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