projects – BTYSTE Portal

Stand Number: 2402

Project title: An investigation into the initial success of the new Deposit Return Scheme. Why are 25% of people still not using it?

Overview: We will survey people to investigate the reasons why 25% of people are not using the scheme to recycle plastic bottles and aluminium cans?

School Name: Abbey Vocational School

School County: Donegal

Stand Number: 5405

Project title: An investigation into skin microbiomes of people who identify as highly-attractive and bitten by mosquitoes and poorly-attractive and not bitten by mosquitoes.

Overview: I will investigate if there are differences in the skin microbiomes of people who identify as bitten by mosquitoes and not bitten by mosquitoes.

School Name: Abbey Vocational School

School County: Donegal

Stand Number: 4202

Project title: CAS - A wearable capsize alert system

Overview: I have developed a sensor that makes radio contact with the pontoon in the event of capsizing to signal that rowers are in the water.

School Name: Abbey Vocational School

School County: Donegal

Stand Number: 1207

Project title: Menopause? How much do you know?

Overview: The aim of my project is to survey peoples’ understanding of menopause and to find out why there is such limited knowledge and awareness.

School Name: Abbey Vocational School

School County: Donegal

Stand Number: 5305

Project title: Sealing The Future, Polymer based adhesives for safer internal wound healing

Overview: This project aims to revolutionise post-surgical care by developing an innovative polymer-based adhesive, offering faster healing, reduced infections, and a more comfortable recovery for patients.

School Name: Adamstown Community College

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 5310

Project title: A study into maximising ACRES payments for Grassland Farmers

Overview: A study on ACRES and the possibility of a farmer adjusting grazing pattern on their land to positively influence the ACRES Score and financial payment.

School Name: Árdscoil na mBráithre

School County: Tipperary

Stand Number: 3510

Project title: Failed stars or hidden opportunities? An investigation into the likelihood of brown dwarfs supporting life within their orbits.

Overview: Our project focuses on the celestial bodies known as brown dwarfs and their likelihood of supporting life within their orbits.

School Name: Ardscoil Ris

School County: Limerick

Stand Number: 3511

Project title: "Inner Strength": An investigation of crystal structures and how they scale.

Overview: The strongest materials in the world owe their toughness to their structure. We aim to find out if these structures apply elsewhere.

School Name: Ardscoil Ris

School County: Limerick

Stand Number: 5540

Project title: Utilizing and repurposing household waste into mushroom based materials

Overview: Utilizing and repurposing household waste into mushroom based materials

School Name: Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 5544

Project title: Could the Lough Derg disaster have been prevented?

Overview: To test algae to combat nitrates and harvest that algae before it blooms to avoid what happened in Lough Derg.

School Name: Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh

School County: Cork