Winners of the DCU Annual Commercialisation of University Research Student Project Awards 2008 – sponsored by Invent DCU

The third Commercialisation of University Research Student Project Awards took place on November 10^th at Dublin City University Business School during the annual graduation ceremony.  The award is for the best commercialisation plan for a product/service ideas generated by university science and technology researchers. Students identify the best route to market for the products/ideas and undertake extensive research on competitors, markets and customers. The projects are undertaken as part of the Innovation and High Technology Entrepreneurship Module on the Masters in Electronic-Commerce Degree Programme.  This year students from DCU worked in collaboration with students from Arizona State University. Professor Eric Menkhus, Director Technology Ventures Clinic ASU, also attended the ceremony. The Award is sponsored by INVENT DCU and coordinated by Dr. Teresa Hogan, lecturer in Entrepreneurship at DCU Business School

First Prize: The Ammonia Breath Monitor - A safe and non-invasive breath monitor suitable for use by patients for home dialysis. In addition, the monitor has the potential to improve diagnosis and treatment of kidney and liver disease.

Students: Hugh O’Brien, Charilaos Sideris, Keith Elliott, and Polle Van Elsacker, DCU Masters of Electronic Commerce Business and David Klinger Arizona State University 

Researchers: Tony Killard NCSR, National Centre for Sensor Research

Pictured left to right:

Keith Elliott, Masters of Electronic Commerce Business, Dr. Tony Killard NCSR, National Centre for Sensor Research; Professor Eric Menkhus, Director Technology Ventures Clinic, ASU; Richard Stokes, Director of INVENT DCU; Dr. Teresa Hogan, Lecturer in Enterprise Development DCUBS and Hugh O’Brien, Masters in Electronic Commerce Business

Second Prize: MIKEAL: Management Infrastructure for Knowledge-based Adaptive E-Learning content - MIKAEL uses the concepts of semantic web and ontologies, to create the next generation of content authoring tools for use with e-learning content. Students: Stephen Downey, Warren Lynam, Barry Naughton and Tomasz Zeglinski DCU Masters of Electronic Commerce Business and Stuart Kimball Arizona State University  Researchers: Claus Pahl and Mark Melia School of Computing DCU

Pictured left to right:

Barry Naughton, Stephen Downey, Masters in Electronic Commerce Business; Professor Eric Menkhus, Director Technology Ventures Clinic ASU; Richard  Stokes, Director of INVENT DCU; Dr. Teresa Hogan, Lecturer in Enterprise Development DCUBS and Warren Lynam, Masters in Electronic Commerce Business.