17 April, 2015

Congratulations to Sarah Sweeney and teacher Seán Foley from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Blarney, on winning the SFI Discover Best Project Award at SciFest.

Sarah’s project was entitled Maths Behind Music, an investigation into the simulation of music instrument timbres by spectral analysis and reconstruction using Fourier series.  She will be invited to exhibit at the National Scifest Finals later in the year. Sarah studies music theory and piano at the CIT Cork School of Music

SciFest2015@CIT: Showcasiing The Best & The Brightest in Science

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• A look at the Maths behind Music;
• A study of how light emitted by bioluminescent dinoflagellates in Irish water is affected by common chemical pollutants;
• E-Cigarettes - are they really the better option; and
•  Why are our bees disappearing?

These are just some project ideas and issues presented at SciFest2015@CIT, which took place on Friday, 17th April. This year’s event showcased 138 projects, from 340 second-level school students, ranging from 1st Year to 5th Year, and from 24 schools across Cork City and County. Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine & Defence opened SciFest2015@CIT.

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