SciFest 2011
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Apr 07, 2011
from 08:30 AM to 03:00 PM |
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| Where | Main Entrance, Main Campus, Waterford IT |
| Contact Name | Sheila Donegan |
| Contact Phone | 051 302449 |
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Waterford IT's fourth annual SciFest took place on Thursday the 7th of April. 70 projects were entered from school around the Southeast. This represented over 150 students exhibiting at the Institute this year, with hundreds more visiting, all reflecting the Southeast region’s innovative approach to science.
27 Judges from Local Industry and authorities joined WIT experts in different disciplines in the difficult task of deciding who would be winners on the day. Chair of the Technology Judging Panel, Waterford County Manager, Ray O'Dwyer commended all the exhibitors for the high standard of work and presentation, remarking " The region's future will be bright with the creativity, innovation and problem solving skills demonstrated at WIT today". Dr. Ciaran Geoghan (founder of Microchem) also praised the high standard of all the entrants stressing that the judges' task had been very difficult.
| Results | SciFest Waterford 2011 | |
| Results | ||
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| Overall Winner | Extraction of Crude Oil from Plastic | Blackwater Community School |
| Eoghan Flynn, Ruairi O'Neill | ||
| Overall Runner Up | Beating Natural Selection with Nature | Presentation Wexford |
| Yunwoo Lee | ||
| Technology | ||
| Technology Junior | To Investigate what amounts of blades on a windmill produce enough electricity | CBS Wexford |
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Eoin Hickey, Stephen Breen, Liam Hore
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| Technology Overall | A Glass Idea | Blackwater Community School |
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Shane McCarthy, Joe Firtzgerald, PJ Curran
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| Life Sciences | ||
| Life Sciences Junior | Analis Phailin | Coláiste Pobail Osraí |
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Dubhaltach O Maolriada, Molly Ni Bhriain, Aoise Ni Neill
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| Life Sciences Intermediate | Use of Symbology as a means of safe drug use | Blackwater Community School |
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Clodagh Buckley, ShannenCorcoran
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| Life Sciences Senior | Beating Natural Selection with Nature | Presentation Wexford |
| Yunwoo Lee | ||
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Physical Sciences |
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| Physical Sciences Overall | Extraction of Crude Oil from Plastic | Blackwater Community School |
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Eoghan Flynn, Ruairi O'Neill
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| Physical Sciences Intermediate | Does greywater affect the growth of plants? | Blackwater Community School |
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Ciara Hayes
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| Physical Sciences Senior |
Colour Me Blind |
St. Angela's (Ursuline) Secondary School |
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Jana Cox, Jessica Erkal, Lucy Power
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| Special Awards | ||
| Best presentation | Lake Nykos | CBS Dungarvan |
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Darragh O Donghaile, Muiris de Paor, Darragh Coleman
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| Best Use of Maths | Music on your computer | St. Paul's Community College |
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Philipp Merz, Joseph O'Mahoney
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| Best Communication | Facelessbook the death of an Irish Community | Blackwater Community School |
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Abbie Oshea, Martina Cullinane, Louise Hallahan
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| Best Chemistry | 10 coca cola myths busted or aka fizzy-ology | Meánscoil San Nioclás |
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Shona Burke, Ailish Power
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| Discover Sensors | To Investigate what amounts of blades on a windmill produce enough electricity | CBS Wexford |
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Eoin Hickey, Stephen Breen, Liam Hore
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| Discover Sensors commended | To investigate the pigments in pig skin | Meánscoil San Nioclás |
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Martha Ní Dhochartaigh
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| Best Communication (as gaeilge) | Analis Phailin | Coláiste Pobail Osraí |
| Dubhaltach O Maolriada, Molly Ni Bhrian, Aoise Ni Neill |
SciFest is a series of one-day science fairs held across Ireland which are funded by Intel Ireland and Discover Science and Engineering.
For Poster (web-size) Click here
For Poster (printing resolution 2.8MB) click Here
All information about entries, advice on inquiry based learning, projects, categories etc. available on Scifest Website www.scifest.ie Click here
