Students from County Roscommon win five awards at BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
TY student from Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown Ryan Casey won an award for '"Apollo" - A novel network anomaly detection system using AI'.
There was success for County Roscommon students at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition when the awards were announced at the RDS this evening, Friday.
In the Intermediate Group Technology category students from Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone, AnnMarie Mullan from Ballybay, Bláithín Moran from Rahara and Aideen Derwin won first prize for their project entitled ‘The Mould Busters’ while in the Intermediate Individual Technology category Ryan Casey from Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown took the top spot for his project ‘Apollo’ – a novel network anomaly detection system using AI.
In the Social & Behavioural Sciences category third prize in the Intermediate Group section went to Alicia Nic an Bháird and Julia Kuczwalska from Roscommon Community College for ‘Words Without Walls: Exploring the Emotional Impact of Language Barriers on Students”.
From Cólaiste Chiaráin Athenais Selve won third place in the junior section of the Health and Well-being category for a project called ‘Grip Strength: A good biomarker’.
In the senior Health and Well-being category, Individual, Victoria Geraghty from Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown won first prize for ‘Analysing the relationship between first-year students’ perceived stress and social connectedness: a mixed method approach. Victoria's project also won a special award from Tackle Your Feelings.
