KILDARE: Newbridge College student takes home two awards from BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

A Newbridge College student has won two awards in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition held in the RDS. 

Tara Mulhall achieved first place in the Senior Individual category for her project: Forecasting an individual's political leaning based off their social media profile.

Tara also won the Fr Tom Burke Bursary Award.

Another Newbridge College pupil Emily Johnson won first prize in the Junior Individual category for her project: Optimising Wind Turbine Efficiency. 

Other awards were won for projects presented by students in Celbridge, Leixlip, Maynooth, 

Shaunak Mohapatra of Confey Community College in Leixlip came second in the Intermediate Individual category with the project: Creating a secure and accessible healthcare platform.

Addison Carey of Celbridge Community School was Highly Commended for her project: Sláinte-Link: A Web3 based secure medical records system."

Anna O’Flaherty and Niamh Barry of Maynooth Post Primary School won a Display Award for an investigation into the practicality of proliferating blood transfusions and to discern why there has been a decline of donations in Ireland over recent years.