Queensland College of Art lecturer and Industrial Design PhD candidate, James Novak, has taken out another award for one of his 3D creations.
The Challenge was set by iMaterialise for designers around the world to submit 3D models for their newest material — wood.
James’ Hexa-Phone Amplifier was named one of the winners, showcasing the potential of 3D printed wood for useful home décor items and tech gadgets.
The organisers said the simple design “suited the clean and sandylook of 3D printed wood perfectly”.
James says he wanted to mix the old-school with the new-school in creating his 3D printed wooden amplifier, one he modified from his original plastic design.
“It did take some work to modify the original design to meet the criteria of the wood material, including thicker wall sections and more exaggerated details,” he says.
“I’m looking forward to hearing it play music when it arrives and to compare the sound of the wood vs. plastic versions.”
2015 is shaping up to be a stellar year for James, whose 3D-printed bicycle frame is also earning international plaudits, receiving the RTAM/SME Dick Aubin Distinguished Paper Award at RAPID, the world’s pre-eminent industry and academic event for 3D Printing, held in California.
His FIX3D bike was also on show as part of the Making A Difference / A Difference In Making exhibition at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, and a version is still on display at the Griffith University visitors centre on the Gold Coast campus.
Take a closer look at the winning designs from the 3D Printed Wood Challenge at iMaterialise.
Leading economic academics from Griffith Business School are taking part in the 2015 Australian Conference of Economists in Brisbane this week.
Academic, public policy and private sector economists from across the country have assembled to assess the economic challenges facing the world today, ranging from the turbulence of the Greek crisis to Higher Education de-regulation and Competition Policy Review closer to home.
Among the researchers from Griffith’s Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics presenting at the four-day event are Dr Chris Fleming, Dr Alex Robson, Professor Paul Simshauser and Head of Department, Professor Fabrizio Carmignani.
“This is an important opportunity to share insights and findings from our projects with researchers working in similar fields,” Professor Carmignani said.
“It is very useful, sometimes crucial, for the modern economist to keep pace with the latest knowledge in a global economic environment which is subject to change by the minute.”
Griffith University has teamed up with University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology to co-host the 2015 conference with the Economics Society of Australia (Qld Branch).
On the first day, Griffith’s Dr Chris Fleming (left) and Dr Alex Robson presented a professional development seminar on Cost Benefit Analysis. Dr Robson was also a panellist at Wednesday’s session on the government’s tax policy discussion paper.
Also on Tuesday, Professor Carmignani was a panellist in a session on the job market titled ‘A day in the life of an economist’. He shared the stage with Peter Tulip from the Reserve Bank of Australia and Gene Tunny of Adept Economics.
On Friday, Professor Carmignani will chair a policy roundtable discussion on whether Australia has a public debt problem and what lessons can be learned from the US and Europe.
At the same time, Paul Simshauser will be a panellist in a separate seminar assessing energy policy in Australia.
Several Griffith Business School academic staff and HDR candidates are also presenting their work in parallel academic sessions running over the four days of the conference.
World-respected economists address the conference each day, including Ariel Rubinstein who devised the ‘Rubinstein bargaining model’ in 1982. Professor Rubinstein delivered Wednesday’s keynote speech.
Paul J Ferraro, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at John Hopkins University, will open Thursday’s session. He is a senior science fellow with the World Wildlife Fund and his research focuses on the design of environmental programs.
Paul Klemperer, Edgeworth Professor of Economics at Oxford University, will deliver the keynote address on Friday morning. Professor Klemperer invented an auction to help the Bank of England as the financial crisis took hold in 2007.
A group Griffith students, dedicated to helping their local community through empowerment projects, will this week showcase their efforts on the national stage.
On July 7-9 the Griffith University Enactus team will promote their key not-for-profit projects at the National Enactus Conference in Melbourne in the hope of winning the championships, which could see them head to South Africa later this year.
But for students like Katelyn Pomroy it isn’t all about winning.
“It doesn’t feel like work because you know you are doing it for a good cause.”
Enactus is an international non-profit organisation that brings together student, academic and business leaders who are committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to improve quality of life and standard of living for people in need.
Griffith Enactus, which is part of the Honours College, saw 142 students commit to more than 3000 volunteer hours.
Katelyn, the team’s Vice President of Community Spirit and incoming President, said the group has been involved in three main projects during the last 12 months.
The projects
Mentors in Violence Prevention
Students involved in the Mentors in Violence Prevention program.
Griffith Enactus team is involved with a program that seeks to equip people with the skills needed to confront, interrupt or prevent violence against women.
Gokanosho: Lost in Time
Some Enactus team members filming “Gokanosho – Lost In Time” in Japan
The Enactus team partnered with the Griffith Film School to bid for a short term mobility grant through the New Colombo Plan, to send students to Japan to create a film, which has since been selected for a number of film festivals including Cannes.
Community Garden volunteering
Enactus team members installing a new water tank at Beelarong Community farm to reduce water costs.
The team installed a water tank and a garden for the disabled at Beerlarong Community Farm in Brisbane. Volunteer work at the farm is ongoing.
At last year’s National Enactus Conference the Griffith team won the Spirit of Enactus award.
Griffith Enactus team members at the 2014 Enactus National Conference held in Brisbane.
If you would like to be part of the Mentors for Violence Provention student club please contact Lizzie Dowrie.
Griffith University law students are putting theory into practice and assisting people with free legal advice at the Robina Community Legal Centre.
Every Thursday night, the final-year students volunteer their time and expertise with members of the Gold Coast legal profession to help people who cannot afford such advice.
Griffith Law Lecturer Dr Kieran Tranter said Griffith students have helped more than 700 people since the centre opened in February 2014.
“An initiative of the Gold Coast District Law Association, the centre now plays a significant role in offering free, frontline legal advice and referral services to the southern Gold Coast community,’’ he said.
For Christy Englezakis and Heather Nieuwenhoven, volunteering gives them the opportunity to be guided by legal professionals and gain valuable work experience.
“All the lawyers at the RCLC are volunteering after a day’s work in the office,’’ Heather said.
“Working at the RCLC is extremely rewarding as it assists with fulfilling a community need. We all have access to free health care but not free legal advice.
“RCLC provides a wide variety of advice to people many who do not meet requirements for traditional legal aid funding but cannot afford legal advice.
“The clinic seems to be getting busier and it is really frustrating when we have to turn people away. I believe the opportunity to participate here also assists graduates when looking for work.”
Christy, who hopes to specialise in animal welfare and environmental law when she graduates, says working at the centre enables her to combine community service and learning.
“The centre performs an invaluable role in clarifying the law, and the lawyers provide practical, clear advice that enables clients to be proactive in progressing their issues. It empowers and supports as well as providing advice.
“Feedback from clients is overwhelmingly positive. Even when their legal position may not be ideal, they are simply relieved to understand the issues and know what they have to do.
“There is often a long queue prior to opening and people may have to wait some time to see a lawyer, but this is rarely expressed as a complaint. It does, however, demonstrate a significant need,’’ she said.
Dr Tranter said that without a cent of government funding the Centre has proven the enormous need for community legal services on the southern Gold Coast.
“The State government should really be getting behind this initiative by funding RCLC to employ a full-time lawyer,’’ he said.
“This would allow RCLC and its student and lawyer volunteers to greatly increase the numbers of Gold Coasters that they can help.”
In the life of almost every household appliance, there comes that moment of out with the old and in with the new.
In our consumer-driven society, electrical and electronic equipment have never been more efficient, economical or in demand. But our desire to own the best and the latest is also contributing to an environmental issue of mounting concern.
E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams in developing, emerging and developed regions and it covers all electrical and electronic equipment and parts discarded by consumers.
According to figures published in the Global E-waste Monitor 2014 and compiled by the United Nations University, last year an estimated 41.8 million metric tonnes of e-waste was discarded throughout the world.
This comprised mostly end-of-life kitchen, laundry and bathroom equipment such as microwave ovens, washing machines and dishwashers, although mobile phones, computers and printers also featured.
That figure is estimated to rise by almost 20 per cent to 50 million metric tonnes in 2018, which is why waste management practitioners are seeking new technologies and approaches to deal with e-waste.
Internationally there has been a strong emphasis on extended producer responsibility (EPR) to tackle the problem. Many developed nations have successfully implemented EPR with varying models, while developing countries are following the same path, though not without some challenges.
Broader spectrum of household e-waste
The concentration so far has been on end-of-life IT equipment, such as computers and mobile phones, and most take-back schemes around the world tend to concentrate on these items. We need to focus on a broader spectrum of household e-waste if we are to slow its growth.
A recent study commissioned by the Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that Australia generates one of the highest per capita volumes of e-waste in the world. Of 19.71kg per person per year, between 25-30 per cent comes from digital and audio—visual items.
The study also showed that growing incorporation of “smart technology” into common household items is regarded as the main cause of increases in the global e-waste streams from homes.
This gives rise to important questions such as —
How do we prepare for the growth in household e-wastes?
Are existing take-back programs — which currently exist in only a few countries — sufficient to handle the new demands?
Do we have sufficient regulations to ensure small household e-waste items are not mixed with residual waste contents in traditional household bins?
Most developing countries do not practise waste segregation at the source. This means that municipal solid waste can contain up to 3 per cent hazardous wastes, including e-waste. This can increase concentrations of heavy metals in leachate and contribute to environmental pollution.
Rare earths and precious metals
Meanwhile, the sheer range of household electrical and electronics items these days brings with it the use of rare earths and precious metals within circuits and chips, all of which can increase subsequent waste management challenges when items become obsolete and are discarded.
A noticeable difference between e-waste systems in European Union countries and others around the world is overall scope. Having recast its Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive), the EU has broadened coverage to include all electrical and electronic equipment. Too many other countries, however, are under-prepared to manage the emerging dilemma of complex household e-wastes.
There are significant benefits from expanding the coverage of e-waste products beyond the traditional computers, mobile phones and televisions, most notably more efficient recycling and material recovery processes. Greater e-waste volumes will also encourage private sector investment in recycling and recovery technologies.
Crucially, e-waste policies must have a consumer focus, particularly regarding small e-waste items.
In Finland, the government encourages recycling of small household e-waste items by treating them differently from large items. In Japan, consumers do not have to pay the recycling fee for small household items. In the Netherlands, a “pay-as-you-throw” system has seen a significant reduction in small household e-waste items occurring in household waste streams.
As noted in the WEEE Directive, a weight-based recycling target may result in greater incentive to recycle only large household items. A unit-based approach is better.
Challenges in developing world
However, the biggest challenge facing e-waste policy makers is in implementing EPR in developing countries, where governments can struggle to collect funds from producers or imports if goods are smuggled in, or if small, shop-assembled products enjoy a large share of the market.
A further challenge arises from systems that create incentives for collectors and recyclers to seek extra subsidies by exaggerating the amount of e-waste they collect. Competition between the formal and informal recycling sector is another impediment.
There is also unwillingness among consumers in developing countries to hand over household e-waste items or pay for the disposal of wastes in general. Many consumers regard household e-waste as an income-generating opportunity. It could also be an attitude problem.
What is certain is that the e-waste management landscape is about to change its traditional focus on computers and mobile phones to a broader range of more sophisticated household e-waste items.
With the exception of a few countries, most of us are about to face the reality of this latest challenge.
Dr Sunil Herat will represent Griffith University and address the Sixth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific, organised by the United Nations Centre for Regional Development, in the Maldives in August. He will also lead a round table on the topic of e-waste.
From the post-silicon efficiency of power electronics topublic transport funding and automated strawberry harvesting,14 Griffith University research projects have been successful in this year’s ARC Linkage Project grants.
The projects have attracted a total funding of $4,478,006.
Vice Chancellor Professor Ian O’Connor congratulated the new Linkage Project awardees.
“Griffith’s success rate for the round is 46.7% compared to the national average of 35.5%,’’ hesaid.
The project which attracted the largest funding is;
Prof Sima Dimitrijev and Dr Jisheng Han, who were awarded$509,000for their projectSilicon-Carbide Switches for Post-Silicon Efficiency of Power Electronics.
Griffith’s other ARC Linkage grants were awarded to;
Dr Matthew Burke, Dr Barbara Yen and Dr Guilherme Lohmann, $217,964for their projectFunding on the line: public transport financing and property value capture.
Prof Yaoqi Zhou, Dr Joe Tiralongo and Dr Yuedong Yang,$241,564for their projectNovel antimicrobial target discovery by an integrated approach.
Prof Nam-Trung Nguyen, Prof Sima Dimitrijev and Mr Alan Iacopi,$360,000for their projectIntegrated Cooling Enhancement Technology for Power Electronics.
Prof Elizabeth Kendall, Dr Francoise Maujean, Prof Anna Stewart, Prof Bonnie Barber, Dr Martin Downes, Dr Jason Byrne and A/Prof Kym Macfarlane,$188,028for their projectFarming 4 Care: Using nature to cultivate resilience in young people.
Prof Suzanne Chambers, Dr Melissa Hyde, A/Prof Angussuza Ng and Prof Paul Scuffham,$221,574for their projectCelebrate. Remember. Fight Back. Episodic Volunteering for Non-Profits.
Prof Darryl Low Choy and Dr Silvia Serrao-Neumann,$211,346for their projectBeing On Country Off Country.
Prof Alexander Brown and Prof Paula Brough,$457,800for their projectProtecting while they prosper? Organisational responses to whistleblowing.
Prof Huib Schippers, A/Prof Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Prof Scott Harrison and Prof Paul Draper,$222,515for their projectMaking Music Work: Sustainable Portfolio Careers for Australian Musicians.
A/Prof Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Dr Naomi Sunderland and Prof Heidi Muenchberger,$208,215for their projectCreative Barkly: Sustaining the arts & cultural sector in remote Australia.
Prof David Lambert, Dr Subashchandran Sankarasubramanian and Dr Michael Westaway,$570,000for their projectInvestigating Holocene India – Australia Connections using Ancient Genomics.
Prof Yongsheng Gao, Dr Andrew Busch and Dr Jun Zhou,$406,000for their projectPrecise recognition for automated harvesting and grading of strawberries.
Prof Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Dr Denni Arli and Dr Krysztof Kubacki,$234,000for their projectChanging Australian Drinking: A comprehensive social marketing program.
Prof David Lloyd, Prof Rod Barrett and Dr Daniel James,$430,000for their projectIntelligent training (iTraining) for the human Achilles tendon.
Title:Augmenting students’ learning for employability through post-practicum educational processes Funding: $467,000
In this project, staff from healthcare disciplines in five universities will identify the range of possible post-practicum interventions and trial and evaluate them over a 12-month period. Building on these initial outcomes, 30 participants from other disciplines and five more universities will then select, trial and adapt these interventions to their courses and programs.
Title:Enhancing student employability skills through virtual field trips in the hospitality industry Funding: $273,000
The Australian hospitality industry requires work-ready graduates with skills and capabilities to cope with real world problems. Increasing student numbers, time limitations and demand for online alternatives to face to face learning experiences has led to an urgent need for technology-enhanced solutions to practice-based learning in hospitality. This project will trial, evaluate and promote virtual field trips and related pedagogies as tools to develop graduate employability skills and threshold learning outcomes
Title:Establishing education governance frameworks between academia and industry
The aim of this fellowship is to collaboratively develop an education governance framework that operationalises key factors to optimise student learning in practice situations. This will be achieved through consultation with leaders across a range of disciplines, and building on the work funded by the OLT in WIL, learning outcomes, and innovations in design and assessment.
Title:Partnering with alumni to enhance graduate success in the health science disciplines
This fellowship proposes that by reshaping conceptions of alumni worth, appreciating their diversity, capturing their experiences and nuancing our approaches to connecting with them, we can establish an intentional, active and authentic partnership between a university program and its graduates.
Jazz pianist Sophie Min has earned a place in the coveted JM Jazz World Orchestra. It’s no wonder, since the 26-year-old has been playing for more than 20 years.
The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Masters student was selected with 19 other young musicians from all over the world through an open global audition to join Jeunesses Musicales International’s premier jazz ensemble.
World renowned artistic director Luis Bonilla from the USA will lead Sophie and this year’s orchestra as they tour across Belgium, Croatia, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia from July 7.
The young jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer and educator moved to Brisbane five years ago from Seoul to complete her studies, and says improvising and meeting different jazz musicians is her absolute joy as a performer.
“I love how open minded musicians are here, to share their ideas and experiences,” she says.
“It’s what I love the most about jazz and what I’m looking forward to while touring internationally with emerging musicians from all over the world.”
European tour is just the start…
It’s a huge year for Sophie, who will also perform at Brisbane Jazz Club when she returns and as part of Brisbane Festival in July, before she launches her album and tours with her trio to Sydney and Melbourne in October.
Performing is nothing new to the young musician, who has already graced QPAC’s Melbourne Street outdoor stage some ten times for their annual Green Jam series, as well as gigging regularly in the Queen Street Mall.
She also remains actively involved in the Con Artists 18-piece big band, the Queensland Jazz Big Band, Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Korean Orchestra and the Queensland Men’s Choir.
According to one of her teachers, Dr Louise Denson, Sophie counts among the top graduates who have emerged from the jazz area of the Queensland Conservatorium during her 16 years teaching in the department.
“I would place her in the company of Kristin Berardi, Elly Hoyt, Joe O’Conner and Isaac Hurren in terms of her level of achievement at this stage of her development and her potential to make a significant contribution to the contemporary jazz scene,” she says.
“She combines a very high level of musicianship with a strong work ethic and a quiet self-confidence.
“Sophie has outstanding aural abilities, a strong connection to groove and understanding or rhythm, a solid command of jazz harmony and solo vocabulary.”
Despite receiving the Anthony and Sharon Lee Jazz Scholarship from the Sydney University of Music, Sophie chose to undertake her Masters under the direction of Steve Newcomb, John Hoffman, Yitzhak Yedid, Zac Hurren and Ken Stubbs — legends within the Queensland Conservatorium’s famed jazz department.
You can now follow Sophie’s journey through Europe via the JM Jazz World Orchestra facebook page.
When young professional, Prasanna Sivasubramaniam Shanmuganathan, takes to the stage of the Plaza Auditorium with three of his peers at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre this morning (Wednesday), it will be the culmination of an extraordinary futuristic experience set in motion on Monday morning by Olympic legend Lord Sebastian Coe.
Prasanna (below, right), who is set to graduate with an MBA (Advanced) degree later this month, threw himself into the opportunity that was the Young Professionals’ Forum, a vibrant and innovative component of this week’s 2015 Asia Pacific Cities Summit in Brisbane.
He has been part of a mix of Griffith University students whose active and enthusiastic participation made the ‘Urban Challenges for Digital Cities’ theme a prominent and focused part of the major three-day international event that brought mayors from across the Asia-Pacific region to Southeast Queensland.
With Acting Director of Griffith’s Urban Research Program, Paul Burton (below, right), at the helm more than 100 young professionals from Griffith, UQ, QUT, industry and overseas applied the brightest of young minds to some of the biggest questions facing city leaders around the world today.
Their determination, passion, knowledge and considered focus shone through each session, as genuine challenges were identified and solutions sought and explored thoughtfully.
The Young Professionals’ Forum, sponsored by Griffith University, considered local identity in a global world, imagined future cities, and asked how digital possibilities might be harnessed in the future while an effective voice for all urban citizens was maintained and ensured.
For two days, the group also rubbed shoulders and exchanged business cards with influential industry and local government leaders from around the world.
Inspiring
Lord Sebastian Coe presented a unique and inspiring insight into his own London city vision to open the Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors’ Forum on Monday.
Cultivating talent, technology and trade; the globalisation of trade; and the expansion of a global consumer class were discussed during plenary sessions by thought leaders from Singapore, China, Hong Kong, the UK and the United States.
The science and technology behind cities, and how smarter and better-connected cities of the future will fully utilise technologies to enhance environmental, social and economic performances were among the high-level topics discussed by representatives of organisations like Microsoft, CSIRO and Accenture.
In the dedicated Young Professionals’ Forum, the future city discussions bounced from robotics to transportation, from urban splintering to big data, from local identity to global identity, from how to future proof a city to how to protect individual privacy.
The Young Professionals group was challenged and provoked by some of Griffith University’s leading academics, all with the aim of producing an informed, far-reaching communique for the mayors’ forum.
Associate Professor Matthew Burke (below, centre), Principle Research Fellow at Griffith’s Urban Research Program, asked the group to consider where the line is drawn for communication infrastructure in cities where urban splintering signals a possible era for gated communities. “If you were to future-proof cities what should local authorities be doing right now?” he challenged.
Professor Andrew O’Neil, Head of Griffith’s School of Government and International Relations, asked if the right balance between local and global identities has been struck in Asia-Pacific cities.“Despite the world becoming more integrated (as a result of globalisation), local identity – if anything – has been strengthened,” he said.
The focus on digital cities was progressed on day two, through Associate Professor Bela Stantic, Deputy Head, School of Information and Communication Technology; Professor Vladimir Estivill-Castro, Deputy Director, Institute for Integrated and Intelligent System; and Dr David Tuffley, School of Information and Communication Technology.
Associate Professor Stantic described imminent digital solutions to issues in transportation, crime control, evacuation, health and security, before taking delegates on a journey into the future of big data. “The big issue is how we manage the data and extract info from big data,” he said. “Today we are all data generators.”
Professor Estivill-Castro analysed the power of data analysis in cities of the future, highlighting its immense potential for social good before questioning where the line is crossed when it comes to individual privacy. “By the time you’re my age who knows what technology will be doing?” he told the Young Professionals in a presentation that forecast driverless taxis in a not-so-distant future.
Dr David Tuffley also eased the thoughts of delegates towards the future. “There are people being born today for whom the means of human expression have not been invented yet,” he said. His presentation examined closely the role of robots in cities of the future. “Technology at its best helps people live to a full expression of their best so smart technology in cities will improve lives and help people connect with others with shared interests, for example.”
The group also heard from the Managing Director of Springfield Land Commission, Raynuha Sinnathamby, on the challenges faced and negotiated in generating a new city to Brisbane’s west, from former Brisbane Lord Mayor Sallyanne Atkinson AO on the evolving role of local government, and from current Lord Mayor, Cllr Graham Quirk (below), who joined the Young Professionals’ Forum at the end of day one. “This is an opportunity to create growth in specific areas in a planned, programmed way,” he said.
The broad spectrum of themes engaged students from all walks of university life. From Griffith University alone, engineering, science, urban and environmental planning, law, public health, business, government and international relations, education, biomedical science, health service management, commerce and fine art were all represented.
Undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate students were present in the room, including Prasanna Nathan who has the honour of being part of a four-person presentation group that will outline its future city proposals to a group of Asia-Pacific mayors today.
A property management application created by Griffith University students has so impressed Australia’s largest real estate firm it has agreed to develop it further.
The app provides a complete property management suite across multiple platforms, aiding real estate agents by streamlining the processes required for property inspections and general reporting.
The student team behind the app last week won the 2015 Opmantek Prize for high-achieving final year ICT students.
“When we considered the design of the app and its functions, we wanted a product that would allow the immediate input of information needed by agents when creating and conducting property inspections and communicating with landlords and clients,” says team member Roshan Lyons.
Opmantek Prize runners-up for 2015, from left, Mathew Sayed, Matthew Shipman and Jack Lewis, and below, Lizzie King and Dale Majid
“Currently, agents need to fill out a lot of paperwork and that is very time-consuming. With this app, information can be entered, accessed and delivered much more efficiently.
“As well as practical features such as a calendar for scheduling, we included functions such as an image carousel that allows instant comparison of, for example, before and after repair or renovation work in a property.
“We actually went beyond the brief given to us by Ray White and it was a thrill when they told us they were going to take the app, refine it further and use it for their operation.”
The Opmantek Prize was launched in 2013 to link Griffith ICT students to industry clients and is sponsored by internationally renowned Gold Coast software company Opmantek. The 2015 judging panel comprised CEO Mr Danny Maher, City of Gold Coast’s Councillor Glenn Tozer and Head of the School of ICT, Professor Michael Blumenstein.
Two of the judges, Opmantek CEO Mr Danny Maher and City of Gold Coast’s Councillor Glenn Tozer
“The award gives students a taste of the real world of product development, tendering, commercialisation and marketing,” says Mr Maher. “Given the standard of entries this year, these students have very bright futures in the IT industry.”
Runners-up were —
Time-On-Site (Matthew Shipman, Mathew Sayed, Jack Lewis): for a web-based app providing complex event processing, particularly with regard to employee shift patterns. Client: RightCrowd.
Exam Invigilation (Lizzie King, Dale Majid): for an application that strengthens protocols and markedly reduces the time taken to authenticate students in the examination environment. Client: RightCrowd.
