National Finalists 2022

National Finalists

Venue TU Dublin Grangegorman
School Loreto College, 53 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
Teacher Katie Kinkaid
Students Juliette Kelleher, Aoife Lynn, Honor Lynch
Project The Einstein of Enzymes: A Battle Against Plastic Pollution
o
Venue ATU Galway
School Roscommon Community College, Lisnamult, Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommon
Teacher Elizabeth Glancy
Student Sean Allen
Project A Novel Alternative to Synthetic Fertilisers
o
Venue MTU Cork
School Sacred Heart Secondary School Clonakilty, Convent Road, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Teacher Claire Holland
Students Sinéad O’Mahony, Éabha Egan, Grace Murphy
Project Can Clonakilty Bay Clean Itself and also Reduce Methane Emissions from Cattle
o
Venue SETU Carlow
School St Mary’s College Arklow, St Mary's Rd, Abbeylands, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Teacher Joanne English
Student Mary Kelly
Project A Biological Solution to Local Pollution
o
Venue TUS Thurles
School Ursuline Secondary School, Templemore Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher David O’Heney
Students Hannah O’Mahoney, Rachel Regan, Kate Carr
Project How Can We Adapt to a World Where Facial Expressions may be Invisible
o
Venue SETU Waterford
School Presentation Secondary School Clonmel, Dungarvan Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher Jacqueline Ryan
Students Sheryl Merin Scaria, Bianca Gouws
Project Sensory Stimulation on Infants and Toddlers to Reduce the Effects of Autism
o
Venue DkIT
School Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Teacher Brian Higgins
Students Laetitia Nouaha, Melissa Asare, Sidra Shahzad
Project The Impact of Covid-19 on the Mental Wellbeing of Teenage Girls
o
Venue TU Dublin Blanchardstown
School Dunshaughlin Community College, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath
Teacher Claire Tuttlebee
Students Eoin O’Sullivan, Diarmuid O’ Connor
Project An Investigation into the Use of Seaweed as a Feed Additive in Ruminants
o
Venue TU Dublin Blanchardstown
School Enfield Community College, Enfield, Co. Meath
Teacher Rebecca Kenneally
Students Lily O’Reilly, Yasmin Callaghan, Ella Rose Meade
Project A Comparison of Fitness and Flexibility of Irish Dancers vs non-Irish Dancers
o
Venue TUS Athlone
School Moate Community School, Church St, Moate, Co. Westmeath
Teacher Mairead Cusack
Students Dara Shortall, Dean Burns
Project Developing Modified Buffer Strips to Increase Biodiversity and Water Quality in Grassland
o
Venue ATU Galway
School Roscommon Community College, Lisnamult, Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommon
Teacher Elizabeth Glancy
Students Mairéad Lohan, Tommy Morris
Project An Investigation into the Recovery of Adolescents Moving from the Sympathetic to the Parasympathetic Nervous System
o
Venue MTU Cork
School Clonakilty Community College, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Teacher Patrick O’Keeffe
Student Lyle Hatchett
Project Low-Cost Air Conditioning Kit
o
Venue TUS Limerick
School Desmond College, Gortboy, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick
Teacher Donal Enright
Student Laura Brennan
Project Mela No More
o
Venue MTU Kerry
School Killarney Community College, New Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Teacher Maire Spillane
Students Liam Waldron, Rachel Griffin, Luke O’Sullivan
Project A Group-Theoretic Approach to Pythagoras’ Theorem
o
Venue ATU Donegal
School Abbey Vocational School, The Glebe, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal
Teacher Donna Furey
Student Hughie McShane
Project An App to Improve Writing in Children with Dysgraphia
o
Venue DCU
School St Joseph’s Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin
Teacher Daryl Dunne
Students Aaron Dignam, Ciarán Leddy, Senan Bryne
Project GaelTalk - a Virtual Reality Immersive Irish Language Learning Experience
o
Venue TU Dublin Tallaght
School The King’s Hospital, Palmerstown, Dublin 15
Teacher Ciaran O’Connor
Student Maura Moore-McCune
Project VIPMOD: Visually Impaired Person’s Moving Object Detector
o
Venue DkIT
School Largy College, Analore Road, Clones, Co. Monaghan
Teacher Colette Smith
Students Seán Clerkin, Dara Courtney, Joshua Brandon
Project A Four Seasons Photovoltaic Self-Charging Rover – the Mars PSR
o
Venue TUS Limerick
School Coláiste Nano Nagle, Presentation Campus, Sexton St, Limerick
Teacher Samantha Prior
Student Maha Shahzadi
Project Eataware
o
Venue TU Dublin Grangegorman
School Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Teacher Daniel Toomey
Students Abigail O’Brien Murray, Olivia O’Shea
Project Can the Introduction of an Archimedes' Screw Mechanism Improve the Efficiency of an Overtopping Hydro-Electric Turbine?
o
Venue ATU Donegal
School Abbey Vocational School, The Glebe, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal
Teacher Donna Furey
Students Micheál Deely, C J Burke
Project A Dyslexia Lamp with a Difference
o
Venue ATU Sligo
School Ursuline College, Finisklin Rd, Sligo
Teacher Anthony Carolan
Students Alex Scott, Anna Woodward
Project CoolAid: A Wearable Hypothermia Prevention Device
o

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Venue ATU Sligo
School Ursuline College, Finisklin Rd, Sligo
Teacher Anthony Carolan
Students Alex Scott, Anna Woodward
Project CoolAid: A Wearable Hypothermia Prevention Device
o
Venue ATU Donegal
School Institute of Education, 85 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2
Teacher Catriona Hendry
Student Adithi Vijayakumar
Project Reducing Stress Through a Smartwatch Style Device
o
Venue ATU Galway
School Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare
Teacher Máire Morrissey
Student Fionn Rush
Project Can Artificial Neural Networks Aid Hearing Impaired Individuals to Lip-Read?
o
Venue MTU Kerry
School Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Teacher Eimear Nolan
Student Rachel Feeley
Project A Surgical Forceps Incorporating Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
o
Venue TUS Limerick
School Desmond College, Gortboy, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick
Teacher Donal Enright
Student Aoibhilinn Heath
Project E.A.T. “Eat Assistive Technology”
o
Venue TUS Thurles
School Patrician Presentation Secondary School, Rocklow Road, Fethard, Co. Tipperary
Teacher Margaret O’Neill
Student John David O’Donnell
Project A Wheelchair Attachment Making it Easier for Users To Climb Steps
o
Venue MTU Kerry
School Tarbert Comprehensive School, Tarbert, Listowel, Co Kerry
Teacher Thomas Culhane
Students Jim Culhane, Paula-Eve Culhane
Project CPR Pedal Chest Compression Device
o

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03 2024
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04 2024
SciFest@School in Nord Anglia International School, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18
Dec
06 2024
SciFest@School in Cistercian College, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Dec
09 2024
SciFest@School in Stratford College, 1 Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
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