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The Future Looks Bright - DCU Engineering & Computing Students showcase their final-year inventions

Final Year Engineering and Computing students at DCU have staged a showcase of their final year projects, with inventions ranging from internet-controlled security robots to an autopilot demonstration rig and hospital spillage sensing devices.  A multitude of apps were also on display including MyBalCheck which consolidates users’ banking, utilities and mobile accounts into a single app; a digital guitar tuner; landlord management systems; and an app which allows restaurants to donate good quality waste food to charities. 

Many employers from the computing and engineering sectors, including SAP, Google, Paddy Power, IBM, Deloitte and Amazon, were in attendance to snap up some of the brightest and best students DCU has to offer from its Schools of Computing, Electronic Engineering and Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering.

Mr Liam Ryan, Managing Director of SAP Ireland said,

“SAP, as ever, is delighted to be here to celebrate this final step at the end of your undergraduate journey.  Technology has been one of the positive notes in a difficult global economic climate and thankfully that continues to be the case.  The world of IT is moving ever closer to the business world – businesses are going mobile and taking to the cloud in greater and greater numbers, opening up exciting new opportunities.  I hope the skills and competencies you have learned here in DCU will serve you well on the road ahead and that our paths cross again in the future.”

Speaking at the event, Professor Barry McMullin, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & Computing said,

“Today’s Expo showcases the depth and breadth of the talents of our students here in DCU Faculty of Engineering & Computing.  With the ICT and Smart Manufacturing industries growing and changing at a rapid pace, especially in this country, we believe that the range of Final Year Projects on display today reflect and respond to this shifting landscape.  Indeed, many of the projects displayed here today represent products with real commercial potential.”