The 2023 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition takes place this week attracting over 40,000 people, including students from across Limerick and Clare. The event has grown in strength over the years, igniting innovation and showcasing secondary school students’ abilities in the area of science and technology.
Desmond College students Elissa Sheils and Caoimhe Greene and their project titled ‘Measure the speed of light using a microwave’.
Desmond College secondary school in Newcastle West has a proud 50 year history of competing in the prestigious competition and this year is no exception. According to teacher Donal Enright, six projects have been chosen to compete at this year’s event at the RDS in Dublin from January 11th to 14th.
Student Vinnie Garcia who qualified with her project ‘Dyeing to look good’.
At this year’s exhibition Desmond College students Elissa Shiels and Caoimhe Greene will be measuring the speed of electromagnetic waves in the microwave portion of the spectrum by measuring the spacing between hot spots in a microwave oven in their exciting project titled ‘Measure the speed of light using a microwave’. Student Vinnie Garcia will be investigating the stated contents of make-up and face paints versus actual contents, to see if companies are hiding more than your imperfections in a fascinating project entitled ‘Dyeing to look good’.
Edel McMahon demonstrating her project ‘project ‘Upstairs/Downstairs, enabling people to navigate stairs more safely’.
Designing a device that can be retrofitted to any standard stairs banister to help the elderly and those with mobility issues was the aim of Edel McMahon’s project ‘Upstairs/Downstairs, enabling people to navigate stairs more safely while students Madison Reddin and Padraig Doherty have an entry this year called ‘A Rubbish Physics Project’. The project details creative ways to encourage scientific exploration, using repurposed products and producing a user-friendly book with step-by-step instructions for primary school students.
Madison Reddin and Padraig Doherty and their project called ‘A Rubbish Physics Project’.
Madison Brouder has created an impressive and versatile device for rehabilitation and exercise at home for Frozen Shoulder syndrome in a project called ‘ Solution for adhesive capsulitis and other common shoulder complications’ while Ethan Kirwin and Jack Kelly are targeting blockages in blood vessels and reducing blood viscosity in their excellent project ‘Treatment of myocardial infarction using magnetic fields’.
Madison Brouder and her project ‘Solution for adhesive capsulitis and other common shoulder complications’.
Desmond College is just one of several Limerick and Clare ETB schools that are honoured to be competing in this year’s BT Young Scientist 2023 Exhibition. Students from Coláiste Chiaráin, Coláiste Iósaef, Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh, Mungret Community College, St Anne’s Community College, Killaloe and Kilkee Community College have also been chosen to participate in this year’s prestigious event. We wish all of the teachers and students from our community colleges taking part this year the very best of luck.
Ethan Kirwin and Jack Kelly who will be competing this year with their project ‘Treatment of myocardial infarction using magnetic fields’.
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