Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
| Award Title | Project Category | School | County | Project Title | Stand | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Junior Individual 3rd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Mary Immaculate Secondary School Lisdoonvarna | Clare | Does the Limestone in the Burren Keep it as Warm as People Say? | 1105 | Anna-Mae O’Driscoll |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Junior Individual 2nd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Mercy Secondary School | Kerry | Investigating the Structural Stability of 3d Objects Using Convex Hull and Center of Mass | 1106 | Kai Seino |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Junior Individual 1st place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí | Kerry | Nature takes on nature: investigating the effect of Juglone on Japanese Knotweed | 1113 | Grace Ni Ifearnáin |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Intermediate Individual 3rd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Colaiste Mhuire | Westmeath | Rib Guard | 1221 | Micheál Geoghegan |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Intermediate Individual 2nd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush | Dublin | The development of a reliable diagnostic application for the early detection of Color Blindness in children.’ | 1217 | Evan Pollard |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Intermediate Individual 1st place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Loreto Secondary School | Kilkenny | Trash in the Skies: Towards the Prediction of Space Debris in Low Earth Orbit | 1200 | Surabhi Gunjur Sathish |
| Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Senior individual 3rd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Our Lady’s Bower | Westmeath | Cosmic Radiation Protection Simulation | 1303 | Clare Reidy |
| Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Senior individual 2nd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Wesley College | Dublin | Identifying Vector- Borne Diseases using Neural Networks | 1302 | Emma Burgess |
| Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Senior individual 1st place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Mercy Secondary School | Kerry | Minimising Packaging Waste Using Convex Hulls | 1306 | Coren Hughes |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Junior Group 3rd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | St Finian’s College | Westmeath | A Quantitative Analysis of Students’ Exposure to PM 2.5 Particles on Various Modes of Transit to School. | 1402 | Sarah Higgins, Donagh Carey |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Junior Group 2nd | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Coláiste Naomh Eoin | Galway | Cumhacht an dTonnta ar Inis Meáin | 1409 | Chloe Ní Chonghaile, Máirtín Ó Conghaile, Amy Ní Chléirigh |
| Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Junior Group 1st | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Coláiste Chiaráin | Limerick | How Much Waste is in Leftover Condiment Bottles? | 1400 | Rosemary Lucey, Sarah – Jane Noonan |
| Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Intermediate Group 3rd Place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | St Aloysius College Carrigtwohill | Cork | To develop an environmentally friendly and inexpensive electrolyte for a battery cell using sodium alginate. | 1519 | Sophie O Reilly, Robyn Sloane Lee |
| Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Intermediate Group 2nd place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine | Kerry | Will planting mini seaweed farms reduce the pollution levels and acidification levels in polluted areas of the ocean in South Kerry. | 1513 | Clodagh Rochford, Grace O’Brien, Ayla O’Neill |
| Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Intermediate Group 1st place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | St Mary’s Secondary School Mallow | Cork | An investigation into sports related cranial impacts and the design and development of wearable technology to better enable the measurement and recording of such head impacts. | 1526 | Sophie Creedon, Lydia Kelleher |
| Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Senior Group 1st place | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Desmond College | Limerick | Aeroacoustics of the swinging corrugated tube | 1600 | Ethan Kirwan, Jack Kelly |
Technology
| Award Title | Project Category | School | County | Project Title | Stand | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Junior Individual 3rd | Technology | Kinsale Community School | Cork | The science of bacteria and virus control using energy efficient and environmentally friendly UV LEDs | 2116 | Conan O’ Brien |
| Technology Junior Individual 2nd place | Technology | Home School | Dublin | Optimising the conversion of wave energy to boat propulsion | 2108 | Fionnán Ó Baoighill |
| Technology Junior Individual 1st place | Technology | Christ King Girls Secondary School | Cork | Is an interactive mobile health app a feasible solution to tackle long paediatric occupational therapy waiting lists? | 2100 | Saanvi Kaushik |
| Technology Intermediate Individual 3rd place | Technology | Cork Educate Together | Cork | The design and development of a bipedal robot for home care | 2205 | Harry O’Connor |
| Technology Intermediate Individual 1st place | Technology | St Andrew’s College | Dublin | Climate-Net: can AI help fight against climate change? | 2213 | Weichen Huang |
| Technology Intermediate Individual 1st place | Technology | Dundalk Grammar School | Louth | iVision-A Convulotional Neural Network based Object Detection and Text Recognition Mobile Application for the Visually Impaired | 2200 | Solomon Doyle |
| Technology Senior Individual 3rd place | Technology | St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush | Dublin | Slàinte – A.I Breast Cancer Detection | 2307 | Stephen Flynn |
| Technology Senior Individual 2nd place | Technology | Stratford College | Dublin | A System For The Development And Execution Of Hybrid Classical/Quantum Tasks | 2302 | Ayush Tambde |
| Technology Senior Individual 1st place | Technology | St David’s Secondary | Wicklow | Snapstudy | 2301 | Vagif Aliyev |
| Technology Junior Group 3rd place | Technology | Meánscoil Na Mbráithre | Clare | Nation Information App | 2400 | James Blackwell, Oisin Coughlan |
| Technology Junior Group 2nd place | Technology | Moate Community School | Westmeath | The Light-Belt: A Life-saving Belt | 2409 | Diya Govindaraju, Sean Farrelly |
| Technology Junior Group 1st place | Technology | Moate Community School | Westmeath | Coding the Solution to Ireland’s Scam Call Issue | 2401 | Fionn Campbell, Emma Keane |
| Technology Intermediate Group 2nd Place | Technology | Colaiste Mhuire | Westmeath | A-Ok, an autism communication wristband. | 2521 | Robert Brennan, Hugh Murtagh, Peter Kennedy |
| Technology Intermediate Group 2nd place | Technology | Coláiste Phádraig | Dublin | Using Bayes Theorem and Bayesian Optimization as a Method to Improve Crypto-Currency Trading | 2503 | Taha Fareed Farooqi, Jevin Joy |
| Technology Intermediate Group 1st place | Technology | Sutton Park School | Dublin | Comfort Crutches | 2531 | Vedh Kannan, Thomas Forbes, William Carkner |
| Technology Senior Group 3rd Place | Technology | Desmond College | Limerick | Smart Ruler ‘Reduce errors due to ADHD and Dyslexia’ | 2601 | Niamh O’ Mahony, Alzbeta Barisova |
| Technology Senior Group 2nd Place | Technology | Patrician Secondary School | Kildare | Uscalt.com | Developing an Open Data Ecosystem | 2602 | Fintan Lalor, Justin Cunningham |
| Technology Senior Group 1st place | Technology | Sandford Park School Ltd | Dublin | A Decentralised Audio Fingerprinting System for Detecting Illegally Streamed Video Content | 2606 | Rohan Tewari, Benjamin Murray |
Biological & Ecological Sciences
| Award Title | Project Category | School | County | Project Title | Stand | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological and Ecological Junior Individual 3rd place | Biological and Ecological | Educate Together Secondary School Wicklow (ETSSW) | Wicklow | Are plant saponins better at removing stains as commercial laundry detergent. | 3101 | Daniel Monahan |
| Biological and Ecological Junior Individual 2nd place | Biological and Ecological | Ard Scoil Na Mara | Waterford | Rewilding Ireland – Could Glenveagh National Park sustain a Grey Wolf population? | 3107 | Cian Ó Cadhla |
| Biological and Ecological Junior Individual 1st place | Biological and Ecological | Sandford Park School Ltd | Dublin | How long can we have health? | 3109 | Aoife Duggan |
| Biological and Ecological Intermediate Individual 3rd place | Biological and Ecological | Colaiste Treasa | Cork | Infectivity of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae at different temperatures | 3201 | Johannah Pigott |
| Biological and Ecological Intermediate Individual 2nd place | Biological and Ecological | Abbey Vocational School | Donegal | An investigation into the optimum microbial activity of nanoparticles. | 3215 | Ciara Cannon |
| Biological and Ecological Intermediate individual 1st place | Biological and Ecological | St Aloysius College Carrigtwohill | Cork | Restoring honeybee populations by optimising hedgerow layout. | 3214 | Margaret Whelan-Curtin |
| Biological and Ecological Senior Individual 3rd place | Biological and Ecological | St Andrew’s College | Dublin | Noise Pollution’s Effect on the Migration of Insects | 3304 | Carter Horner |
| Biological and Ecological Senior Individual 2nd place | Biological and Ecological | Scoil Mhuire gan Smál Blarney | Cork | The Air We Breathe – An Investigation Into Which Subgroups Within The Population Of Cork Are More Susceptible To Prolonged Illness And Premature Death Due To Poor Air Quality | 3300 | Miriam Murphy |
| Biological and Ecological Senior Individual 1st place | Biological and Ecological | Carrick-On-Shannon Community School | Leitrim | Unearthing the hidden potential of Irish dung beetles; Aphodius Fimetarius, Aphodius Prodromus and Aphodius Fossor | 3302 | Hannah Stenson |
| Biological and Ecological Junior Group 3rd place | Biological and Ecological | Muckross Park College | Dublin | Which tomato has the most lycopene? | 3407 | Lisa Guiry, Susannah Pike |
| Biological and Ecological Junior Group 2nd place | Biological and Ecological | Moate Community School | Westmeath | Fruit Fresh: An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Chemical Cleaners | 3401 | Hannah Higgins, Katie Creggy, Aoife Ross |
| Biological and Ecological Junior Group 1st place | Biological and Ecological | Kinsale Community School | Cork | An exploratory study of what the carbon footprint impact of driving on rough road surfaces against smooth surfaces is | 3415 | Hannah Collins, Edel Ryle |
| Biological and ecological Intermediate Group 3rd place | Biological and Ecological | Moate Community School | Westmeath | Investigating the Potential Use of Native Irish Plants in Green Fire Breaks | 3518 | Alex Roche, Eimear Keenan |
| Biological and Ecological intermediate Group 2nd Place | Biological and Ecological | Rockford Manor Secondary School | Dublin | A statistical analysis of the influence of female siblings on developing early onset puberty in younger female siblings. | 3529 | Leah Carraher, Sarah Campbell |
| Biological and Ecological Intermediate Group 1st place | Biological and Ecological | Kinsale Community School | Cork | The evaluation of horse manure as a sustainable alternative to peat compost. | 3513 | Momo Sheehy, Isabelle Linehan, Lucy McCarthy |
| Biological and Ecological Senior Group 3rd place | Biological and Ecological | Malahide Community School | Dublin | UV or not UV, that is the question? Can UV light disinfection reduce the likelihood of contracting infections in a school environment? | 3601 | Lara Scanlan, Ava Dolan |
| Biological and Ecological Senior Group 2nd place | Biological and Ecological | St Louis Secondary School | Louth | A renewable and electricity-free cooling system for food refrigeration that can combat world hunger | 3605 | Jona Garcia, Claudine Mulihano, Iman Shittu |
| Biological and Ecological Senior Group 1st place | Biological and Ecological | Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan | Dublin | Ants face the maze: light pollution’s effect on Camponotus nicobarensis’ navigational compass. | 3606 | Erica O’Brien Murray, Jane Oakley |
Social & Behavioural Sciences
| Award Title | Project Category | School | County | Project Title | Stand | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social and Behavioural Junior Individual 3rd Place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan | Dublin | A study into terrariums’ influence on mental wellbeing of young teenagers. | 4105 | Aoibheann Meally |
| Social and Behavioural Junior Individual 2nd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Kinsale Community School | Cork | An analysis of the level of awareness of the link between heading the ball and increased risk of dementia in later life. | 4100 | Jessica O’Keeffe |
| Social and Behavioural Junior Individual 1st place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | St Dominic’s High School | Antrim | Can learned food associations help combat Obesity? | 4103 | Ava McGurk |
| Social and Behavioural Intermediate Individual 3rd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Coláiste Muire Crosshaven | Cork | I read the news today, oh boy! | 4200 | Niamh Enright |
| Social and Behavioural Intermediate Individual 2nd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush | Dublin | Sans Eyes, Sans Ears: Does incorporating a dual-coding element in second language learning improve working memory retention in aural exams? | 4239 | Emma McCann |
| Social and Behavioural Intermediate Individual 1st place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Colaiste Treasa | Cork | Towards the development of a program of interventions for the reduction of stress among junior doctors | 4206 | Hannah Walsh |
| Social and Behavioural Senior Individual 3rd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Coláiste Ailigh | Donegal | An dearcadh agus eolas atá ag diagoiri i dtreo Eire aontaithe. | 4300 | Iseult Ní Mhathúna |
| Social and Behavioural Senior Individual 2nd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Sutton Park School | Dublin | Looking towards a cashless society – the future of payments! | 4303 | David Smith |
| Social and Behavioural Senior Individual 1st place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Muckross Park College | Dublin | Are introverts more concerned about germs than extroverts? | 4302 | Megan Humphreys |
| Social and Behavioural Junior Group 3rd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Kinsale Community School | Cork | An Intergenerational Study of Diets and Awareness of the Effects they have on Health and the Environment | 4415 | Martha O’Sullivan, Aoibh Kirwan |
| Social and Behavioural Junior Group 2nd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | St Peter’s Community School | Cork | Our Environment, Your Litter: A Mixed Methods Approach for Understanding Commuter Littering Behaviour | 4402 | Éadaoin Farrell, Ethel D’Alton Bateman, |
| Social and Behavioural Junior Group 1st place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Loreto College | Dublin | Are there benefits from reading a book compared to listening to audio books for primary school children? | 4405 | Alice McVey, Heidi O’Donoghue |
| Social and Behavioural intermediate Group 3rd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Abbey Christian Brothers School | Down | Is caffeine necessary? An examination regarding whether neuromuscular/ mental tiredness is a state of mind. | 4552 | Ben Mooney, John McGreevy |
| Social and Behavioural Intermediate Group 2nd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Holy Faith Secondary School | Dublin | The effect water quality has on the public’s desire to sea swim | 4604 | Amisha Dhele, Sophie Kilcullen, Livia Garg-Holohan |
| Social and Behavioural Intermediate Group 1st place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Moate Community School | Westmeath | A Statistical Analysis of the Use of Americanisms by Local Schoolchildren and Parents | 4548 | Grace O’Flaherty, Claire O’Donohoe, Eabha Greville |
| Social and Behavioural Senior Group 3rd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Mercy Secondary School | Kerry | An investigation into suicide rates in EU countries and the factors that affect them. | 4702 | Paula Holmes, Aoife Bourke |
| Social and Behavioural Senior Group 2nd place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Cashel Community School | Tipperary | Investigating the links between prenatal trauma, traumatic childbirth and adolescent mental health | 4704 | Ava Abbott, Megan Kirby |
| Social and Behavioural Senior Group 1st place | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Scoil Pól | Limerick | Are you SAD or have you S.A.D? | 4703 | Shane Shinnors, Aishling Daly, Daniel Gammell |
