Made in Brunel Software Innovation 2013
Made in Brunel Software Innovation 2013
The School held its third ‘Made in Brunel – Software Innovation’ event on 7 March. The event provided an opportunity for selected Level 2 and Level 3 (final year) undergraduate students to display and demonstrate their ideas and project work. A large turnout gave the event a real buzz, as companies, academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students viewed a selection of novel software applications. The event included:
- Level 2 group project prototypes for android-based mobile applications.
- A range of innovative final year projects – including haptic advertising systems, gaming environments and medical image analysis.
The event was well-supported by industry and prizes were awarded by Cisco, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Sky, Sporting Solutions, Steria and Xerox – winning students received iPads, Kindle Fires and vouchers. The industry representatives were extremely impressed by both the students and their work.p>
Events like this provide evidence of our key relationships with industry which, very importantly, exposes the quality of our students and pushes them to improve the innovative nature and quality of their work.
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The students were very good at reacting to unprepared questions - articulating and presenting their work very well. These are fundamental skills required in the industry.
Giacomo Piccinelli – Head of Architecture, Xerox -
The students have blown me away with such a high level of creativity and imagination. What has astounded me is the real imagination in the concepts - they are relevant, practical and useable
John Harris – Chief Architect and VP of Global IT Strategy, GSK -
The students were excellent. A lot of innovation, a lot of passion for what they are doing, a lot of articulate demonstration. I thought they were a credit to Brunel.
Ian Foddering – Chief Technology Officer (UK and Ireland), Cisco -
Learning to work as part of a group and to collaborate is very important in industry. This event has given students the opportunity to put teamworking and project skills into practice.
Ewan Silver – Chief Technology Officer, Sporting Solutions -
It’s extremely important that students are able to present their thinking in the round. Most of the people they will be presenting to will not be technologists. Events like this give them a chance to practise.
Daniel Hawthorne – Chief Technology Officer, Steria -
The students were very knowledgeable and professional. I have seen some amazing things this evening. They have taken solutions to another technical level.
Chris Bowen – Development Manager, Sky -
One of the challenges students face is how to engage with big corporations… having a chance to meet and interact gives them a better understanding of what we do.
Geoff Hughes – Microsoft Business Development
Event photographs
Prizewinners
- Said Aden
Xerox User Innovation prize - Intiaz Khan, Sajan Gurung, Mandeep Kalsi, Mununga Mulemba, Rikesh Padhiar
Sporting Index Architecture and Design prize - James Scott
Cisco Network Innovation prize - Jessica Griebel
Steria Innovative Business Idea prize - James Britton, Andre Jack, Cordell Hayes, Juan Pablo Parra-Bautista, Jeevan Sharma
Merck Healthcare Innovation prize - Lawrence Monk
Sky Innovative Smartphone Application prize - Samir Harrar
GlaxoSmithKline Innovative FYP Architecture prize
