Engineering & Innovation at Munster Technological University
A Global Success Story Engineering and Innovation at Munster Technological University IN May 2020, the Government announced that Munster Technological University (MTU) will be established officially in early 2021 and will be Ireland’s newest Technological University. MTU will see the merging of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT ) and the Institute of Technology Tralee (IT Tralee) and will be a multi-campus technological university, contributing to the region through the provision of academic programmes that support student development and opportunities, education, and research. MTU will have an extensive footprint with six campuses right across the South‑West region. Strategic development MTU will play a leadership role in the strategic development of the region, and, in so doing, will adopt a global outlook and a civic centric value system. Studying at MTU will have many benefits for students, including: • The range and quality of services and supports available to students will be enriched; • Students will have a greater range of options available to them in relation to course choice, progression opportunities, research and industry placement; • Graduates will be able to avail of a greater selection of options nationally, and internationally, for further study and participation in research; • Graduates will experience enhanced employability both in Ireland and internationally as MTU graduates. MTU will be a multi-campus technological university, contributing to the region through the provision of academic programmes that support student development and opportunities, education and research. Partnering with industry and community, MT U w i l l i nve s t i n t h e f u t u re w i t h state‑of‑the‑art research, education, enterprise, cultural and sports facilities. The quite remarkable global success story over the past decade and beyond of the institute’s engineering and innovation students and their unprecedented achievements on the international and national stages is a very significant reflection and quite outstanding validation of Ireland’s newest university MTU. The remarkable sustained global engineering design, innovation and entrepreneurship achievements of the students is founded on a continuous design
"MTU will be a multi-campus technological university, contributing to the region through the provision of academic programmes that support student development and opportunities, education and research"
"Partnering with industry and community, MTU will invest in the future with state‑of‑the‑art research, education, enterprise, cultural and sports facilities"
core centred on universal design principles, a strong innovation ethos, product development from student concept to prototype manufacture and optimisation, multi-discipline teamwork, business plan development, communication and exhibition skill enhancement and a unique engineering education model have all combined to create a critical mass leading to the remarkable international and national successes over a sustained period of the students of MTU’s engineering and business degree courses. Award winning Sustained International and national success has been achieved consistently at all level of engineering and innovation education delivery for many years as exemplified in 2020 by the achievement of Cathal Merz (pictured on Education Magazine Front Cover), Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Munster Technological University. Cathal's projec t on “ Test Method Development for Evaluation of Process and Design Effect on Reinforced Tube”, carried out under the supervision of Dr. Gareth O’Donnell and Professor Ger Kelly, won the Best Presentation Award at the ICBBBS 2020 Barcelona International Conference on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Biological Solutions. Simon Dring’s Final Year Biomedical Engineering project TraumAlert™, on development of spor ts protection device SmartGuard to improve concussion awareness and player safety at all levels and allow for quick and easy detection of potential concussion with zero subjectivity, carried out under the supervision of Dr. Darren Dawson, won the Grant Thornton Emerging Business National Award of €5,000 at the Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards Virtual Finals in June 2020. Further success Further national success at the 2020 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards Virtual Finals was achieved by the Innovative Product Development MultiDiscipline Start-Up Team EnablAid™ , Eoghan O’Sullivan, James O’Riordan, Rhiannon Madigan, Jack McDonnell, Ryan Thomas, Michael Cronin, Padraig Dillane, Fionan Leahy, Kieran Velon for their third year undergraduate group project. This project on design and development of a mobility device to aid people with reduced mobility to manouevre around
their gardens and to easily access their flowerbeds, while significantly reducing the physical effort and upper body strength required to get down to and back up from ground level was carried out under the supervision of lecturers Dr Hugh O’Donnell, Paul Keane, Lisa Murphy, Scott McGowan and Professor Sean F. O’Leary. Based on many year’s work contributing to the advancement of student innovation, the Enterprise Ireland Academic Award 2020 Student Entrepreneur Awards Virtual Finals was presented to Professor Sean F. O’Leary. Jack Murphy, Sustainable Energy Engineering Student, has also achieved national success in 2020, winning the M E E TA A s s e t M a n a g e m e n t a n d Maintenance Student Project National First Place Award 2020. Jack’s National First Place Award was a n n o u n c e d a t t h e M E E TA A s s e t Management Awards Ceremony, which took place yesterday Thursday 26th November a t t h e h i g h p r o f i l e M E E TA A s s e t Management National Virtual Conference “Restoring Vision from 2020”. Jack’s final year capstone project concerns the “Energy Optimisation of Compressed Air at Thermo Fisher Cork” and was carried out under the supervision of Mr. Edmund Collins of Thermo Fisher Cork and Senior Lecturer Chris Gibbons. Remarkable platform The Universal Design Grand Challenge also proved another remarkable platform for national success in 2020. At the Virtual Finals in Dublin on 11th November 2020 the First Place National Award Winner 2020 in the Built Environment Category was announced as Lydia Rose Morgan, Interior Architecture, Cork Institute of Technology for her project on “Wandesford Quay Intergenerational Community Hub” carried out under the supervision of Dr Marc Ó Riain and Dr Jason O’Shaughnessy of the Department of Architecture. The SafeSource Multi-Disciplinary Team of Stephen Moroney, Patricia O' Sullivan, Evan Enright, Kieran Pyke, Darragh Bateman, Stephen Lynch, Peadar Keane, Hannah Ahern and Andrew Clarke under the supervision of lecturers Dr Hugh O’Donnell, Paul Keane, Lisa Murphy, Scott McGowan and Professor Sean F. O’Leary also were shortlisted as National Finalists 2020 in the Product and Services Category of the Universal Design Grand Challenge 2020. The multidisciplinary programmes, developed and led by the Innovative Product
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Development team Lecturers Dr. Hugh O’Donnell, Paul Keane, Lisa Murphy, Scott McGowan and Professor Sean F. O’Leary, has proved hugely successful over the years in encouraging development of novel student projects with many self-conceived student teams and products addressing very important individual and societal needs and achieving major international and national honours. Multi-Discipline Start-Up This global success is clearly signposted by the Multi-Discipline Start-Up Team StrydeTech, whose novel enablement project won three major international awards including the First Place Technology Gold Award at the Global Student Innovation Challenge at iCreate, the International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology in Canberra Australia in August 2019. A further example of global achievement is the Multi-Discipline Start-Up Team MacGlas, whose macular degeneration novel solution developing technology won the USWC19 Contribution Award at the University Start Up World Cup 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Gender synergies The forging together of student multidisciplinary teams based on universal design philosophy and practice from career streams and disciplines with traditionally and currently high proportions of male participation such as Mechanical Engineering and Accountancy with career streams and disciplines with traditionally and currently higher proportions of female participation such as Biomedical Engineering and Marketing /Management has harnessed a powerful and groundbreaking synergy between the genders and has had a hugely beneficial effect in incul-
cating an innovation / entrepreneurship ethos, mindset and skillset amongst these young people. The multidisciplinary programmes actively promote the role of women in engineering in general and specifically in relation to participation through leading roles throughout the innovative product development process. Indeed the prevalence of women engineers in team leadership and project management roles had been a major driver and central component of the international/ national success of these multidisciplinary teams including the global award winning teams StrydeTech (Team Leader - Muireann Hickey) and MacGlas (Team Leader - Elaine Leahy). Award winning women students Further examples of international and national award winning women students include Niamh Thompson (Queen’s Silver Jubilee Award), Dr. Xiao Fang Zhang (European Laureate of Innovation), Kathleen Hurley (Design and Development of a Biomedical Device - International Medical Engineering Competition Award London), Eveleen Clanc y - Team Leader ZipI t (Universal Design Grand Challenge), Niamh Savage - Team Leader Safely Snooze (Universal Design Grand Challenge), Karen McDonnell (MEETA - Asset Managers Association National Award), Ciara Doherty - Team Leader Pendulife (Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur National Award), Ciara C ro n i n - Te a m Le a d e r S t ro k e S e n s e (Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur National Award), Rose Clancy - Team Leader GreenBreathing (Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur National Award), Nichola O ’ M a h o n y - Te a m L e a d e r M a s t e c h (Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur National Award). The achievement by Ms. Louise Connolly,
ESBI and CIT Mechanical Engineering Graduate, as First Female Winner of the Engineers Ireland National Award of Chartered Engineer of the Year Accolade is another example of the groundbreaking achievements of our women engineering graduates. Entrepreneurship ethos A strong innovation and entrepreneurship ethos is encouraged within the new "Ground-breaking university’s student body and links have synergy between been developed with students from other the genders and disciplines including ground-breaking multi-discipline team projects in liaison with has had a hugely beneficial effect in Marketing, Accounting and Information Systems students. inculcating an From student concept, current issues and innovation / entrepreneurship needs are assessed and addressed through applied engineering design solutions under ethos, mindset the supervision of a young and vibrant staff and skillset via oral and written presentations and amongst these round-table student/staff fora. young people" A continuous design core, a strong innovation ethos, product development from student concept to prototype manufacture and optimisation, multi-discipline teamwo r k , b u s i n e s s p l a n d e ve l o p m e nt , communication and exhibition skill enhancement and a unique engineering education model have all combined to create a critical mass leading to the remarkable International and National successes over a sustained period of the students of MTU’s engineering degree courses. A quite remarkable period of sustained achievement both nationally and internationally over the past decade and beyond - recognized by the prestigious European Commission for the European Enterprise P r o m o t i o n Aw a r d " P r o m o t i n g t h e Entrepreneurial Spirit" National Award - is detailed and illustrated in the accompanying table (next spread).
Universal Design Grand Challenge Awards - Virtual Finals Dublin 11th November 2020 First Place National Award Winner 2020 - Built Environment Category
Lydia Rose Morgan
Interior Architecture, Cork Institute of Technology “Wandesford Quay Intergenerational Community Hub” Supervisors: Dr Marc Ó Riain and Dr Jason O’Shaughnessy, Department of Architecture
ICBBBS Barcelona 2020
International Conference on Biotechnology, Bioengineering & Biological Solutions
Best Presentation Award
Cathal Merz - Cork Institute of Technology Supervisors Dr. Gareth O’Donnell and Professor Ger Kelly
THE International Conference on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Biological Solutions brings together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Biological Solutions. The International Conference also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Biological Solutions.
National Finalist 2020 - Product and Services Category
SafeSource
A self-cleaning water trough for indoor agricultural housing The SafeSource MultiDisciplinary Team: Stephen Moroney, Patricia O'Sullivan, Evan Enright, Kieran Pyke, Darragh Bateman, Stephen Lynch, Peadar Keane, Hannah Ahern and Andrew Clarke (SafeSource Team photo taken in academic year 2019-20) Supervising Lecturers: Dr Hugh O’Donnell, Paul Keane, Lisa Murphy, Scott McGowan, Professor Sean F. O’Leary
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Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards | Virtual Finals 12th June 2020 Grant Thornton Emerging Business National Award - €5,000 THE developing TraumAlert SmartGuard is designed to improve concussion awareness and player safety at all levels and to allow for quick and easy detection of potential concussion with zero subjectivity. “The Student Entrepreneur Awards have allowed me to develop skills that will benefit me through my career, regardless of what path I choose.” Simon Dring
Three Major National Awards at National Finals achieved at Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards 2020
TraumAlert™ Simon Dring - Final Year Biomedical Engineering. Supervising Lecturer: Dr. Darren Dawson
(1) Grant Thornton - Emerging Business €5,000 National Award 2020 - TraumAlert™ (2) Enterprise Ireland - National Merit €1,500 Award of Excellence 2020 - EnablAid™ (3) Enterprise Ireland Academic Award 2020 - Professor Sean F. O’Leary WITH over 1,000 entries nationally in 2020 to this prestigious entrepreneurship and innovation multi-discipline competition, the achievement of three major national awards by one college is quite remarkable. See www.studententrepreneurawards.com/about-the-awards/
National Merit Award of Excellence 2020 - €1,500 Enabl-Aid is a mobility device which will aid people with reduced mobility to manouevre around their gardens and easily access their flowerbeds. It significantly reduces the physical effort and upper body strength required to get down to/ and back up from ground level. However the Enabl-aid is more than just a tool, it is a comfort. “The Student Entrepreneur Awards has provided our team with fantastic resources to convey our business idea to a huge audience.”
EnablAid Multi-Disciplinary Start-Up Innovation Team - Cork Institute of Technology Eoghan O’Sullivan, James O’Riordan, Rhiannon Madigan, Jack McDonnell, Ryan Thomas, Michael Cronin, Padraig Dillane, Fionan Leahy, Kieran Velon (EnablAid Team photo taken in academic year 2019-20) Supervising Lecturers: Dr Hugh O’Donnell, Paul Keane, Lisa Murphy, Scott McGowan, Professor Sean F. O’Leary
MEETA - Asset Managers Society First Place National Student Award Winner 2020
Jack Murphy, Sustainable Energy Engineering “Energy Optimisation of Compressed Air at Thermo Fisher Cork”
CORK Institute of Technology's Jack M u r p h y, S u s t a i n a b l e E n e r g y Engineering, has won the MEETA Asset Management and M aintenance Student Projec t National First Place Award 2020. Jack’s National First Place Award was announced at the MEETA Asset Management Awards Ceremony, which took place Today Thursday 26th November at the high profile MEETA Asset Management National Virtual Conference “Restoring Vision from 2020”. Jack’s national award winning
projec t concer ns the “Energy Optimisation of Compressed Air at Thermo Fisher Cork” and was carried out in conjunction with Thermo Fisher Cork by Jack to fulfil the requirements of his final year individual Sustainable Energy Engineering Level 8 Degree project for the academic year 2019/20. Jack’s project was carried out under the supervision of Mr. Edmund Collins of Thermo Fisher Cork and Senior Lecturer Chris Gibbons of CIT. Following written submission and short-listing, Jack presented his
undergraduate capstone project before a distinguished panel of leading industrial experts in the field of Asset Management and Maintenance competing amongst a very strong nationwide entry of students at both Undergraduate Level 8 and Masters Level 9, who presented over 2 days at the national virtual finals. A super national achievement for Jack under the as always brilliant supervision of Senior Lecturer Chris Gibbons and for all involved at Thermo Fisher Cork and CIT.
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International Prize-Winners in Engineering Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship include:
National Prize-Winners in Engineering Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship include:
n ICBBBS Barcelona 2020 - International Conference on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Biological Solutions - Best Presentation Award (2020) n Four Enterprise Ireland / Invest Northern Ireland Think Outside the Box Academic Innovation Awards (2020,2016,2012,2009) n One Global Student Innovation Challenge, i-CREATe, Canberra, Australia - Global First Place Technology - Gold Award (2019) n One Global Student Innovation Challenge, i-CREATe, Canberra, Australia - Best Presentation Award (2019) n One Global Student Innovation Challenge, i-CREATe, Canberra, Australia - Public Choice Award (2019) n One University Startup World Cup Finals - USWC19 Contribution Award Copenhagen Denmark (2019) n One University Startup World Cup Finals - Health Category – Top 2 Global Award Copenhagen Denmark (2018) n Two Dubai Design Week -Global Grad Show - Invited Exhibitor (2018, 2017) n One University Startup World Cup Finals - Global HealthTech Leadership Award Copenhagen Denmark (2017) n One European Commission Award - European Enterprise Promotion Awards “Delivering Innovative Product Development, Multi-disciplinary Engineering and Ground-breaking Education” Luxembourg (2015) n One University Startup World Cup Finals Sole Irish Finalist Category Finalist Award Winner Copenhagen Denmark (2015) n Nine First Places and Seven Runner Up Finalists in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Best Medical Engineering and Design and Development of a Biomedical Device Competitions, London (2015, 2014, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005) n Two European Laureate of Innovation First Place Award - European Student Innovator of the Year 2014 and 2012 - European Student Innovation Finals Innovact Reims France (2014, 2012) n European Science Engineering and Technology Best European Mechanical Engineering Student One First Place and One Runner Up Babcock Award - SET Finals London UK (2013, 2011) n One European Laureate of Innovation Third Place Award – European Student Innovation Finals - Innovact Reims (2010) n One First and One Second Place in the ISEA International Sports Engineering Competition, London n Two Queen’s Silver Jubilee awards for Best Mechanical Engineering Degree Project in Ireland and Britain n One Genius 2000 Award for Best New Invention at the Nuremburg Inventors’ Fair n Two Society of Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Young Engineer Worldwide Awards n Three First Places for Best Published and Presented Paper at the International Manufacturing Conference.
n Eleven MEETA Asset Management and Maintenance National Awards (2020, 2019, 2016(x2), 2015(x2), 2014, 2013(x2), 2011, 2006) n Two Enterprise Ireland Grant Thornton First Place National Awards (2020, 2016) n Thirteen Enterprise Ireland / Invest Northern Ireland National Awards of Merit (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007) n Seven Enterprise Ireland / Invest Northern Ireland Cruickshank Most Technologically Innovative Project First Place National Awards (2019, 2017, 2016, 2013, 2009, 2008, 2007) n One National Startup Awards Dublin City Hall 3rd Level Spinout Category Gold Award (2019) n Two National Disability Authority Centre for Excellence in Universal Design Grand Challenge Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation National Award (2019, 2016) n Twelve Engineers Ireland Innovative Student Engineer of the Year First Place Awards sponsored by Siemens (2018 L9/L8/L7, 2014 L8, 2013 L8, 2012 L8, 2011 L7, 2009 L7, 2008 L8, 2007 L7, 2006 L8, 2005 L8, 2004 L8, 2003 L8) n Four Enterprise Ireland / Invest Northern Ireland Young Entrepreneur of the Year First Place National Awards (2018, 2016, 2013, 2007) n Eight Engineers Ireland Innovative Student National Finalist Awards - / Combined L9/L8/L7 Competition - (2018(x2, 2017(x2), 2016(x2 2015(x2)) n One Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI) Graduate National Award First Place - Product Design - Medical Devices Category (2018) n One National Disability Authority Centre for Excellence in Universal Design Grand Challenge Judges’ Choice ICT Award (2018) n One National Disability Authority Centre for Excellence in Universal Design Grand Challenge People’s Choice National Award (2018) n Two Enterprise Ireland / Invest Northern Ireland Intel ICT First Place National Awards (2017, 2016) n Three Enterprise Ireland / Invest Northern Ireland Academic Innovation National Awards (2016, 2012, 2009) n One James Dyson Design National Award Ireland First Place (2016) n One Accenture Leaders of Tomorrow First Place National Award Accenture HQ Grand Canal Square Dublin (2016) n One National Disability Authority Centre for Excellence in Universal Design Grand Challenge Judges’ Choice Award Technology Trophy National Award (2016) n One Early Career Awards Special Recognition National Award (2016)
European Laureate of Innovation Dr. Xiao Fang Zhang Medical Infusion System Air Bubble Extractor Design and Development by Dr. Xiao Fang Zhang, Mechanical Engineering Degree Graduate, Cork Institute of Technology in conjunction with Cork University Hospital Three Innovact Student Laureates Announced in Reims: Finals of the European Student Innovation Awards - Innovact Reims From a large Europewide Entry and 28 Short-listed European Finalists, the three European Innovation Student Laureates 2010 are: Cecille Schomollgruber - Stereolabs - France Eric Hogner - Windflip - Norway Xiao Fang Zhang - Med-Ware™ - Ireland
European Laureate of Innovation Dr. Xiao Fang Zhang showcased promotional video “Postcard from the Edge of Europe” at the Shanghai Exposition
A delighted Ms. Xiao Fang Zhang of Med-Ware™ of Cork Institute of Technology has been interviewed by French Television. Inventor and Designer, Dr. Xiao Fang Zhang drew her project inspiration from both Chinese and Irish sources, quoting dual inspiration from Mr. Ger Flynn, Chief Biomedical Engineer, Health Service Executive Southern Region, Cork University Hospital, her Lecturer, and Mr. Gou Yu Zhang, Veterinary Surgeon, Liao Ning Province, China, her Dad.
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Global Student Innovation Challenge 2019 iCreate International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Canberra Australia
First Place Technology Gold Award - StrydeTech
MacGlas Team
wins USWC19 Contribution Award at
University Start Up World Cup 2019 Copenhagen, Denmark MacGlas is designed to help people suffering from Macular Degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in the western world, which results in the progressive loss of central vision By configuring and applying existing technologies in a new and innovative way to harness and optimally utilise the sufferer’s peripheral undamaged vision, MacGlas helps individuals regain everyday capabilities such as reading which have been made impossible by the genetic disease StrydeTech has indeed won three significant awards at the Global Student Innovation Challenge 2019 in Canberra: • The Overall First Place Technology Gold Award presented at the Great Hall, Australian Parliament House by the Princess of Thailand - HRH Princess MAHA Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand • The Best Presentation Award - a really remarkable achievement for Muireann and Kevin following an arduous 35 hour outward journey and under the bright lights of
Australian National TV Live Recording during the Adjudication (the only team whose entire adjudicated presentation was selected for recording by Australian National TV) • The Public Choice Award - This award has been emphasised by the organisers of the Global Student Innovation Challenge as a hugely significant award as it was viewed as the independent convention industrial / biomedical / clinician / healthcare delegate validation of the international judging panel gold award
Queen’s Silver Jubilee Award
for Best Engineering Degree Project in Ireland and Britain Mechanical Engineering Degree Student
Niamh Thompson
has won Top National and International Engineering Awards for her Total Hip Replacement Project THE Queens Silver Jubilee, I nstitution of Mechanical Engineers Competition to determine best Engineering Degree Project in Ireland and Britain took place at Birdcage Walk, London. First Place was achieved by Ms. Niamh Thompson, Cork Institute of Technology, for her
p ro j e c t o n " I n f l u e n c e O f Surgical Solutions on the Fatigue Properties of Total Hip Replacement Bone Cement" carried out in conjunction with Orthopaedic Surgeons at Cork University Hospital and St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Cork under the supervision of Dr. Keith Bryan.
Total Hip Replacement Project wins Siemens Engineers Ireland National Award
Niamh Thompson
The Finals of the Siemens Engineers Ireland National Competition for best Engineering Degree Project in Ireland took place in the LectureTheatre at the Institution of Engineers of Ireland's Headquarters, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Finalists from all disciplines of Engineering, presented to an expert panel of judges. First Place was achieved by Ms. Niamh Thompson, Cork Institute of Technology, for her project on "Influence of Surgical Solutions on the Fatigue Properties of Total Hip Replacement Bone Cement" carried out in conjunction with Orthopaedic Surgeons at Cork University Hospital and St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Cork under the supervision of Dr. Keith Bryan
MacGlas invited to and exhibits at Dubai Design Week 2018 Global Grad Show The exhibition brings together highlights from the degree shows of the most innovative technology and design programs in the world, featuring works from 50 universities in 30 countries. This includes well established schools such as MIT, Royal College of Ar t, and National University of Singapore, as well as smaller ones such as Srishti Institute in Bangalore and Higher Institute of Industrial Design in Havana. Ms. Elaine Leahy, Team Leader, MacGlas has travelled to Dubai as Ireland’s sole representative in the Global Grad Show. The MacGlas stand has created great interest in Dubai – see attached photo from Dubai depicting Biomedical Engineering Student Elaine describing Macular Degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in the western world, which results in the progressive loss of central vision and the motivation for the innovative MacGlas developing product.
The D ubai D esign Week Global Grad Show is a globally unique exhibition of innovation, inventions and technology that will transform our future, all showcased by the world’s next generation of design talent. From over 1,000 submissions this year, 150 of the world’s best graduate projects are selected to be showcased at the Global Grad Show. This invitation and participation represents a great international honour for the team and for CIT.
(See www.dubaidesignweek.ae and www.globalgradshow.com)
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CIT Mechanical Engineer
Kathleen Hurley
declared Outright Winner of Information and Communication Technology Category - First Place National Award
Safely Snooze CIT Multidisciplinary Innovative Product Development Laboratories Team
Presentation of Universal Design Grand Challenge Technology Trophy by Mr. Declan Brady, President Irish Computer Society to Safely Snooze team - represented by Niamh Savage (Team Leader), Shane Guerin, Alice Brislane and Darren O’Sullivan
National Disability Authority – People’s Choice Prize First Place National Award
- Siemens Engineers Ireland Innovative Engineer National Award Dublin - Design and Development of a Biomedical Device, International Award London
Kathleen Hurley, Final Year Mechanical Eng. Degree Student, CIT. Project Title: "Fractured Finger Splint System Design & Development" . Industrial Partner: Mr. James Harty, Consultant Surgeon. Supervisor: Dr. Keith Bryan
ZipIt! CIT Multidisciplinary Innovative Product Development Laboratories Team
Prototype 'Finger Fit' Device by K.Hurley
THE objective of this project is to research and design an improved support system for the treatment of a fractured fifth metacarpal (also known as a boxer’s fracture) as an alternative to the current conventional treatment. From surgeon concept, an
Presentation of Universal Design Grand Challenge People’s Choice Trophy by Associate Professor Liz Sanders Ohio State University - Founder MakeTools to ZipIt! team - represented by Eveleen Clancy (Team Leader), Cillian Kearney and Cian Moore
aluminium splint is designed to provide a three point pressure system to immobilise the fifth knuckle. The new fractured finger splint is developed in parallel with an innovative neoprene glove support system to prevent rotational deformity.
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Presentation of the Richard Hale Excellence Award
MEETA - Asset Managers Society First Place National Student Award Winner
Ms. Ciara Doherty Team Leader
Pendulife
CIT Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering First Class Honours Degree Graduate
at National Finals in Engineers Ireland, HQ, Ballsbridge, Dublin
Ms. Karen McDonnell, Biomedical Engineering, CIT presented with MEETA Student Overall National Award Winner by Mr. Dermot Byrne, President of Engineers Ireland pictured with Mr. Ray O’Neill, General Manager ESS and Mr. John Coleman, Chairman of MEETA Asset Managers Association
Karen McDonnell, Biomedical Engineering CIT “Optimisation of the Packaging System at Wright Medical”
Pendulife™ Transport Safety Device Design and Development. Multi-Discipline Start-Up Innovation Team CIT. Ciara Doherty, Patrick Collins , Richard Moynahan, Keith Lawlor, Padraig O’Callaghan, Yola Versteegh
Supervisor: Lecturer Sally Bryan AT A glittering Awards ceremony in Dublin, CIT Biomedical Engineering Student Karen McDonnell was adjudged as first place national winner and presented by Mr. Dermot Byrne, President Engineers Ireland with the prestigious MEETA Asset Management and Maintenance National Student Overall Award Winner. A double success ensued for CIT as CIT Sustainable Energy Engineering student Lisa Mooney was adjudged winner of and was presented with the MEETA National Certificate Award of Excellence by Mr. Dermot Byrne,
President Engineers Ireland. These successes represent a significant groundbreaking achievement for two women (and both proud Kerrywomen at that) to choose and pursue capstone projects and indeed excel at the highest level in the traditionally highly male dominated Asset Management and Maintenance sector, while in competition against the cream of Undergraduate and Masters Degree students across the country for the highly prestigious MEETA National Student First Place Award Winner.
Think Outside the Box Finals Galway First Place and Student Entrepreneur of the Year - €10,000
Engineers Ireland National Award Chartered Engineer of the Year First Female Winner
Louise Connolly, ESBI, CIT Mechanical Engineering Louise Connolly, ESBI, CIT Mechanical Engineering Graduating from CIT with an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2004, Louise joined ESB International. She is currently a consultant engineer in ESBI Engineering’s power plant department and works on Irish and international power plant and gas pipeline projects. Pics: Maxwells
James Dyson Design Award Ireland First Place National Award Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys Award
HydroFLOcean (H-FLO) Multidisciplinary Team: Arran Coughlan, Kelly Lane, George O’Rourke, Shane O’Driscoll, Jason Shorten, John Harrington, Kacey Mealy & Gerard O’Connell
H-Flo is a new innovative water safety device that disengages a lanyard from a harness when submerged in water. Company AH Technology, Product Mastech, Cork Institute of Technology Animal Healthcare Device Design and Development CIT Multi-Discipline Start-Up Innovation Team: Nicola O’Mahony (Team Leader), Donal Carey, Kenneth Barry, Damien McAuliffe, Ciaran Malone, Owen Mc Donagh, James Cahill
See H-FLO's winning entry at: www.jamesdysonaward.org/projects/hydro-flocean/
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Engineering in Medicine and Health Division
CIT Gasgon Student Team Honoured University Start Up World Cup
HealthTech Leadership Award Copenhagen, Denmark
Westminster London The Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards International Medical Engineering Finals First Place - Vicon Prize for Best Undergraduate Medical Engineering Project First Place: James Fogarty Cork Institute of Technology “Design and Development of an Assistive Technology Music System for Sufferers of Cerebral Palsy. Supervisor: Lecturer Sally Bryan
Westminster London David Kelleher and Ciara McKenna Win Overall First and Three Awards at the 22nd Annual International Medical Competition
FROM 1,500 Business Plans submitted from 40 Countries to the University Startup World Cup, CIT’s Gasgon Medical Team were shortlisted to just 70 Finalists for the Global Competition Finals in Copenhagen, Denmark. News has just arrived from Denmark that following an extensive adjudication process undertaken over the past month by a distinguished panel of international judges, that based on demonstration of the highest professionalism throughout the world cup finals and a concept which has extreme high potential to make a difference that CIT's Gasgon Medical Student Team, Vincent Forde and Conor O’Brien, has been adjudged winner of and is to be honoured with the University Start Up World Cup HealthTech Leadership Award. A really fantastic global success and immense international honour for Vincent and Conor. Undergraduate students, Vincent and Conor demonstrated great passion and dedication and rose admirably throughout
the week long international finals in Copenhagen to the huge challenge of competing at this esteemed level amongst the cream of the cream of postgraduate teams globally. Finalist teams in the HealthTech category of the University Start Up World Cup hailed from Germany, China, Norway, Portugal, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Ukraine and Hungary.
2017 University Startup World Cup HealthTech Leadership Award Gasgon Medical Team Vincent Forde and Conor O’Brien
European Student Innovation Awards - Innovact Reims France
European Campus Student Innovator of the Year First Place and Outright Winner Ms. Ciara McKenna, Senior Lecturer Sean F. O’Leary, Mr. David Kelleher at London Finals
FOLLOWING short-listing from a large international entry and an exhaustive process of submission investigation, prototype presentation demonstration and exhibition before a distinguished adjudication panel of internationally renowned Medical Engineering Industrialists and Professors, the International Medical Engineering Student Award Winners were announced on Thursday 24th June in Westminster, London: International Medical Engineering Competition Overall Prize for Best Published and Presented Paper Open to all Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Masters and PhD) Entries First Place - David Kelleher, Cork Institute of Technology Development of Bovine Teat 3D Sensing System for Disinfection Purposes Supervisor: Dr. Michael J. O’Mahony International Medical Engineering Competition Best Project involving the Design or Development of a Medical Device Open to recent graduates (2009), third/fourth year undergraduates and taught Masters degree students, who have completed or are working on a project involving the design or development of a medical device First Place - David Kelleher, Cork Institute of Technology Development of Bovine Teat 3D Sensing System for Disinfection Purposes Second Place - Ciara McKenna, Cork Institute of Technology Evaluation of the Pullout Strength of Orthopaedic Screws in a Developing Novel Bone Cement
www.innovact.com First Place European Campus Student Laureate of Innovation John Roberts PyraAid™ "Wheelchair Enablement Device" Cork Institute of Technology - Ireland
IT has been announced before a packed auditorium at the European Innovation Finals Innovact 2Reims, France, that First Place and Outright Winner of European Campus Student Innovator of the Year, from hundreds of international entries and 20 shortlisted international finalists is John Roberts of Cork Institute of Technology. John would like to pay particular tribute to his third year Multidisciplinary Engineering and Business student colleagues: Siobhan Hickey, Alan O’Reilly, Laura Hannon, Sandra Hayes, Thomas Thornton and Stephen O’Brien, who were central and crucial to the early inspiration and development of the enablement project and whose support and encouragement persuaded John to continue on the project as a most challenging and rewarding final year capstone mechanical engineering project.
Undergraduate Awards of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Engineering and Mechanical Sciences William Butler Yeats Gold Medal Winner: William Holland Mechanical Engineering CIT Design, Modelling, Prototype Production and Testing of Innovative Sports Footwear Outsole Outsole Design for the Enhancement of Support and Performance in Sports Footwear
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European Science Engineering and Technology SET Awards Millennium Hotel London
Enterprise Ireland - Student Entrepreneur Awards
The Babcock Award - European Mechanical Engineering Student of the Year - First Place www.setawards.org First Place Babcock Award - Best European Mechanical Engineering Student:
Rian Edman
of CIT Thermodynamic Analysis, Testing and Evaluation of a Concept 6 Stroke Engine Supervisor: Dr. Keith McMullan
European Student Innovation Awards - Innovact Reims France
CIT Innovative Product Development Multidisciplinary Teams
Win All Five Major Awards at National Finals
European Student Innovator of the Year - First Place and Outright Winner
First Place European Laureate of Innovation
(1) Enterprise Ireland Overall Winner and Student Entrepreneur of the Year (2) Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys National Award (3) Grant Thornton National Award (4) Intel ICT National Award (5) Enterprise Ireland Academic Innovation National Award THE achievement by CIT Engineering stu- Ireland Academic Innovation Lifetime dents and staff of all five major awards at the Achievement Award - is really unpreceEnterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur dented. Awards Finals - the Enterprise Ireland Overall With over 500 entries nationally to this Winner and Student Entrepreneur of the Year, prestigious entrepreneurship and innovation the Cruickshank Intellectual Property multi-discipline competition, the achieveAttorneys Exceptional Business Idea Award, ment of all five major national awards by the Grant Thornton Exceptional Business Idea engineering projects, students and staff from Award, the Intel ICT Award and the Enterprise one college is quite remarkable. See studententrepreneurawards.com/ and studententrepreneurawards.com/category/previous-winners/2016/
Dr. Kieran O'Callaghan VisionRE™ Mechanical Engineering Graduate CIT, "Real Time Interactive Obstacle Detection and Navigation Aid for the Visually Impaired" IT has been announced before a packed auditorium at the European Innovation Finals Innovact Reims, France, that First Place and Outright Winner of European Student Innovator of the Year, from hundreds of international entries and 42 shortlisted international finalists
CIT Mechanical Engineer Brian Guilly wins - ISEA International Sports Engineering Association Silver Medal London - I.Mech.E. Frederic Barnes Waldron Award
Mr. Brian Guilly, Final Year Mechanical Engineering Degree Student CIT. Project Title: "Equine Tendon Support Boot Testing" Industrial Partner: Dalmar Ireland. Supervisor: Dr. Keith Bryan
SPORTS injuries of the tendons are common in race, show jumping and other performance horses. On average over 150,000 horses are affected annually - resulting in a reduction in sporting appearances and often leading to retirement of the horses (to the big racecourse in the sky).
The equine sports medicine project was carried out in conjunction with Dalmar Ireland, a small but dynamic equine medicine company based in Glanmire, Co Cork, specializing in the design and manufacture of technologically advanced products for the effective prevention and treatment of lower leg
injuries in horses. This new boot will facilitate natural healing of the damaged tendons, and bring the horse back to full performance fitness. It is unique in that it allows movement of the fetlock joint whilst still supporting the tendons in a controlled manner over healing time.
from 28 European countries, is Kieran O'Callaghan of Cork I n s t i t u t e o f Te c h n o l o g y . S u p e r v i s o r : D r. M i c h a e l J . O’Mahony This is the first time that the accolade of First Place Laureate in European Innovation has been won outright by an Irish student.
Engineering & Innovation at Munster Technological University
European Enterprise Promotion Awards Luxembourg
See video of Luxembourg Awards Ceremony at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0-iehXI5tE
Cork Institute of Technology ‘Engineering an Innovation Eco-System’
Irish National Award Winner
European Commission for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards under
Hewlett Packard INVENT Award for Best Honours Degree Project in Science, IT and Engineering in Ireland Institution of Mechanical Engineers International Best Medical Engineering Award
"Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit" The European Commission quoted the reasons for Cork Institute of Technology’s selection as the National Winner as “Delivering innovative product development, multi-disciplinar y engineering and ground-breaking education” The Objectives of the Awards are to: n Identify and recognise successful activities and initiatives undertaken to promote enterprise and entrepreneurship; n Showcase and share examples of best entrepreneurship policies and practices; n Create a greater awareness of the role entrepreneurs play in society; n Encourage and inspire potential entrepreneurs. The Award Categories are: n Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit promote an entrepreneurial mindset, especially among young people and women; n Investing in entrepreneurial skills – aid
entrepreneurial and managerial skills; n Improving the business environment support enterprise start-up and growth, simplify legislative and administrative procedures for businesses; n Supporting the internationalisation of business - encourage enterprises and particularly small and medium-sized businesses to benefit more from the opportunities offered by markets, both inside and outside the EU; n Supporting the development of green markets and resource efficiency support SME access to green markets and help to improve their resource efficiency through, for example, green skills development and matchmaking, as well as funding; n Responsible and inclusive entrepreneurship - promote corporate social responsibility among small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship among disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed, legal migrants, disabled, or people from ethnic minorities.
"Vena Cava Blood Clot Prototype Filter Hook Design Analysis and Testing" by John Geary carried out in conjunction with Boston Scientific Cork
International Sports Engineering Award for Brendan’s Hurling Helmet Testing Project CIT Mechanical Engineering Degree Student Brendan Quirke has won the ISEA Top International Sports Engineering Award for his Hurling Helmet Testing Project. The International Sports Engineering Association Competition to determine Best International Sports Engineering Degree Project took place at Birdcage Walk, London First Place was achieved by
Mr. Brendan Quirke
Cork Institute of Technology, for his project on
Hurling Helmet Impact Testing Supervisor: Dr. Keith Bryan, carried out in conjunction with MycroSports Ltd. Of Ballincollig,