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BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

St Andrew's College Students win three awards in their respective categories

Congratulations to Tom O' Gorman (1McL), Aaron Speer (2GE) and Ivaila Valcheva (5RY) following their success at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition at the RDS last week, all of whom are pictured below with their winning entries.

Tom O'Gorman earned a Highly Commended award in the Biological & Ecological Sciences, Junior Individual Category, with his project "Do Nettles enhance the growth of strawberry plants?"
Aaron Speer was awarded first place in the Junior Individual Technology category, together with a Hewlett Packard "Innovation4Good" award for his project
"A Fall Detector for the Elderly"
Ivaila Valcheva was awarded 1st place in the Biological & Ecological Sciences, Senior Individual category for her project on "The effect of different solvents in the extraction of pulmonary bovine surfactant on yield and protein composition aiming to improve the treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome"