2022 Award Winner

The student team, comprising of Mary O’Riordan, Daineadh Power, Sean O’Shea, Eoin McGrath, Joe O’ Reilly, Andy Leahy, Ali Rezk, Jamie O’Hanlon were awarded the prestigious accolade of 2022 Siemens Innovative Student Engineer Award for the development of the Tulipa device.
Tulipa is a modern, universal take on the vaginal speculum designed not only with the patient in mind but also the practitioner. The device aims to restore comfort, reduce fear, increase the attendance of women at these vital exams, and will provide a sterile solution for speculums in Third World Countries.
Find out more here.
2022 Finalists
Project 1 - Endosteal Dental Implants with Cellular Architecture
- University: Atlantic Technological University - Galway
- Participant(s): Aine Kane
Project 2 - Honeyroam
- University: Munster Technological University - Cork
- Participant(s): Sam French, Beverly Jones, Olin Hennessy, Harry Sweetnam, Philip Healy, Niall Marley, Dylan Hogan, Ben Donovan
Project 3 - Tulipa
- University: Munster Technological University - Cork
- Participant(s): Mary O’Riordan, Daineadh Power, Sean O’ Shea, Eoin McGrath, Joe O’ Reilly, Andy Leahy, Ali Rezk, Jamie O’ Hanlon
Watch the 2022 Siemens Innovative Student Engineer Award.
If you would like to learn more about the competition, email innvovativestudent@engineersireland.ie