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Dublin City University Award Winners 2026

Major Award Winners

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Award Best Project Award
Student Riain Singh
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare
Project
 NeuroClassify: Custom Convolutional Neural Network Achieving 95% Brain Tumor Classification.
Teacher Yvonne Nolan
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Award Runner-up Best Project Award
Student Patrick Cribbin, Seán Harrigan, Ciarán Enright
School Boyne Community School, Trim, Co. Meath
Project
 Time and Type
Teacher Laura Murphy
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Award Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award
Students Eliza Simhas
School Loreto Secondary School, St Michaels, Navan, Co Meath
Project
 BreathSafe: An ML-Enabled Early-Warning Device for Asthma Risk
Teacher Marc Paul Lynn
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Award EirGrid Cleaner Climate Award
Students Ryan Doran
School Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
 Revolutionising Biogas Production with an All-In-One Digester
Teacher Peter Davis
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Award Judges' Recommendation Award
Students Thomas Hallahabad Pegum, Brian D L C O’connell
School Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
Project
 To Investigate the Properties of Wool in Pressure Sore Prevention and Wound Dressing
Teacher Evelyn Kane
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Award Intel Technology Award
Students Swasti Sahoo
School Adamstown Community College, Station Rd, Adamstown, Co. Dublin
Project
 Symbiome - the Hidden Signals of Stress: Can Multi-Modal Data Predict Stress and Map Resilience in Adolescents?
Teacher Sean O'Donnell
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Award Keenova STEM Excellence Award
Students Thomas Hallahabad Pegum, Brian D L C O’connell
School Gonzaga College, , Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
Project
 To Investigate the Properties of Wool in Pressure Sore Prevention and Wound Dressing
Teacher Evelyn Kane
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Award Regeneron Life Sciences Award
Students Boris Petrov, Syed Hashmi, Jin Heng Zhao
School Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
 Asthma Watch Monitor
Teacher Peter Davis
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Award Business Excellence Institute Award
Students William Byrne
School Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
 How Can We Use Hydrogen to Generate Clean Sustainable Energy
Teacher Peter Davis
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Award SciFest 20th Anniversary Award
Student Elsie O'Connell, Shanael Rebin
School St Conleths College, 28 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Project
 Medicine in our Hedgerows
Teacher Seamus Callaghan
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Award SciFest Physics Award
Students Kaashvi Saxena
School Coláiste Naomh Mhuire, Convent Of Mercy, Sallins Rd., Naas, Co. Kildare
Project
 Effect of Wavelength Filtering on Silicon Solar Panel Power Output
Teacher Eoghan O’Malley
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Award SciFest Chemistry Award
Students Serena Johnson, Agna Jeneesh Pulickal
School Loreto College Swords, Swords, Co. Dublin
Project
 Antacid vs an Acid
Teacher Niamh Kilcawley
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Award SciFest Maths in Sciences Award
Students Igor Mazur, Joba Adeyemi
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare
Project
 Modelling the Growth of the Invasive Asian Hornet (Vespa Veluntina) in Ireland.
Teacher Yvonne Nolan
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Award SciFest Social Science Award
Students Elizabeth Peppard, Anastasia Ciosu
School St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin
Project
 “More Than Just Period Pain: Raising Awareness of Endometriosis”
Teacher Kevin Delahunty
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Award ESERO Ireland Discover Space Student Award
Students Riya Kashyap, Tracy Oransoye
School Adamstown Community College, Station Rd, Adamstown, Co. Dublin
Project
 Mars Bioaugmentation with Lactobacillus or Yeast for Essential Vitamins
Teacher Sean ODonnell
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Award ESERO Ireland Discover Space Teacher Award
Students
School Adamstown Community College, Station Rd, Adamstown, Co. Dublin
Project
Teacher Sean O Donnell
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Award Irish Science Teachers’ Association Student Award
Students Raia Dhanvantara, Alan Lin, Mikolaj Slusarczyk
School Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
 Can Robots Take Care of Plants Better Than Humans
Teacher Peter Davis
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Award SciFest Communication Award
Students Sienna Gaskin
School Loreto College Swords, Swords, Co. Dublin
Project
 The Race of Nature
Teacher Niamh Kilcawley

DCU Commendation Awards

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Award DCU Commendation Award
Student Valentine Chukwuemeka Nwaeme
School Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School, Firhouse, Dublin 24
Project
 “Beyond the barrier”, An Investigation into Different Factors that Affect the Rate of Osmosis
Teacher Nicole Geissel
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Award DCU Commendation Award
Student Matilda Byrne O’Muiré
School Loreto College St Stephen Green, 53 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2
Project
 A Study into the Uses of Biochar
Teacher Katie Kinkaid
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Award DCU Commendation Award
Student Marwa Hussein
School Colaiste na hInse, Bettystown, Co. Meath
Project
 An Investigation into the Use of Herbal Extracts to Create Skin Products
Teacher Amie Trawally

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