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07 Mar 2025
CEIA BE Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate of the Year
Congratulations to Sean Coombes, who was recently awarded the CEIA BE Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate of the Year prize. Sean is currently furthering his studies as a Research Student in the School working with Dr Alex Jaeger.
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07 Mar 2025
School of Engineering Student awarded the Irish Regional Group of Institution of Structural Engineers’ Student Prize
Last Friday, Gregory Paul (Civil ME, 2024) was presented with the Irish Regional Group of Institution of Structural Engineers’ Student Prize for his ME Dissertation Design Strategies for Reducing Capital Carbon in Structures. He was presented with his award by Yasmin Becker, CEO of the Institution of Structural Engineers, at the Irish Regional Group’s Annual Dinner and Structural Awards Ceremony. The Student Prize is awarded to the best final year project in the area of structural engineering across all Irish universities. Nominees from each university presented their projects at the annual Student Prize Presentation Evening in December to a judging panel of industry experts.
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26 Feb 2025
2025 SOE Research Image Competition Winners
We had a great response to our School Research Image Competition, with outstanding research images submitted across the range of School disciplines. After shortlisting and voting from the seven members of the School Research Committee, we have selected the winners: 1st prize – Ning Xue 2nd prize – Chao Wang 3rd prize – Luca Colavecchi Ning Xue’s winning entry is entitled “Biohybrid electrosynthesis: microbial factory on the nano-engineered cathode”, and illustrates “a bacterium thriving on a 3D CoNi-bimetallic sulfide-coated carbon felt cathode, where it efficiently captures electrons to transform CO₂ and H⁺ into valuable products like acetate and ethanol. The nanometre-sized tips and honeycomb-like nanocrystals enhance electron transfer, achieving an impressive 90.8% faradic efficiency, as demonstrated in the study published in Cell Reports Physical Science (DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.102262). This breakthrough highlights the synergy between electrocatalysis and biocatalysis, driving the transition toward a carbon-neutral economy.”
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16 Jan 2025
School of Engineering and Architecture Research Image Competition.
Help us to showcase the quality and diversity of our research in the UCC School of Engineering and Architecture and win up to €500 by entering your image in the School of Engineering and Architecture Research Image Competition. The competition is open to all School staff and students involved in research, including those in the School's associated research centres and units. 1st prize - €500 2nd prize - €200 3rd prize - €100
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