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Technological University Dublin Grangegorman Award Winners 2026

Major Award Winners

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Award Best Project Award
Student Srinidhi Karthik
School Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Project
 A Multi-Objective Framework for Predictive Neural Subgraph Discovery in Brain Connectivity Networks
Teacher Gavin Beirne
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Award Runner-up Best Project Award
Student Alexander Vysotski, Conor O'Neill
School The Institute of Education, 79-85 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2
Project
 Tact AI
Teacher Catriona Hendry
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Award Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award
Students Tavishi Mishra, Palak Rudraki, Leo Zxu
School The Institute of Education, 79-85 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2
Project
 NeuroTrace - Connecting Cognitive Behavioural Observations with Clinical Dementia Assessment Through a Caregiver-Assisted Digital Platform
Teacher Catriona Hendry
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Award EirGrid Cleaner Climate Award
Students Ciara O'Connor
School Sutton Park School, St Fintans Road, Sutton, Dublin 13
Project
 Cooling Without Power: Investigating Radiative Cooling Performance Across Surface Materials
Teacher Joanne Hanratty
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Award Intel Technology Award
Students Alanna Fuller, Ciara Daly
School Stratford College, 1 Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Project
 The Great Safety Adventure
Teacher Helen O'Kelly
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Award Keenova STEM Excellence Award
Students Elijah Preston
School St Andrews College, Booterstown Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Project
 Solar-Powered Low-Cost Robot River Skimmer for Oil-Based Pollution Removal
Teacher Laura Brogan
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Award Regeneron Life Sciences Award
Students Siya Chen
School Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin, Cluain Saileach, Baile Atha Cliath 15
Project
 Extracting DNA from Burnt and Non-Burnt Fruits
Teacher Jennifer McIntyre
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Award Business Excellence Institute Award
Students Laura Talar
School St Dominics College, Cabra, Dublin 7
Project
 Python-Based Food Waste Reduction App
Teacher Adam Connell
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Award SciFest 20th Anniversary Award
Student Iseult O'Neill
School St Andrews College, Booterstown Ave, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Project
 Can Low Neutrophil Levels Caused by Chemotherapy Sometimes Cause High Temperatures?
Teacher Ailbhe Davoren
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Award SciFest Physics Award
Students Ethan Carroll, Samuel Jinto, Ephraim Saju
School Colaiste Pobail Setanta, Phibblestown Community College, Phibblestown, Dublin 15
Project
 We Created an App to Help Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Teacher Laura Kelly
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Award SciFest Chemistry Award
Students Constantin Ionesi
School Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin, Cluain Saileach, Baile Atha Cliath 15
Project
 Investigating How the Type and Concentration of Acid/Base Affect Electrical Conductivity
Teacher Kieran O Farrell
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Award SciFest Maths in Sciences Award
Students Sheng Yu Han, Marius Weeramanthri-Flynn, Juan Monfort Rivila
School Blackrock College, Rock Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Project
 To Investigate the Correlation Between Club Path, Face Angle and the Resultant Starting Direction and Curve of a Golf Ball
Teacher Jim Donnelly
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Award SciFest Social Science Award
Students Eva OConnor, Grace Kelly
School Loreto Secondary School
Project
 Period Power: Perceived vs Measured Strength During Menstruation in Adolescents
Teacher Brian Higgins
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Award ESERO Ireland Discover Space Student Award
Students Tate Tomkin Beddy
School Blackrock College, Rock Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Project
 GeoGuard: Geofencing Technology to Detect and Prevent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Irish Waters
Teacher Jim Donnelly
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Award ESERO Ireland Discover Space Teacher Award
Students Tate Tomkin Beddy
School Blackrock College, Rock Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Project
 GeoGuard: Geofencing Technology to Detect and Prevent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Irish Waters
Teacher Jim Donnelly
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Award Irish Science Teachers’ Association Student Award
Students Amelia Gorniak, Oliwia Badowska
School Clogher Road Community College, Clogher Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Project
 An Investigation of the Factors That Affect the Isolation of DNA from Fruit
Teacher Darina Morin
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Award SciFest Communication Award
Students Sohila Rashwan, Carla O'Kelly
School St Raphaela's Secondary School, Upper Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Project
 Gene Editing in Organisms
Teacher Crena Shevlin
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Award TU Dublin Commendation Award
Students Siona Lauren Fernandes, Ann Rose Francis, Nini Tsintsadze
School St Dominics College, Cabra, Dublin 7
Project
 ArthiAssist
Teacher Annie Flynn
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Award TU Dublin Commendation Award
Students Lusine Shahumyan
School St Raphaela's Secondary School, Upper Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Project
 Smart Waste Sorting: Reducing Recycling Contamination
Teacher Crena Shevlin
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