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Ten Days in the Ruhr - A Student Engineer\'s Diary (1954) - The last days 03Feb
Ten Days in the Ruhr - A Student Engineer's Diary (1954) - The last days

In 1952 a group of 30, fourth year, Mechanical & Electrical engineering students and a team of academics set out from Ireland and travelled to Germany to Visit the Ruhr valley. Set out below is the Diary of one of the students James L. Cullen. The final days in Germany see an evening with the Irish Guards, on monday a little shopping followed by a visit to the Klockner-Humboldt Deutz diesel engine and tractor factories and the electric cable factory of Felten-Guilleaume followed by even more shopping!
A Diary of the German Tour of UCD\'s Fourth Year Engineering Class from March 21st to April 1st, 1952 Part 3 27Jan
A Diary of the German Tour of UCD's Fourth Year Engineering Class from March 21st to April 1st, 1952 Part 3

In 1952 a group of 30, fourth year, Mechanical & Electrical engineering students and a team of academics set out from Ireland and travelled to Germany to Visit the Ruhr valley. Set out below is the Diary of one of the students James L. Cullen.

UCD Spin-out Proveye secures €1m seed funding 25Jan
UCD Spin-out Proveye secures €1m seed funding

A UCD spin-out that provides cutting edge remote sensing image analysis for agriculture has received €1 million in seed funding to expand its business.
Proveye provides an intelligent enterprise SaaS platform that combines pioneering image processing for multiple remote sensing sources with AI and machine learning to help agricultural advisors, fertiliser and pesticide suppliers, and food processors to provide fast and accurate information about productivity and sustainability on agricultural land.
Ten Days in the Ruhr - A Student Engineer\'s Diary (1954) 25Jan
Ten Days in the Ruhr - A Student Engineer's Diary (1954)

In 1952 a group of 30, fourth year, Mechanical & Electrical engineering students and a team of academics set out from Ireland and travelled to Germany to Visit the Ruhr valley. Set out below is the Diary of one of the students James L. Cullen.
This will be the next three days of their German adventure with numerous visits to the industrial heartland of Germany (west).
Projects from Engineering and Architecture researchers recognised in UCD Research Impact Competition 23Jan
Projects from Engineering and Architecture researchers recognised in UCD Research Impact Competition

Today, UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact Professor Orla Feely announced the winner and runners-up of the 2022 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition.
The annual competition encourages researchers of all disciplines to write a case study that tells the story of how their work has made a positive difference.
Arup Scholarship Presentation 2022 08Dec
Arup Scholarship Presentation 2022

Multinational engineering consultancy, Arup, has awarded 2022 scholarships to two UCD Master of Engineering students. The 2022 winners are Conall Walsh, ME Electrical Power Engineering, and Finn Quinlan, ME Mechanical Engineering.

UCD wins Higher Education Partnership of the Year Award at the Asia Matters Business Awards 07Dec
UCD wins Higher Education Partnership of the Year Award at the Asia Matters Business Awards

The Asia Matters Business Awards recognise Irish companies with a strategic focus on Asia and Asian companies making significant investment in Ireland.
IRC 2022 Awards 06Dec
IRC 2022 Awards

Prof Judith Harford wins IRC Impact Award, Prof Maria Baghramian and Dr Madhusanka Liyanage highly commended, Dr Claudia Dellacasa and Dr Amiya Pandit are top ranked postdoctoral fellows.
Modern history expert and author Professor Robert Gerwarth has won the distinguished Irish Research Council (IRC) Researcher of the Year Award for 2022.
These Awards commend the exceptional IRC funded researchers making considerable contributions to knowledge, society, culture, or innovation. The winners announced today were selected by an independent expert panel, chaired by Professor Áine Hyland.
Dublin gets its first ‘bike library’ as part of UCD-led efforts to encourage more sustainable mobility 02Nov
Dublin gets its first ‘bike library’ as part of UCD-led efforts to encourage more sustainable mobility

Dublin has its first ‘bike library’ as part of a new UCD-led project aimed at encouraging people to leave their cars at home.
Under the programme, families have the opportunity to loan a regular or cargo bike for the duration of the school year at no charge.
The bikes can be used to bring children to school, as well as commute to work.
Prestigious award for UCD team tackling stillbirth prevention 18Oct
Prestigious award for UCD team tackling stillbirth prevention

A baby is stillborn every 16 seconds, leading to heartbreak for more than two million families worldwide per year. Despite advances in care for babies after birth, progress towards reducing the number of stillbirths is lagging behind. Over 50 per cent of stillbirths are associated with a reduction in the baby’s movements in the womb but there is currently no way to track a baby’s movements at home.

Tánaiste signs Exchange of Letters with European Space Agency, and Registration and Supervision Agreement with University College Dublin 17Oct
Tánaiste signs Exchange of Letters with European Space Agency, and Registration and Supervision Agreement with University College Dublin

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister of State for Business, Employment & Retail Damien English have signed an Exchange of Letters with the European Space Agency (ESA) to facilitate the launch of Ireland’s first satellite, which has been designed and built by academic staff and students at University College Dublin (UCD).
This marks a historic milestone in Ireland’s first space mission, which will see the launch of EIRSAT-1 for a 4-year mission from ESA’s base in French Guiana early next year.
The Exchange of Letters between the Government of Ireland and the European Space Agency sets out their mutual understanding of the EIRSAT-1 mission, the first Irish mission carried out under Ireland’s domestic jurisdiction.
RIBA Stirling Prize winner 2022: The New Library, Magdalene College 14Oct
RIBA Stirling Prize winner 2022: The New Library, Magdalene College

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named The New Library, Magdalene College in Cambridge by Níall McLaughlin Architects, as the winner of the 26th RIBA Stirling Prize. Niall MacLauglin, an alumnus of the College of Engineering & Architecture (and recipient of an honorary doctorate from UCD), has won the Stirling Prize having been shortlisted on three previous occasions.

IRC awards Laureate funding to ten UCD ‘curiosity-driven’ research projects 11Oct
IRC awards Laureate funding to ten UCD ‘curiosity-driven’ research projects

The Irish Research Council has awarded ten projects at University College Dublin funding under its Starting and Consolidator Laureate Awards Programme.
Aimed at driving forward Ireland’s reputation and performance in ground-breaking research, each award supports Ireland-based researchers to become world leaders in their field as well as compete for prestigious grants from the European Research Council.
EIRSAT-1: Ireland\'s first satellite moves step closer with UN registration 05Oct
EIRSAT-1: Ireland's first satellite moves step closer with UN registration

The launch of EIRSAT-1, Ireland's first-ever satellite, is one step closer following an agreement that the Irish Government will sign an Exchange of Letters with the European Space Agency (ESA), a necessary step if it is to go into orbit.
Prof Shane Ward, Dr Amanda Drury among top experts to advise on EU Missions 29Sep
Prof Shane Ward, Dr Amanda Drury among top experts to advise on EU Missions

The European Commission has announced the experts selected to be the new chairs and members of the Mission Boards of the five EU Missions – their mandate will run from 2022 to 2025. The EU Missions are flagship initiatives designed to address a number of existential challenges facing society.
Each Mission Board consists of 15 experts, including a chair. They will promote the EU Missions by raising citizens’ awareness, advising on the actions of the Missions’ implementation plans and building on the work of the Mission Boards from the first phase that ran from 2019 to 2021.
UCD AgTech Spin-out Proveye awarded funding from the European Space Agency 14Sep
UCD AgTech Spin-out Proveye awarded funding from the European Space Agency

A UCD AgTech spin-out pioneering the use of digital image data for agriculture and environment protection has been awarded €225,000 from the European Space Agency (ESA).

Securing the funding through the ARTES 4.0 Downstream Applications Demonstration Fund, Proveye will use it to support the commercialisation of its grassland management platform, which it hopes to bring to market in 2023.
Irish Government invests in 47 projects to engage and inspire the public about STEM 01Jun
Irish Government invests in 47 projects to engage and inspire the public about STEM

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris, and Minister for Education Norma Foley TD have today announced an investment in 47 projects aimed at improving public understanding of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
Irish-led international education project to grow understanding of the bioeconomy in society 26May
Irish-led international education project to grow understanding of the bioeconomy in society

€2million ‘BioBeo’ project funded under Horizon Europe, Ireland in ‘unique position’ to lead sustainability-focused next-generation project.
University College Dublin Engineering Spin-out Shortlisted for Ireland Leg of the 2022 KPMG Global Tech Innovator Competition 25May
University College Dublin Engineering Spin-out Shortlisted for Ireland Leg of the 2022 KPMG Global Tech Innovator Competition

Dublin, Ireland, 25 May 2022, KPMG Ireland has announced the eight start-ups shortlisted for the Ireland final of the 2022 KPMG Global Tech Innovator competition. The competition, now in its second year in Ireland, provides a platform to showcase the best of Ireland’s emerging tech innovators across a range of sectors.
€16m energy system research partnership to decarbonise energy sector 09May
€16m energy system research partnership to decarbonise energy sector

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, has announced a €16 million strategic research partnership to deliver energy system integration to decarbonise the energy sector.
NexSys (Next Generation Energy System) will help Ireland prepare to meet its carbon emission reduction target. Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has awarded €8 million funding to NexSys, matched by philanthropic donation by David O’Reilly, Chair of UCD’s Energy Advisory Board and NexSys industry partners.

Home retrofits may need to be re-done in ten years, Oireachtas committee hears 05May
Home retrofits may need to be re-done in ten years, Oireachtas committee hears

Ireland's homeowners could be retrofitting their retrofits in ten years' time unless measures are taken to up-skill the construction sector, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
Some "A-rated homes are performing at C-levels" according to Dr Oliver Kinnane, from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, who raised serious concerns about the quality of work and materials being used to retrofit homes in Ireland to help reduce the nation's emissions.
UCD spin-out PlasmaBound completes €2.35m funding round 03May
UCD spin-out PlasmaBound completes €2.35m funding round

University College Dublin spin-out PlasmaBound has raised €2.35 million in its latest funding round.
This investment was led by Act Venture Capital, and supported by the Atlantic Bridge University Fund, Enterprise Ireland and a number of private investors.

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