The Annual Process & Chemical Engineering Awards ceremony took place recently in the Aula Max at University College Cork.  A fantastic celebration of the student's successes and achievements.  Congratulations to all winners. As described by our Head of School of Engineering and Architecture, Dr Alan Morrison, in his welcome speech, " 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴... 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴."

Congratulations to Prof Marguerite Nyhan, School of Engineering and Architecture on being one of three UCC researchers selected as new members of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Young Academy Ireland, an all-island multidisciplinary network of researchers and innovators that aims to empower talented early-career researchers and future leaders. Prof Nyhan was selected for her excellence of research impact, and significant contributions made to her field and beyond her  disciplines. Also Director of the Sustainable Futures Laboratory and Principal Investigator at the Sustainability Institute, Professor Nyhan is an environmental engineer whose work seeks to advance the science of sustainable cities by harnessing large-scale urban data and AI-based technologies.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Joe Gantly Prize in Engineering, awarded annually to the top performers in the Work Placement module across the ME (Hons) programmes at the School of Engineering. John Scanlan, ME Civil & Structural EngineeringJohn completed his work placement with PJ Hegarty & Sons on the Apple Campus Extension in Cork City. Over the course of his placement, John’s role expanded significantly, culminating in his management and delivery of a key terrace area that now serves as a major focal point at the front of the building.Kate Donovan, ME Process & Chemical EngineeringKate undertook her work placement at Eli Lilly and Company, Dunderrow, Kinsale. During her time there, she made a meaningful impact by developing and implementing process improvements within their cancer drug manufacturing operations.Runners up were: Mark Maguire, (ME) Electric and Electronic EngineeringDaniel O'Reilly, (ME) Energy Engineering