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Kelly Walsh (teacher) and student Maha Shahzadi from Coláiste Nano Nagle, who won the 2022 BD STEM STARS competition, with Padraig FitzGerald, Site Leader, BD Research Center Ireland
LIMERICK schools are set to pit their STEM smarts against others from across the Mid-West in the biggest awards programme in the region aimed at promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.
The 2023 BD STEM STARS awards, which is an initiative of med-tech company BD’s ‘Research Center Ireland’ (RCI) Limerick, will deliver a €10,000 award to go towards STEM facilities in the winning school, with a further €10,000 divided between second and third placed schools.
The BD STEM STARS, which is supported by the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, has a closing date for entry of Friday, December 9, with a project submission deadline of Feb 10th, 2023.
BD is a leading global medical technology company with over 70,000 employees worldwide. BD established its RCI in Limerick in February 2017 as a global research & development hub.
The secondary schools programme is one of a number of STEM promotional activities engaged in by BD’s RCI team in Limerick. Other initiatives include its bursary and scholarship programmes for UL students.
BD STEM STARS aims to promote participation in STEM subjects and demonstrate how they can be applied to solving real-life health issues, with participating schools entering projects based on concepts that seek to tackle unmet health issues.
Last year’s winner of the competition was Maha Shahzadi from Coláiste Nano Nagle for the development of an accessibility app for visually impaired people that allows them shop independently.
Other projects included Salesian Secondary School in Pallaskenry, who explored external electrical stimulation in the treatment and management of Reynaud’s disease; Desmond College, Newcastlewest for their wearable early warning system to alert children and their parents of UV rays that cause skin cancer and Thomond Community College for exploring how to reduce incidents of concussion in high impact sports.
Enterprise Project Co-Ordinator from BD RCI in Limerick and an organiser of the event Fionnagh Tsang, said: "I see interest and anticipation around STEM Stars growing each year.
"Last year we had the pleasure of meeting a past winner who attended the awards ceremony to support their school in the final.
"This student now studies Cyber Security & IT Forensics in University of Limerick. In 2019 their talent was evident and these types of students are thoroughly exciting for our teams to meet."
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