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18th April 12: CEIA's April Business Briefing, Flextronics International: "ICT Labour Requirements for Skilled Employees"

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

                      
                 

2011 CEIA Schools Lego Robot Competition - SpaceBot^TM

 

 For the past four months, Cork students were busy engineering Spacebots to compete in the final of the 7^th Annual Cork Electronics Industry Association (CEIA) Lego Robot Competition which took place at Maryborough House Hotel on Thursday, 17^th February 2011. The winning strategy came from the team from Christian Brothers College, Sidney Hill whose robot just got better and better as the competition progressed. The boys from CBC had stiff competition from the girls from
Ursuline Secondary School, Blackrock in a tense and exciting final.

The winning team, who were mentored by David Hayden, Tyndall National Institute, received a Logitech® laptop for their school and each team member also received a Logitech® Squeezebox Wi-Fi player.  The team from Beara Community College took the honours for the best electronic solar system design while the team from Christ King won the best project presentation prize.

The winning team, Philip Hayden, Neil O'Brien, Morgan Walsh and Andy Killian from Christian Brothers College Sidney Hill pictured with their teacher Brian Trought and mentor David Hayden from the Tyndall Institute Pic: Diane Cusack

 

Second place winners Ursuline Secondary School Blackrock  with their mentor Bill Wright from UCC and teacher Bernard Carr. Pic: Diane Cusack	Winners of the  Best Electronic Solar System Display Prize: Scoil Phobail Bheara Pic:Dian Cusack	Winners of the Best Project Presentation Prize: Christ King Secondary School Pic:Diane Cusack

 

 

 

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. 

From 2008, 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 
 

For further details, please contact:
 Deirdre de Bhailís,
Tel: 086 2228339 or
e-mail: deirdre.debhailis@ceia.ie