Young Scientist Exhibition: Judges face difficult task in selecting winner

Having whittled down the entries for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition from 2,031 to 550, the judges will have a tough job crowning the overall winner tomorrow night.

Dr Tony Scott, a physicist and science communicator who co-founded the exhibition with the late Rev Thomas Burke in 1965, is one of the 84 judges.

“Judging is very rigorous. Each project is judged individually three times by three separate judges. We spend roughly 20 to 25 minutes with each student talking with them and then assessing their work,” he said.