The 2008 team of Romaine Carter, Carlos Grant, Orlando Knight and Krishna Maragh has placed first in round one of the competition, staving off competition from other local universities to emerge on top at the national level.

"Under the leadership of project advisor, Mr Halzen Smith, the team members submitted a proposal for designing software geared towards promoting environmental sustainability and engendering responsibility for the environment among people in Jamaica and the rest of the world," said a release from the university to Career & Education. "The programme was developed in accordance with the theme of this year's competition, "Imagine a World Where Technology Enables a Sustainable Environment".

The team is dubbed eQuest, with reference to their pursuit of environmental sustainability. According to Smith, who is also acting coordinator for the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at NCU, the team is not only knowledgeable but is also very enthusiastic....

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