Congratulations To All Who Participated In The 2015 BT Young Scientist Exhibition

Congratulations to Dundalk student, Rachel Ní Dhonnachadha on winning the Best Individual Award and the Perrigo Student Award at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2015.  I had the pleasure of meeting with Rachel on Thursday last and she explained her excellent project 'Brap: Boxers handwrap, preventing wrist injury in boxing.'

Rachel Ní Dhonnachadha, winner of the Best Individual Award and Perrigo Student Award

 

I would also like to commend Rachel's brother Martin O Donnachadha whose project 'Wearable TMO System' won the 2nd-Junior Individual Award in the Technology category; Elle Loughran who won the Intellectual Ventures Special Award for her project 'To develop and functionalise a grapheme-based biosensor to measure attractin, a protein biomarker for high-grade gliomas'; and Conor Begley who won the Analog Student Award for his project 'QuickCom--A communication aid for the physically disabled' and will be travelling to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

 

Congratulations to everyone who took part, their teachers and families.

 

Conor Begley, winner of the Analog Student Award

Martin O Donnachadha, 2nd-Junior Individual

Elle Loughran, winner of the Intellectual Ventures Award