Principal's Message
Rigorously trained, creative, engineers and architects are vital for achieving a knowledge-based, sustainable future. The UCD College of Engineering and Architecture is a key player in this future. The College includes six Schools: Architecture, Biosystems Engineering, Civil Engineering; Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering; Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering; comprising one of Ireland's largest groupings of research expertise with exciting new work across a wide range of topics. Details of recent research may be found on the individual School websites. More
NEWS & EVENTS
Toyota & UCD Partner Again on Prius Plug-in Hybrid Trials
Toyota Ireland is again partnering with UCD to gain further insights into the real life usage of Prius Plug-in Hybrids on Irish roads prior to the introduction of the vehicle later this year. Since last year, three Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles have been on Irish roads as part of a global trial programme, and much valuable feedback and suggestions have been received which have assisted in shaping the final version of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid.
‘Makes you think!’ - UCD Images of Research Winner
The UCD College of Engineering & Architecture is delighted that Dr Ian Reid, in the UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering and PhD student Badar Rashid, in the UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering have been announced as the overall winners of the 2011 UCD Images of Research competition.
UCD Engineering Student Wins Lecture Review Competition
Miriam Bourke, a second year UCD Electrical and Electronic Engineering student has won the competition to review Prof. Michael Kelly’s lecture on 'Engineering Research for Economic Growth' (the second in the Intel Lecture Series on Engineering Research & Innovation, organised by the Irish Academy of Engineering (IAE)) which was delivered last December in UCD.
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Prospective Students Enjoy UCD School of Architecture Open Day
UCD School of Architecture was delighted to open its doors on Saturday, 14 January 2012 to over 120 sixth year / mature students who are interested in studying Architecture (DN100) or Landscape Architecture (DN120) at UCD.
UCD School of Architecture End of Year Exhibition 2012-13
On Friday 31st May at 6PM the 2012-13 UCD School of Architecture End of Year Exhibition will open. The event will close on Thursday 6th June temporarily and will re-open on Tuesday 11th June until Saturday 22nd June.
Senior Chinese Diplomats Visit UCD School of Biosystems Engineering
On 20 October 2012, a large delegation from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ireland, led by Ambassador His Excellency Mr. LUO Linquan and his wife Mrs. Qiao Li, Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission Mr. WU Lijun and his wife, First Secretary (Consular and Administration) Mr. LI Chengyuan, First Secretary (Science and Technology) Mr. YANG Zhijun and First Secretary (Culture) Ms. HUANG Fei, visited the UCD Food Refrigeration and Computerised Food Technology Centre (FRCFT). The event consisted of a research seminar followed by experimental demonstrations of some leading food processing technologies developed by UCD FRCFT.
Luke Prendergast, speaking at the TEDxUCD event on Wednesday 12th June
One of the speakers in TEDxUCD event is Luke Prendergast. He is currently undertaking a UCD Earth & Natural Sciences PhD Programme as part of the Geotechnical Research Group in UCD's School of Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering, under the supervision of Dr Kenneth Gavin. His research area is monitoring the effect of scour around structures using changes in dynamic characteristics.Originally from Clonmel, ...
Paper published by UCD EECE staff is most downloaded from Elsevier journal Optik
A paper published by staff at the School of EECE is the most downloaded from the Elsevier journal Optik for the last two years in a row (http://top25.sciencedirect.com/). This work was performed in collaboration with Dominic Zerulla in the School of Physics in UCD. Read on for more details...
Denis Dowling selected as co-chair of international Coatings Conference
Dr Denis Dowling, from the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering has been selected as the co-chair, along with Prof. Ladislav Bardos (Uppsala University) for Symposium G 'Atmospheric and Hybrid Plasma Technologies' at the ICMCTF Conference in San Diego. He will hold this co-chair position for the next 3 years (2014-2016).
Karl Brennan - Pat McAdam Winner 2012
Congratulations to Karl Brennan, Stage 3 student in the Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Programme. Karl is the 2012 recipient of the Pat McAdam Scholarship in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering.
