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Emer Jones -LRB- born 1994 -RRB- is an Irish student from Tralee , County Kerry .. Tralee. Tralee. County Kerry. County Kerry. Irish. Irish people. She was the winner of the 44th Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2008 at the age of thirteen .. Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. becoming the competition 's youngest ever winner at that time .. She was also the first winner from County Kerry and won in the year her school first entered the competition .. County Kerry. County Kerry. Jones is a former student of Presentation School in Tralee .. Tralee. Tralee. Presentation School. Presentation School. Her father , John , is an engineering lecturer at the Institute of Technology , Tralee -LRB- ITT -RRB- and her mother is a schoolteacher at the local primary school .. Tralee. Tralee. She has been interested in science from a very young age , once asking for several science books from Santa Claus as a child .. Santa Claus. Santa Claus. Her project at the exhibition was titled `` Research and Development of Emergency Sandbag Shelters '' .. Her intention was to examine how stable the materials used to make these sandbags actually were .. She based her research on the sandbag shelter created by the Cal-Earth Institute 's Nader Khalili .. Cal-Earth Institute. Cal-Earth Institute. Nader Khalili. Nader Khalili. She was also encouraged by the scale of recent natural disasters , claiming to want to help humanity with her research .. Jones 's `` practical application '' was praised by judges .. Jones won the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS , Dublin on 11 January 2008 .. Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. RDS. Royal Dublin Society. The announcement was made at an evening ceremony in the exhibition hall .. Her prize was a $ 5,000 cheque and a trophy of Waterford Crystal .. Waterford Crystal. Waterford Crystal. Jones was presented with the award by Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin .. Minister for Education and Science. Minister for Education and Skills. Mary Hanafin. Mary Hanafin. Her seven-year-old brother , Robert , was also present .. She returned to school the following Monday where a celebration was held marking her achievement .. Her town honoured her two months later by making her Grand Marshal of the 2008 Saint Patrick 's Day parade in Tralee .. Tralee. Tralee. Grand Marshal. Grand Marshal. She went on to represent Ireland at the 20th European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Copenhagen , Denmark in September 2008 .. European Union Contest for Young Scientists. European Union Contest for Young Scientists. Denmark. Denmark. Jones returned to the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at its launch in 2009 to be introduced on stage by Ray D'Arcy and Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain before President of Ireland Mary McAleese made an appearance .. Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Ray D'Arcy. Ray D'Arcy. Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain. Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain. President of Ireland. President of Ireland. Mary McAleese. Mary McAleese. She would like to study chemistry , mathematics and physics and work in science .. chemistry. chemistry. physics. physics