Impact Case Studies

Research and innovation in UCD College of Engineering and Architecture delivers important impact – advancing knowledge, supporting enterprise, informing policy, and underpinning the nature and quality of the education we deliver to our students. We recognise that this impact can take many different forms, over different time scales.  The following case studies capture and convey samples of the national and global impacts of the research, scholarship and innovation undertaken in the College.

Impact Case Studies 2022

• New Approaches to Plasma Therapy may Improve Medical Implant Outcomes
• Shining the Food Safety Spotlight on Viral Contamination in Food
• Empowering People to Address the Problems of Climate Change
• Assessing Flood Risk Awareness Contributes to Environmental Policy Formation
• Gas Hydrates – a Potential New Fuel Source or a Cause of Mass Extinctions?
• Serendipity Swings Doors of Opportunity Open Wide for Nanobubble Generator Developers
• Making Building on Sand a Realistic Option
• Strategies to Keep the Taps Running, Whatever Happens
• New Approaches may Uncover How the Brain Forms Decisions
• Research that Directly Addresses the Climate Crisis
• Research to Literally Get Under the Skin of Things
• Helping People Understand and Mitigate the Spread of Aerosol-Born Infections