Embedded.Systems@UCC and the SFI Infant Centre win Collaboration Achievement award

23 Apr

A Brain Stethoscope Design scoops first prize in the Collaboration Achievement at the 2018 Irish Laboratory Awards. This work is focussed on the development of a ‘brain stethoscope’ -  a portable device that will allow a medical professional to listen to an infant’s brainwaves and quickly assess their brain health status. 

Engineering salaries in Ireland for 2018

26 Mar

The engineering industry in Ireland continues to see significant growth, with over 79% of organisations stating that their business will grow in 2018 and the same number planning on hiring engineering professionals in the year ahead. 

Congratulations Eamonn Mulholland.

23 Mar

Recently graduated with a PhD in Energy Engineering and on the same week published a journal paper on decarbonising road freight in collaboration with MoMo team at the International Energy Agency. Well done!!

Qualcomm Sponsors Upgrading of the CAD Lab in the School of Engineering

26 Feb

Qualcomm recently sponsored the upgrading of the CAD lab in the Electrical and Electronical Engineering Building where students across the School of Engineering can now benefit this state of the art computing. 

CEIA Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate of the Year 2017

09 Feb

Congratulations to David O'Callaghan who recently received the CEIA Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate of the year for 2017. 

Global research team explores sustainable reuse of wind turbine blades

09 Feb

Researchers in UCC Energy Engineering are collaborating with others in the United States and Northern Ireland on a reuse project for wind turbine blades. They’re working on a sustainable approach that benefits local communities and sets a new course for the wind power industry. The project is funded under the US-Ireland Tripartite Research Program and is named RE-WIND.

Project Mariana, Revolutinising Lung Cancer Treatment

23 Jan

School of Engineering's Dr Padraig Cantillon-Murphy, is a member of the team leading the exciting project Mariana:  A group of leading European universities, research organization, and industrial SME entities met this week in Amsterdam to kick-off a Euro 2,1m research project named Mariana to develop tracking, navigation, and catheter technology for accurate, more effective and less expensive management of early stage lung cancer. 

Coláiste Dáibhead announced as overall winner of Cork’s First LEGO League held in UCC.

06 Dec

Many weeks of problem-solving, teamwork and practical applications of science, technology and engineering came together at the First LEGO League Finals for Cork, hosted in University College this weekend (Sat. 2 Dec).  Coláiste Dáibhead’s team, Na Laochra, were announced as overall winners of Cork’s First LEGO League beating off stiff competition from 10 secondary school teams from the Cork region. Na Laochra team will now go forward to represent Cork in the Ireland & UK First LEGO League Finals in February 2018 in the UK.

School of Engineering announces a new engineering textbook published by John Wiley & Sons.

05 Dec

It is with pleasure that the School of Engineering announces a new engineering textbook published by John Wiley & Sons.

Electric Powertrain, Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Drives for Hybrid, Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicl

2017 Intel Women in Technology Scholarships

28 Nov

Congratulations to 1st Year Engineering Student, Esha Hourihane Clancy, one of 9 Scholars awarded but the only UCC recipient of the 2017 Intel Women in Technology Scholarship. 

Autumn Conferrings 2017

16 Nov

Congratulations to Nessa Murphy; Fiona O’ Keefe, Jean O’ Driscoll, Eimear Twomey and Brigid Walsh, Process & Chemical Engineering at Autumn Graduation 2017, pictured with Dr Maria Sousa Gallagher centre.

Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Science Week

15 Nov

Pictured is a snapshot of the Science Week stand and poster "Walk like a dinosaur" where Electrical and Electronic Engineering partnered with the School of BEES presented a great show last Sunday. 

Process II are 1st runners up in the ESB Inter-Colleges Challenge

08 Nov

Huge congratulations to the team who represented UCC at the ESB Inter-Colleges Challenge in the IMI, Sandyford recently which included three Process & Chemical Engineers, and came first Runners-Up to a strong TCD outfit.

WHAT IF WE COULD GROW ALL OF THE WORLDS CROPS INDOORS?

08 Nov

This is one of the exciting SFI projects being exhibited at Science Week next week as part of the What If? Campaign. Professor Marcel Jansen, Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC and Dr Alan Morrison, School of Engineering, UCC are tackling this problem by exploring ways to make the current food production processes more sustainable as well as increasing the nutritional value of the crops.

UCC marks 90 years of ESB with reflections on how electricity transformed Ireland

12 Oct

University College Cork, in conjunction with ESB, hosted a series of enlightening lectures on Thursday, 12th October, examining electricity’s role in Ireland’s past and future development.

President of UCC, Professor Patrick O’Shea delivered an address reflecting on Prof Kane’s extraordinary study, which was ultimately realised in the 1920s through the construction of the Shannon Scheme at Ardnacrusha.

FIRST LEGO League comes to UCC campus!

02 Oct

School of Engineering, Qualcomm and LearnIT are the organisers of the event which will culminate on 2nd of December with the Munster Finals.

Fiona Edwards Murphy scoops the Bank of Ireland IGNITE Business of the Year Award 2017!

02 Oct

We would like to congratulate Fiona Edwards on her recent achievement ath the Bank or Ireland IGNITE Buisness of the year Awards. 

Dr Guangbo Hao awarded the Compliant Mechanism Award in Applications

26 Sep

Congratulations to School of Engineering's Dr. Guanbo Hao who was recently presented with the Compliant Mechanism Award in Applications (with a 500 US dollar cash prize) at the 2017 IDETC Conference at Cleveland, USA 

Finalists in the 2017 ASME Student Mechanism & Robotics Design Competition

27 Jun

Congratulations to Abhilash NAYAK (PhD student in Ecole Centrale de Nantes), and Haiyang LI (PhD student in UCC), under the supervision of Dr. HAO (UCC) and Dr. Stéphane CARO (CNRS in France) who were finalists in the 2017 ASME Student Mechanism & Robotics Design Competition for their work: A NOVEL RECONFIGURABLE COMPLIANT GRIPPER. Click here for a video on the working principle. 

IChemE Sustainability Teaching Award for UCC Process & Chemical Engineering Programme

19 May

The UCC BE degree in Process & Chemical Engineering was awarded the 2016 IChemie Sustainability Teaching Award  by incoming IChemE President John McGagh at the IChemE AGM and Awards at the ICC Birmingham on 10^th May 2017.

UCC students design pop-up shelters to house refugees in large camps around the world

16 May

Irish engineering students have devised expandable pod-like shelters with roll-out roofs, some of which can be erected in just 40 minutes, which could help refugees fleeing conflict or famine around the world. Civil engineering students at UCC designed and built the refugee shelters as part of a course project designed to test their ability to respond to real-life issues.

Elmer Morrissey Memorial Scholarship and Gantly Award Winners 2017

08 May

We would like to congratulate Vera O'Riordan, 2nd year Energy Engineering Student who is this year's recipient of the Elmer Morrissey Memorial Scholarship award of 1,500 Euro and David Barry, 4th year Civil Engineering,  who won the Gantly Award and received a cheque of 750 Euro. Both were presented at a recent ceremony. 

UCC Engineering Graduate and her father launch their new APP Tackstak

20 Apr

Engineering graduate, Michelle Donovan (25) and her father Tony are the main drivers behind a plan to allow people to interact with any show, event, service or product using just one mobile app.

Professor Nabeel Riza Inducted into the USA National Academy of Inventors (NAI

11 Apr

On April 6, 2017, in a ceremony held at the J. F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston, USA, UCC Chair Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was inducted into the USA National Academy of Inventors (NAI). 

5th School of Engineering Industry and Careers Day

03 Apr

Well what a day! We are delighted to report that the 5th School of Engineering Industry and Careers Day, held on Thursday 30th March 2017 in Devere Hall, UCC was another huge success. The speakers were superb, and held us all captivated with their stories of engineering careers and applications. We were delighted to welcome over 350 students from secondary schools across Munster, and are looking forward to next year already! Mind you, how will we top this year…?‌

Professor Michael Peter Kennedy, elected President of the Royal Irish Academy

16 Mar

Congratulations to Michael Peter Kennedy, Professor of Microelectronics, School of Engineering who has been elected the 56th President of the Royal Irish Academy.

Electronic and Electrical Engineering Open Day 2017

15 Mar

The School of Engineering, UCC cordially invites transition, fifth and sixth year students to our Electrical and Electronic Engineering Final Year Project Open Day, to be held in the Electrical Engineering Building on the UCC Main Campus on Friday, March 24^th 2017. There are two sessions, one in the morning between 10.15am -12.45pm and the second in the afternoon 2pm - 4pm.

3d Cheese Printing Collaboration between School of Engineering and School of Food & Nutritional Science

15 Mar

Researchers at University College Cork in Ireland have conducted a series of experiments to understand what happens to cheese when it is 3D printed. They found that the 3D printed cheese turned out softer, darker, and less sticky than untreated cheese.

Iris Ashley Cummins (1894–1968) - BE (1915), BSc Honoris Causa (War degree, 1918)

27 Feb

You might like to know a little about a remarkable graduate of UCC, being highlighted this week in the conferring booklet.

A pioneering civil engineer and inspirational International hockey player, Iris entered UCC in 1912, a time when there were comparatively few female students.  She studied engineering and became active in college life.  During her time in UCC she edited the Journal of the Engineering Society, put herself forward in student elections, played sportand contributed to debate & discussion, reading a paper on ‘Women in the Learned Professions’. She graduated BE in 1915, the first female engineer from UCC and only the second in Ireland.

MEngSc Information Techonology in Architecture Engineering and Construction Conferrings, February 24th 2017

24 Feb

Congratulations to our 13 MEngSc Information Technology in Architecture Engineering and Construction students  who graduated today. 

5th School of Engineering Industry & Careers Day, Thursday, 30th March 2017

08 Feb

Following from the success of previous events, which attracted hundreds of pupils from over 40 secondary schools across Munster, we are delighted to invite you to our Fifth School of Engineering Industry and Careers Day on Thursday, 30th March 2017 in Devere Hall, UCC. If you are interested in attending, please contact Anne-Marie McSweeney (Industry) at a.mcsweeney@ucc.ie or Ralph O'Flaherty (Schools) at r.oflaherty@ucc.ie to register. 

Professor Tony Lewis honoured with distinguished award

08 Feb

We would like to offer our congratulations to Professor Tony Lewis who was awarded the Chevalier des Palmes Académiques for distinguished academics from the French Ambassador on February 2nd at a ceremony in Dublin.

Ireland to lead EU Marine Renewable Energy Project – MaRINET2

08 Feb

MaRINET2, the Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network, is a network of 39 partners, involving research centres and organisations who work together to progress offshore renewable energy technologies such as wave, tidal and offshore-wind.

UCC Licenses School of Engineering Spin-Out Skellig Sugical's Innovative Device

08 Feb

Designed to manipulate organs that obscure and limit the ability to perform keyhole surgery, SecuRetract is UCC’s latest foray into medtech. Through a new licensing agreement, it’s now on the market.

Congratulations, Fiona Edwards Murphy, Regional Winner of Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur 2016

31 Jan

School of Engineering PhD student, Fiona Edwards Murphy is awarded Regional Winner, of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur 2016 for the Best Idea with ApisProtect. 

Fiona is currently pursuing her PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, under the supervision of Dr. Emanuel Popovici (Embedded.Systems@UCC Group, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UCC) and Dr. Padraig Whelan (UCC School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences(BEES) and Environmental Research Institute (ERI)). 

Are Parents to Blame for Lack of Women in Stem?

31 Jan

A major Government-commissioned report into the shortage of female graduates in Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) found that parents are heavily influencing their daughters’ career choices in particular.

School of Engineering representation at the BT Young Scientist 2017

13 Jan

Simon Coulter, School of Engineering PhD student and Jonatan Poveda a visiting student from Barcelona proudly represent the School of Engineering at this year's  BT Young Scientist competition at the RDS in Dublin (11-14 January 2017). 

MaREI Director ranked amongst most cited researchers worldwide

13 Jan

MaREI director Professor Jerry Murphy based in the Environmental Research Institute in UCC  was ranked amongst the most cited researchers worldwide according to ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2016 by Elsevier. 

Professor Nabeel Riza to be Inducted into the United States National Academy of Inventors

20 Dec

Nabeel A. Riza, Chair Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland to be inducted into the United States National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for his high impact inventions. 

Transdisciplinary book presentation to President Higgins

20 Dec

Professor Edmond Byrne and fellow book Editors Dr Ger Mullally and Dr Colin Sage were invited to Áras an Úachtaráin on Wednesday 14^th December to present a copy of 'Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability' to President Michael D. Higgins. 

Professor Nabeel Riza appointed to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Engineering & Computer Science Committee

12 Dec

Professor Nabeel Riza of the School of Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland has been appointed to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Engineering & Computer Science Committee. 

CAOS Camera Selected by the International Optical Society (OSA) as a 2016 Breakthrough

01 Dec

The CAOS Camera invention has been selected by The International Optical Society (OSA) as a 2016 breakthrough in the field of imaging. Each year OSA highlights these world-wide breakthrough innovations in optics and photonics in its year end December issue of its OPN Magazine. OPN’s Optics in 2016 Special Issue carries an article by Professor Nabeel Riza (UCC School of Engineering) describing his CAOS camera invention. 

CCAE Graduate Ronan Power is announced joint-winner of the Architecture Ireland Student Writing Prize

01 Dec

Huge congratulations to the winners of the Architecture Ireland Student Writing prize.  This writing competition was open to all students of architecture and architectural technology on the island of Ireland. The objective of the prize is to nurture and recognise the importance of writing in architecture. With the generous sponsorship of Forbo Ireland the overall prize fund was €2500. 

School of Engineering Spin Out Company, Skellig Surgical, named Best Early Stage Company and wins Munster Regional Final of Seedcorn 2016

23 Nov

Cork company, Skellig Surgical, was today named the Best Early Stage company and Waterford company, Kollect, named the Best New Start company at the Munster final of the 2016 InterTradeIreland All-Island Seedcorn Investor Readiness competition. Skellig Surgical, which is based in the UCC Business Incubation Centre and  Kollect, which is based in Waterford Enterprise Centre overcame tough competition from other finalists to win €20,000 each to help finance the early stages of their ventures. 

Staff recognition awards

15 Nov

Congratulations to our staff members Colin Murphy, Diarmuid O'Riordain and Eamon McKeogh who were recipients of UCC’s 2016 Long Service Awards (25 or 35 years service) and were recognised during an award giving ceremony on October 10th at UCC.

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Professor Liam Marnane appointed Head of School of Engineering

05 Oct

Congratulations to Professor Liam Marnane who has been appointed the new Head of School of Engineering. 

Liam Marnane received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from University College Cork in 1984 and the D.Phil degree from University of Oxford in 1989 studying test vector generation and design for test of VLSI designs. He was a lecturer in VLSI design at the School of Electronic Engineering Science, University of Wales, Bangor from 1989 to 1993. In 1992 he was a Visiting Researcher and Marie Cure Fellow at the Institute de Recherche en Informatique et Systemes Aleatoires, at the University of Rennes, France. In 1993 he was appointed as lecturer in Digital Signal Processing in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at University College Cork, as senior lecturer in 1999 and as Professor in 2014. 

Thank you for a successful Open Day 2016

11 Oct

Saturday’s Open Day was a great success. It is estimated that more than 6,000 visitors attended. The School of Engineering Office would like to thank all who participated on the day to make this event so successful. Well done everyone!

School of Engineering joins Facebook

05 Oct

The School of Engineering now has a facebook page. If you would like to share any relevant news please email schoolofengineering@ucc.ie or add to the visitors posts and we will share. Thank you!! 

https://www.facebook.com/School-of-Engineering-UCC-781036322038283/

Tyndall's groundbreaking space technologies could be worth €1bn to economy

26 Sep

Hi-tech light may be part of space mission

A hi-tech light being developed at Tyndall could help unlock the secrets of the universe as part of an ambitious European Space Agency (ESA) mission scheduled for launch in 2029.

Peter Parbrook, professor of nitride materials at UCC and a researcher at Tyndall, is working on a complex long-term project to develop a highly specialised ultra- violet light emitting diode (LED) which is being considered for use as part of an ESA project to detect space gravitational waves — one of the most elusive phenomena in the galaxy.

Invitation: Book launch event 'Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability' with Prof. J. Naughton

14 Sep

A new book on ‘Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability’ will be launched on Monday evening 19 Sept. (5.15pm) in the Aula Max.

This Routledge publication involves four authors from the School of Engineering (Prof. Edmond Byrne (editor), Prof. Brian Ó Gallachóir, Dr Paul Deane and Dr Alessandro Chiodi) as well as authors from across the Colleges of SEFS, CACSS and B&L at UCC.

UCC Invents New Camera Technology

22 Aug

UCC engineers have invented a new camera technology that can work in unison with today’s CCD/CMOS sensors to pull out image features previously unseen.

Nabeel Riza, Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of School of Engineering at UCC has invented the new technology called CAOS or Coded Access Optical Sensor.

Although optical cameras have been around for centuries, the CCD sensor camera arrived in the 1960s (awarded Nobel Prize in 2009) while the CMOS sensor camera was invented in the 1990s. Both camera technologies dominate the imaging world across various applications from medicine to industrial testing and machine vision to astronomy.

Dr. Guangbo Hao’s group work selected as the finalist in the 2016 ASME Student Mechanism & Robotics Design Competition in USA

14 Jul

UCC EEE undergraduates Tim Farrell and Sean Finn under the supervision of Dr. Guangbo Hao for their final year project are selected as finalists in the 2016 ASME (America Society of Mechanical Engineers) Student Mechanism & Robotics Design Competition in USA in August.

There are in total 6 undergraduate teams being selected for the final round competition from all over the world. Full travel grant is provided for the two students to attend this completion on the behalf of UCC.

UCC, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate, Lizzie Lee, to compete in Olympics

09 Jun

We are extremely proud to share the news that UCC Engineering Graduate, Lizze Lee is to compete for Ireland in the marathon in the Rio Olympics. - 

At some stage next Monday morning Lizzie Lee will get a phone call from Athletics Ireland telling her she’s going to the Rio Olympics. She’ll thank them kindly, quietly hang up the phone, then get back to work at her job with Apple in Cork.

Inside, however, she’s been trying to contain her wild excitement for the last eight months – or 239 days, to be exact. “Oh, I’ve been counting down the sleeps for weeks now,” she tells me, knowing, inside, that for those last eight months her marathon time has remained the fastest Irish women’s qualifier for Rio, and that her selection is now a formality.

“So yeah I’d certainly hope at this point that’s all enough, I’ve have ticked all the boxes, and it’s there, yeah, potentially, to be an Olympian. And that’s amazing.”

Engineering Laboratory of the Year Award 2016 goes to Embedded.Systems@UCC

27 May

Congratulations to the Embedded.Systems@UCC Group who are the the proud recipient of the Engineering Laboratory of the Year award. This is the 26^th award to the group! On Wednesday, May 25th at the Ballsbridge Hotel, hundreds of leading lab industry professionals recognised and celebrated the outstanding achievements of the lab sector, with 20 prestigious trophies presented to the very worthy winners of the Irish Laboratory Awards 2016. (See photo above of all winners). 

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Growing More Grass Key to Hitting Emissions Target?

13 May

Ireland’s huge livestock population means about a third of its greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. The challenge is how to reduce the carbon dioxide and methane releases without having to put limits on meat production. The solution might come down to nothing more complicated than growing more grass.

Dr Padraig Cantillon-Murphy - Runner-Up for the 2016 College of SEFS Student Nominated Staff Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

12 May

Congratulations to Dr. Padraig Cantillon-Murphy. Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering who has recently been selected as 

(joint) Runner-Up for the 2016 College of SEFS Student Nominated Staff Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.   

New Lecturer in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.

12 May

Dr. Zili Li has joined the School of Engineering as a lecturer in Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Tongji University in China. He was a Research Associate at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) in the University of Cambridge. He also has research experience from the Centre for Underground Construction and Tunneling, Colorado School of Mines (CSM). In his new role he will be teaching modules CE3004, CE3005 (Mechanics of Soil) and CE4007 (Geotechnical engineering) and conducting research in geotechnical engineering. He is located in the Civil Engineering Building Room G5.

What a Day! 4th School of Engineering Industry & Open Day 2016

24 Mar

Well what a day! We are delighted to report that the 4th School of Engineering Industry and Open Day, held on Friday 11th March 2016 in Devere Hall, UCC was another huge success. With over 320 captivated students from secondary schools across Munster, a brilliant display of Final Year Research Project posters, and a stellar lineup of speakers, we are looking forward to next year already.

 

Dr. Guangbo Hao, School of Engineering, succeeds in the Irish Research Council Ulysses Scheme 2015

12 Jan

The programme "Ulysses" is designed to support new research collaborations between Irish and French researchers. It is named Ulysses after James Joyce’s famous novel to celebrate the Joycean links between Ireland and France. The programme facilitates the exchange of innovative ideas and approaches between Irish and French researchers and the development of mutual research projects involving young Irish researchers visiting France and reciprocal visits involving young French researchers to Ireland.

School of Engineering Graduate named Best Young Entrepreneur

18 Dec

James Foody, a UCC graduate of the School of Engineering, was named  Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur  after winning the ‘Best Start-Up Business’.  The awards were announced by Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton, TD, at the national final held at Google’s European headquarters in Dublin.