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Deloitte Top Technology Competition (PDF 187 KB)
Information & Entry Details for the 2011 Competition
Healthy Futures Article - CASST-Net Bulletin (PDF 845KB)
EU-Africa Collaboration- Update from Professor David Taylor, School of Natural Sciences
BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
RDS, Dublin 13th – 15th January 2011
The Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics & Science is looking forward to taking part in the will BT Young Scientist Exhibition this year. Visit our stand (no 18) in the Industries Hall. There will be lots to see and do and you will have a chance to meet some of our interesting friends including: a Mexican black king snake, a corn snake, cane toads, a horned frog, a giant hissing cockroach, and a Chilean rose tarantula!
Or maybe you could try your hand at Ghost Hunting! - Collect evidence of the existence of Ghosts! (photos and audio recordings). Find the ghost floating around you; take its photo and listen to the ghost speaking! You can also take your own photos with the ghosts.
Staff and students from across the Faculty will be there each day to answer any questions you may have about studying at TCD and so if you are thinking of going along, please pop by and say hello!
For further details of the event see: http://www.btyoungscientist.ie/
Science Graduate Vacancy PDF (91KB) - Red Box Direct Vacancy
Women in STEM - Article by Prof. Sylvia Draper, School of Chemistry
Trans-Atlantic Science Student Exchange Program (TASSEP)
Procurement Workshops taking place in September
Procurement workshops will take place in the Maxwell Theatre on:
Tues 7th Sept at 2pm &
Wed 15th Sept at 10am
In addition, Louise Collins of the Payables dept in Treasurer's Office will be in attendance, to advise on procedures for dealing with particular transaction types and on procedures for year end processing of transactions.
Tea, coffee & biscuits will be provided at the end of the workshop.
September 2010
Engineering, medical and biomedical students design next generation medical devices at ESEM Summer school at TCD
Faculty Visit to Kazakhstan
June 2010
Entrepreneurs Don't Grow On Trees!
Trinity Haus i.School: 'Entreprenaurs Don't Grow on Trees!' summer camp for secondary school students took place from June 8th to18th in TCD. The event which was co-funded by the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, picked 18 students to attend lectures and workshops on entrepreneurship , innovation and sustainability concepts. Then divided into four competeing teams the students developed a viable product or service for low-carbon living in Dublin. The winning idea was the concept 'Trees for teens', a new i phone app dedicated to Youth Centres and Cafes. For further details of the event and to read the Trinity press release follow the above title link.
Photographs below by Paul Sharp of the winning students and judging panel
June 2010
Nature Chemistry Publication
Congratulations to Stephen Connon who, along with his co-workers Aldo Peschiulli, Barbara Procuranti and Cornelius O'Connor, has had a paper entitled "Synergistic organocatalysis in the kinetic resolution of secondary thiols with concomitant desymmetrization of an anhydride" published in the prestigious and influential journal Nature Chemistry [DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.584].
March 2010
TCD National Mathematics Symposium
See full details here:https://www.tcd.ie/ems/mathematics-symposium/
March 2010
BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
January 2010
Science Speak 2010
Trinity Science Speak 2010 – Call for Applications
The aim of the TCD Science Speak event is to encourage post graduate students to think about the societal aspects of their science research and convey this in an engaging and understandable manner to the public.
Science researchers both in industry and university are increasingly required to communicate their research to general audiences. Although advances in science have a significant impact on our daily lives, few non scientists know about the cutting edge research currently going on in Ireland. An ability to effectively communicate your work and its outcomes is hugely advantageous for the scientist in terms of public insight, attracting future funding and career progression.
In May 2006, in association with the RDS and the Irish Times, the seven Irish universities, under the banner Irish Universities Promoting Science, hosted the first ever national intervarsity ‘Science Speak’.
February 2010
Head of School of Genetics & Microbiology Elected to the Fellowship of American Academcy of Microbiology
Congratulations to Prof. Charles Dorman – Head of School of Genetics & Microbiology, who was recently elected to the Fellowship of the American Academy of Microbiology.
The American Academy of Microbiology is the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the world's oldest and largest life science organization. The mission of the Academy is to recognize scientists for outstanding contributions to microbiology and provide microbiological expertise in the service of science and the public.
Fellows of the Academy are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. A Committee on Election to Fellowship, consisting of Fellows of the Academy elected by the membership, reviews all nominations for Fellowship and recommends to the Board of Governors what action should be taken. Election to Fellowship indicates recognition of distinction in microbiology by one's peers.
There are now over 2,000 Fellows representing all subspecialties of microbiology, including basic and applied research, teaching, public health, industry, and government service. Prof. Dorman is the first ever Irish bacteriologist to have been elected to the Academy.
February 2010
Press Release: Multi-national consortium led by Trinity College to carry out major EU Framework Programme 7- funded study into environmental change and health in eastern Africa
April 2010
2010 Engineers Ireland Biomedical Research Medal for School of Engineering Postgraduate Student
Kevin Moerman was selected from a shortlist of five finalists after each candidate presented their research to delegates at the annual Bioengineering in Ireland conference in Dublin. He was presented with a commemorative Engineers Ireland medal and a cheque for 1,000 euro, sponsored by Georgia Tech Ireland. The conference was chaired by Dr. Kevin O'Kell, Deputy Director for the Trinity Centre for Bioengineering.
Kevin Moerman's techniques allow a better understanding of human muscle behaviour in compression, and Kevin's work is ultimately important for understanding how to prevent pressure sores from prolonged use of wheelchairs and/or lying in hospital beds and how to design vehicle safety systems to prevent occupant injuries in the event of a crash. Since studying the human body's response to loading in these types of applications cannot generally be done using human volunteers, computational models are a very important alternative means of understanding how the human body works in these situations. Muscle accounts for about 50% of human bodyweight, and therefore the compressive response of muscle tissue is of particular importance. The techniques developed at TCD and at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam allow the measurement of the full deformed shape of human muscle tissue in living people subjected to external loading within an MRI environment, and by combining this with computational (finite element) modeling, the material behavior of muscle tissue can be derived.
See: Moerman K, Sprengers A, Nederveen A, Simms CK, ‘Towards the noninvasive determination of the mechanical properties of living human soft tissue’, winner of Engineers Ireland Medal, Proceedings of Bio-Engineering in Ireland, pp 1-6, 2010.
February 2010
David Taylor, Professor of Geography in the school of Natural Sciences, leads research project into environmental change and health in eastern Africa
International Student Blog
Read testimonials from International students studying at Trinity College Dublin or write about your own experiences of studying abroad.
June 2010
Third edition of Faculty Newsletter
December 2009
Second edition of Faculty Newsletter
April 2009
First edition of Faculty Newsletter
December 2008
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Call for Nominations for Faculty Safety Representative (PDF)