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Project of the Year Awards For Three MacEng Start-Ups
February 27 2009
A glove that saves lives. Optical technology that can customize
displays for dashboards, medical devices and mixing-boards. A training
aid that helps golfers perfect their swings.
Each of these ideas originated from a student enrolled in the
Faculty of Engineering at McMaster and developed into a product and a new
business. In recognition of their successes, they were selected as
the 2009 winners of the Hamilton Halton Projects of the Year Award.
The companies and students receiving awards are:
- Atreo Medical Inc., inventors of the CPR Glove (www.atreomedical.com): Corey Centen, Nilesh Patel and Sarah Smith, all graduates of the Biomedical and Electrical Engineering program;
- Digital Dash, developers of customizable
optical devices (www.digital-dash.com):
Tim Pryor, a student in the Master's of Engineering Entrepreneurship
and Innovation degree program; and
- K.R. Golf Solutions, makers of the Swingnature golf
training aid (www.swingnature.com):
Kelly Curry, a student in the Master's of Engineering Entrepreneurship
and Innovation degree program.
Winners of the Project of the Year Award are selected by the Hamilton Engineering
Interface (HEI), a group of well recognized and respected engineers in the
Hamilton and Halton areas. Criteria for selecting award winning projects
includes the engineering significance and complexity, historical significance,
and location of the firm and/or engineer. Each of the winners receives
a plaque and the recognition of the local engineering community.
The 2009 Hamilton Halton Project of the Year Award and the Hamilton
Halton Engineering Week Awards Gala are organized by the Hamilton Halton
Engineering Week Committee in association with the Ontario Society for Professional
Engineers. The annual event celebrates the outstanding achievements
of the engineering community by recognizing projects for the engineering
excellence.
