BT Young Scientist Award Winners

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Thomas Dunne of Colaiste Lorcain, Co Kildare got the IBM Special Award. “In search of the gene that causes 1,000,000 deaths each year” was the title of his project that concerns the different species of malaria parasite or the mosquitoes. He wanted to find out that “One Species” that is accountable for the 90% deaths globally and 80% of infections.

Richard O’Shea, the sixth-year student from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co Cork, was the Overall BT Young Scientist Award Winner. His project was entitled “A biomass fired cooking stove for developing countries”. Discovering that half of the world’s population depends on biomass to cook their foods, it inspired him to do an 18-month research plan by using mostly tin cans and other waste materials to design and create an effective smoke-free cooking stove.

More award winners are Bryan Murphy and Paul McKeever from Abbey Christian Brothers Gs, Co. Down, who got the Analog Devices Student Award for their “Specs Detector” Project that will make the power tools and machinery not to switch on if they are not wearing the correct safety equipment.