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Stand Number: 1546

Project title: How to accelerate the production of S.A.F. (Sustainable Aviation Fuel)

Overview: We are looking into how to accelerate production of S.A.F so it can be used worldwide and for commercial planes

School Name: St Mary's High School

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 1600

Project title: Investigating Generalisations of Pythagoras' Theorem Using Iterated Function Systems and Hutchinson Attractors

Overview: One can prove Pythagoras theorem as a consequence of the self-similar exact covers of right-angled triangles. Are there other structures satisfying this property?

School Name: Killarney Community College

School County: Kerry

Stand Number: 1601

Project title: Factors Affecting Muon Flux Density

Overview: We built a muon flux detector, and will investigate factors affecting flux density.

School Name: Mungret Community College

School County: Limerick

Stand Number: 1602

Project title: Passing Networks in Rugby Sevens - The Dependance of Boolean Success on Quantity of Passes within a Phase

Overview: The analysis of passing networks of 7's rugby teams to determine the correlation between successful 7's teams and the quantity of successful passes they make.

School Name: Clongowes Wood College

School County: Kildare

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Stand Number: 1603

Project title: Solving Reaction-Diffusion Equations - Reflections on Some Mathematical Problems Arising in Alan Turing's Theory of Morphogenesis

Overview: Turing's theory of how shapes and patterns are formed in animals and plants contains equations that are difficult to solve. Are exact solutions possible?

School Name: Christian Brothers, Synge St.

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 1604

Project title: Oxidation Of Apples: Does the pH of an Apple Change as it Ripens?

Overview: An investigation of the effect of the oxidation process on the pH of apples.

School Name: Coláiste Chú Chulainn

School County: Louth

Stand Number: 1605

Project title: How we could have saved the Pirates! An analysis of the best cooking methods to save Vitamin C

Overview: An investigation into the factors affecting Vitamin c yield in potatoes. By Iodine titration of solutions of different variables against a control solution.

School Name: Coláiste Muire Máthair

School County: Galway

Stand Number: 1606

Project title: Can Luminol determine iron concentration in water?

Overview: In this project we will be investigating if luminol can determine iron concentration in ionised water.

School Name: Loreto College

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 1607

Project title: An investigation into the biomechanics of heading a football with implications for the design of protective, wearable technology for measuring and recording cumulative non-concussive cranial impacts.

Overview: To study the biomechanics of heading a football and develop wearable technology to monitor the frequency, severity and implications of non-concussive cranial impacts that result.

School Name: St Mary's Secondary School Mallow

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 1608

Project title: Realities of Imaginary Numbers

Overview: The goal of our experiment was to discover new applications of Complex Numbers in the real world

School Name: Meánscoil na mBráithre

School County: Clare