News

1999

Prestigious engineering award for Stephen Murphy - 19 November 1999

Stephen Murphy last night received the Frederick Barnes Waldron Award from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers(IMechE). John McCarthy of the IMechE presented the award, which is presented annually to the best Mechanical Engineering graduate of the year.

Stephen was selected in recognition of his work on his patented wheel-fixing technology, which has the potential to solve one of the haulage industrys oldest problems - 'Flying Truck Wheels'.

Stephen Murphy selected for high-profile business course - 6 November 1999

Stephen Murphy has been selected to participate on the Genesis Enterprise Programme (GEP). The one-year rapid-incubation programme is run by CorkBIC on behalf of Enterprise Ireland - the state body charged with the development of Irish enterprise.

The GEP is aimed at helping experienced graduates to set-up high-growth-potential high-tech businesses. The course provides business and marketing training, grant aid and office-facilities to participating businesses during their vital first year.

Stephen will be the first participant ever accepted onto the course straight out of college.

First-class honours degree for Stephen Murphy - 13 July 1999

Stephen Murphy was today conferred with First-Class Honours in the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). Stephen was one of just four Mechanical Engineering graduates to be awarded a First Class Degree in the ceremony at CIT's Bishopstown Campus.

Patent filed on new wheel-fixing technology - 26 March 1999

Stephen Murphy today filed a patent on his new wheel-fixing technology. The patent, which was filed at the Irish Patent Office, will remain in force for up to 20 years.

The technology solves the problem of 'Flying Truck Wheels', which is believed to cause as many as 3,000 accidents and 10 deaths annually in the UK alone, according to the UK Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR).

The technology offers a new method of tensioning wheel-studs on heavy trucks and buses that is faster, simpler and safer™ than the current method of using a torque wrench.

The new technology not only ensures all wheels on a vehicle are correctly secured, it also offers time-savings during both wheel-fitting and maintenance. These time-savings mean that the technology will pay for itself many times over the life of the vehicle.