DCU Invent - Invention Disclosure Awards

(L - R) Prof. Eugene Kennedy, Prof. Ferdinand von Prondzynski, Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts, Antonio Ricco and Richard Stokes

The Annual Invention Disclosure Award ceremony was held on 5th December 2008 in the Invent Centre. These awards were set up by Invent DCU to publicly recognise the researchers who work with Invent to protect and commercialise their research. Over 80 researchers attended from various Schools and Faculties in DCU.

The ceremony was officially opened by Prof. Ferdinand von Prondzynski and the awards were presented by Professor Eugene Kennedy, Vice-President for Research. Guest speaker, Shay Garvey of Delta gave an overview of the venture capital environment in Ireland.

There were a total of 36 Invention Disclosures with each group receiving a prize of €200. An overall prize of €1000 was also awarded in each of the categories of Life Sciences; Physical/Chemical Sciences and ICT/Engineering.

Richard Stokes, Director of Invent, stated that these individuals had demonstrated great initiative in the commercialisation of their technology and both DCU and Invent value the time and effort researchers put into commercialising their research. As the commercialisation gateway of DCU, Invent has the infrastructure, the ability and the expertise to assist and advise industry, academia and researchers in their innovation, commercialisation and business development endeavours.

The Overall Award for Life Sciences of €1000 was given to Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts, Asif Riaz, Antonio Ricco and Luke Lee (BDI) for their invention disclosure entitled ‘Single Platelet Adhesion Assay’. This was a joint invention between DCU and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

The overall award for Physical/Chemical Sciences of €1000 was given to Stephen O’Driscoll, Conor Burke and Brian MacCraith (NCSR) for their invention disclosure entitled ‘Mobile Phone-based Sensor Platform’.

The overall award for ICT/Engineering of €1000 was given to Paul Whelan, John Mallon and Julia Dietlmeier (Electronic Engineering) for their invention disclosure entitled ‘Precise Correction of Optical Lateral Chromatic Aberration in Digital Imaging Systems’.