The Finals on Thursday 19^th of April 2012 were a roaring success and we’d like to thank once again all who took part in making it happen. Pat Coman our Head of Development and External Services kindly did all of our thank you’s on the day of the awards and in addition to all the faculty and students listed below we’d like to thank him also.  

This years  4 WINNING TEAMS are:

First Place €3000 - Star Shoes (ShoeStar): Ciara Gardiner, Gemma Reddin, Donnachadha Reid – Management and Accounting: supported by Ethna O’Connor

Second Place €2000 – My Trip: Gary Corcoran, James Horan, Ani Libofsha,  Rob O’Byrne,  Jesse Potter, Pavlo Rispanu, Steven Siew, Graham White – Business Management and IT Management: supported by Ethna O’Connor

Third Place €1000 – Read What You Need (RWYN): Jennifer Byrne, Michaela Costalles, Louise Dunne, Ciaran Fadden, Aoife Hudson, Sinead McCann-Jones – Marketing and Accounting: supported by Hilda Burton

Technology Award €500 - Smart E-Learning Applications (SEA): Stephen Bride, Aoife Clarke, Leanne Long, Amy Lynch, Zaki Mahomed, Niall O’Shea – Computing Management and IT Management: supported by Stephen Howell

Well done to all the shortlisted students and their supporting tutors for taking part.




Athlete Health Monitor: Roisin Fennell, Matthew Halpin, Conor Hickey, Michelle Long, Lisa O’Dwyer – Mechanical Engineering and Accountancy: Gerard Ryder




Compremass: Gary Mullen, Lee Phillips – Mechanical Engineering and Marketing Management: Colm Costello






Here2You: Micheal Isichei, Oladayo Morakinyo – Marketing Management and Business Management: Ethna O’Connor






Kinetic Luminescent Sports Clothing: James McNena, Jamie Rico Molla, Eoin Robinson, Martin Ryan – Mechanical Engineering and Sports Science: Gerard Ryder



 
Sensor Mat: Zuzana Fijalkowska, Alison Griffin, Mark Henshaw, Terry Kennedy, Gary Stapleton – Business Management and Mechanical Engineering: Patricia Morris, Gerard Ryder, Ethna O’Connor

ITT Dublin launches fifth Student Synergy Awards.  The 2013 Students Awards, which are sponsored by South Dublin County Enterprise Board (SDCEB), 

Synergy Centre is the innovation and company incubation space at ITT Dublin.

The awards bring together a mix of entrepreneurial students from different faculty disciplines forming teams to put forward their innovative business ideas. These are shortlisted to the 10 best and then compete for one of the four following prizes from a total €6,500 Prize Fund:
1st €3,000, 2nd €2,000, 3rd €1,000, and a Special Award of €500

The 2012/13 competition is now open for entries.  http://www.synergycentre.ie/student-synergy-awards.

Date for the finals - Thu 11^th April 2013 first week back following Easter Break.

Deadline for applications is Wed 13^th February 2013 - This will give the judging panel time to shortlist up to 12 teams and the shortlisted teams - 8 weeks - adequate time to prepare a business plan and final presentation for the 11^th April 2013 

We will also encourage and financially support all finalists to apply for the Enterprise Ireland national student competition – final application dates for this is Wed 24^th April. This lucrative competition holds a 60K prize fund with 10k first prize a great next step for any budding Entrepreneurs!  Details of this can be found into 2012 on their website: www.thinkoutsidetheboxawards.com

Student Synergy Awards WINNERS!!!



On behalf of the Synergy Team I would like to thank all the students who took part in this years' Student Synergy Awards.

The winners of this year's competition are as follows:

First Place: Ultra-therm

Bernard Lawless, Michael Carmody, James Tucker & Stephen Hughes

Ultra-therm is a system that reulates energy usage in domestic heating by using a series of sensors operated by a mail control panel. As occupancy in a room increases so does the room temperature from the energy people omit. If room heat exceeds a set temperature the radiator will stop supplying heat until the preset comfort level is reached. Ultra-therm will minimise fuel bills, energy consumption and benefit the environment.

Second Place: I.L.B

Michael Isichei, Stuart Deveruex & Joseph Kinvi

Interactive Learning Board is an academic software package used in conjunction with a touch screen computer device which includes a number of features that aid the learning process. One such feature being the 'Record Lecture Mode' in which screen activity and the lecturers' voice are recorded in sync, thus enabling playback of the lecture.

Third Place: Magic Magnets

Sinead Ennis & Lindsay Murray

Magic Magnets aims to stop young children from picking up and throwing bowls and cups from their highchairs whilst feeding. This will be achieved by customising magnets which can be attached to a range of baby feeding equipment e.g. bowls, cups etc. All of which are compatible with a removable hygenic highchair table which we will also manufacture.

Special Award: PrimeLife Home Care

Pauline Ussher Mahon, Oisineagh O'Donnell & Aoife Coleman

PrimeLife offers a unique blend of personal home health care and 24 hour monitoring through the use of ambient assisted living technologies and virtual communications. It is our goal to employ competent, caring and well-trained individuals who are responsive to the needs of our patients, their families and the communities we serve.

COMPETITION ENTRY DEADLINE IS TODAY!!!

So don't delay get those applications in before it's too late....

'Meet an Entrepreneur' Student Talks

The Student Synergy Awards 'Meet an Entrepreneur' Student Talks held in the Synergy Centre were a great success!
Colin Baker, Managing Director of BAB.ie & winner of the 2009/10 Student Synergy Awards was on hand to talk about his experience and the benefits of entering the Awards. He described how he used the competition as a platform to enter the Enterprise Ireland National Competition and eventually to set up his own company. He also gave great tips and advice on how best competition finalists should showcase their ideas on the day of the final.

http://www.bab.ie/

John Kennedy, CEO of 4Aman/4PM and former Engineering graduate of ITT Dublin. He gave an insightful talk on how he moved from his engineering background into computing and eventually establishing two cloud computing companies.
http://4adman.ie
http://4pm.ie


Seamus Kilmartin, is a Synergy Centre tenant and CEO of Utility Saver a utilities intermediary operating in the cleantech sector. Seamus stressed the importance of start-up companies generating 'recurring revenue' via subscriptions as a means to free up cashflow in the business.

http://utilitysaver.ie/
Dave McDonnell, is Managing Director of Visual ID, an Irish cloud computing company that operates in a global market. Dave described how not unlike today, he graduated from college in recessionary times. He stressed the importance of making your own opportunities even in a depressed employment market.

http://visualid.com/

The Synergy Awards Stand has moved!

The stand is now located on first floor of the college beside the Mezzanine incase your wondering where the competition entry box has disappeared to!

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