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Please follow this link for AIT Category Awards winners.
Major Award Winners
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Science Foundation Ireland Best Project Award |
| Students |
Ronan Walsh |
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Colaiste Choilm, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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"Beat The Drought" - A smart, staged, domestic greywater, eco-treatment system. |
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Triona Muldoon |
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| Award |
Abbott Runner-up Best Project Award |
| Students |
Amy Fallon, Andrea Whyte |
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Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Using Artificial Neural Networks and Autoencoder to Detect When an Internet Connected Toy has Been Hacked |
| Teacher |
Martina Roache |
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| Award |
Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award |
| Students |
Sean Brennan, Declan Delaney, Robert Brennan |
| School |
Colaiste Mhuire, College st, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath |
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Interactive First Aid Kit |
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Eva Acton |
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| Award |
Specsavers Making a Difference Award |
| Students |
Sean Brennan, Declan Delaney, Robert Brennan |
| School |
Colaiste Mhuire, College st, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath |
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Interactive First Aid Kit |
| Teacher |
Eva Acton |
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| Award |
Intel Best Physical Science or Technology Project Award |
| Students |
Stephen Kelly, Christopher Kerrigan |
| School |
Moate Community School, Church Street, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
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Low voltage detection & alert system for electric fences |
| Teacher |
Mairead Cusack |
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| Award |
Institute of Physics Award |
| Students |
Luke Spollen, Donie Staunton, Darragh Farrell |
| School |
Oaklands Community College, Sr. Senan Avenue, Edenderry, Co. Offaly |
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Should the high tackle rule in rugby be more severe |
| Teacher |
Rebecca Kenneally |
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| Award |
Environmental Award |
| Students |
Leah Shaw |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Citrus Fruits - A Global Answer to Drought |
| Teacher |
Ellen Maguire |
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| Award |
Newstalk Best Communicator Award |
| Students |
Hannah Duffy, Niamh Jordan |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Irish heather honey means buzzness. Move over manuka! |
| Teacher |
Ellen Maguire |
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| Award |
Chemistry Award |
| Students |
Liadhan Murray |
| School |
Tullamore College, Riverside, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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An Investigation into the Levels of Hidden Aldehydes in E-cigarette Liquid |
| Teacher |
Elaine Howlin |
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| Award |
RSC School Chemistry Award (Royal Society of Chemistry Republic of Ireland Section) |
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(School Award) |
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Tullamore College, Riverside, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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| Teacher |
Elaine Howlin |
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| Award |
ESERO Discover Space Award |
| Students |
Vena Dandu, Chloe O’Rourke-Harris |
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Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Asteroid Mining: The New Solution |
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Julie-Anne Greaney |
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| Award |
ESERO Discover Space Teacher Award |
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(Teacher Award) |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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| Teacher |
Ms. Julie-Anne Greaney |
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Maths in Science Award |
| Students |
Orla Lyons |
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Lanesboro Community College, Knock, Lanesborough, Co. Longford, |
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Step over Maths; a step in the right directions? |
| Teacher |
Michael Lyons |
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| Award |
Irish Science Teachers' Association Award |
| Students |
Eoin McLoughlin, Scott Lawrence, Patrick Mullooly |
| School |
CBS Roscommon, Abbeytown, Ballypheasan, Roscommon |
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The effects of roof material on water runoff |
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Breege Grennan |
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AIT Award Winners - Special Awards
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| Award |
Best School Award (sponsored by AIT) |
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(School Award) |
| School |
Our Lady's Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Ellen Maguire, Julie-Anne Greaney |
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| Air Products Air and Water Quality Award |
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First Place
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| Student |
Ronan Walsh |
| School |
Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
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"BeatTheDrought" - A Smart, Staged, Domestic Greywater, Eco-Treatment System |
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Triona Muldoon |
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Second Place |
| Students |
Michelle Corcoran, Kirsty Lohan |
| School |
Moate Community School, Church Street, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
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Cut Chemicals Out, UV Will Help the Washout |
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Mairead Cusack |
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Third Place
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| Students |
Jay Looney, Oisin Murphy, Ruairi Casey |
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Moate Community School, Church Street, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
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Purification to Save The Nation |
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Mairead Cusack |
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Entrepreneurship Award (sponsored by Enterprise Ireland)
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| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Irene Finnerty, Aoife O’Neill, Aoibhe Lennon |
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Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Smart electric fence |
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Martina Roache |
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| NISO Health and Safety Award |
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First Place
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| Students |
Amy Fallon, Andrea Whyte |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Using Artificial Neural Networks and Autoencoder to Detect When an Internet Connected Toy has Been Hacked |
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Martina Roache |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Aoife McDermott, Aisling McCarthy |
| School |
Our Lady's Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Track that crash |
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Ellen Maguire |
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| AIT Health and Wellbeing Awards |
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First Place
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| Students |
David Masterson, Sean Tiernan |
| School |
Moyne Community School, Farmullagh, Moyne, Co. Longford |
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To investigate if excessive home screen time use has a negative effect on the wellbeing of 1st year students |
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John Masterson |
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Second Place
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| Students |
Daniel Madigan, Oliver Duffy, Joshua Gray |
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Moyne Community School, Farmullagh, Moyne, Co. Longford |
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The science of sleep & its link with health |
| Teacher |
John Masterson |
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| Cunningham's Pharmacy Health Science Awards |
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First Place
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| Students |
Liadhan Murray |
| School |
Tullamore College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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An Investigation into the Levels of Hidden Aldehydes in E-cigarette Liquid |
| Teacher |
Elaine Howlin |
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Second Place
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| Students |
Neil Hannon, Luke Coffey, Damien Kelly |
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Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Anaphylaxis – we need a reaction! |
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Martina Roache |
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Third Place
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| Students |
Orla Cuffe, Ivana Devery, Aine Cassidy |
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Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Can Holly make your farm Jolly? |
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Julie-Anne Greaney |
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| AIT Sports Science Award |
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First Place
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| Students |
Cristina Muriel |
| School |
Our Lady's Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Exercise, a menu for success |
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Ellen Maguire |
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Second Place
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| Students |
Luke Spollen, Donie Staunton, Darragh Farrell |
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Our Lady's Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Should the high tackle rule in rugby be more severe? |
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Rebecca Kenneally |
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| Bimeda Animal Health, Welfare and Production Award |
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First Place
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| Students |
Ellen O’Beirne, Eabha Dolan |
| School |
Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, Convent Rd, Ardnanagh, Roscommon |
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Comparing radishes grown in three different varieties of soil. |
| Teacher |
Anne Marie Callaghan |
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Second Place
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| Students |
Molly Flynn, Aoife Flynn |
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Tullamore College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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To investigate what colour seeds birds are most attracted to |
| Teacher |
Noreen Flynn |
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Third Place
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| Students |
Hannah Lennon, Eimear Gavin, Millie O'Brien |
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Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Code Red |
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Ellen Maguire |
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| Spectrum Signs Display Awards |
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Display Award - Group
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| Students |
Hannah Lennon, Eimear Gavin, Millie O'Brien |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Code Red |
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Ellen Maguire |
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| Award |
Display Award -Individual |
| Students |
Leah Shaw |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Citrus Fruits - A Global Answer to Drought |
| Teacher |
Ellen Maguire |
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| AIT health and Nutrition Award |
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First Place
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| Students |
Eve Murray, Megan Hough, Alex Brady |
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St. Brendan’s Community School, Townparks, Birr, Co. Offaly |
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A vegetarian world |
| Teacher |
Aoife O’Hara |
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Second Place
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| Students |
Benny Jagha, Sinead Keane, Emma-Louise Kelly |
| School |
Columba College, Killucan, Co. Westmeath |
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Is Monosoduim Glutamate Deciding What We Eat? |
| Teacher |
Enya Scally |
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AIT Award Winners - Category Awards
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| Category: Senior Life Sciences - Group (sponsored by Jazz Pharmaceuticals) |
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First Place
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| Students |
Kate Duffy, Isabelle Clarke |
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Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Sphagnum: A Super Solution for Superbugs? |
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Julie-Anne Greaney |
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Second Place
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| Students |
Sinead King, Benny Jagha, Emma Louise Kelly |
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Columba College, Killucan, Co. Westmeath |
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Is Monosoduim Glutamate Deciding What We Eat? |
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Enya Scally |
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Third Place
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| Students |
Chloe Gavin, Zanib Maida Khan |
| School |
Our Lady's Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Is veganism “truly” virtuous |
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Julie-Anne Greaney |
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| Category: Senior Life Sciences - Individual |
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First Place
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| Students |
Leah Shaw |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Citrus Fruits - A Global Answer to Drough |
| Teacher |
Ellen Maguire |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Sinat Azeez |
| School |
Tullamore Community College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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How Good is Green Tea? |
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Elaine Howlin |
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| Award |
Third Place
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| Students |
Kate Olwill |
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Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Can whorf save the planet? |
| Teacher |
John Friel |
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| Category: Senior Life Sciences - Group |
| Award |
First Place |
| Students |
Neil Hannon, Luke Coffey, Damien Kelly |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Anaphylaxis – we need a reaction! |
| Teacher |
Martina Roache |
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| Award |
Second Place |
| Students |
Michelle Corcoran, Kirsty Lohan
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| School |
Moate Community School, Aghanargit, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
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Cut chemicals out, uv will help the washout |
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Mairead Cusack |
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| Award |
Third Place |
| Students |
Cian Flaherty, Eoin Rhatigan |
| School |
Colaiste Mhuire, College St, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, |
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An investigation into the effects of global warming on floods in Ireland & creating an alert |
| Teacher |
Eva Acton |
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| Category: Intermediate Life Sciences - Individual (sponsored by Jazz Pharmaceuticals) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Orla Lyons |
| School |
Lanesboro Community College, Knock, Lanesborough, Co. Longford, |
Project
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Step over Maths; a step in the right directions? |
| Teacher |
Mary O’Brien |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Chantelle McGivern |
| School |
Tullamore College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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Effect of Environmental Condition on Surface Tension |
| Teacher |
Jillian Browne |
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| Category: Junior Life Sciences - Group (sponsored by Jazz Pharmaceuticals) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Grainne Kelly, Emer Keenan |
| School |
Moate Community School, Aghanargit, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
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An investigation of the drought tolerance of Irish grasses |
| Teacher |
Mairead Cusack |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Hannah Duffy, Niamh Jordan |
| School |
Our Lady's Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Irish heather honey means buzzness. Move over Manuka |
| Teacher |
Ellen Maguire |
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| Award |
Third Place
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| Students |
Molly McDonnell, Jessica Collins |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Bio gum |
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Julie-Anne Greaney |
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| Award |
Highly Commended |
| Students |
Aoife ni Leochain, Niamh Reynolds, Aoife Cloonan |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Phone swap: and its dangers |
| Teacher |
Martina Roache |
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| Award |
Highly Commended |
| Students |
Ellen Grennan, Amy Noonan |
| School |
Tullamore College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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How one sense heightens another |
| Teacher |
Elaine Howlin |
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| Award |
Highly Commended |
| Students |
Aoife Kelly, Shahzaib Masood |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Social Media and Me |
| Teacher |
Clare Brett |
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| Category: Junior Life Sciences - Individual (sponsored by PPD) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Donal McDermott |
| School |
Marist College, Cannonsfield, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
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Can Recycled Plastic Solve the Housing Crisis? |
| Teacher |
Adele Browne |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Grace O’Flaherty |
| School |
Moate Community School, Aghanargit, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
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An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Natural Substances at Removing Moss from Lawns |
| Teacher |
Mairead Cusack |
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| Award |
Third Place
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| Students |
Shauna Scullion |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Natures’ way |
| Teacher |
Ellen Maguire |
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| Category: Intermediate Physical Sciences - Group (sponsored by Arran Chemicals) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Irene Finnerty, Aoife O’Neill, Aoibhe Lennon |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Smart electric fence |
| Teacher |
Martina Roache |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Luke Spollen, Donie Staunton, Darragh Farrell |
| School |
Oaklands Community College, Sr Senan Avenue, Edenderry, Co. Offaly |
Project
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Should the high tackle rule in rugby be more severe |
| Teacher |
Rebecca Kenneally |
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| Award |
Third Place
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| Students |
Ciara McCabe, Katlin Thornton, Hazel O’Connell |
| School |
Tullamore College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
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Does juggling improve your concentration? |
| Teacher |
Eva Acton |
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| Category: Junior Physical Sciences - Group (sponsored by Arran Chemicals) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Eoin McLoughlin, Scott Lawrence, Patrick Mullooly |
| School |
CBS Roscommon, Abbeytown, Ballypheasan, Roscommon |
Project
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The effects of roof material on water runoff |
| Teacher |
Breege Grennan |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Poppy Hennessy, Abbie Coolohan |
| School |
Moate Community School, Aghanargit, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Are nut shells are suitable biofuel? |
| Teacher |
Margaret Mandal |
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| Award |
Third Place
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| Students |
Dylan Farrell, Killian Redmond |
| School |
Marist College, Cannonsfield, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Which gases are the best for use as air drops |
| Teacher |
Martina Carey |
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| Category: Junior Physical Sciences - Individual (sponsored by Arran Chemicals) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Tristan Greene |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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QUIC: The QUadratic equation Instantaneous Calculator |
| Teacher |
Niall Carty |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Oisin Dolan |
| School |
Marist College, Cannonsfield, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Do different rotor designs affect how much energy a wind turbine creates |
| Teacher |
Adele Browne |
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| Category: Intermediate Technology - Group (sponsored by Ericsson) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Amy Fallon, Andrea Whyte |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Using Artificial Neural Networks and Autoencoder to Detect When an Internet Connected Toy has Been Hacked |
| Teacher |
Martina Roache |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Stephen Kelly, Christopher Kerrigan |
| School |
Moate Community School, Aghanargit, Moate, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Low voltage detection & alert system for electric fences |
| Teacher |
Mairead Cusack |
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| Award |
Third Place
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| Students |
Ruairi Lyons, Pranay Goel, Shane Whyte |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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The Music Memory Maestro |
| Teacher |
Martina Roache |
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| Category: Intermediate Technology - Individual (sponsored by Ericsson) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Ronan Walsh |
| School |
Colaiste Choilm, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
Project
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"BeatTheDrought" - A smart, staged, domestic greywater, eco-treatment system. |
| Teacher |
Triona Muldoon |
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| Category: Junior Technology - Group (sponsored by Ericsson) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Hannah Lennon, Eimear Galvin, Millie O’Brien |
| School |
Our Lady’s Bower, Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Code Red |
| Teacher |
Ellen Maguire |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Robert Brennan, Declan Delaney, Sean Brennan |
| School |
Colaiste Mhuire, College St, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, |
Project
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Interactive First Aid Kit |
| Teacher |
Eva Acton |
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| Category: Junior Technology - Individual (sponsored by Ericsson) |
| Award |
First Place
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| Students |
Tristan Greene |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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QUIC: The QUadratic equation Instantaneous Calculator |
| Teacher |
Niall Carty |
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| Award |
Second Place
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| Students |
Oisin Dolan |
| School |
Marist College, Cannonsfield, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
Project
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Do different rotor designs affect how much energy a wind turbine creates |
| Teacher |
Adele Browne |
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