MORE than 4,000 young people from over 130 schools have attended Northern Ireland’s largest science fair.
At the Sentinus Young Innovators and Big Bang Fair Northern Ireland, hosted at Ulster University, Jordanstown, students showcased their science projects solving real world problems and competed for a variety of prizes including the chance to represent Northern Ireland at a number of international science and engineering fairs in the USA and UK.
The annual showcase celebrates the achievements of young people in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and centres on an exhibition of innovative and exciting science projects, based around real world problems and carried out by students from schools across the island of Ireland.
The event was organised by Sentinus, an educational charity working with more than 60,000 young people each year, from schools and colleges across Northern Ireland, delivering programmes that promote engagement in STEM and support the development of scientific and technological skills.
The overall winners were Matas Jarutis from Campbell College, Belfast and Niamh-Anne Kelly from Our Lady’s College, Drogheda. Both students will be given all-expenses paid trips to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2018.