Secondary school in Tullamore thrilled to be selected for world competition
Staff and students at the Sacred Heart School in Tullamore are thrilled to have competed successfully to be selected for the H2GP Worlds Competition.
Staff and students at the Sacred Heart School in Tullamore are thrilled to have competed successfully to be selected for the H2GP Worlds Competition.
Competition Organiser at the school, Ms Kerry Ann O Keefe described this event as “A car race where the cars are powered by hydrogen, creating an awareness among young people to move towards energy efficient solutions”.
The girls and their teacher, Ms O Keefe, will travel to Switzerland on July 2nd , where they will visit CERN to see the particle collider in action and then onto the museum under St Pierre’s Cathedral.
The competition will take place on July 3rd and the girls will be required to make a presentation on Hydrogen Power and Modifications to their Car and then race their car against countries from all around the world. This is the first time that Ireland has been represented at this competition.
Ms O Keefe highlighted the talent and skill of the four girls who were successful in this competition.
“Ellen, Evelyn, Katie and Ramona have been simply outstanding in this project. They have completed a course where they learned about hydrogen power, the key development in this area and how it will impact our future. They have also generated hydrogen fuel by splitting water and they build the cars that will be used in the competition.
In addition to this she added, “These girls have modified the cars using 3D printers and computer programming and then they raced the cars collected their data and then analysed their data to seek improvements.”
“I’m really thrilled that these girls have had this opportunity and can now showcase this on a world scale- this is their future and it’s great to be a part of shaping that future for them” said Ms O Keefe.