PHOTOS: Tralee Students Prepare For BT Young Scientist And Technology Exhibition

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Mercy Mounthawk students Fionn O’Brien and Cian Hennessy have a project at the exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean

STUDENTS from Tralee schools are ready to showcase their projects at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition next month.

The event returns as a full, ‘in-person’ event for the first time since 2020 and takes place from January 11 – 14.

There are 27 projects from nine Kerry schools to be showcased at the RDS in Dublin, with Mercy Mounthawk accounting for ten of those entries and Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí one.

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“Science is extremest popular in the school,” said teacher at Mercy Mounthawk, Fiona O’Connor. “We run science clubs at lunchtimes and an after school club in the run up to the exhibition. It’s been growing over the years. We have a STEAM Academy so it’s not just science, it’s maths, engineering and technology too,” added Fiona.

The projects from the Tralee schools are…

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• Grace Ní hIfearnáin, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí — Reduce energy bills by producing biogas

• Cian Hennessy and Fionn O’Brien, Mercy Mounthawk — Using piezoelectric crystals to generate electricity

• Conan Seino and Sam Gleasure, Mercy Mounthawk — Could The ZZ Plant Survive In Martian Soil

Mercy Mounthawk student Rachel Feeley has a project at the exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean

• Rachel Feeley, Mercy Mounthawk — A Surgical Forceps Incorporating Frustrated Total Internal Reflection For Energy Efficient Sealing and Cutting of Tissue Using Light Energy

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Mercy Mounthawk students Fintan Grimes, Kai Seino and Yasmine Odugbesan all have separate projects for the exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean

• Fintan Grimes, Mercy Mounthawk — A multifunctional device to assist people with ASD

• Yasmine Odugbesan, Mercy Mounthawk — How Effective is the Carotenoid Lycopene in regards to UV Protection?

Mercy Mounthawk students Sophie Hassett, Lilly Nowak and Aoife O’Brien who are looking forward to showcasing their project next month. Photo by Dermot Crean

• Aoife O’Brien, Sophie Hassett and Lilly Nowak, Mercy Mounthawk — UnBEETable – Investigating if beetroot juice can impact the performance of athletes

• Kai Seino, Mercy Mounthawk — Investigating How Paste Extrusion can be used to make 3D Printing more Environmentally Friendly

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• Roanna O’Sullivan, Mercy Mounthawk — The impact of going back to “normal” schooling post Covid-19 has had on teenager’s stress & anxiety levels.

Mercy Mounthawk students Roanna O’Sullivan, Coren Hughes and Aoife Kate Trant all have separate projects for the exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean

• Aoife Trant, Mercy Mounthawk — A Statistical Analysis of Neurodiversity in Junior Cycle Students.

• Coren Hughes, Mercy Mounthawk — Optimising Packing Problems With Computational Analysis And Further Mathematics

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