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