Discover Sensors Awards the mentoring teachers of the winning projects at each Institute of Technology received a Creative VADO mini camcorder.
Congratulations to
- Helen Teehan, St Joseph's Secondary School, Rush, Co Dublin
- Regina Greehy, Holy Child Secondary School, Military Road, Killiney, Co Dublin
- Eanna McGrath, CBS Dungarvan, Co Waterford
- Mary Pat Pilkington, Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School, Rosbercon, New Ross, Co Wexford
- John Sims, Mary Immaculate Secondary School,, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare
- Mary Farrell, St Mary's Secondary School, Edenderry, Co Offaly
- Raymond Tynan, Virginia College, Virginia, Co Cavan
- Liam Begley, Mayfield Community School, Mayfield, Co Cork
- Eamonn Connolly, Nagle Community College, Blackrock, Co Cork
- Mary Lyons, Ennistymon CBS, Ennistymon, Co Clare
- Miriam Hamilton, Laurel Hill Secondary School, South Circular Road, Limerick
- Syl McEvoy, Colaiste Lorcain, Castledermot, Co Carlow
- Clare Nooney, Sacred Heart Grammer School, 10 Ashgrove Avenue, Newry, Co Down
- John White, St Vincent's Secondary School, Seatown, Dundalk, Co Louth
- Collette Wilson, Colaiste Chomain, Ros Dumhach, Beal Anatha, Co Mhaigheo
- Padraig Harlow, Meanscoil Muire Gan Smal,, Convent of Mercy, Roscommon
- Aoife Byrne, Willow Park School, Booterstown, Co Dublin
- Michelle Dunne, St Joseph's College, Lucan, Co Dublin
- Ross O'Connor, Wesley College, Ballinteer, Dublin 16
- Clem O'Keeffe, Presentation Secondary School, Tralee, Co Kerry
- Geraldine O'Shea, CBS The Green, Tralee, Co Kerry
- Shane O'Breachain, Colaiste Ailigh, High Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal
- Ann Blanking, St Mary's College, Fanad Drive, Creggan, Derry, BT48 9QE
Apple iPod touch (8GB) SciFest 2010 Prize Draw
A prize draw was held for the students and teachers that completed the SciFest 2010 Evaluation Form.
The following students each won an Apple iPod touch (8GB)
- Alec Barber, Sligo Grammar School, The Mall, Sligo
- Danielle Creaney, Coláiste Lorcáin, Castledermot, Co Kildare
- Jess Manley, Coláiste Coilm, Ballincolig, Co Cork
- Claire English, Intermediate School Killorglin, Kilorgan, Co Kerry
- Grace McGlinchey, Deele College, Raphoe, Co Donegal
- Lauren Drumm, Jesus and Mary's College, Goatstown, Dublin 14
Click the links below to see the names of the four major award winners at each Institute of Technology
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