Kildare schools take home 5 awards from BT Young Scientist of the Year event

Three different groups of students took home a combined total of five awards from the BT Young Scientist of the Year event in the RDS yesterday.

Maynooth Post Primary School students Ally Hobbs and Maeve Hamilton scooped the 1st place award in the Intermediate Technology group for their SenseMyStress project, while Michael Curran and Emmet Morrin's FarmMate device also received an award in the ABP Food Group category.

Ruaidhrí Jordan, Ben Conlon and Mason Scallan also picked up and award in the Irish Aid in Collaboration with Worldwide Global Schools category for their project on how to preserve water.

The list of Kildare winners is below.

Award: Highly Commended Highly Commended School: Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Project: FarmMate Technology  Students: Michael Curran and Emmet Morrin

Category: Irish Aid in collaboration with Worldwide Global Schools Award: Special Awards 1- 10 School: Salesian College - Celbridge Project: Preservation Of Water Supplies Using Hygroscopic Polymers Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Students: Ruaidhrí Jordan, Ben Conlon and Mason Scallan

Category: ICON Awards: Special Awards 1- 10 School: Maynooth Post Primary School Project: SenseMyStress Technology Students: Ally Hobbs and Maeve Hamilton

Category: ABP Food Group Award: Special Awards 11-20 School: Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Project: FarmMate Technology Students: Michael Curran and Emmet Morrin

Category: Technology intermediate group Award: 1st place Technology School: Maynooth Post Primary School Project: SenseMyStress Technology Students: Ally Hobbs and Maeve Hamilton