NUI Galway & University of Limerick Alliance
1st Annual ENGINEERING AND INFORMATICS RESEARCH DAY

Monday, 11 April, 2011: An Engineering and Informatics Research Day took place recently at NUI Galway which showcased research undertaken by students. This year, for the first time, the annual event was run in conjunction with the University of Limerick, as part of the Strategic Alliance between the two organizations.
 

 
Image: Even the Spacious Bailey-Allen Hall was just able to accommodate more than 170 poster presentations!
 
Research by students from both Universities was highlighted with a display of 174 research posters covering nine primary fields of engineering and informatics research. 

This year’s theme was Publishing Your Research and over 200 students from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick (UL) listened to presentations from senior industry representatives and academics on how to present and promote their research to the highest international standards.  A copy of the program of events is available here. A key element of Research Day is a competition among students for the best posters. Every year the top 12 students are selected by their peers to give a short presentation of their research. The winners of this ’shoot-out’ are then selected by a panel of senior academics and engineering professionals. For this year’s prize-winners check here.

  
Image: Prof. Gerard Hurley of NUIG discusses details of Energy Research with a UL student 

Image: Michael Schukat and  Hugh Melvin (NUIG) discuss IT Research with David McDonagh, a student from NUI Galway

Dr Peter Corcoran, Vice-Dean of Research, College of Engineering and Informatics, at NUI Galway, commented: “This is a special day in the University calendar, as Engineering and IT researchers in our College get together to present and debate their research and network with each other. This year, as part of our Institutional Alliance with the University of Limerick, we were pleased to have staff and graduate students from UL participate in Research Day for the first time. It is interesting, also, to note the complimentary nature of research activities in both institutions and we look forward to growing this collaboration with our Engineering and Informatics colleagues in Limerick.”

He continued: “Engineering research is often ignored by the mainstream media, yet it underlies everything in our modern society. Water, electricity, consumer and medical devices are all designed and maintained by engineers. The Research Day helps us realise how important and far researching the role of the engineer is in society. This year we have more than 174 distinct research projects represented - a record for our Research Day and a sign that engineering research is still strong in the West of Ireland.”
 
Over 1,400 people study Engineering and IT at NUI Galway. To serve the growing number of students, a new Engineering Building opens on campus in September 2011. A copy of the Book of Abstracts is available on ARAN, NUI Galway’s open access research repository:  http://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/xmlui/handle/10379/1916 

Pictured at the Research Day were Professor Gerry Lyons, Dean of Engineering & Informatics at NUI Galway; Dr Sarah Beecham, Research Fellow with LERO in UL; Professor Conleth D. Hussey, Department of Civil Engineering and Materials Science, UL; and Dr Peter Corcoran Vice-Dean of Research, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway

 
Pictured at the Research Day were: Dr John Noll, Research Fellow with LERO, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre at UL; Dr Séan McGrath, Assistant Dean of Science and Engineering, UL; Professor Gerry Lyons, Dean of Engineering & Informatics at NUI Galway; Professor Michel Destrade, School of Mathematics, Statistics & Applied Mathematics, NUI Galway; Dr Sarah Beecham, Research Fellow with the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre at UL; Professor Conleth D. Hussey, Department of Civil Engineering and Materials Science, UL; and Dr Peter Corcoran Vice-Dean of Research, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway

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