Eirgrid Prize for UCC Sustainable Energy Graduate
31.03.2011
Noel Lafferty has won this year’s Eirgrid Prize for UCC’s top Master’s in Sustainable Energy student. Noel is a graduate civil engineer from Donegal. He achieved a final overall mark of 82% in the MEngSc in Sustainable Energy, the highest in a graduating class of 20. His minor thesis focused on how Ireland can meet its ambitious renewable energy heating target by the year 2020. Noel now works in the energy sector with ESB International.

UCC’s Faculty of Engineering taught Masters (MEngSc) Programme in Sustainable Energy is now in its sixth year and continues to attract considerable interest, both from applicants wishing to participate and from employers looking for suitably trained staff.

A core element of the programme is industry involvement, both in terms of guest lectures to the programme (including Eirgrid, Bord Gáis Éireann ESB International, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)) and joint supervision of minor theses.

Commenting on the prize ceremony that took place in Eirgrid’s National Control Centre, Dr Brian Ó Gallachóir Programme Co-ordinator of UCC’s Sustainable Energy MEngSc Programme said: “I congratulate Noel who is very deserving of this prize. He performed consistently well in our programme, excelling both in exams and in his research work. I commend Eirgrid for continuing to recognise excellence by awarding a prize each year to our top graduate.”

Picture shows (L-R) Dermot Byrne, CEO Eirgrid and Noel Lafferty, Winner Eirgrid Prize for top graduate in UCC’s Masters in Sustainable Energy.

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