Introducing the SciFest STEM superstars of 2014
SciFest@College 2014 ITC SciFest@College 2014 ITT Dublin—SFI Best Project Award winner
SFI Best Project Award winners
SciFest 2014 SFI Discover Best Project Award winners Venue
School
Teacher
Student
Project Title
AIT
Tullamore College, Riverside, Co. Offaly
Jillian Browne Cian Fogarty and John Tobin
Science and Sewage
CIT
Pobalscoil na Tríonóide, Youghal, Co. Cork
Crona McCarthy
Bobby McCarthy, Edmond O'Halloran and Oisín Keniry
AgriScan
NorthOakgrove Integrated College, West Gransha Park, Derry Derry
Christine Gilmore
Megan Duffy and Zoe McGirr
A seed harvesting kit for subsistence farmers in developing countries
DIT
Dominican College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Michael Moriarty
Kate Culligan and Clodagh Hunt-Sheridan
A research study of the X-ray properties of black hole binary stars
DkIT
St Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk, Co. Louth
John White
Rachel Ní Dhonnachadha and Shannon Ní Dhonnachadha
Karate: the science of punching
GMIT
Mary Immaculate Secondary John Sims School, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare
Aisling O'Rourke
An examination of rock pool fish communities on shores north and south of Galway Bay
ITB
Willow Park School, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Aoife Culhane
Ben Brown, Sean Hannon and Cian Dunne
The eradication of paper receipts
ITC
Avondale Community College, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
Aoife Sullivan
Mark Roche and Cormac Ward
Be on track with the BVD pack
ITS
Meán Scoil Muire gan Smál, Convent Rd, Roscommon
Padraig Harlow
Nicole Dolan and Erica Neilan
Use of ultrasonics for sterilisation in brewing and fermentation
ITT
Mount Anville Secondary School, Bernard Goatstown Road, Dublin 14 Crampton
Ria Reddy
Pure copper: the new soap solution?
IT St Brendan's College, Killarney, Marie Tralee Co. Kerry Vaughan
Jack Knoblauch, James Knoblauch Is there a future for micro-hydroelectricity in and Harry Knoblauch Ireland?
LIT
St Caimin’s Communtiy School, Shannon, Co. Clare
Deirdre McGrath
Aláine Ní Laoí
A comparison of flight strategy efficiency in raptors
LITTipp.
Coláiste Dún Iascaigh, Cahir, Co Tipperary
Rachel Burke
Kayleigh Bourke, Ceili Cowan and Do you get the MSG? Kenneth Conlon
LyIT
Our Lady's Secondary School, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan
Kathyrn Higgins
Christopher Carragher
An electronic device to enhance independent living for those who suffer memory loss.
WIT
Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge, Baile Seán Mhic Gunair, Port Láirge Ó Catháin
Coill Ó Crotaigh
An investigation into the use of ash as an insulation
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Boston Scientific joins SciFest as Project Partner
SciFest is delighted to announce
SciFest 2014 National Final SciFest@SFI Discover The SciFest 2014 National Final will take place on 7 November in the Marino Conference Centre, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9. The SFI Discover Best Project Award winner/s from each of the 15 SciFest@College 2014 venues will be given the opportunity to present their projects to a team of judges, their teachers, parents and invited guests. The guest of honour at the awards ceremony will be Minister Damien English, TD. The prizes include: SciFest 2014 Grand Award. The recipients of this award will represent Ireland at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in Pittsburgh in May 2015 The Berlin Long Night of Science Award The SEAI INESPO International Environment & Sustainability Project Olympiad (INESPO) Award
that Boston Scientific has joined SFI Discover and Intel Ireland as a SciFest project partner.
To celebrate the partnership a special medical devices award
The project report books of the 15
will be presented at the SciFest
regional SEAI Award winners were
national final in November.
recalled and 6 projects were selected by a panel of judges to present
A NEW AWARD, The Boston
their projects and compete at the
Scientific Medical Devices Award,
national final. The award is a new
Will be presented at each of the
award for SciFest 2014 and is being
15 SciFest@College 2015 venues. Additional information and a
SciFest 2014 SEAI Award winners with Aoife Cannon, SEAI
sponsored by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).
PowerPoint presentation explaining what is meant by a medical
SciFest 2014 SEAI INESPO Finalists
device may be found on the
Venue
SciFest website.
CIT
sations that make the programme possible.
Claire Holland
Student/s Ellen Fitzgerald, Aoife Dolan and Niamh Nyhan
Project Non-integrated LED bulb
DIT
Paul Nugent
Carla Kaveh and Emma Wilson
The study of differences in level crossing waiting times along the Dublin DART line and their contribution to CO2 emissions
ITB
Willow Park School, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Aoife Culhane
Ben Brown, Sean Hannon and Cian Dunne
The eradication of paper receipts
ITS
St Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Oonagh Redmond
Diarmuid Geever
Rain: a free source of water?
IT Tralee
St Brendan's College, Killarney, Co Kerry
Marie Vaughan
Jack, James and Harry Knoblauch
Is there a future for micro-hydroelectricity in Ireland
NorthWest Derry
Oakgrove Integrated College, Gransha Park, Derry
Laura Corbett
Siofra Flynn, Eva O'Connell and Lauren Moran
Wind turbine investigations
acknowledges the contributions of all the companies and organi-
Teacher
Santa Sabina Dominican College, Sutton, Dublin
SciFest is entirely dependent on sponsorship and gratefully
School Sacred Heart Secondary School, Co Cork