2009 Press Releases

Mystery of Science unravelled by UCC Students
27.03.2009

Explaining scientific research to a lay audience will be the challenge for six UCC students on Wednesday next, April 1st when they compete in Science for All Postgraduate Competition.
Black Holes, Crohn’s disease, Challenges in the Nano-electronics era, the Future of Energy in Ireland and an Early Warning System for water quality are among the topics to be presented by the students who are all taking part in the Grand Final of the Science For All Postgraduate Student Public Presentation Competition.

This is the fifth year of the competition which aims to encourage young scientists to communicate the results of their research to the general public in an easily understandable manner.

This year’s finalists are:
  • Juan Carlos Algaba from Valencia, Spain.  Juan has a Physics degree from the University of Valencia.  His research is on Black Holes.
  • Jimmy Dalton, from Monaghan has a Microbiology degree from Trinity College Dublin and a MSc from UCC. His research at the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, UCC seeks to clarify the involvement of the bacteria Mycobacteriuem avium paratuberculosis in Crohn’s disease.
  • Nima Dehdashti Akhavan, from Iran has BSc and MSc degrees from Semnan University, Iran.  His research at Tyndall National Institute aims to improve the performance of nanotransistors.
  • Aoife Foley from Cork, a Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate of UCC has an MScEng (Hons) in Transportation Engineering from Trinity College Dublin She has many years in industry and is currently lecturing at UCC. Her research involves investigating Ireland’s renewable energy resources.
  • Franclin Foping, from Cameroon has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon and a Master's degree in Computer Graphics Programming from the University of Hull, England. His research at the Cork Constraint Computation Centre involves using the latest Web technologies to develop an early warning system for drinking water supplies.
  • Julie O’Donovan, from Inniscarra, Co. Cork is a UCC Mathematics graduate. She subsequently completed a Master’s degree and spent some time in Poland before returning to UCC to carry out research developing a mathematical theorem in the Maths Department.
Chairing the panel of judges for the Final will be Mr Dick Hogan, Acting Director, Office of Media and Communications, UCC, who will be accompanied by Mr Niall Murray, Education Correspondent, The Irish Examiner and Ms Jennie O'Sullivan, RTE News Cork.  

The competition is jointly organised by the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, UCC and Tyndall National Institute and is one of a number of initiatives organised under the general banner of Science for All.  This year's competition has been sponsored by Tyndall National Institute and Snap Printing.

Members of the public are invited to the Final at 7pm on Wednesday, April 1st in Lecture Theatre Boole 4, UCC.  Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, UCC, will act as MC on the night.  All are welcome and admission is free.

Photographed in UCC are the finalists: Nima Dehdashti Akhaven, Jimmy Dalton, Juan Carlos Algab, Julie O'Donovan, Aoife Foley and Franclin Foping.

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