Hall of Fame

SciFest STEM Champions 2011 - 2020

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Since 2011 the overall winner/s of SciFest represent Ireland at the following year's Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a one-week STEM fair, held annually since 1950 in the USA. At Regeneron ISEF some 1800 students from over 420 affiliated science fairs in approximately 80 countries, regions and territories compete for a range of prizes. Since first participating in 2011 SciFest students have won a total of 13 major awards at ISEF.

Year	Students	Teacher	School	Project Title
2020	Caoimhín O'Leary	Niamh Shannon	Ardscoil na Mara Tramore Co. Waterford	An Image Analysis of Rehabilitating Patients' Exercises to Measure and Improve Recovery
2019	Timothy McGrath	Marieke O'Connor	Community College Killorglin Killorglin Co. Kerry	An R&D Study on Using a Nutrient Treatment Biofilter to Combat Oceanic and Freshwater Dead Zones which Harnesses the Intrinsic Potential of Halophyte Species
2018	Adam Kelly	Louise Sullivan	Skerries Community College Balbriggan St Skerries Co. Dublin	An Open Source Solution to Simulating Quantum Computers Using Hardware Acceleration
2017	Aaron Hannon	Kevin Boyle	St Muredachs College Sligo Road Ballina Co. Mayo	Developing a Facial Care Device for People with Limited Hand Dexterity
2016	Caolann Brady	Karen O'Callaghan	St. Wolstan's Community School Celbridge Co. Kildare	Hum Your Way to Better Health
2015	Louis Madden	Sharon Magennis	Largy College Analore Road Clones Co. Monaghan	Bringing Genetics to the Masses: The Next Step in Genetic Research
2014	Christopher Carragher	Kathryn Higgins	Our Lady’s Secondary School Castleblayney Co. Monaghan	An Electronic Device to Enhance Independent Living for those who Suffer Memory Loss
2013	Paul Clarke	Dr Brian Smyth	St Paul's College Sybil Hill Raheny Dublin 5	A Polynomial Time Algorithm for the Undirected Hamiltonian Cycle Problem
2012	Simon Bluett	PJ McCormack	CBS James's Street Kilkenny	Easyflick, Innovative, easy to use and safe circuit and lighting control for every house
2011	Eoghan Flynn Ruairi O’Neill	David King	Blackwate Community School Lismore Co. Waterford	Polyfuel: A Novel Solution to Fuel Shortages and Disposal of ELPs

0 Broadcom MASTERS International Program Award Winners

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Attendance at the Broadcom MASTERS International Program is an experiential award for top delegates from middle school science fairs around the world. The delegates represent approximately 25 countries and the programme consists of a series of educational activities, including a visit to the ISEF competition.

Year	Student Name	Teacher	School	Project Title
2020	Eoghan Ó Fearáin	Siobhán Laighneach	Coláiste Ailigh Cnoc na Móna Leitir Ceanainn Co. Dhún na nGall	Beef or Leaf (An Rian Coise Charbóin a Bhaineann le hAistí Bhia Éagsúla)
2019	Orna Collins	Ciara Ní Dhrisceoil	Castletroy Community College Castletroy Co. Limerick	Plastics with Potential – Toward a Sustainable Biodegradable
2018	Éabha Kenny	Padraig Harlow	Convent of Mercy Meán-Scoil Muire Gan Smál Co. Roscommon	The Investigation of how Microwave Radiation Affects Living Organisms

0 Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award Winners

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Boston Scientific joined SciFest as a project partner in 2014. Each year a panel of judges from Boston Scientific selects a number of projects from the 16 regional Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award winners to compete at the National Final for the Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award.

Year	Student Name	Teacher	School	Project Title
2020	Dara Newsome Conor Bradshaw David Hughes	Eimear Nolan	Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk Mounthawk Tralee Co. Kerry	Specs - An Adapted Spectacle System for Dementia Patients
2019	Oisín O'Sullivan	Donal Enright	Desmond College Newcastle West Co. Limerick	iScope - The Design and Development of an Enhanced Digital Stethoscope for Remote Auscultation
2018	Nicole Marinos	Denise Quilter	Christ King Girls' Secondary School South Douglas Road Cork	Visual Communication Device to Promote Patient Participation and Wellness During Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2017	Aaron Hannon	Kevin Boyle	St Muredach's College Ballina Co. Mayo	Developing a Facial Care Device for People with Limited Hand Dexterity
2016	Lucy Leonard Michele Mann	Elaine Howlin	Tullamore College Tullamore Co. Offaly	Investigating the Difference in Bacterial Contamination when Handling and Using a Device to Insert Contact Lenses
2015	Cillian Gartlan	John O'Rourke	Patrician High School Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan	Harnessing Patient Information to Mitigate Risks Associated with Stroke Treatment
2014	Oisín Keniry Edmond O’Halloran Bobby McCarthy	Crona McCarthy	Pobalscoil na Tríonóide Youghal Co. Cork	Agriscan

0 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Participants

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At ISEF some 1800 students from over 420 affiliated science fairs in approximately 80 countries, regions and territories compete for a range of prizes. Since 2011, SciFest students have won a total of 12 major awards at ISEF.

Year	Student	Teacher	School	Project Title
2020	Caoimhín O'Leary	Niamh Shannon	Ardscoil na Mara, Tramore Co. Waterford	An Image Analysis of Rehabilitating Patients' Exercises to Measure and Improve Recovery
2020	Conor Casey	Sarah Abbott	Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine Kenmare Co. Kerry	AMSIMP: Using Machine Learning to Improve Numerical Weather Prediction
2019	Timothy McGrath	Marieke O'Connor	Community College Killorglin Killorglin Co. Kerry	An R&D Study on Using a Nutrient Treatment Biofilter to Combat Oceanic and Freshwater Dead Zones which Harnesses the Intrinsic Potential of Halophyte Species
2019	Alice Shaughnessy	Christina Kenny	Calasanctius College Oranmore Co. Galway	Omnidirectional Magnetic Driving System
2018	Adam Kelly	Louise Sullivan	Skerries Community College Balbriggan St Skerries Co. Dublin	An Open Source Solution to Simulating Quantum Computers Using Hardware Acceleration
2017	Aaron Hannon	Kevin Boyle	St Muredachs College Sligo Road Ballina Co. Mayo	Developing a Facial Care Device for People with Limited Hand Dexterity
2016	Caolann Brady	Karen O'Callaghan	St. Wolstan's Community School Celbridge Co. Kildare	Hum Your Way to Better Health
2015	Louis Madden	Sharon Magennis	Largy College Analore Road Clones Co. Monaghan	Bringing Genetics to the Masses: The Next Step in Genetic Research
2014	Christopher Carragher	Kathryn Higgins	Our Lady’s Secondary School Castleblayney Co. Monaghan	An Electronic Device to Enhance Independent Living for those who Suffer Memory Loss
2013	Conor Foy	Edel Farrell	Coláiste Chiaráin Croom Limerick	To Design and Manufacture a Device to Improve the Timing among Crew in a Rowing Boat
2013	Paul Clarke	Dr Brian Smyth	St Paul's College Sybil Hill Raheny Dublin 5	A Polynomial Time Algorithm for the Undirected Hamiltonian Cycle Problem
2012	Simon Bluett	PJ McCormack	CBS, James's Street Kilkenny	Easyflick, Innovative, easy to use and safe circuit and lighting control for every house
2011	Eoghan Flynn Ruairi O’Neil	David King	Blackwater Community School Lismore Co. Waterford	Polyfuel: A Novel Solution to Fuel Shortages and Disposal of ELPs

0 Global Youth Science and Technology Bowl (GYSTB) Participants

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GYSTB is organised by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups. Since 2020, 11 SciFest National Finalists (8 projects) have participated, winning a total of 8 major awards and 3 honorable mentions between them.

Year	Students	Teacher	School	Project Title
2021	Erinn Leavy Sophie McCardle	John White	St Vincent's Secondary School Seatown Place Dundalk Co. Louth	An Analysis of Physiological and Running Metrics in 3 km Cross Country Running in Comparison to Track and Treadmill
2021	Giulia Baratta	Hilary Rimbi	St Andrew's College Booterstown Ave Blackrock Co. Dublin	Toxicological Investigation of Pesticides Using Paramecium as a Model Organism
2021	Conor Casey	Sarah Abbott	Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine Kenmare Co. Kerry	AMSIMP: Using Machine Learning to Improve Numerical Weather Prediction
2021	Caoimhín O'Leary	Niamh Shannon	Ardscoil na Mara Tramore Co. Waterford	An Image Analysis of Rehabilitating Patients' Exercises to Measure and Improve Recovery
2021	Dara Newsome Conor Bradshaw David Hughes	Eimear Nolan	Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk Mounthawk Tralee Co. Kerry	Specs - An Adapted Spectacle System for Dementia Patients
2020	Ruth Madden	Colette Smith	Largy College Analore Rd Clones Co. Monaghan	The Microplastic Filter - A Small Solution to a Global Problem
2020	Timothy McGrath	Marieke O'Connor	Community College Killorglin Killorglin Co. Kerry	An R&D Study on Using a Nutrient Treatment Biofilter to Combat Oceanic and Freshwater Dead Zones which Harnesses the Intrinsic Potential of Halophyte Species
2020	Alice Shaughnessy	Christina Kenny	Calasanctius College Oranmore Co. Galway	Omnidirectional Magnetic Driving System

0 International Environment & Sustainability Project Olympiad (INESPO) Participants

INESPO was an international environmental solutions STEM competition for second-level students. In 2015 it took place in Amsterdam and in 2016 in Utrecht. More than 50 countries participated each year and in the two years that SciFest students were involved they won a First Place Award and a Second Place Award.

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Year	Students	Teacher	School	Project Title
2016	Lúc de Barra	Lís Ní Chíobháin	Coláiste Raithín Bray Co. Wicklow	An Investigation of the Potential of Pine Needles as a new Alternative Biodiesel Source
2015	Ellen Fitzgerald Aoife Dolan Niamh Nyhan	Una Mayock	Sacred Heart Secondary School Clonakilty Co. Cork	Non-integrated LED Bulb