Published on: Saturday, 08 November 2014

Friday 7th November, 2014: announced at a glittering and prestigious Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards Ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Continuing Professional Development CPD Employer of the Year 2014 Award

Winner - DePuy Synthes Cork “The Journey from Follower to Global Leader”
DePuy Synthes Cork “The Journey from Follower to Global Leader” submitted by a team led by 2007 CIT Mechanical Engineering Graduate Robert Hobbs has won the Engineers Ireland Excellence Award for Continuing Professional Development CPD Employer of the Year 2014 Award.
Visit link for EI Summary Paper authored by Robert on the DePuy Synthes Team Submission

Runner Up Short-listed Companies- Continuing Professional Development CPD Employer of the Year 2014
► 30 Million by 2017 - A Business Transformation Roadmap - GE Healthcare

► Delivering Value Through Knowledge Management and External Learning Linkages - Roughan & O'Donovan Consulting Engineers

► RPS GMIT BIM Revolution - RPS Group Ltd

► Continuous Improvement and Adaptability Brings Growth for Zimmer Shannon - Zimmer Orthopedics Manufacturing Ltd

Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards

First Place and Engineers Ireland Innovative Student Engineer of the Year 2014 (Level 8)
James King - Mechanical Engineering - Cork Institute of Technology
“MediPod - Drone Compatible Medical Transportation Pod Design, Development and Testing”.
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Runner Up Finalists
► Brian Hand - Cork Institute of Technology:
    “An Analysis into Wind Induced loading Effects on a Ship to Shore (STS) Crane and Investigation into Design Optimisation”

► Oisín Moore - National University of Ireland Galway
    "Improving Breast Cancer Screening - Design of a Microwave Breast Imaging Prototype"

► Niall Ó Murchú - Dublin Institute of Technology
    "Design and Build of an Electromechanical Test Rig"

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Congratulations also to two other CIT graduates who were also nominated for excellence awards -
Hewson Consulting’s Bridget Mullane, CIT 2008 Structural Engineering Graduate,  Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, was short-listed for Chartered Engineer of the Year 2014 .

The Naval Service’s Cdr Michael Malone, 1985 Marine and Plant Engineering Graduate, Cork RTC, paper on " P60 Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel " was short-listed for the Best Paper/Presentation of the Year 2014.
 

Winners Robert Hobbs and James King at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards Ceremony 2014