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29 May 2025
School of Engineering hosts the STEPs Engineering Your Future Transition Year Programme
We were delighted to welcome 30 transition year students from all over Munster to the School of Engineering, UCC, this month to the Engineers Ireland initiative 'Engineering Your Future'. This 3-day programme introduced the students to our four Engineering Programmes during workshops and a competition over the course of the event. These included an Introduction to Electrical & Electronic Engineering Sensors and Systems by working in teams designing a speedometer and an Introduction to Structural Engineering and Bridge Building Design. The students were also brought to visit MaREI research centre where they were brought on a tour of marine engineering training facilities. Huge thanks to all who participated and contributed to this very successful Programme.
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17 Apr 2025
Professor Nabeel Riza ranked Amongst Lifetime Best World Scholars in Phased Arrays
Congratulations to Chair Professor Nabeel A. Riza on his ScholarGPS™ World Second place ranking of Lifetime Best Scholars in the World for 2024 in the in the field of Phased Arrays. These Scholars™ are the most productive authors whose works are of profound impact and of utmost quality. The top 10 list includes RF antenna/radar greats like the late Dr. Eli Brookner (Raytheon Corp.) and EE Prof. David M. Pozar (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst). www.Scholargps.com (Meta Analytics)
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15 Apr 2025
School of Engineering students awarded the John Francis Burke Award in Biomedical Systems Design
This year's winners of the John Francis Burke award in Biomedical Systems Design (EE4012) is the RadSil team consisting of Ellen Maye, Emin Tomson, Jingle Huang, Harish Anto Paul Antony Robinson and Mahendra Sai Mutalya. Their technology solution proposed an alternative light-weight protection for clinicians exposed to ionising radiation during clinical procedures. The presentations of the teams behind FluoroTOF and Resterix provided imaginative solutions to real clinical problems in the areas of medical imaging and medical device sterilisation. All presentations were of a high quality and the School would like to commend all the teams for putting this together in during such a busy schedule at this time of year.
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27 Mar 2025
Mechanical Engineering PhD student awarded prestigious Heidenhain Scholarship
Mechanical Engineering PhD student, Yiran Wang, under the supervision of Prof. Guangbo Hao and Dr. Xiuyun He, has been awarded a prestigious Heidenhain Scholarship/award by The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (euspen) for attending the euspen’s 25th International Conference and Exhibition to be held in Zaragoza, Spain. The scholarship will cover her conference fee and a networking dinner and single contribution of €300 towards her accommodation and subsistence costs. There are 10 students in total across the world per year to be selected for this award. Prof. Hao’s PhD student, Tinghao Liu, also won this award last year. Scholarships are awarded to researchers in recognition of strong academic accomplishment and significant potential in the field of metrology, precision manufacturing, sensors, machine tools, automation and measuring instruments performance.
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