Science Week Ireland is an annual event dating back to 1996 that has grown into a programme of over 800 events scheduled across Ireland that is taking place from 13th to 20th November in 2016. The purpose is to make science more interesting and accessible to children and adults alike. It highlights how science, technology and [...]
ESR14, Siyuan Chen, participated in the organisation of the free event "Fly Scan Print" by U3D that took place on the Wednesday 22nd June 2016. Most of visitors were aged from 18 to 30, with a majority of college students. Also some parents brought their children to enjoy the activity. There was at least 150 people that attended the exhibition [...]
All 14 TRUSS Early Stage Researchers have now launched their individual blogs that are being updated on a continuous basis. Blogging is employed here to disseminate and maximize the impact of each research project; to reach the general public and other researchers by sharing experiences and information and; to promote discussion via the comments section or the personal [...]
TRUSS participation in Willow Science Week 2015 (9th to 12th November) served the purpose of inspiring school children and motivating them to pursue an engineering career. In particular, the fellows Sofia Antonopoulou (ESR1), Rui Teixeira (ESR4), Daniel Martinez Otero (ESR12) and Siyuan Chen (ERS14), and the project manager, Loreto Manriquez, assisted in the organisation of the activity “Free-standing Structure Challenge” held in [...]
TRUSS fellows attended and presented posters from their projects in the exhibition organised by the UCD Earth Institute on the Wednesday 30th September 2015, to showcase the quality and breadth of research being undertaken within the Institute. Research posters and exhibits took place in the atrium of the 4th floor in the O'Brien Center for Science (Dublin, Ireland). In the photos, Sofia Antonopoulou [...]
Pictured is Professor Eugene OBrien of University College Dublin (centre) with Careers Guidance Councillor Roisin McSharry and Engineering teacher Paul Walsh. Thursday 12th March, 2015. The talk was attended by a class of about 30 boys – approximately 18 years old – in the final year of 2nd level school at Saint Joseph’s College (Garbally Park, Ballinasloe, [...]
