NEWS & EVENTS
UCD Earth Institute Industry Showcase Day
UCD Earth Institute hosted a very successful Industry Showcase Day on the 6th November 2012. During the course of this day, Professor OBrien talked about 'Smart Cities and Infrastructure' and 'Research on Bridge Engineering'.
PhD student selected to present at the prestigious Falling Walls Lab
The Falling Walls Lab gathers international breakthrough researchers, change makers and young entrepreneurs, to showcase their visionary ideas, initiatives and scientific findings. Julie was awarded a scholarship to present her research to 100 young researchers from 38 different nations. Her presentation, entitled 'Breaking the Wall of Heritage Protection', described how her research aims to protect historic buildings during adjacent tunnelling works by developing a novel risk assessment .....
Engineers Without Borders Challenge
UCD has joined the Engineers Without Borders–UK Challenge. UCD is the first Irish Higher Education institution to participate in the Challenge. Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are an international development organisation which uses engineering skills to aid communities in developing countries. The EWB Challenge is a design challenge for first and second year undergraduate students. Students work in teams to develop concept designs for projects in developing countries. The Challenge has been ....
Best Paper in Bridges at 2012 Bridge and Concrete Irish Research
Jennifer Keenahan, a PhD student in the School, has won ‘Best Paper in Bridges’ at this year’s Bridge and Concrete Research in Ireland conference. Jennifer beat off stiff competition from over 40 bridge related papers from around the country. Her paper described the novel concept of ‘Drive By’ bridge inspection, a process whereby sensors on a truck can be used to detect damage in a bridge as it drives ....
Best Paper in Geotechnical Engineering at 2012 Bridge & Concrete Irish Research
Gerry Murphy, a Research Masters student in Civil Engineering at UCD, won the best prize for a paper in Geotechnical Engineering at the Bridge and Concrete Research in Ireland conference. His research is on the investigation of novel foundation systems for offshore wind turbines. The title of the study is “An Experimental Investigation of Winged Monopile Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines”. The work ...
UCD article amongst the most downloaded from "Sound&Vibration" in last 90 days
Identification of damping in a bridge using a moving instrumented vehicle" (27 August 2012) by UCD researchers A. González, E.J. OBrien and P.J. McGetrick, is listed amongst the most downloaded articles from the Journal of Sound and Vibration through SciVerse ScienceDirect in the last 90 days (Source: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-sound-and-vibration/most-downloaded-articles/) ...
