Emutex, an embedded software solutions company based in Castletroy, has announced the winner of a scholarship programme that was launched throughout Ireland’s Third Level institutions in late 2012.
The Emutex Software Innovator of the Year Scholarship was launched to encourage people to take an interest in Engineering from a young age and to highlight what the company described as "a shortage of Computer Engineering and Science graduates throughout Ireland".
Robert Bordianu, who is studying Information Systems and Information Technology at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), was named overall winner of the competition which challenged participants to create an application using a Raspberry Pi miniature computer.
Bordianu, a mature student who holds a full-time job in construction whilst studying part-time at night, will be awarded with his student fees paid for a year as well as a paid internship in Emutex. Prizes were also awarded to Sam Boles (Dublin Institute of Technology) and Eoin Sheils-Ryan (Dundalk Institute of Technology) who finished second and third.
The winning project was a pocket-sized file server using a cheap miniature computer. Images, videos and other files were stored on the €50 device. He then developed iPhone and Android apps to access the files from wherever he was. The design notably included a high emphasis on security measures to protect the data on the device.
"Essentially this is like a Dropbox but gives the owner full responsibility of their information, thus guaranteeing privacy. Nothing is stored in the cloud and so security is in the hands of the user," said Bordianu. "Plenty of sleepless nights went into this project but in the end the hard work paid off."
John Twomey, managing director, Emutex said: "It’s great to see students like Robert taking such an interest in software engineering and science… It’s very positive to see that there is a renewed interest in third level computer software engineering and science disciplines in recent years."
Emutex will be continuing the scholarship programme in 2014.
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