Jade-Moxey-and-McKinnley-Butson

[Music plays and photographs flash through of young students]

[An Australian map and text appears: BHP Billiton Foundation Science and Engineering Awards 2018]

[Image changes to show McKinnley Butson in a paddock with cows walking towards the camera and then the camera zooms in on McKinnley smiling]

McKinnley Butson: Hi, I’m McKinnley Butson. I’m in Year 11 at the Illawarra Grammar School.

[Image changes to show Jade Moxey standing in a paddock with cows and then the camera zooms in on Jade smiling]

Jade Moxey: Hi, I’m Jade Moxey and I’m in Year 12 at Sapphire Coast Anglican College.

[Image changes to show McKinnley and Jade seated on a log]

McKinnley Butson: And our project was the “SAS System Sanitation and Sterilisation”.

[Image changes to show a rear view of the girls walking out through a door into a yard and looking at the SAS system they have set up]

Jade Moxey: The SAS system was developed to produce both clean, potable drinking water and medical grade sterile water for medical application in developing countries. 

[Image changes to show the chemical filtration unit and then the image changes to show Jade speaking while McKinnley listens]

Firstly, the water travels through a chemical filtration unit which is a multimedia device and it removes chemical contaminants and turbidity from the water. 

[Image changes to show the solar disinfection system and then the image changes to show Jade’s face and then McKinnley’s face]

It then travels from there into a solar disinfection system which biologically disinfects the water. 

[Images move through of hose connectors being joined, two plastic bottles on a ledge on the side of a solar panel, water dripping into the bottles and the girls gradually moving the solar panel up]

From there the water travels into PET bottles which are placed on the side of the solar panel and they drip at a collaborated rate to allow the solar panel to track the sun throughout the duration of the day. 

[Image changes to show the copper storage unit]

From there it drips into the copper storage unit which both maintains and further reduces any biological contaminants.

[Images move through of McKinnley talking to the camera while Jade listens, the girls standing behind the solar panel holding on to the reflector panel, and steam emitting from a pressure cooker]

McKinnley Butson: So, the water drip system on the side of the solar panel is able to increase the output of the solar panel by up to 50% with the inclusion of things called reflectors, which increase the surface area of light onto the solar panel and is able to power an induction unit and a pressure cooker which is able to provide medical grade sterile water for people in developing communities. 
[Image changes to show McKinnley talking while Jade listens and then the image changes to show the two girls wading into the water and filling buckets]

So, obviously access to water is a major issue in our world, especially that of safe drinking water and good quality water. This combined with the fact that one in five people who undergo a surgery in a developing community will die as a result of infection after that surgery, we really wanted to do something to be able to improve water quality.

[Image changes to show the girls sitting on a log near the water and Jade talking while McKinnley listens]

Jade Moxey: I have great interest in biology and chemistry and McKinnley more so in physics and chemistry. 

[Image changes to show the girls walking across a paddock of cows towards the camera]

So, I guess cohesive interests brought together this idea that included different aspects of our interests.

[Image changes to show the girls sitting on a log near some water and McKinnley talking while Jade listens]

McKinnley Butson: I personally love science and it’s something that I definitely want to pursue into further studies. 

[Image changes to show the girls sitting in the paddock near the cows and then the camera zooms in on their faces and the image changes to show the girls seated on the log near the water again]

I think medicine is an amazing career which is able to combine science and engineering studies with a real-world application and being able to help people in situations less fortunate than ourselves. 

[Image changes to show a profile view of Jade looking at the cows and then the image changes to show the girls seated on the log again]

Jade Moxey: I’d love to get into medicine and help people in any way that I can.

[Image changes to show McKinnley Butson wearing a tutu and dancing in a kitchen and dining area]

McKinnley Butson: I’ve been dancing from a very young age and so, ballet has also been a part of my life since I was about three. So, I really enjoy that, and I’d continue to do that in my downtime.

[Images move through of the girls seated on the log next to the water and Jade leading two horses towards the camera and then the camera zooms in on Jade patting a horse]

Jade Moxey: I love horse riding. It’s been a really good way to balance my academic sides and my more adventurous side I guess and so yeah, I’ve been horse riding for ten years now.

[Image changes to show the girls seated on a log near the water and then the image changes to show the girls looking at the SAS system in the backyard]

McKinnley Butson: We’re both really excited to be chosen as BHP Finalists. 

[The camera zooms in on the girls’ faces and then the image changes to show the girls seated on a log near the water]

It’s an amazing opportunity and the validation that our project has received. We’ve put a lot of hard work into this so we’re really grateful for this opportunity.

[Music plays and the image changes to show the girls wading in the water collecting water in buckets]

[Image changes to show an Australian map and text appears: BHP Billiton Foundation, Science and Engineering Awards, 2018]