Institute of Physics Award at BT the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

Stimulating interest in science

Institute of Physics in Ireland

18 March 2009

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell with Sharon Howley at the Institute's stand at the Exhibition

The winner of the Institute of Physics Special Award at the exhibition was Sharon Howley from Scoil Mhuire Co Clare for a project titled Music Strings - An Investigation into the Effect of Temperature on Pitch/Frequency. Her project investigated the effect of temperature on pitch/frequency with different string types. She subjected strings to different temperatures for different lengths of time and measuring the frequency difference. She came up with some interesting results not least of which was that the strings had differing stabilization rates. President of the Institute, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell made the presentation of the IOP prize at a very exciting awards ceremony on Friday 9 January. Sharon Howley also came first in the Individual Intermediate section of the Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences group.

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