Through its graduate programme, Eirgrid is attracting talented graduates from across Ireland and providing them with the opportunity to develop rewarding careers while contributing to projects of national importance. For Murray, a native of Dunmanway, engineering was a very early choice when thinking of her future career. Murray studied civil, structural and environmental engineering at University College Cork, drawn by the opportunity to address environmental challenges through practical infrastructure solutions.  EirGrid’s graduate programme is designed to give graduates exposure to a broad range of disciplines across the business. Over two years, participants typically complete three rotations, allowing them to gain valuable experience in different teams and functions.   Today, through the graduate programme at EirGrid, the operator and developer of Ireland’s electricity grid, she is helping to shape the future of Ireland’s electricity network while building a career in one of the country’s fastest-growing sectors.  Full story here 

Lots of news to report in our School of Engineering And Architecture Issue II newsletter, including the launch of Rinn Energy, the new national centre for energy system decarbonisation and the seventeen prizes awarded at our School Prizegiving.  Our thanks to Dr. Frances Judge, Chair of the School Outreach Committee, for compiling this issue.Read the full issue here: https://lnkd.in/eJBDaCdR

Dr Ken Bruton and Dr Dominic O'Sullivan have secured €600,000 in Horizon Europe funding for University College Cork as part of the newly launched FLARE project, a four-year European research initiative focused on industrial decarbonisation. The FLARE project will seek to develop A Decision Intelligence Platform for FLexible, Agile, Resilient, and Energy-aware Processes over the next four years and has an overall budget of approximately €9.1m.    FLARE is focused on giving large factories the tools to use energy in a smarter, cheaper, and more reliable way. Energy-intensive industries such as chemical, steel and cement, are facing real pressure from rising energy prices, volatile renewable energy supply, and the push to cut carbon emissions.This new €9.1m Horizon Europe project will build a practical system that embeds flexibility into factory operations, helping industry decide when and how to run processes based on energy cost, availability, demand, and environmental impact, powered by digital twins, AI, and predictive analytics.  This is the third European research project that the IERG's (Intelligent Efficiency Research Group) has been granted funding for in the last 5 years.