The Patrick Stewart Innovation Award at Final Year Projects Expo 2025
Patrick began his academic journey studying architecture at Trinity College Dublin before transferring to DCU’s Enterprise Computing programme. He was known for his intellectual curiosity, warmth, and a remarkable ability to spark innovation through meaningful conversation. Patrick's untimely passing was a profound loss to all who knew him, and this award is a tribute to his legacy.
The Patrick Stewart Innovation Award recognises a final-year student whose project not only demonstrates technical excellence but also reflects Patrick’s belief that challenging discussions can drive real innovation and positive change through technology.
This year’s winners of the award are students Anzhe Yuan and Derek Harkin for their exceptional project EyeHerd. EyeHerd is an innovative livestock monitoring platform designed to enhance cattle welfare and streamline farm operations. By integrating video surveillance with real-time analytics, it detects anomalies such as signs of distress or illness and monitors behaviours like feeding and resting. The platform features an intuitive interface, personalised dashboards, and real-time alerts, ensuring ease of use for farmers with varying levels of technological experience. EyeHerd enables data-driven decision-making, optimises labour efficiency, and supports sustainable farming practices. Its scalable design accommodates farms of all sizes, providing a modern, user-friendly solution to the challenges of traditional livestock monitoring.
The panel was highly amazed by Anzhe and Derek's project as it was really well executed and met the objective of “starting a conversation”. This very special award also supplies the winning students with IT hardware worth €2,000, alongside a special invitation to SAP Ireland's next D-Com event.
Congratulations to the awardees, and thank you to SAP for their continued support and prize sponsorships.