Winners at the National Science & Engineering Competition in Manchester

Congratulations to the following Scottish students who won an award or were highly commended at the National Science & Engineering Competition held in Manchester on 11-13th March 2010. 

Senior Age Category (Age 17-18years):

The winning team in the Science/Maths category was Rebecca Chroston & Emma Donoghue from Dollar Academy

Intermediate Age Category (Age 15-16years):

Science/Maths: Keith Alexander & Erik Bews, Kirkwall Grammar School

Junior Age Category (Age 11-14years):

Science/Maths: Douglas Oates, Hutchesons' Grammar School

Highly Commended:

Science/Maths: Timothy Hellis, Douglas McColl & Michael Williams, Hutchesons' Grammar School;

Science/Maths: Seamus Curtin, Lathallan School;

Science/Maths: Duncan Smith, Dollar Academy;

Science/Maths: Scott Griffiths, Hutchesons' Grammar School

Engineering/Technology: David Muir, Duncanrig Secondary School;

Engineering/Technology: Kelvin Craig, Gareth Evans, Gabby Jackson, Conor McHugh & Fraser Thomson, Knox Academy.

A full list of winners is given below.

SENIOR AGE CATEGORY

Winners

The UK Young Scientist of the Year is Tom Hearing from The Thomas Hardye School.

The UK Young Engineer of the Year is Shawn Brown from Ysgol Gyfun Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

Tom and Shawn each received:

  • a personal cash prize of £2000
  • a trophy
  • a framed certificate
  • a once in a lifetime trip to the NASA Space Centres in Florida and Houston with the International Space School Educational Trust
  • opportunities to represent UK youth science and engineering at events and visits in the UK and abroad.

 

The winning team in the Science/Maths category was Rebecca Chroston & Emma Donoghue from Dollar Academy

The winning team in the Engineering/Technology category was Charles Crossfield, Lucy Huggins, Sam Quemby & Heather Walker from Oakham School

Runners-Up

The runners-up were:

  • Science/Maths: Eleanor Ogilvie, St Paul's Girls' School
  • Science/Maths: Luke Cann, Ashleigh Clayton, John Hodgson & Samuel Walder, Kingsley School
  • Engineering/Technology: James Popper, Marlborough College
  • Engineering/Technology: Josie Hughes & Tristan Hughes, Farlingaye

Highly Commended

The highly commended projects were:

  • Science/Maths: Claire Cerins, The Cavendish School
  • Science/Maths: Adam Griffiths, St John Plessington Catholic College
  • Science/Maths: Sian Williams, Sir William Perkins's School
  • Science/Maths: Claudia Clarke, Reesha Dyer, Felicity Eperon & Bina Prajapat, Rugby High School
  • Engineering/Technology: Michael John Lynch, St Marys Grammar School
  • Engineering/Technology: David Boyd, Cambridge House Grammar School
  • Engineering/Technology: James Buckley, King Edward's School, Birmingham
  • Engineering/Technology: James Paolo Carlos, Tomasz Iwaniak, Christian Reddington & Joseph Storer-Martin, Saint David's Catholic College
  • Engineering/Technology: Bhadevi Beharry, Laura Douglas, Emma Smith & Kathryn Smith, St. Anthony's Catholic Girls' School
  • Engineering/Technology: Tamara Kohler, Alice Mathews & Jennifer Sarsfield, Wimbledon High School



INTERMEDIATE AGE CATEGORY

Winners

The winners were:

  • Science/Maths: Harriet Jones, The Abbey School, Reading
  • Science/Maths: Keith Alexander & Erik Bews, Kirkwall Grammar School
  • Engineering/Technology: Andrew Cowan, Sutton Grammar School
  • Engineering/Technology: Dominic Burr, Ben Carr & Stoyan Kostadinov, Pershore High School

Runners-up

The runners-up were:

  • Science/Maths: Lauren James, Bablake School
  • Science/Maths: Hakam Bhullar, Samantha Chuma, Abigail Falola & Sinduya Sriskantharajah, Imperial College London
  • Engineering/Technology: Aseem Mishra, Hymers College
  • Engineering/Technology: Emma Butler, Lauren Donworth, Rachel King & Jess Wilks-Brown, Glenmoor School

Highly Commended

The highly commended projects were:

  • Science/Maths: Luke Barnes, Writhlington School
  • Science/Maths: Ben Havery, Kingdown School
  • cience/Maths: Kate Macdougall, Monk's Walk School
  • Science/Maths: Frances Addison, Natasha Kilpatrick & Emma Meads, Rugby High School
  • Science/Maths: Timothy Hellis, Douglas McColl & Michael Williams, Hutchesons' Grammar School
  • Engineering/Technology: James Lambert, Cheltenham College
  • Engineering/Technology: David Muir, Duncanrig Secondary School
  • Engineering/Technology: Zach Dean, St Thomas More Catholic School
  • Engineering/Technology: George Jones & Gavin Scott, Ysgol Dinas Brân
  • Engineering/Technology: Eric Wieser, Andrew Wightwick & Oliver Wightwick, TechnoBotts3 Robotics Team

JUNIOR AGE CATEGORY

Winners

The winners in the Science/Maths stream were

  • Science/Maths: Douglas Oates, Hutchesons' Grammar School
  • Science/Maths: Rachel Rawlinson & Aysha Waheed, Sydenham High School GDST
  • Engineering/Technology: Josh Smith, Chelmer Valley High School
  • Engineering/Technology: Paul McKeever, Bryan Murphy & Piaras Murphy, Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School

Runners-up

The runners-up were:

  • Science/Maths: Sarah Benham, Simon Balle School
  • Science/Maths: John Luckett & Alex Searle-Barnes, Malmesbury School
  • Engineering/Technology: Anna Forrester, Port Regis School
  • Engineering/Technology: Rachael Drabble, Imogen Stennett & Nicol Ward, Handsworth Grange Community Sports College

Highly Commended

The highly commended projects were:

  • Science/Maths: Seamus Curtin, Lathallan School
  • Science/Maths: Duncan Smith, Dollar Academy
  • Science/Maths: Scott Griffiths, Hutchesons' Grammar School
  • Science/Maths: Charlotte Cadman, Lauren Compton & Victoria Palin, Thomas Telford School
  • Science/Maths: Morgan Daniels, Sophie Landau & Georgia Lever, Watford Grammar Schools for Girls
  • Science/Maths: Thomas Foster, William Hughes & Jake Needle, Thomas Telford School
  • Engineering/Technology: Alea Hayes & Rhianna McPartland, Oakgrove Integrated College
  • Engineering/Technology: Kelvin Craig, Gareth Evans, Gabby Jackson, Conor McHugh & Fraser Thomson, Knox Academy
  • Engineering/Technology: Mark Adshead, James Bannon, William Burden & Christian Jones, Newland House School

  15th Mar 2010

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