LS Dreams 2015 Awards ceremony

The fifth edition of the LS Dreams contest had place last Friday May 8th at La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL. The event is an initiative of La Salle Universities, that is open to pre-university students from Lasallian centres in Europe and in the Middle East. The projects provide solutions to social problems through innovation in the areas of engineering, management, health and architecture. In total, this year more than 320 students where involved, divided into 127 teams and from 8 countries. The winning proposals were from schools from Andoain and Valladolid in Spain, Jerusalem and Grappa (Italy). The members of each team came to Barcelona for four days as a reward for winning the contest. During their stay, they made several visits to the city and attended the awards ceremony. The complete list of the winning teams is as follows: - Best Project in Architecture category and LSdreams Special Prize: the group named "Sustainable designs" from Collège des Frères Jerusalem, Palestine. The team is composed of the students Blondine Rabadi and WassemTannous, and the tutor Amer Qaisy, and presented a proposal for the comprehensive improvement of the functioning of the urban space of the city of Jerusalem. This project was also the winner in absolute category. - Best Project in the Management category and ASSEDIL-LSdreams Award: TAJ group, from Colegio La Salle Valladolid, Spain. The team is composed by the students Alejandro Garcia de Leaniz y Peña, Javier Arcos Hernandez and Teresa Victoria Gómez Madrid, and the tutor Aranzazu Levy Chamorro. The project consists of a business plan for a manufacturing company of furniture made of recycled cardboard. - Best Project in the Health category: Live Ideak group, from La Salle Berrozpe of Andoain (Spain). The team is composed of the students Mikel Arrikarte Aramendia, Oier Alonso Mate and Jonathan Arizala Vicente, and the tutor Iñigo Amenabar Aranburu. The team proposes the development of a prototype wheelchair controlled by a mouthpiece, which follows the movements of the tongue. - Best Project in the Engineering category: EIF group, from the Filippin Institute, Paderno del Grappa (Italy).The team consists of the students Benedetta Forlin, Francesco Galeazzi and Francesco Val, and the tutor Alan Begliorgio. The proposal builds on an application for mobile devices to help dyslexic people. The aim of the competition is to encourage young people's sensitivity and capacity for reflection on the moral and ethical implications in the four areas of knowledge offered by the organization. The projects submitted should try to improve their immediate environment, with innovative research and development projects in the fields of architecture, engineering, health and business management. A total of 127 teams from eight different countries participated in this fifth edition: Spain, Italy, Palestine, France, Lebanon, Portugal, Egypt and Turkey.