SciFest 2015 – Awards Sheet
SENIOR LIFE SCIENCES CATEGORY –Dr. Neasa Kinsella AIT & Dr. Colm McGee PPD
School
Project Title
Student(s)
Teacher
SECOND PLACE
Stand
No.
226
Colaiste Naomh
Cormac
The study of lactose &
lactose intolerance
Emear Buckley
Aileen Costello
Becky Troy
Honor Kinsella
FIRST PLACE
230
Tullamore
College
Clean Hearing
Saoirse Underwood
Julie Anne
Greaney
SENIOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES CATEGORY-Dr. Sean Reidy & Colette Ryan Alkermes
School
Project Title
Student(s)
Teacher
SECOND PLACE
Stand
No.
228
Tullamore
College
Chemistry in our press
Ava McGrath
Luana Ussene
Elaine Howlin
FIRST PLACE
232
Tullamore
College
An analysis of lead in water
in Tullamore
Jada Latifi
Elaine Howlin
INTERMEDIATE LIFE SCIENCES GROUP CATEGORY-Dr. Cepta Brougham AIT & Dr. Colm McGee PPD
Stand
No.
38
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Tullamore College
How healthy are your
cooking methods?
Alana Dillon
Leanne Mulligan
Noreen Flynn
Third Place
34
Tullamore College
Vocal capability
Elizabeth Lynch
Simona Kryzevicuite
Saima Pakk
Noreen Flynn
Second Place
25
Lanesboro Community Development of a risk
College
model to determine the
expansion and
environmental impact
of Asian clams in the
lower Lough Rea area
Our Lady’s Bower
Alternative ways to cool
the leibig condenser
Caoimhe Glennon
Megan Banahan
Eoin Farrell
Michael Lyons
Maeve Bass
Rosin Burke
Aisling Benson
Ethna Benson
Highly
Commended
28
First Place
INTERMEDIATE LIFE SCIENCES INDIVDUAL CATEGORY- Dr. Therese Montgomery AIT & Dr. Colm McGee
Stand School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
No.
54
Tullamore College
Protection or
Katie Rabbitte
Noreen Flynn
Third Place
infection
52
Moate Community
School
51
Gallen Community
College
Second Place
First Place
Hoof wall
separation
diseases in
Ireland’s
Connemara pony
Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome &
Autism – is there a
link?
Colin Doyle
Margaret
Mandal
Stevie Anne Buckley
Catherine
Hopkins
INTERMEDIATE PHYSICAL SCIENCES CATEGORY-Mr. Jim Roche & Colette Ryan Alkermes
Third Place
Stand School
No.
45
Tullamore
College
39
Second Place
44
First Place
Tullamore
College
Project Title
Students
Teacher
To test the strike of a
fibre glass compared to
an ash hurl
Joey Keenaghan
Adam Kelly
Conor Dunne
Noreen Flynn
Jessica Nolan
Liam Lynch
Gavin Murphy
Noreen Flynn
Katie O’Rourke
Isla O’Brien
Aobh Nic Ghiolla
Phadraig
Ethna Benson
To investigate the levels
of calcium in different
types of water
compared with milk
Our Lady’s Bower Coffee diesel: biofuel
made from used coffee
grounds
INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CATEGORY-Terry O Neill & John Smyth Ercissons
Second Place
First Place
Stand School
No.
46
Ard Scoil Chiarain
Naofa
Project Title
To investigate the procedure Imelda Fleming
involved in constructing a lava Caoimhe Nagle
lamp & using this as an
Caitlin Murray
educational tool in schools
Aine Deegan
48
Can an android kermel be
redesigned to work with a
variety of devices using same
drivers?
Keith Rowe
St. Aloysius College
Students
Chris Halota
Eryk Zaplata
Oisin Prendergast
Teacher
JUNIOR TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY –Mr. Kevin McDermott & John Smyth Ercissons
Third Place
Second Place
First Place
Stand School
No.
201
Lanesboro
Community College
Project Title
Students
Teacher
What features make
programming games
appealing?
Brian Lyons
Lorcan Donlon
Michael Lyons
200
Tullamore College
Farm safety- a device to Aidan Bracken
make farming safer
Laura Cuskelly
Mark Gorman
J. Browne
Gallen Community
College
Alert cow calving
Catherine
Hopkins
194
Sean Flynn
Clive Keena
JUNIOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES GROUP CATEGORY- Dr. Cormac Quigley & Colette Ryan Alkermes
Highly Commended
Stand
No.
181
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Athlone
Community
College
Moate
Community
School
Roscommon
Community
College
Is the current layout of
the periodic table the
best?
Materials & Magnetic
fields
Kevin Shine
Dara Sheeran
Claire Brett
Highly Commended
165
Eoin McCormack
Evan Fogarty
Euan McDonnell
Michael Lough
Walub Mohammad
Cameron Prior
Margaret
Mandal
THIRD PLACE
171
SECOND PLACE
186
Castepollard
Community
College
Luke Roddy
Killian Hogan
Maeve Bouke
FIRST PLACE
179
Moate
Community
School
Ronan Murphy
Brian Conlon
Gerard O’Reilly
Margaret
Mandal
Assessment of financial
losses due to standard
plumbing practices. A
look into how we might
do it better
Candle powered phone
What would you like to
drink? Water or water?
Nuala Commins
JUNIOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY –Dr. Carmel Donoughue & Colette Ryan Alkermes
Stand School
No.
220
Sacred Heart School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
My birds eye view
Aisling Gallagher
Kevin Gallagher
224
Tullamore College
Can we make fuel
from water?
Delvidas Morkunas
Julie Anne
Greaney
222
Tullamore College
Investigating the
Luke Carson
relationships
between the draw
weight of a crossbow
and the distance and
speed of the arrow
THIRD PLACE
SECOND PLACE
FIRST PLACE
Elaine Howlin
JUNIOR LIFE SCIENCES GROUP CATEGORY-Dr. Donal Eardly
Stand School
No.
Highly Commended
Tullamore
146
College
Project Title
Students
Teacher
50 shades of white
Elaine Howlin
Highly Commended 121
Our Lady’s
Bower
Aids to kick starting the
germination process
Jayne Henry
Anna Daly
Lucy Leonard
Katie Commins
Alicia Lawless
Isobel Clarke
Highly Commended 99
Gallen
Community
College
Make-up – a true
reflection
Lucy Egan
Sophie Gilson
Alma Killian
Third Place
137
Roscommon
Community
College
Aids to memory retention
– Is harder better?
Ellen Thomas
Tia Cronin
Ciara Kenny
Nuala Commins
Second Place
61
John Friel
112
Do students starting
secondary school get
enough exercise?
To test the purity of water
in the Athlone area
John Feeney
Fearghus Lennon
First Place
Athlone
Community
College
Marist College
Edward Clarke
Charlie O’Connor
Aine Boland
Ellen Maguire
JUNIOR LIFE SCIENCES INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY-Dr. Anne Friel
Stand
No.
HIGHLY
COMMENDED
201
THIRD PLACE
209
211
SECOND PLACE
204
FIRST PLACE
School
Project Title
Lanesboro
Community
College
Oaklands
Community
College
Our Lady’s
Bower
What features make Brian Lyons
programming games Lorcan Donlon
appealing?
Finding the sweet
Laura Sheehan
spot
Michael Lyons
Putting your money Kate Duffy
to work: the
application of
copper plated 5 cent
coins to reduce
microorganisms in
pond water & fish
tanks
The effect of carbon Danielle Greasley
dioxide
concentration on the
cognitive
performance of
students
Stephen Digby
Athlone
Community
College
Students
Teacher
Deirdre Roddy
John Friel
BIRR CASTLE JUNIOR BIOLOGY 00INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY- Dr. Anne Friel
Stand
No.
HIGHLY
COMMENDED
208
School
Project Title
Loretto College An exploration of
the relationship
between playing an
instrument and
learning
Students
Teacher
Aoife Gorman
Lynda Cooke
SPECTRUM SIGNS DISPLAY AWARDS (2 Group and 2 individual
- Presented by Paul King, Spectrum Signs/Geoff Shannon AIT
School
Project Title
Students
DISPLAY AWARD
Stand
No.
22
Clonaslee College
Live safe, live on a
farm
Mary Conroy
Joe Redmond
Deirdre Caplice
DISPLAY AWARD
53
Our Lady’s Bower
Tierna Maguire
Ellen Maguire
DISPLAY AWARD
220
Sacred Heart School
Moo much – a
nutritious
environmentally
friendly alternative
silage cover
My birds eye view
Aisling Gallagher
Kevin Gallagher
DISPLAY AWARD
169
Our Lady’s Bower
How safe is
rainwater?
Anu Adeniji
Shauna Martin
Megan Henehan
Ellen Maguire
Ag Science Awards sponsored by Geraghty & Neary Veterinary Clinic Presented by Lisa
Geraghty
Stand
No.
121
School
Project Title
Students
Our Lady’s Bower
62
Athlone Community College
Aids to kick starting
the germination
process
Rain water
harvesting
227
Tullamore College
Katie Commins
Ellen Maguire
Alicia Lawless
Isobel Clarke
Rosie Lennon
John Friel
Aisling
McGoldrick
Colleen McManus
Anna Warno
Elaine Howlin
Luzanna Rzybysy
Third Place
Second Place
First Place
The effects of air
freshness on plants
Teacher
Animal Welfare Awards Sponsored by Bimeda Vetinary presented Dr. Cepta Joyce
Stand
No.
53
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Our Lady’s Bower
Tierna Maguire
Ellen Maguire
195
Gallen Community College
Moo much – a
nutritious
environmentally
friendly alternative
silage cover
FF 45 feeder
Adam Henry
Joshua Dunican
Catherine
Hopkins
52
Moate Community College
Hoof wall
separation disease
in Ireland’s
Connemara pony
Colin Doyle
Margaret
Mandal
Third Place
Second Place
First Place
AIT Sports Science Award-presented by Ms. Lynn Allen
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Second Place
Stand
No.
174
Sacred Heart School
Ciara Milner
Aoife Mahon
Emmet
Mahony
First Place
61
Athlone Community College
Should PE be a
graded subject for
Leaving Cert?
Do students
starting secondary
school get enough
exercise?
John Feeney
Fearghus Lennon
John Friel
Nutritional Science Awards - Dr. Patricia Heavey
Stand
No.
141
School
81
Colaiste Mhuire
Second Place
First Place
Project Title
Scoil Mhuire Secondary School “Makes a winner –
but which one?”
Sugar Rush
Students
Teacher
Kieran
Westerbery
Edward Flanagan
Alan McGuinness
Izzy Daly
Cuisha King
Saoirse Ward
Modwena
Geoghegan
Rita O’Connor
Health Science Awards - Dr. Pearse Murphy
Stand
No.
204
School
Project Title
Athlone Community College
51
Gallen Community College
The effect of carbon Danielle Greasley
dioxide
concentration on
the cognitive
performance of
students
Ehlers-Danlos
Stevie Anne
syndrome & Autism Buckley
– is there a link?
Second Place
First Place
Students
Teacher
John Friel
Catherine
Hopkins
BEST Individual Health & Safety- Sponsored by Niso Award-Presented by Catherine Daly
Stand
No.
216
First Place
Ipod nano
School
Project Title
Students
CBS Roscommon
How hard is a “hard Adam Hegarty
hat”?
Teacher
Louise
Gallagher
Womens Health and welfare Award- sponsored by Athlone Soroptimists-Presented by Ann Jeffers
Athlone Soroptomists
Stand
No.
118
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Oaklands Community College
Tullamore College
Shonagh
Heffernan
Cora France
Siannait Goulding
Emily Deverell
Clare Mahon
36
The impact of
technology on the
youth of today
Breastfeeding vs
baby formula
SECOND PLACE
FIRST PLACE
Noreen Flynn
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD-Presented by Mark Atterbury Enterprise Ireland
Stand
No.
53
FIRST PLACE
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Our Lady’s Bower
Moo much – a
nutritious
environmentally
friendly alternative
silage cover
Tierna Maguire
Ellen Maguire
ORIFLAME Cosmetics Award-Dr. Clara Le Berre
Stand No. School
THIRD JUNIOR
19
Clonaslee College
CATEGORY
SECOND
JUNIOR
CATEGORY
82
Cloiste Mhuire
Project Title
To create & test our
own oil based cleanser
for the face
Make-up wonders
FIRST PLACE
JUNIOR
148
Tullamore College
Stainless smile
Students
Aoife Dunne
Bronagh Conroy
Chloe Breen
Amelia Mizia
Ava Moore
Teacher
Helen Dunne
Regina Allano
Megan Tuite
Julie Anne
Greaney
Rita O’Connor
EPI-STEM Maths in Science Award Dr. Mark Daly & Stephanie O Neill
Mathematics in
Science Award
Trophy
Stand
No.
51
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Gallen Community College
EhlersDanlos
Syndrome and
Autism – is there a
link
Stevie Anne
Buckley
Catherine
Hopkins
Pharma Chemical Ireland Chemistry Award- Cyril Furey Arran chemical Co. & Dr. Sean Reidy
PharmaChemical
Ireland Chemistry
Award Winner
Stand
No.
44
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Our Lady’s Bower
Coffee diesel:
biofuel made from
used coffee
grounds
Katie O’Rourke
Isla O’Brien
Aobh Nic Ghiolla
Phadraig
Ethna Benson
Trophy + Vouchers
Royal Society of Chemistry SCHOOL CHEMISTRY AWARD-Cyril Furey Arran Chemical Co. Dr. Sean Reidy
Presented to
Teacher of the
School receiving the
award above:
Equipment for
school
Our Lady’s Bower
Ethna Benson
IRISH SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AWARD - Best Project In Junior Category Dr. Sinead Devery
Irish Science
Teachers
Association Award
Trophy
Stand
No.
204
School
Project Title
Students
Athlone Community College
The effect of carbon Danielle Greasley
dioxide
concentration on
the cognitive
performance of
students
Teacher
John Friel
Sustainable Energy Ireland Award-Terry O Neill & Mark Atterbury Enterprise Ireland
Sustainable Energy
Ireland Award
Winner
Trophy + Vouchers
Stand
No.
44
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Our Lady’s Bower
Coffee diesel:
biofuel made from
used coffee
grounds
Katie O’Rourke
Isla O’Brien
Aobh Nic Ghiolla
Phadraig
Ethna Benson
Discover Space Award (ESERO Ireland)-Dr. Ann O Malley & Stephanie O Neill
Discover Space
Award Winner
Trophy
DISCOVER SPACE
TEACHER AWARD
Atlas
Stand
No.
29
School
Project Title
Students
Roscommon Community
College
An Investigation
Maria Lohan
into effects of the
Anita Silva
lunar cycle on
Orla Dillon
radicle and plumule
growth rates
Teacher
Mary Concar
Mary Concar
NEWSTALK Best Communicator Award- Dr. Carol O Donnell
Stand
No.
BT Best
Communicator
Award
Trophy + Vouchers
179
School
Project Title
Students
Moate Community School
What would you
Ronan Murphy
like to drink – water Brian Conlon
or water?
Gerard O’Reilly
Teacher
Margaret
Mandal
Boston Scientific
Medical Devices Award- Dr. Valerie Barron
Stand School
No.
Boston Scientific
230
Tullamore College
Trophy + Vouchers
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Clean Hearing
Saoirse
Underwood
Julie Anne
Greaney
INTEL AWARD
BEST PHYSICAL SCIENCE OR TECHNOLOGY PROJECT-John Smyth/Terry O Neill
Stand
No.
186
Intel Award
Trophy + Vouchers
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Castepollard Community
College
Candle powered
phone
Luke Roddy
Killian Hogan
Maeve Bouke
Best School Award - Sponsored by AIT presented by Dr. Noreen Morris & Dr. Therese Montgomery
Stand
No.
Best School Award
Bog Oak
School
Tullamore College
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Abbott RUNNER-UP BEST PROJECT AWARD-Ms. Sheila Porter
RUNNER-UP BEST
PROJECT AWARD
Trophy + Vouchers
Stand
No.
52
School
Project Title
Students
Teacher
Moate Community School
Hoof wall
separation diseases
in Ireland’s
Connemara pony
Colin Doyle
Margaret
Mandal
SFI DISCOVER BEST PROJECT AWARD-Ms. Sheila Porter, Dr. Noreen Morris/Dr. Therese Montgomery/ Dr. Don Faller
SFI Discover Best
Project Award
Trophy + Vouchers
Stand
No.
229
School
Project Title
Students
Lanesboro Community College The price of profit – Mark Lyons
a statistical analysis
of the effects of the
GMS charge
Teacher
Michael Lyons