Outreach

Our aim is to promote bioengineering both nationally and internationally for the benefit of students, researchers, clinicicans, medical technology and industrial participants and patient healtchare with a focus on bioengineering for better health.

Bioengineering...in Ireland 19

Trinity Centre for Bioengineering will host the 19th Annual Conference of the Bioengineering Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. This will take place on 18th January 2013. It is now established as one of Ireland's longest-running and most active research conferences in engineering and science.The conference is traditionally an occasion for young researchers and graduate students to present their work alongside senior researchers of international standing. The conference will be a forum for presentation and discussion of all aspects of bioengineering research, including (but not limited to) biomechanics, biomaterials, bioelectronics, tissue engineering, and medical devices. In addition to a full programme of research presentations, the conference will feature the Haughton lecture and the Engineers Ireland Biomedical Research Medal.

ESEM International Summer School: For three consecutive years from 2009 to 2012 Trinity Centre for Bioengineering hosted an international summer school for medical and engineering students igniting enthusiasm and passion among the students for the challenges and opportunities in bioengineering. Current healthcare challenges, such as the ageing of Europe's population as well as big killers such as cardiovascular disease, require multidisciplinary approaches for diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, the focus of this unique summer school established a platform of cooperation between medicine and engineering across Europe already starting at an undergraduate level. With different working cultures and educational backgrounds, the aim of the Summer School at Trinity College has been to teach students how to work together efficiently by getting small groups designing new, novel medical devices targeting specific medical and clinical problems. These include the design of a total replacement for a degenerated ankle, solutions for revascularisation of the lower limbs, technologies to monitor the elderly and the design of artificial ventilation systems. Many of the students returned to Trinity College Dublin to pursue further studies in the Bioengineering arena.