2017 Archive
- The 5th Workshop in Devices, Materials and Structures
- 2017 NUI Awards names two UCD Engineering Students
- UCD Engineer named as IT & Tech Professional of the Year 2017
- Barry Brophy Interview on Tubridy Show with Dave Fanning
- Technology for all: towards truly inclusive design
- 3D printing to revolutionise medical devices
- IRC Images of Research
- CFP VSMM2017 International Conference
- Congratulations to Bo Zhang for passing her PhD Viva
- BOC Gases supports research and development in UCD
- UCD Mechanical Engineering PhD student wins ASHRAE award
- Understanding the risks engineers take
- Annual Teaching Awards BBQ
- Professor Gerry Byrne receives the Fraunhofer Thaler Award
- Universal Design Grand Challenge
- UCD engineers named among Ten Outstanding Young People in Ireland
- ENBIO Secures €650,000 Contract with European Space Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland to Invest in 4 New research centres
- Inclusive design to help people with autism and intellectual disabilities
- Final Year PhD candidate Bo Zhang wins Dublin Datathon
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe features UCD Engineer Colin Keogh
- Professor David FitzPatrick awarded 23rd RAMI Silver Medal
Understanding the risks engineers take – Vikram Pakrashi wins Laboratory Award
Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
Dr. Vikram Pakrashi received the prestigious Engineering Laboratory of the Year award, 2017. This is in recognition of his fascinating work in dynamical systems and risk. Dr. Pakrashi’s work looks at the risk associated with items in the built environment. This is not just obvious risks that, say, a bridge will fail – as happened in the Malahide estuary in 2009, an inquest in which Dr. Pakrashi was involved – but also the risk associated with how such a bridge might be used, and whether it can meet local traffic demands. To assess risks like these, Dr. Pakrashi’s laboratory models the ‘dynamical systems’ (such as traffic flows) that determine the performance of these structures into the future. His laboratory also applies these techniques to other applications such as wind turbines, wave devices and buildings.
Launched in 2013, The Irish Laboratory Awards are the benchmark for those demonstrating excellence and innovation within Ireland’s lab industry. The Irish Laboratory Awards recognise the successes and achievements of Ireland's internationally renowned scientists in areas including innovation, leadership and collaboration and focus on the ongoing work of Irish scientists to grow and develop a sustainable, globally competitive science research.
Dr. Pakrashi joined School of Engineering in 2016 as an Assistant Professor. He is a Chartered Engineer and has received a number of awards for research, leadership and peer review. Professor Pakrashi is an Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering and is the incoming Chair of Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland. A number of Dr. Pakrashi's research projects have been covered by the national media in Ireland.