MCS students have been diligently preparing their projects for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSE) 2023. Brainstorming ideas, researching on the internet, establishing contacts, preparing their proposals, its all part of the experience of BTYSE. The students have now submitted their project proposals to the judges and await their decision later this month on which projects are accepted for the exhibition in January. The students are more excited than ever this year as they will have the opportunity to travel to the RDS and stay in Dublin for three nights, following two years of virtual presentation and judging due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The following eleven projects have been submitted:

Transition Year Projects

‘Can Native Waterweeds Solve Farmer’s Feed and Pollution Problems?’- Nathan Downes, Éanna Maxwell and Daniel Lynam

‘Driving the Elderly to a Safer Future: Using Video games to Improve the Peripheral Vision of Elderly Drivers’- Emily Winters, Niamh Kelly and Evanna Farrell

‘Lifestyle vs Low Carbon Footprint: Identifying the Factors that Influence Public Support for Environmental Initiatives’- Arina Tsarkova and Brendan Egan

‘Turning Saline Soils into a Sustainable Future for Kenyan Farmers’-Molly Doherty, Claire Flynn and Lucy Kearney

‘Talent or Gender? The Real Secret to a Good Game’ – Sarah-Jayne Hasson, Roisin Slevin

‘Reducing Laminitis Incidence among Connemara Ponies: A Practical Approach’- Lauren Finan and Trina Fox

‘Calling Out Phone Use among Tractor Drivers’ – Callum Bastic and Chloe Gordon

‘A Sweeter Way to Treat Equine Parasites’ – Aine Shortall and Kate Whyte

Junior Projects

‘Bio-Enzymes: A Cooler Way to Wash’- Leah Winters, Millie O’Donovan and Lilly Daly

‘Plan Bee: A Natural Nutritious Feed for Bees during Autumn’- Hannah Higgins, Katie Creggy and Aoife Ross.

‘Garden Greening: Designing a Biodiversity Pillar to Remedy the Problems of Modern Gardening’ -Terry Heffernan, Kerry Sun, Domhnall Molloy,

BTYSE Seniors

Back row: Aine Shortall, Kate Whyte, Nathan Downes, Daniel Lynam, Callum Bastic, Chloe Gordon, Brendan Egan, Arina Tsarkova, Lauren Finan, Trina Fox, Sarah-Jayne Hasson and Roisin Slevin

Front Row: Evanna Farrell, Niamh Kelly, Emily Winters, Molly Doherty, Claire Flynn and Lucy Kearney

BTYSE Juniors

Terry Heffernan, Kerry Sun, Domhnall Molloy, Hannah Higgins, Aoife Ross, Katie Creggy, Leah Winters, Millie O’Donovan and Lilly Daly

Missing from photo Éanna Maxwell