Athlone students with an eye for innovation and STEM, took home the EirGrid Climate and Delivering a Cleaner Energy Future Award, following their impressive scientific insights recently.
Students from Coláiste Chiaráin and Marist College claimed the prestigious awards after presenting their innovative projects at SciFest STEM Fairs.
Coláiste Chiaráin students Anna Casey and Hannah Fitzpatrick were successful after presenting their project at Coláiste Chiaráin’s SciFest@School STEM Fair.
The duo scooped the EirGrid climate award for their project - ‘Filtering Agricultural Residue’, research into the impact of agriculture on Irish water supply, while fellow students Mia and Sheena won the award for their project - ‘Does Switching Computers to Standby Mode Save Energy in our School?’, and classmate Jack investigated if it was possible to make a renewable battery.
Meanwhile, at Marist College, students Nauman Khan and Hammad Ahem Mateen were successful in winning the award thanks to their research project titled - ‘Can Mini Wind Turbines Be Useful?’
EirGrid, the operator and developer of Ireland’s electricity grid, has partnered with SciFest to create the climate and energy focused award for its SciFest@School programme - a second-level programme promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths ) education by providing a forum for students to present and display their scientific investigations.
“The innovation and creativity on display at both schools in Athlone was fantastic. At EirGrid, leading on sustainability and decarbonisation is central to our strategy and to see these students explore and develop their own ideas for a more sustainable future is so inspiring. I would like to congratulate the pupils on their impressive projects,” speaking about EirGrid’s involvement in the nationwide programme, Doireann Barry, Head of Strategy and Sustainability with EirGrid, said.
