2025

projects

Stand Number: 4530

Project title: 'Verdura', An AI-powered organic fertilizer recommendation scheme that supports sustainable farming

Overview: Verdura is an AI app that uses real-time soil sensor data and weather conditions to provide personalized organic fertilizer recommendations, optimizing crop-efficiency and reducing waste

School Name: Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 2109

Project title: Is the Deposit Return Scheme working?

Overview: I am investigating the Deposit Return Scheme to assess its success under a number of different criteria.

School Name: Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 4501

Project title: Dickens vs. Skynet: How Large is an LLM?

Overview: An investigation into the word usage of large language models and how it compares with human writers.

School Name: Ashbourne Community School

School County: Meath

Stand Number: 4510

Project title: Illuminating The Future Using LIFI

Overview: How can LIFI decrease the risks of hacks and how is it an upgrade from WIFI?

School Name: Athlone Community College

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 4105

Project title: A system to test and develop low-cost heat storage materials

Overview: Raspberry Pi based automated system, to find and develop suitable low-cost heat storage material like recycled cooking oils or hydrated oils.

School Name: Athlone Community College

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 1536

Project title: Breaking the Silence: Unravelling Menstrual Stigmas and Mood Mysteries

Overview: To determine whether women's wellbeing is affected by what point they’re at during their menstrual cycle and change the way of teaching while breaking stigmas.

School Name: Athlone Community College

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 3214

Project title: Lost, Found, and Optimised: A novel, revised outlook on Bellman’s Lost-in-a-Forest Problem

Overview: Bellman’s Lost-in-a-Forest problem, an unsolved minimisation problem, will be explored and approached using modern computational tools and AI to advance our understanding in geometric optimisation.

School Name: Athlone Community College

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 3506

Project title: Using Hydrophobic Magnetic Particles for an eco-friendly oil spill cleanup solution

Overview: To coat iron oxide with a hydrophobic surface and use its magnetic properties to clean marine oil spills in an eco-friendly manner.

School Name: Athlone Community College

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 2316

Project title: Resonance and Response: Psychoacoustics in Behavioural conditioning.

Overview: My project aims to study the effects of music on social dynamics and it's use as an instrument to foster empathy.

School Name: Athlone Community College

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 5531

Project title: Sliabh an Iarainn: an active bog?

Overview: This project investigates the status of the blanket bog on Sliabh an Iarainn mountain and as a result whether it is a priority habitat.

School Name: Ballinamore Community School

School County: Leitrim