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9th February 12: Congratulations to Mount Mercy College, Winners of the 2012 CEIA Schools Robotics Competition

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25th January 12: CEIA's January Business Briefing,  Crestcom: "Effective Communication: Essential for Planning: A 7 Step Process"

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16th November 11: Cork Electronics Industry Association's Annual General Meeting

                      
                 

2012 CEIA Schools Lego Robot Competition - RescueBot^TM

 Congratulations to Mount Mercy, winners of the  8^th Annual Cork Electronics Industry Association (CEIA) Schools Robotics Competition which took place at Cork Institute of Technology on Thursday, 9^th February 2012. Ursuline Secondary School, Blackrock took runners-up honours in an all-girl final display of impressive engineering talent.

Competition was intense this year as many teams  reached a very high standard and provided much entertainment to the packed Nexus centre. Regular weekly classes held in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UCC helped students to develop their programming and robotics skills and their level of acomplishement impressed all spectators on the night.

Overall Winners and Winners of the Best Poster Presentation: Ioana Grigoras, Marie Casey and Grainne Cowhig from Mount Mercy College.	Winners of the Best Electronic Beacon Display and Runner-up of the overall competition: Sophie Buckely, Valerie Cordon, Sorcha Casey and Ciara Thornton from Ursuline Secondary School with judges Ted O'Shea, Tyndall; Brian Cassidy, Engineers Ireland and sponsor Brenda Cooper, CEIA.

 The competition is undertaken in conjunction with University College Cork (UCC), Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Tyndall National Institute and the support of CEIA member companies. A key aspect of the initiative is that engineers, researchers and technologists from these institutes provide mentor support for the teams and this is an important opportunity to give the students an insight into potential careers in the industry. 

The 1st and 2nd place teams in this competition earn a place in Ireland's First Lego League. Students will compete in this competition when they are in Transition Year and further details can be found on www.roboticsireland.com 
 

Schools Registered for 2012:

Ashton Secondary School, Blackrock Rd. Bandon Grammar School Beara Community School CBS Charleville Christ King Secondary School Christian Brothers College Clonakilty Community College Colaiste an Phiarsaigh, Glanmire Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig  Douglas Community School Glanmire Community College Midleton CBS Mount Mercy College Presentation Brothers College, Mardyke Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty St Brogan's College, Bandon  St Mary's High School, Midleton St Francis College, Rochestown St Vincent's Secondary School, St Mary's Rd Ursuline Secondary School, Blackrock

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Media Coverage

View RescueBot on YouTube	2011 Competition
Creative students bringing their robot dreams to life, Evening Echo, Oct 2011	2010 Competition
Lego's RescueBots contest builds imaginations at CIT, Irish Examiner, Feb 2012	2009 Competition
Cork's top of the 'bots, Evening Echo, Feb 2012
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For further details, please contact:
 Deirdre de Bhailís,
Tel: 086 2228339 or
e-mail: deirdre.debhailis@ceia.ie