TU Dublin Students Awarded at the Smarter Travel Awards 2024

Published: 25 Apr, 2024

TU Dublin students dominated the finalist boards at the Smarter Travel Awards 2024 which took place on Thursday, 25 April 2024, at an event at the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin 7.

The annual event saw 240 finalists out of over 500 participants from partners on the Smarter Travel programme. Seventy-six projects were presented that encourage, support and enable sustainable and active travel on the commute to campus and beyond.

Four students from the School of Marketing & Entrepreneurship won a first place award in a main category, and eight students claimed a second and third place award. Sixty-six students from the same school were finalists in four sub-categories.

Under the Social Marketing category, TU Dublin students Hannah Joyce, Grace Cotter, Lauren Doyle, and Niamh Donaghue, claimed the Marketing & Communications award with their winning project ‘Bike Share’.

Yelyzaveta Tesolkina, Ariana Bisikirskaite, Shane Mulvany, and Sean Walsh were awarded second place in the Advocacy and Programmes Category for their project 'Paw Step', and Jessie Leonard, Lilly O Shaughnessy, Amy Murphy, Ryan McNamee, and Faye O Neill were awarded third place in the Social Marketing category for their project 'Student Carpool Karaoke'.

Project Title

Name of Student(s)

Category

Sub-category

Digital Leap Card   Josh Gartland Engineering & Innovation Digital and Concept Design
Rhys Gamble Digital and Concept Design
Pedal to Progress Holly Swaine Engineering & Innovation Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship 
Sarah Jane Keddy
Claudia Quarry
reCycle Molly Ryan Engineering & Innovation Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship 
Jemma Whelan
Sarah Smith
ColaisteCluster  Jessica Ropotan Engineering & Innovation Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship 
Aoife Croke, 
Katie O’Connell
Ahneshka Kominch
Stride Quest   Eoin Green Engineering & Innovation Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship 
Jamie Doolan
Caithlyn Dowling
Jake Fitzgerald
Campus Cycle Katie-Mai Teggart Engineering & Innovation Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship 
Niamh Murphy
Grace Campbell
Meg Carlyon
BeWell Fitness App     Evan Burke Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Alex Brady
Alexander Judge
Dylan Daly
Leap Online     Ava Van Son Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Erin O’Toole
Ellie Kearns
Ava Winston
Eco Go Mercy Oviarobo Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Evija Hodjakova
Jiaxuan Li
BikeShare Hannah Joyce Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Grace Cotter
Lauren Doyle
Niamh Donaghue
Share the Ride, Share the Vibe   Natalia Ortiz Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Princess Ogunbanwo
Katie O Connor
Chrio Adekoya
Mariam Fellah
EduFit – Burn Calories, Not Carbon Anthony Vlasov Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Jamie Dunne
Oyindamola Shekoni
Jodie Brazil
Leap+ Alina Rosca Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Lily Reid
Mila Reddy
Freya Murray
Lift link app Lisa Hughes Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Kate Heywood Jones
Cian Dawson
Gospel Evbakhavbokun
Student Carpool Karaoke    Jessie Leonard Social Marketing Marketing & Communications
Lily O’Shaughnessy 
Amy Murphy
Ryan McNamee
Faye O’Neill
Paw Step   Yelyzaveta Tesolkina Social Marketing Programmes & Advocacy
Ariana Bisikirskaite
Shane Mulvany
Pathway Perks - college commute incentive club     Eve Gallagher Social Marketing Programmes & Advocacy
Grace Cooney
Ava Dunne
Green Mobility Sammie Deans Social Marketing Programmes & Advocacy
 Michael Kharkovskiy
 Earl Phillips

In recognition of incorporating active and sustainable travel projects into course modules, Faculty of Business lectures, Hilda Burton and Deirdre Treacy were awarded a Lecturer Recognition Award.

TU Dublin is a Campus Partner with Transport for Ireland’s Smarter Travel for Campuses programme. TU Dublin works with Transport for Ireland to implement voluntary travel plans to promote and encourage students and staff to travel to campus sustainably and actively.

Bike Share Smarter Travel Award