Kerry has won nine awards at this year's Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.
Overall winner Aoibheann Daly from Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk in Tralee also won the Cubic Connected Intelligence Award for her GlioScope project which helps doctors improve the treatment of brain cancer. It allows doctors to predict what genetic mutation is likely to be present from an MRI scan so they can make quicker treatment decisions and reduce risk for patients.
Another student at Mercy Mounthawk, Bienheureuse Tumba Kolapanu was recognised for the project, Detection of Bullying Behaviours in Secondary Schools at the Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Bienheureuse won third intermediate individual prize in the social and behavioural sciences category.
Chris Neerakkal of CBS The Green, Tralee won the Environmental Protection Agency Award for his project which puts forward sustainable biostimulant strategies to reduce nitrogen's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Chris also won the second intermediate individual prize in the biological and ecological category.
Alex O'Connor who also attends CBS The Green won two awards for his project, AI-Based Defence System Against Asian Hornet Predation on Honeybee Colonies. Alex received the AMD Award for technology and second prize in the intermediate individual technology category.
Brian Enright of St Michael's College, Listowel won third prize in the junior individual technology category for his project, Lights In My Eyes: A novel glare minimising, shrouded bike light suitable for Irish road conditions.
Oluwatomiwa Abigail Adetunji, Jeri Maeve Samonte, and Jolin Weng of Mercy Mounthawk won the third prize in the senior group biological and ecological category. Their project is titled Empowering the Global South: Revolutionising Fast Fashion Run-Off Treatment Using Solar-Powered Bioadsorption.
