Many winners at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2010 had also won prizes at SciFest 2009 events across the country. Check out the photos below.
SciFest aims to encourage a love of science through an investigative approach to learning and to provide an opportunity for students to display their scientific discoveries. The closing date for receipt of this year’s entry forms is Friday 12 March 2010. Visit the Scifest site for more details.
Check out the DSE Flickr account for more images from the BT Young Scientist and other DSE events.
Richard O’Shea from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Co Cork, won the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for his project – “A biomass fired cooking stove for developing countries”.
At SciFest 2009 he was awarded first prize in the senior technology category and the Discover Sensors Award.
Sebastian Ryan, David Byrne and Conor Flynn, Mairist College, Athlone, won best project at SciFest 2009 in Athlone Institute of Technology and got highly commended at the BT Young Scientist.
Hazel Rogers and Shireen Data, Sutton Park School, Dublin, got highly commended in the junior category in life sciences at SciFest 2009 in Dublin Institute of Technology. They came third in the junior category in social and behavioural sciences at the BT Young Scientist.
Henrik Bruesecke, St Columba’s Comprehensive, Donegal, is pictured here with his maths teacher Kathleen Molloy. Henrik won best project at SciFest 2009 in Letterkenny Institute of Technology and was awarded second place in the senior individual category in technology at the BT Young Scientist.
Kevin Bluett, Meánscoil na mBráithre Criostaí, Kilkenny, won the best project award at SciFest 2009 in the Institute of Technology, Carlow, and was awarded first place in the senior individual category in technology at the BT Young Scientist.
Mairin Ryan, Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone, won second place in the junior category in physical sciences at SciFest 2009 in Athlone Institute of Technology. At the BT Young Scientist she won first place in the junior category in chemical, physical and mathematical sciences.
Watch an interview with Mairin on the DSE YouTube channel.
