SciFest Ezine, SciFest@Intel Special Edition, Volume 3, Number 2, November 2011

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SciFest@Intel Special Edition

• SciFest 2012

Turning plastic into petrol wins SciFest@Intel

Closing date for receipt of entries to SciFest@College is 2 March 2012

Grand Award

• WIN AN IPOD SciFest Science Week 2011Crossword Competition. Closing date for receipt of entries is 28 Nov. 2011. The crossword is downloadable from the website www.scifest.ie • The dates and venues for SciFest@College 2012 are now available on the website www.scifest.ie

28/10/2011 Two

students,

Ruairí and

O’Neill E og ha n

Flynn

from

Blackwater Community

School,

Lismore,

Co.

Waterford picked up the top prize INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

at SciFest@Intel 2011

SciFest@ Intel Judges

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Project Abstract: ‘Polyfuel – a novel solution to fuel shortages and disposal of ELPs’

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SciFest@Intel Finalists

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Robert Boyle Science Festival

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SciFest 2012 Contact information

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for

technology

their

Ruairi O’Neill and Eoghan Flynn, Blackwater Community School, Lismore, Co. Waterford with Minister Ciarán Cannon TD

project, ‘Polyfuel – a

SciFet@Intel is an exhibi-

Kildare and to compete for

novel solution to fuel

tion of the winning projects

the grand award.

shortages and disposal

from 14 regional SciFest

In

of ELPs’.

Minister of

fairs which took place ear-

achievement at the 14 re-

State for Training and

lier this year at Institutes of

gional

Skills, Ciarán Cannon,

Technology

the

events each of the 33 stu-

TD presented the win-

country and the University

dents was presented with

ners with their prize - a

of Ulster, Derry.

an

trip to the International

tional final gives the win-

STEM medal by Minister

Science and Engineering

ning students an opportu-

Ciarán Cannon, TD.

Fair in Pittsburgh, Penn-

nity to showcase their pro-

Before the Grand Award

sylvania in May 2012,

jects at the Open Innova-

was announced Peter Bra-

where they will represent

tion Lab at Intel’s head-

bazon,

Ireland.

quarters in Leixlip, Co.

launched SciFest 2012.

around

The na-

recognition

of

their

SciFest@College

Intel

Excellence

DSE,

in

officially


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