TU Dublin Students Awarded at the Smarter Travel Awards 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.
