TU Dublin Blanchardstown Award Winners 2021

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Major Award Winners

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Award SciFest Best Project Award
Student Luke Hanly
School St Vincent's Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
Nitrates: From Water to River
Teacher Tom Tierney
o
Award Runner-up Best Project Award
Students Charlie Rice, Kerry Atowo, Joshua Gaffney
School St Joseph's Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin
Project
The Gamification of Man to Man Defence
Teacher Daryl Dunne
o
Award Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award
Students Lauren Fitzpatrick, Abby Moyles
School Scoil Mhuire, Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath
Project
Find My Farmer
Teacher Belynda O Gorman
o
Award Business Excellence Institute Award
Student Nicole Landers
School Belmayne ETSS, Grange Abbey Road, Dublin 13
Project
Lunch n Learn
Teacher Emma Burrowes
o
Award Intel Technology Award
Students Aaron Egan, Evan Pender, Shane Healy
School Stratford College, 1 Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Project
Community Service Legends
Teacher Helen O'Kelly
o
Award Institute of Physics Award
Student Jack Reid
School St Vincent's Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
The Relationship between Kinetic Energy Potential Energy and Acceleration
Teacher Tom Tierney
o
Award Fenergo Communication Award
Student James Keenan
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
Homosexuality Among Animals
Teacher Yvonne Nolan
o
Award Environmental Award
Student Luke Hanly
School St Vincent's Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
Nitrates: From Water to River
Teacher Tom Tierney
o
Award ESERO Discover Space Student Award
Student Dermot Collins
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare
Project
An Investigation into the Possibility of Creating Localised Active Shielding Methods to Block Radiation
Teacher Yvonne Nolan
o
Award ESERO Discover Space Student Award
Student (Teacher Award)
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
Teacher Yvonne Nolan
o
Award Accenture Maths in Science Award
Students Daragh Vaughan, Joshua Mooney, Finn Watt
School St Vincent's Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Teacher Tom Tierney
o
Award Irish Science Teachers' Association Award
Students Jack Winkless, Finn Skehill
School Belmayne ETSS, Grange Abbey Road, Dublin 13
Project
Covis
Teacher Emma Burrowes
Award Junior Innovation Award
Student Patrick Jones
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
An Investigation into the Rate of Decay of Different Types of Bread
Teacher Yvonne Nolan
Award Merit Award
Students Zuzanna Żółtowska, Susan Walsh,
School Belmayne ETSS, Grange Abbey Road, Dublin 13
Project
Cara
Teacher Emma Burrowes



Category Award Winners


Category: Junior Life Sciences

Award First Place
Student Luke Hanly
School St Vincent's Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
Nitrates: From Water to River
Teacher Tom Tierney

Award Second Place
Student Patrick Jones
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
An Investigation into the Rate of Decay of Different Types of Bread
Teacher Yvonne Nolan



Category: Junior Physical Sciences

Award First Place
Students Daragh Vaughan, Joshua Mooney, Finn Watt
School St Vincent's Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Teacher Tom Tierney

Award Second Place
Student Jack Reid
School St Vincent's Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Project
The Relationship between Kinetic Energy Potential Energy and Acceleration
Teacher Tom Tierney



Category: Junior Technology

Award First Place
Students Jack Winkless, Finn Skehill
School Belmayne ETSS, Grange Abbey Road, Dublin 13
Project
Covis
Teacher Emma Burrowes
Award Second Place
Student Nicole Landers
School Belmayne ETSS, Grange Abbey Road, Dublin 13
Project
Lunch n Learn
Teacher Emma Burrowes

Award Third Place
Students Zuzanna Żółtowska, Susan Walsh
School Belmayne ETSS, Grange Abbey Road, Dublin 13
Project
Cara
Teacher Emma Burrowes

Award Fourth Place
Students Aleksandra Czosnyka, Juzé Pereira
School Belmayne ETSS, Grange Abbey Road, Dublin 13
Project
Candy Crush
Teacher Emma Burrowes



Category: Intermediate Life Sciences

Award First Place
Student James Keenan
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
Homosexuality Among Animals
Teacher Yvonne Nolan

Award Second Place
Student Christopher Keenan
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
Is Chinese Medicine a real alternative to Western Medicine? 
Teacher Yvonne Nolan

Award Third Place
Student Jack Shannon
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
To Determine the Correlation Between the Causes/Effects of Dreams and the Use of Psychedelics
Teacher Yvonne Nolan



Category: Intermediate Physical Sciences

Award First Place
Student Dermot Collins
School Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare
Project
An Investigation into the Possibility of Creating Localised Active Shielding Methods to Block Radiation
Teacher Yvonne Nolan



Category: Intermediate Technology

Award First Place
Students Charlie Rice, Kerry Atowo, Joshua Gaffney
School St.Joseph's Secondary School, Rush, Co. Dublin
Project
The Gamification of Man to Man Defence
Teacher Daryl Dunne

Award Second Place
Students Aaron Egan, Evan Pender, Shane Healy
School Stratford College, 1 Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Project
Community Service Legends
Teacher Helen O'Kelly

Award Third Place
Students Lauren Fitzpatrick, Abby Moyles,
School Scoil Mhuire, Convent Of Mercy, Trim, Co Meath
Project
Find My Farmer
Teacher Belynda O Gorman

Award Fourth Place
Students Edward Scanlon, Nathan Slattery, Reema McEvoy
School Stratford College, 1 Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Project
Changeling
Teacher Helen O'Kelly
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