National Finalists
| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Athlone |
| School |
Our Lady's Bower Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co Westmeath |
| Teacher |
Ms Ellen Maguire |
| Student |
Hannah Duffy |
| Project |
The Last Straw!! The Impact of Microplastics on our Inland Lakes. |
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| Venue |
SciFest@DCU |
| School |
Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co Dublin |
| Teacher |
Mr Brian Higgins |
| Student |
Claire Johnson |
| Project |
Do Virtual Escape Rooms Help Students to Learn About Laboratory Experiments? |
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| Venue |
SciFest@NorthWest |
| School |
St Mary's College, 35 Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 0AN, Co. Londonderry |
| Teacher |
Ms Ann Blanking MBE |
| Student |
Maeve Stillman |
| Project |
Investigating the Effectiveness of Various Face Masks Against COVID -19 Virus and Aerosol Droplets |
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| Venue |
SciFest@DkIT |
| School |
Coláiste Dún an Rí, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan |
| Teacher |
Mr Robert Lorenz |
| Students |
Caleb Kiely, Binh Hanratty |
| Project |
A Statistical Analysis of Young People's Awareness and Attitudes to COVID-19 in Ireland |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Coláiste Iognáid S.J., Br. Na Mara, Gaillimh |
| Teacher |
Ms Eimear Hennelly |
| Student |
Diarmuid Hayes |
| Project |
Real or Fake |
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| Venue |
SciFest@ITC |
| School |
St Marys College, St Mary's Rd, Arklow, Co Wicklow |
| Teacher |
Ms Joanne English |
| Student |
Chloe Dore |
| Project |
"Lives are at Stake, When you're not Awake!" |
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| Venue |
SciFest@ITS |
| School |
Ursuline College Sligo, Finisklin, Sligo |
| Teacher |
Mr Anthony Carolan |
| Students |
Zoe Melvin, Cianna Ruddy |
| Project |
Liposome Technology and its Potential in the Future of Medicine |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Limerick |
| School |
Desmond College, Station Road, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick |
| Teacher |
Mr Donal Enright |
| Students |
Ethan Kirwan, Jack Kelly |
| Project |
Using Magnets to Help Prevent Heart Attacks |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Thurles |
| School |
Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed, Castlemeadows, Thurles, Co Tipperary |
| Teacher |
Miss Katie Carr |
| Students |
Kaitlyn Ryan, Kayleigh Cronin |
| Project |
Give Me That ENERGY! |
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| Venue |
SciFest@LyIT |
| School |
St Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Co Donegal |
| Teacher |
Mr Michael Harkin |
| Student |
Hari Pranavam |
| Project |
Building an Automatic Weather Satellite Ground Station with Data Analytics |
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| Venue |
SciFest@MTU Cork |
| School |
St. Brogan's College, Kilbrogan, Bandon, Co Cork |
| Teacher |
Ms Laura O'Regan |
| Students |
Lucy Teape, Kate Lehane |
| Project |
Keep Calm and Carry On Breastfeeding |
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| Venue |
SciFest@MTU Tralee |
| School |
Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, Tobar Mhaigh Dor, Trá Lí, Co Chiarraí |
| Teacher |
Ms Tríona Uí Mhaolchatha |
| Student |
Grace Ni Ifearnáin |
| Project |
Nature Takes on Nature: Investigating the Effect of Juglone on Japanese Knotweed |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUD Blancardstown |
| School |
Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15 |
| Teacher |
Mr Tom Tierney |
| Student |
Luke Hanly |
| Project |
Nitrates: From Water to River |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUD Grangegorman |
| School |
St Andrews College, Booterstown Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin |
| Teacher |
Ms Emma Buckley |
| Student |
Zara Griffin |
| Project |
Goat's Milk vs Cow's Milk: Why can some People Consume Goat's Milk but not Cow's Milk? |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUD Tallaght |
| School |
Loreto College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 |
| Teacher |
Ms Katie Kinkaid |
| Student |
Anna Holloway |
| Project |
Does the Act of Melting Cheese Affect our Perceptions of it? |
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| Venue |
SciFest@WIT |
| School |
St. Kieran's College Secondary School, College Rd, Kilkenny |
| Teacher |
Mr David Hennessy |
| Student |
Conor Fitzmaurice |
| Project |
Temporal Mechanics: The Hidden Theoretical |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Athlone |
| School |
Scoil Muire gan Smal Convent of Mercy, Roscommon Town |
| Teacher |
Mr James McLoughlin |
| Student |
Katie Harlow |
| Project |
‘It’s the Small Things’ – An Investigation into the Division of Emotional Labour in the Home and Suggestions on how any Gender Imbalances can be Rectified |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Athlone |
| School |
Our Lady's Bower Retreat Rd., Athlone, Co Westmeath |
| Teacher |
Ms. Julie Greaney |
| Student |
Clare Reidy |
| Project |
Cosmic Radiation Protection Simulation |
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| Venue |
SciFest@DCU |
| School |
St Mary's Secondary School, Glasnevin Holy Faith Convent, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 |
| Teacher |
Bronwyn Mulvey |
| Student |
Mony Aramalla |
| Project |
CareerCoaster - The Ultimate Career Guide for Secondary School Students |
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| Venue |
SciFest@DkIT |
| School |
Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan, Balbriggan, Co Dublin |
| Teacher |
Mr Brian Higgins |
| Students |
Isabella Watts, Hiba Shahzad |
| Project |
The Effects of ASMR on Stress Levels and Loneliness in Teenage Girls |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Presentation College, Headford, Co. Galway |
| Teacher |
Mr. John Toner |
| Student |
Jonathan Flanagan |
| Project |
Home Spectral Analysis |
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| Venue |
SciFest@ITS |
| School |
Ursuline College Sligo, Finisklin, Sligo |
| Teacher |
Mr Anthony Carolan |
| Students |
Niamh Carolan, Líle Hensey |
| Project |
Keep a Clear Head – An Investigation into the Observed Physiological Brainwave Effects, when present within Interfering Domestic Electromagnetic Fields |
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| Venue |
SciFest@ITS |
| School |
Ursuline College Sligo, Finisklin, Sligo |
| Teacher |
Mr Anthony Carolan |
| Student |
Jane Tempany |
| Project |
Investigating if Supplementing Ewes’ Nutrition in the Latter Stages of their Pregnancy will Improve the Quality of Colostrum |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Limerick |
| School |
Castletroy Community College, Newtown, Castletroy, Co Limerick |
| Teacher |
Ms Ellie Murnane |
| Student |
Orna Collins |
| Project |
'Cov-idiosynchrasies' : An Exploration of Factors Associated with Non-Adheremce, amongst Irish Adolescents, with Public Health Behavioural Recommendations during the Coronavirus Pandemic |
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| Venue |
SciFest@MTU Cork |
| School |
St. Brogan's College, Kilbrogan, Bandon, Co Cork |
| Teacher |
Ms Karen Corbett |
| Student |
Caoimhe Walsh |
| Project |
CAN-TEENS Make Better Food Choices? |
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| Venue |
SciFest@MTU Tralee |
| School |
Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk, Mounthawk, Tralee, Co. Kerry |
| Teacher |
Miss Eimear Nolan |
| Students |
Adam Dineen, Michael Guerin |
| Project |
OnlineOffline |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUD Blanchardstown |
| School |
St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin |
| Teacher |
Mr Daryl Dunne |
| Students |
Charlie Rice, Kerry Atowo, Joshua Gaffney |
| Project |
The Gamification of Man to Man Defence |
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SciFest Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award Finalists 2021
| Venue |
SciFest@DCU |
| School |
Sutton Park School, St Fintans Road, Sutton, Dublin 13 |
| Teacher |
Ms Joanne Hanratty |
| Student |
Evan Wynne |
| Project |
Self-Stand Chair, a Device to Help Standing up from a Sitting Position for the Elderly |
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| Venue |
SciFest@NorthWest |
| School |
St Louis Grammar School, Cullybackey Road, Kintullagh, Ballymena BT43 5DW, Co. Antrim |
| Teacher |
Mr Patrick Trainor |
| Students |
Bronagh Dempster, Daniel Montgomery, Liam Young |
| Project |
HSO - Helping Sensory Overloads |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Presentation College, Headford, Co. Galway |
| Teacher |
Mr. John Toner |
| Student |
Anna Cooper |
| Project |
Interstitial Investigations - An investigation into the Lag Times between Blood and Interstitial Fluid when using Continuous/Flash Glucose Monitors |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUD Grangegorman |
| School |
St Andrews College, Booterstown Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin |
| Teacher |
Ms Emma Buckey |
| Student |
Anna Smyth |
| Project |
The Effects of Temperature on a Hydrogel Based Drug-Delivery System |
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| Venue |
SciFest@GMIT |
| School |
Mount Saint Michael, Convent of Mercy, Claremorris, Co Mayo |
| Teacher |
Ms Paula Campbell |
| Student |
Aoibheann Mangan |
| Project |
Sepsis Alert |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Limerick |
| School |
Laurel Hill Secondary School, FCJ Laurel Hill, South Circular Road, Limerick |
| Teacher |
Ms Karen Kinnerk |
| Student |
Emma McAndrew |
| Project |
A Comparative Investigation into the Efficacy of Honey-Based Wound Dressings to Synthetic Wound Dressings when Dealing with Infected Wounds |
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| Venue |
SciFest@TUS Limerick |
| School |
Desmond College, Station Road, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick |
| Teacher |
Mr Donal Enright |
| Students |
Ethan Kirwan, Jack Kelly |
| Project |
Using Magnets to Help Prevent Heart Attacks |
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