SciFest Grand Award winners 2011 take on the world and win top award

Congratulations to Ruairi O’Neill and Eoghan Flynn, whose project, entitled ‘Polyfuel: A Novel Solution to Fuel Shortages and Disposal of ELPs’ was awarded second place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Ruairi O’Neill and Eoghan Flynn from Blackwater Community School, Lismore, Co. Waterford, represented SciFest and Ireland at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week and proved that science education in Ireland is still among the best in the world.

Their project, entitled ‘Polyfuel: A Novel Solution to Fuel Shortages and Disposal of ELPs’ was awarded second place in the Environmental Management Category ($1500).

Ruairi and Eoghan were awarded the Intel Best Project Award in SciFest@CollegeWIT in April 2011. In October they competed in SciFest@Intel alongside the other SciFest@College winners, one from each IT and from the University of Ulster. As overall winners at SciFest@Intel their prize was to represent Ireland at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 13-18 May 2012.

Congratulations again to Ruairi and Eoghan and to their teacher David King.

Not forgetting Sheila Porter who is the backbone of SciFest – Comhghairdeas!

 

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SciFest@Intel 2011 – www.scifest.ie

Congratulations to Ruairi O’Neill & Eoghan Flynn, Blackwater Community School, Lismore, Co. Waterford. They picked up the top prize at SciFest@Intel 2011 for their technology project, ‘Polyfuel – a novel solution to fuel shortages and disposal of ELPs’. Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon, TD presented the winners with their prize – a trip to International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in May 2012, where they will represent Ireland.

 

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