Cyclo Industries Inc. recently presented DIT student Kalman Strohmayer with a grant of €500, in recognition of his 2011 award for best final year project in the DIT Department of Transport Engineering, BEngTech in Automotive Management and Technology degree programme.  

Cyclo, a US-based manufacturer of professional automotive and industrial chemicals, has already announced its plans to sponsor awards for the top three DIT BEngTEch projects in 2012, with the highest-rated project winning a trip for two to one of the major US motor races – Daytona, Indy 500 or another of the winner’s choice.  There are 37 students competing with 20 different projects in the inaugural Cyclo Automotive Technology Student Project Awards Scheme.

Kalman presented an overview of his winning project, which aimed to prove the effectiveness of directional headlights, to current final year students at the recent Cyclo Awards launch and impressed Cyclo Chairman Larry Pesin so much that he decided to make a one-off special award to Kalman. “We were particularly impressed with the high standard of Kalman’s work and we wanted to recognise the fact that he has played an important part in encouraging this year’s students”, said Larry.  

“The Cyclo Awards are a great way to recognise the high standards of projects being produced by DIT BEngTech in Automotive Management and Technology students and the 2012 final year undergraduates are making good progress on their projects, said Declan Allen, Head of the Department of Transport Engineering in DIT Bolton Street.

“We’re pleased to be able to present this award to Kalman on behalf of Cyclo, said Gillian Fanning, Serfac Limited, Irish distributors of Cyclo. “From the progress update recently received from DIT, we’re confident that the high standard of his project will be matched by the entries to the 2012 Cyclo Automotive Technology Project Awards.”