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Major Award Winners
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| Award |
Best Project Award |
| Student |
Jack Shannon |
| School |
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare |
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Ireland’s Carbon Sinks – Remote Sensing for Monitoring Peatland Restoration |
| Teacher |
Yvonne Nolan |
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| Award |
Runner-up Best Project Award |
| Student |
Kamaya Gogna |
| School |
St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin |
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Using Machine Learning To identify Radiolucencies on Panoramic Dental Radiographs |
| Teacher |
Daryl Dunne |
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| Award |
Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award |
| Students |
Holly Smyth, Ruby Kennedy, Niamh O Carroll |
| School |
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire, Sallins Road, Naas, Co. Kildare |
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Board Magnifying Device |
| Teacher |
Nadine Hennessy |
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| Award |
EirGrid Climate and Delivering a Cleaner Energy Future Award |
| Students |
Kateryna Skorokhod, Freyja Cleary, Clementine van Steenberge |
| School |
Loreto Abbey Secondary School, Dalkey, Co. Dublin |
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An Investigation of Waves |
| Teacher |
David Cullen |
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| Award |
Intel Technology Award |
| Students |
Tara Redmond, Katie Devine, Aaron Kearney |
| School |
Boyne Community School, Trim, Co. Meath |
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Any-Time Rain |
| Teacher |
Maria Byrne |
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| Award |
Institute of Physics Award |
| Students |
Mya Hennessy Schmidt, Kate O' Donovan, Johanna Chapman |
| School |
F.C.J. Secondary School, Bunclody, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford |
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Expose the Manicure |
| Teacher |
Pauline Wheeler |
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| Award |
Business Excellence Institute Award |
| Students |
Sinead Byrne, Ellie Coffey |
| School |
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire, Sallins Road, Naas, Co. Kildare |
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Green Habits- An App that Helps Users Create Eco-Friendly Habits |
| Teacher |
Nadine Hennessy |
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| Award |
Smurfit Kappa Sustainability Award |
| Student |
Manus Ó Baoighil |
| School |
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School, St Patricks Close, Dublin 8 |
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Sustainable Building Materials |
| Teacher |
Ash Hussain |
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| Award |
SciFest Communication Award |
| Student |
Charlie McGriele |
| School |
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare |
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An investigation into the optimal environmental conditions for mould growth |
| Teacher |
Yvonne Nolan |
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| Award |
Accenture Maths in Science Award |
| Students |
Hugo O'Leary, Gavin Keane, Matthew Ruddy |
| School |
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare |
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Didymos Destruction - Altering path of an asteroid with rockets |
| Teacher |
Yvonne Nolan |
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| Award |
Regeneron Life Sciences Award |
| Students |
Stephanie Cherish Dan, Leah Mullen |
| School |
St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin |
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An Investigation which Compares the Effectiveness of Fermented Foods against E.Coli (K-12) Compared to Lactic Acid Bacteria |
| Teacher |
Helen Teehan |
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| Award |
SciFest Chemistry Student Award |
| Students |
Eliza Bielak |
| School |
St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin |
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Investigating How People Generate Their Own Oxidation Field and Change the Indoor Chemistry Around Them |
| Teacher |
Daryl Dunne |
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| Award |
ESERO Ireland Discover Space Award |
| Students |
Éabha McBride, Layla Nolan |
| School |
St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin |
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Using machine learning and classification algorithms to determine degeneration in vegetation |
| Teacher |
Daryl Dunne |
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| Award |
ESERO Ireland Discover Space Teacher Award |
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St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin |
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| Teacher |
Daryl Dunne |
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| Award |
Irish Science Teachers’ Association Student Award |
| Student |
Joe Molloy |
| School |
Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin |
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Programming Educational Software To Teach Children Science |
| Teacher |
Stephen McGroggan |
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| Award |
Dawn Meats Agricultural Science Award |
| Students |
Patryk Wrobel, Isolde Clifford, Keeley Martin |
| School |
St Mary's College, St. Marys Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth |
Project
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Robot Planter |
| Teacher |
Jade Reddy |
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DCU Merit Award Winners
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| Award |
DCU Physical Sciences Junior |
| Students |
Riain Singh, Rayann Narensamy |
| School |
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare |
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Is There a Relationship Between Bottle Shape, Opening Time and Fizzieness of a Carbonated Drink? |
| Teacher |
Yvonne Nolan |
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| Award |
DCU Technology Junior |
| Student |
Fionnán Boyle |
| School |
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare |
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AI vs Humans - Which is Better at Recognising Human Emotions |
| Teacher |
Yvonne Nolan |
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| Award |
Merit Intermediate |
| Student |
Abigail Buckley |
| School |
Community College Dunshaughlin, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath |
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Cancer Awareness |
| Teacher |
Claire Tuttlebee |
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| Award |
Merit Senior |
| Student |
Sarah Campbell, Leah Loughlin Carraher, |
| School |
Rockford Manor Secondary School, Stradbrook Rd, Blackrock, Co, Dublin |
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A Statistical Analysis of the Impact of Menstrual Cycle Syncing on Performance in Elite Females' Sports Teams. |
| Teacher |
Kelly Ryan |
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| Award |
Merit Group |
| Student |
Alicia Duffy, Emma Gojak, Maeve Bilag |
| School |
Rockford Manor Secondary School, Stradbrook Rd, Blackrock, Co, Dublin |
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Flower Power : An investigation into the antimicrobial properties of rose petals and their effectiveness in treating acne. |
| Teacher |
Kelly Ryan |
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| Award |
Merit Individual - Senior |
| Student |
Matthew Kelly |
| School |
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare |
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Should All Farmers Be Made Plant Trees? |
| Teacher |
Yvonne Nolan |
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| Award |
Merit Individual - Intermediate |
| Student |
Aziz Meral |
| School |
The Donahies Community School, Streamville Road, Dublin 13 |
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Automatic Fire Extinguisher |
| Teacher |
Graham Conway |
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| Award |
Merit Individual - Junior |
| Student |
Catarina Nepomuceno |
| School |
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire, Sallins Road, Naas, Co. Kildare |
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Towards a Greener Future: Mapping the Age-Environmental Concern Correlation in Irish Schools |
| Teacher |
Nadine Hennessy |