G'day, I'm Bryce Cronin

2023. Awarded for my “committment to harnessing technology for social good”.

2023. Runner up in the Meta and Seoul National Univeristy Artificial Intelligence Institute Metaverse Policy Hackathon.

2022. Awarded for my committment to STEM education and the engineering profession through initiatives such as Hackathons.com.au, the UC Engineering Society, and Access3D.org.

2022. Awarded for my committment to STEM education through initiatives such as Hackathons.com.au, the UC Engineering Society, and volunteering engagements

2017 — . I’ve been participating in GovHack since 2017 and have been awarded with international prizes in 2021 and 2023.

2024 Project – GovSnacks: https://2024.hackerspace.govhack.org/projects/govsnacks

2023 Project – Corporation Emissions Rating System: https://2023.hackerspace.govhack.org/projects/corporation_emissions_rating_system

2022. Finalist for the UC Chancellor’s Rising Star Award for work on Hackathons.com.au and Access3D.org.

2021. The APEC App Challenge is a global annual software development challenge arranged as a joint initiative of the APEC Secretariat, The Asia Foundation, and Google. The 2021 challenge theme was ‘supporting the tourism sector post-COVID-19’.

I acheived first place for the development of the ‘OneQR Check-In’ project, which was an experimental app designed to assist travellers with easily managing the varying COVID-19 QR code check-in processes and check-in apps across multiple regions. More info: https://devpost.com/software/universal-qr-check-in

2021. Awarded the 2021 Community Service Highly Commendable Award at the Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Awards. These awards recognise individuals and groups of young people aged between 12 and 25 years who have made a significant contribution through their personal endeavours, or are actively involved in the ACT community in areas such as community work, sport, education, science, culture, the arts or the environment.

2021. Awarded for project ‘Niceify’, an experimental service that attempted to remove hate speech from live online voice-chat. More info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjybXaSPSb0

2021. Awarded for achieving outstanding academic results and for making a valuable contribution to the University of Canberra and the wider community. The Herbert Burton Medal is presented to one student each academic year and is named in honour of Emeritus Professor Herbert Burton who chaired the committee that recommended the establishment of the University’s precursor institution, the Canberra College of Advanced Education.

2021. The ACS #FlattenTheCurve Hackathon was a 48 hours virtual hackathon to design unique and innovative solutions for challenges associated with COVID-19. My team won the ‘Protecting Vulnerable Populations’ challenge for designing a range of experimental 3D-printed face shields that were engineered to be inclusive and ready for mass production in developing countries. More info about my entry can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXmRxycUvI.

2020. The ACS #FlattenTheCurve Hackathon was a 48 hours virtual hackathon to design unique and innovative solutions for challenges associated with COVID-19. My team won the ‘Protecting Vulnerable Populations’ challenge for designing a range of experimental 3D-printed face shields that were engineered to be inclusive and ready for mass production in developing countries. More info about my entry can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXmRxycUvI.

2017. Awarded for my university project which explored the concept of introducing lightweight telecommunications infrastructure to remote villages in Vanuatu.