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2023

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Stand Number: 5533

Project title: Pulsed Electrical Fields Application To Cells

Overview: The cell membrane is sensitive to electrical fields. Our project aims to demonstrate how we can safely disrupt the cell membrane with electrical pulses.

School Name: Mount St Michael

School County: Cork

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Stand Number: 5533

Project Title: Pulsed Electrical Fields Application To Cells

Overview: The cell membrane is sensitive to electrical fields. Our project aims to demonstrate how we can safely disrupt the cell membrane with electrical pulses.

Lead Student: Julia Soden

Student 2: Ella Fee

Student 3: Siún Corish

School Name: Mount St Michael

School County: Cork

Teacher Name: Alison O’ Neill

Project Type: Group (3)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5534

Project title: The effects of exercise on singing

Overview: We will be testing the effects of physical exercise on vocal performance(singing).

School Name: Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire

School County: Cork

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Stand Number: 5534

Project Title: The effects of exercise on singing

Overview: We will be testing the effects of physical exercise on vocal performance(singing).

Lead Student: Kate Shinnick

Student 2: Freya O Riordan

School Name: Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire

School County: Cork

Teacher Name: Pat Curtin

Project Type: Group (2)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5535

Project title: Does reducing the routine use of antimicrobials on dairy farms reduce the antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from cows' milk on those farms?

Overview: We tested for differences in antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from milk samples collected on dairy farms with differing levels of antibiotic use.

School Name: Ursuline Secondary School

School County: Tipperary

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Stand Number: 5535

Project Title: Does reducing the routine use of antimicrobials on dairy farms reduce the antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from cows' milk on those farms?

Overview: We tested for differences in antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from milk samples collected on dairy farms with differing levels of antibiotic use.

Lead Student: Julie Johnson

Student 2: Ella Frend

School Name: Ursuline Secondary School

School County: Tipperary

Teacher Name: Anne Molony

Project Type: Group (2)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5536

Project title: Which Wood You Rather? An investigation into the concealed effects chemically-treated wood have on biodiversity and nature.

Overview: We will assess the hidden threats synthetic woods pose to our natural environment by executing various experiments on several wood specimens.

School Name: St. Leo's College

School County: Carlow

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Stand Number: 5536

Project Title: Which Wood You Rather? An investigation into the concealed effects chemically-treated wood have on biodiversity and nature.

Overview: We will assess the hidden threats synthetic woods pose to our natural environment by executing various experiments on several wood specimens.

Lead Student: Fatima Naeem

Student 2: Naomi Picovici

School Name: St. Leo's College

School County: Carlow

Teacher Name: Kelley Comerford

Project Type: Group (2)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5537

Project title: Classroom Air Makeover. An investigation into the effect of the Peace Lily plant on Carbon Dioxide concentration in classrooms.

Overview: This investigation will assess the potential for the Peace Lily plant to improve classroom CO2 levels. We hope to contribute to healthy, productive learning spaces.

School Name: Ursuline College Blackrock

School County: Cork

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Stand Number: 5537

Project Title: Classroom Air Makeover. An investigation into the effect of the Peace Lily plant on Carbon Dioxide concentration in classrooms.

Overview: This investigation will assess the potential for the Peace Lily plant to improve classroom CO2 levels. We hope to contribute to healthy, productive learning spaces.

Lead Student: Berfin Muhsinoglu

Student 2: Izzy Morrish

Student 3: Hannah Browne

School Name: Ursuline College Blackrock

School County: Cork

Teacher Name: Sarah Jane Brady

Project Type: Group (3)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5538

Project title: Pea Power: A sustainable protein crop

Overview: The goal of this investigation is to identify a more sustainable plant-based protein source that can help reduce our carbon footprint.

School Name: St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla

School County: Clare

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Stand Number: 5538

Project Title: Pea Power: A sustainable protein crop

Overview: The goal of this investigation is to identify a more sustainable plant-based protein source that can help reduce our carbon footprint.

Lead Student: Emily Cronin

Student 2: Kiera Kelly

School Name: St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla

School County: Clare

Teacher Name: Mairead O Brien

Project Type: Group (2)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5539

Project title: Fás Plandaí: an é truaillú an miniú?

Overview: Staidéar ar uisce truaillith ó aibhneacha Chill Mhantáin agus an eifeacht ar fhás plandaí.

School Name: Gaelcholáiste na Mara

School County: Wicklow

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Stand Number: 5539

Project Title: Fás Plandaí: an é truaillú an miniú?

Overview: Staidéar ar uisce truaillith ó aibhneacha Chill Mhantáin agus an eifeacht ar fhás plandaí.

Lead Student: Dannie Doyle

Student 2: Cian Bryne

School Name: Gaelcholáiste na Mara

School County: Wicklow

Teacher Name: Rebecca Ní Chonchuir

Project Type: Group (2)

Age Group: Intermediate

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

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Stand Number: 5540

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

Overview: Utilizing and repurposing household waste into mushroom based materials

Lead Student: Liam O'Donovan

Student 2: Shay Kelly

Student 3: Karolis Gridziuska

School Name: Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh

School County: Cork

Teacher Name: Paul Bouchier

Project Type: Group (3)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5541

Project title: Waste to Watts: Harnessing Microbial Fuel Cells as a renewable resource for Developing Countries.

Overview: Our aim is to investigate the efficiency of jelly-enclosed versus freely-suspended microbial fuel cells using artificial urine and faeces for sustainable energy generation in developing

School Name: St Bricin's College

School County: Cavan

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Stand Number: 5541

Project Title: Waste to Watts: Harnessing Microbial Fuel Cells as a renewable resource for Developing Countries.

Overview: Our aim is to investigate the efficiency of jelly-enclosed versus freely-suspended microbial fuel cells using artificial urine and faeces for sustainable energy generation in developing

Lead Student: Áine McGovern

Student 2: Alicja Czop

School Name: St Bricin's College

School County: Cavan

Teacher Name: Daryl Dunne

Project Type: Group (2)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5542

Project title: The antibacterial properties of algae

Overview: Using the bioactive compounds in marine algae to create more accessible antibiotics for lower economic developed countries.

School Name: Sutton Park School

School County: Dublin

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Stand Number: 5542

Project Title: The antibacterial properties of algae

Overview: Using the bioactive compounds in marine algae to create more accessible antibiotics for lower economic developed countries.

Lead Student: Arya Ramalingam

Student 2: Esther Ntoko

School Name: Sutton Park School

School County: Dublin

Teacher Name: Joanne Hanratty

Project Type: Group (2)

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 5543

Project title: A continued ecological study of the effects of a sewage treatment plant on the biodiversity of Mulroy Bay

Overview: Project is a continued study of looking at Mulroy bay and comparing the water quality before and after the sewage system is in place

School Name: Loreto Community School

School County: Donegal

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Stand Number: 5543

Project Title: A continued ecological study of the effects of a sewage treatment plant on the biodiversity of Mulroy Bay

Overview: Project is a continued study of looking at Mulroy bay and comparing the water quality before and after the sewage system is in place

Lead Student: Ava Molloy

Student 2: Olivia Doherty

Student 3: Mia Boyce

School Name: Loreto Community School

School County: Donegal

Teacher Name: Siobhan Herron

Project Type: Group (3)

Age Group: Intermediate

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

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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.

Lead Student: Cillian Cuffe

Student 2: Andrew Connolly

Student 3: Donnacha Hickey

School Name: Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh

School County: Cork

Teacher Name: Paul Bouchier

Project Type: Group (3)

Age Group: Intermediate