LIMERICK students were in seventh heaven at the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (YSTE) this weekend. Seven awards were shared by teenagers attending Coláiste Chiaráin, Croom and Desmond College, Newcastle West. They are continuing in the footsteps of former Castletroy College students Patrick and John Collison, who founded Stripe in 2010. Patrick won the overall title in 2005 while John, won a category award. Eileen O’Mara, chief revenue officer at Stripe, said: “It is inspiring to see the incredible depth of talent displayed by all the winners.” Coláiste Chiaráin’s Miles Bueno and Sarah Hurley’s project, Predicting Outages up to 10 days in advance, won the AerCap Sustainable Skies Award (Technology). The duo also claimed the 2nd Senior Group (Technology) award. Schoolmate Tomas O'Sullivan with his Chirp - A low cost approach to bat monitoring using AI audio analysis, claimed the 1st Junior Individual (Technology) award. Desmond College’s Sophie Keane’s project, Effective Medical Solution for Bed Bugs (Cimex Lectularius), won The Housing Agency Award (Health & Wellbeing). She also takes home the 2nd Senior Individual (Health & Wellbeing) award. The West Limerick school’s Daniel Doherty and his Grip Geenie Bringing comfort and confidence to users, one twist at a time, received the 2nd Junior Individual (Health & Wellbeing) award. Desmond College’s third winner is Nell McMahon’s AsthmaSense: A System for Recording and Predicting Asthma Attacks. His hard work was recognised with the 3rd Intermediate Individual (Health & Wellbeing) award. Meanwhile, Aoibheann Daly, a fourth year student from Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk in Kerry, was announced as the overall winner at the competition for her project to improve the treatment of brain cancer. The Stripe YSTE trophy was presented to Aoibheann on Friday by Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton, and Stripe cofounder and former YSTE winner Patrick Collison. In addition to receiving the grand prize of €7,500, she
PICTURES: 7 Up for Limerick students at Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
