Students from St Mary’s Secondary School in Mallow achieved significant success at the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition by winning the Teagasc special award.
Second year students Méabh Dorgan, Katie Fitzgerald, and Muireann Murphy impressed the judges with their project, which was an investigation into soil organic matter in North Cork.
The Mallow students used low-cost, unmanned aerial vehicles to collect red, green, and blue imagery to measure soil organic matter content. The objective was to provide an efficient, cost-effective way for farmers to measure soil organic matter and optimise fertiliser use, supporting global climate change mitigation efforts.
The Teagasc special award is presented annually to the project that best demonstrates a thorough…