National Finalists
| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin Blanchardstown 2019 |
| School |
Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin |
| Teacher |
Brian Higgins |
| Students |
Eva Connolly, Ella Shanahan, Willemijn Bosschaert |
| Project |
Can we Effectively Make Biodegradable Clothes? An Investigation |
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| Venue |
SciFest@NorthWest 2019 |
| School |
St Mary's College, 35 Northland Road, Derry |
| Teacher |
Ann Blanking MBE |
| Student |
Ava Canney |
| Project |
Investigating a Method that Can be Used to Determine the Active Ingredients in Medications Using Two Homemade Spectrophotometers |
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| Venue |
SciFest@CIT |
| School |
Presentation Brothers College, Mardyke, Cork |
| Teacher |
Enda O'Regan |
| Students |
Caomhán Budhlaeir, Illann Wall |
| Project |
Does Every Cloud Have a Silver Lining? |
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| Venue |
SciFest@DCU |
| School |
Santa Sabina Dominican College, Greenfield Road, Sutton, Dublin 13 |
| Teacher |
Paul Nugent |
| Student |
Aoife McMahon |
| Project |
An Investigation into Making Food Waste into Bioplastic for Everyday Use |
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| Venue |
SciFest@AIT |
| School |
Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
| Teacher |
Anne Molloy |
| Student |
Ronan Walsh |
| Project |
"Beat The Drought" - A Smart, Staged, Domestic Greywater, Eco-treatment System Providing a Viable, Sustainable Irrigation Water Supply to Combat Drought and Water Restrictions |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin Tallaght 2019 |
| School |
The Institute of Education, 79-85 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2 |
| Teacher |
David Connolly |
| Students |
Aaron Dinesh, Matthew O'Dwyer |
| Project |
Mors a Vita: A Study into the Antibacterial Properties of the Basic Building Blocks of Life |
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| Venue |
SciFest@ITS |
| School |
St Mary's Secondary School, Convent of Mercy, Ballina, Co. Mayo |
| Teacher |
Annette Leonard |
| Students |
Lauren Tuffy, Leah Hannon |
| Project |
Developing Better Protection from Coastal Erosion due to Sea Level Rise |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| Teacher |
Christina Kenny |
| Student |
Alice Shaughnessy |
| Project |
Omnidirectional Magnetic Driving System |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin Blanchardstown |
| School |
Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin |
| Teacher |
Niamh McNally |
| Students |
Eve Mathews, Katie Caffrey |
| Project |
Does Umami Affect your Perception of Taste? An Investigation into the Effect of Monosodium Glutamate on the Perception of Sweetness and Saltiness |
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| Venue |
SciFest@DCU |
| School |
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare |
| Teacher |
Yvonne Nolan |
| Student |
Aodhán McGuinness |
| Project |
Team Performance and the National Football League (NFL) Draft |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin Tallaght |
| School |
Sandford Park School, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 |
| Teacher |
Alan Smith |
| Students |
Richard Sheahan, Malcolm O’Loughlin, Rohan Tewari |
| Project |
Aquatic Acidification – the lesser known CO2 problem: An Investigation of the Effects of Aquatic Acidification on Two Species of Mussel |
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| Venue |
SciFest@WIT |
| School |
Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Duntaheen Road, Fermoy, Co. Cork |
| Teacher |
Cathrena O'Keeffe |
| Student |
Sam Dunning |
| Project |
An Investigation of Aerodynamics around a Dynamic Rocket Body |
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| Venue |
SciFest@LIT Thurles |
| School |
St Joseph’s College, Borrisoleigh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary |
| Teacher |
Mary Gorey |
| Students |
Eoin Lavery, John Ryan, Sean Young |
| Project |
Agri-Wired |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin City |
| School |
St. Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin |
| Teacher |
Daryl Dunne |
| Student |
Daniel O'Brien |
| Project |
Seal Whiskers - Bioinspiration for Oceantech |
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| Venue |
SciFest@LyIT |
| School |
Scoil Mhuire Secondary School, St Oran's Road, Buncrana, Co. Donegal
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| Teacher |
Laura Corbett |
| Students |
Rachel Fletcher, Rory Coleman |
| Project |
A Solar Powered Solution for the Aquaponic Growth of Leafy Crops in Developing Countries |
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| Venue |
SciFest@AIT |
| School |
Athlone Community College, Retreat, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
| Teacher |
Niall Carty |
| Students |
Amy Fallon, Andrea Whyte |
| Project |
Knock, Knock – Who’s There? An Artificial Neural Network Autoencoder Design and Implementation to Detect when an Internet-connected Toy Has Been Hacked |
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| Venue |
SciFest@IT Tralee |
| School |
Community College Killorglin, Killorglin, Co. Kerry |
| Teacher |
Marieke O’Connor |
| Student |
Timothy McGrath |
| Project |
An R&D Study on Using a Nutrient Treatment Biofilter to Combat Oceanic and Freshwater Dead Zones which Harnesses the Intrinsic Potential of Halophyte Species |
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| Venue |
SciFest@LIT Moylish |
| School |
Scoil Mhuire, Ennistymon, Co. Clare |
| Teacher |
Sue-Ann Sheridan |
| Students |
Niamh McMahon, Lara Mellett |
| Project |
The Exploration and Utilisation of Shortest Path Algorithms |
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| Venue |
SciFest@NorthWest |
| School |
St Ciaran's College, Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone |
| Teacher |
Pauline Murphy |
| Students |
Chloe Quinn, Hannah Mc Veigh |
| Project |
Wi-Fire |
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| Venue |
SciFest@CIT |
| School |
Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork |
| Teacher |
Aaron O’Sullivan |
| Student |
Viktoryia Kharoshankaya |
| Project |
Psychological and Dietary Aspects in Managing Sugar Cravings |
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| Venue |
SciFest@ITS |
| School |
Summerhill College, Sligo |
| Teacher |
Kathy Mc Morrow |
| Students |
Jacob Hamilton, John Mackey, Sean McLoughlin |
| Project |
An Investigation into the Effects of Water Type and Light Exposure on the Degradation of Plastics in Water |
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| Venue |
SciFest@DkIT |
| School |
Largy College, Clones, Co. Monaghan |
| Teacher |
Colette Smith |
| Student |
Ruth Madden |
| Project |
The Microplastic Filter - A Small Solution to a Global Problem |
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| Venue |
SciFest@IT Tralee |
| School |
Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee, Co. Kerry |
| Teacher |
Eimear Nolan |
| Students |
Natalia Talaga, Temisan King |
| Project |
An Investigation into whether Graphene is a Suitable Alternative to Plastic? |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Presentation College, Headford, Co. Galway |
| Teacher |
John Toner |
| Student |
Paweł Blok |
| Project |
Determining the Difference Between Ego-Motion and Regular Object Motion Using Optical Flow Vectors |
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| Venue |
SciFest@LIT Moylish |
| School |
Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh, Meal Sior Anraí, Luimneach |
| Teacher |
Ciara Ní Dhrisceoil |
| Students |
Elaine Ní Treasaigh, Eva McMahon, Clodagh Hannan |
| Project |
Seven Times Above the Limit! A Study into Aluminium Levels in Limerick Water Supply (Seacht n-Uaire thar an Teorainn! Imsrúdú ar Leibhéal Alúmanam i Soláthar Uisce Luimnigh) |
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SciFest 2019 Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award Finalists
| Venue |
SciFest@CIT |
| School |
Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork
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| Teacher |
Aaron O’Sullivan |
| Student |
Laura O'Sullivan |
| Project |
Artificial Intelligence in Histopathology - Colorectal Cancer Detection |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Ardscoil Mhuire, Mackney, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway |
| Teacher |
Caroline Fergus |
| Students |
Aisling Hardiman, Maria Dolan, Katie Curley |
| Project |
The Effectiveness of Homemade Toothpaste |
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| Venue |
SciFest@IT Tralee |
| School |
Desmond College, Station Road, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick
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| Teacher |
Donal Enright |
| Students |
Oisín O'Sullivan |
| Project |
iScope - The Design and Development of an Enhanced Digital Stethoscope for Remote Auscultation |
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| Venue |
SciFest@WIT |
| School |
St Mary's Secondary School, Irishtown, New Ross, Co. Wexford
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| Teacher |
Sean Fogarty |
| Students |
Ellie Quinn, Bríd Madigan |
| Project |
Breathe Easy, Live Easy |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin Blanchardstown |
| School |
Kishoge Community College, Clonburris, Lucan, Co. Dublin |
| Teacher |
Kristina Troy |
| Students |
Achrafe Boudal, Giovanni Lunganga, Nikkel Oti |
| Project |
GOB Spoons: A Possible Solution to the Difficulties Experienced by Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients as a Result of a Decline in Fine Motor Skills
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SciFest 2019 Specsavers Grand Award Finalists
| Venue |
SciFest@IT Tralee |
| School |
Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee, Co. Kerry |
| Teacher |
Eimear Nolan |
| Students |
Nicola Moriarty, Patrick Nolan, Sean Fitzgibbon |
| Project |
Safety Sensor and Camera for Bicycles |
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| Venue |
SciFest@CIT |
| School |
Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, Blarney, Co Cork |
| Teacher |
Elaine Keane |
| Student |
Miriam Murphy |
| Project |
An Investigation into the Childhood Obesity Crisis in Ireland - An Analysis of the Causes and Recommendations for Prevention |
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| Venue |
SciFest@AIT |
| School |
Colaiste Mhuire, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath |
| Teacher |
Eva Acton |
| Students |
Robert Brennan, Declan Delaney, Sean Brennan |
| Project |
Interactive First Aid Kit |
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| Venue |
SciFest@NorthWest |
| School |
St Killian’s College, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co. Antrim |
| Teacher |
Sean Connolly |
| Students |
Tess Brady, Amy McMullan |
| Project |
Be Seen Trendy |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin Tallaght |
| School |
The Institute of Education, 79-85 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2 |
| Teacher |
David Connolly |
| Students |
Joey Walshe, Shauna Phelan, Katarzyna Basinska |
| Project |
An Investigation into the Accuracy of the Fitbit and its Functions |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Coláiste Iognáid SJ, Br. Na Mara, Gaillimh |
| Teacher |
Clodagh Mitchell |
| Student |
Diarmuid Hayes |
| Project |
Mathematical Analysis of Car Tyres |
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| Venue |
SciFest@WIT |
| School |
St Mary's Secondary School, Irishtown, New Ross, Co. Wexford
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| Teacher |
Emma Kavanagh |
| Students |
Ella Lyng, Jane Prendergast, Sinéad Ryan |
| Project |
MediTeddi |
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SciFest 2019 Broadcom MASTERS Award Finalists
| Venue |
SciFest@CIT |
| School |
Christian Brothers College, Sidney Hill, Wellington Road, Cork
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| Teacher |
Martina Carroll |
| Student |
Jonathan Walsh |
| Project |
A Self-Study of Nutritional Intake and Demand |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TU Dublin Blanchardstown |
| School |
Pobalscoil Iosolde, Palmerstown, Dublin 20
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| Teacher |
Lynda Jordan |
| Student |
Amelia Andrews |
| Project |
Using Black Soldier Fly as a Biofuel |
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| Venue |
SciFest@LIT Moylish |
| School |
Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh, Meal Sior Anraí, Luimneach |
| Teacher |
Ciara Ní Dhrisceoil |
| Student |
Orna Collins |
| Project |
Plastics with Potential – Toward a Sustainable Biodegradable |
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| Venue |
SciFest@LyIT |
| School |
Rosses Community School, Dungloe, Co. Donegal |
| Teacher |
Kevin Boyle |
| Student |
Finlay Thomson
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| Project |
Can you Increase Student Fitness by Altering their Timetable? |
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