2016 Archive
- New Microneedle Platform Technology
- 5th UK & Ireland FOAM/OpenFOAM User Day
- Science Apprentice
- Neograft Teams with CÚRAM Research Group
- Ciara Giles Doran won a silver medal at SSRA16
- Fengzhou Fang
- Dr Peter Theobald will present research on novel material structures
- Image Guided Navigation in Airways - Monday 18th April, 1pm, room 204
- MME PhD takes pride of place in UCD's Women's GAA
- Traumatic Brain Injury seminar - Monday 7th March, room 204
- Industrial giant Bekaert launches University Technology Centre in UCD
- Engineers Journal to run series of articles from UCD
- 5th year student braves dragons on Hackathon winning team
- PhD student, Kevin Doherty, wins the IOM3 World Lecture Competition.
- UCD students win ESB Engineering Challenge…again!
- UCD getting ready for launch – MASER 13 rocket featured on SSW
- Presenting in the Dragon’s Den – Barry Brophy meets Bobby Kerr
- UCD to take lead on European Space Agency project
- Biomedical Engineering awarded EU funding for diabetes research.
UCD students win ESB Engineering Challenge…again!
Monday, 22 August, 2016
Third year students - Aaron Collier, Michael Purcell, Robert Fenlon, Daniel Cullen – from the Mechanical and Electrical/Engineering schools won the ESB Engineering Challenge event for the second year running.
The victorious UCD team.
The ESB Engineering Challenge is a team event which pits leading engineering schools against each other in a fast-paced and demanding competition. The teams of four were given a four-horu design challenge after which they had to present their pitch to an expert panel of dragons. This year's challenge was to turn a ghost estate in rural Wexford into a smart connected community to house researchers and a living lab facility to showcase best practise in energy and waste management. The UCD team were represented by Aaron Collier, Michael Purcell, Robert Fenlon, Daniel Cullen (capt).
The judges agreed that the UCD team worked very well together aided by the blend of electronic, electrical and mechanical students. UCD won a fiercely contested competition by just a single point. The telling factor, according to observers, was that as well as a clear, professional final presentation, the team had a deep knowledge and were able to answer the toughest questions.
Click here to view a short interview with team captain Daniel Cullen.
Click here to view a short promotional video on the competition.