Only Laois team await award announcement of Young Scientist exhibition
Laois and Mountrath Community School is holding its breath to hear if the only project from the county wins a prize at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.
The atmosphere is electric at the RDS, as the final day of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2023 continues.
All eyes are on this evening’s awards ceremony, where the winner(s) of the 59th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition will finally be announced.
Mountrath CS team Sarah Phelan & Doireann O’Connor are exhibition their groundbreaking project - ‘Aquaculture- The Impact Of Crude Protein Supplementation On Dairy Cow Production and Nitrogen Excretion In Urine In Late Lactation and The Effects This Has On Irish Waterways’.
They are supported there by their science teacher Kelly Walsh.
The panel of expert judges are doing their last rounds of project assessments, before beginning their final deliberations to decide who will be crowned the 2023 BTYSTE winner(s).
Over the course of the week, over 1,100 students hailing from all over the country have showcased their projects, which span the categories of technology, biological and ecological science, social behavioural sciences, and chemical, physical, and mathematical sciences. 550 projects in total have been on display, with students sharing some of their thought-provoking discoveries with the BTYSTE judges as well as the public.
Speaking ahead of this evening’s awards ceremony, Mari Cahalane, Head of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition said “I don’t envy the panel of judges who are tasked with choosing this year’s winner! The competition really is fierce – and students taking part in this year’s exhibition have truly blown us away with the high calibre of talent, creativity and innovation evident through their projects.
She added “Each and every student participating in the exhibition should be immensely proud of the quality of work they have produced this year.”
The awards ceremony will begin at 5.30pm this evening, with the winner(s) of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition due to be announced at around 7pm. Audiences around the world will also be able to tune in, free of charge, to watch as the ceremony unfolds through the BTYSTE portal or on Facebook Live.