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UPFRONT CO2e: Understanding Potential For Realising Our National Targets on  Embodied Energy and Global Warming Potential 2022 2022
OceanEnergy: Engineering Advanced Materials for Marine Energy and Aquaculture Applications ? ?
BladeLEP: Testing and classification of high-performance materials to protect wind turbine blades from leading-edge erosion by droplet impingement 2020 2021
TURNKEY RETROFIT: TURNKEY solution for home RETROFITting 2019 2021
LEAPWind: Leading Edged Advanced Protection using novel thermoplastic materials and processes for offshore Wind turbine blades 2019 2021
TEA: Achieving Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) standards by deep retrofitting existing buildings 2019 2020
AmpyxPower: Material Characterisation and Loading Analysis for the Ampyx Power Airborne Wind Energy System 2019 2020
Design and optimisation software for tidal and wind turbine blades 2019 2019
SEABLADE: Systematic Evaluation and Analysis of BLADEs for a 2MW floating Tidal Energy Converter
 2018 2020
Engineering Advanced Materials for Marine Energy and Aquaculture applications 2018 2020
ACCORD: Advanced Composite design for Commercial ORPC RivGen® Device 2018 2020
SC-CBF: Investigation of Seismic Deformation Demand, Capacity and Control in a Novel Self-Centring Steel Braced Frame 2018 2019
Engineering Ireland to 2040 2018 2018
Maximum Safe Working Load (MSWL) Testing on Foundation Prototypes 2018 2018
Development of a Structural fatigue testing rig 2018 2018
FLoTEC: Floating Tidal Energy Commercialisation project 2017 2020
Improving the efficiency of manufacturing wind and tidal turbine blades 2017 2018
M O'Shaughnessy archive and exhibition 2017 2017
Testing and analysing the performance of the Dragmaster H2O re Micro Hydro river and weir prototype units 2017 2017
Vibrometer 2017 2017
MaRINET2 – Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network for Enhancing Energy Technologies 2016 2020
Design, modelling and testing of composite blades for wind and tidal energy 2016 2020
OPTI-SDS: An investigation of the optimum specification for soil depressurisation systems (active and passive) that take account of Irish building practices 2016 2019
SUMFOREST: Benchmarking sustainability performance of value chains using ToSIA 2016 2019
To develop and implementation a platform of EN 15804 for publication of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in Ireland (w/ Irish Green Building Council) 2016 2018
CUSP: Community University Sustainability Project 2016 2018
Retrofit solutions for Irish building stock: The impact of human behaviour 2015 2015
Seismic Design and Testing for Non‐Structural Panel Systems 2015 2015
Data acquisition systems for structural testing 2015 2015
Large Scale Testing of Out-Of-Autoclave Composite Structures (w/ ƒirecomposites) 2015 2019
Accelerated life testing study of Openhydro tidal turbine blades 2015 2019
Built2Spec: Tools for the 21st Century Construction Site 2015 2018
SFI Discovery Programme: Building STEM Capacity in Community-based Learning & Research (w/ Campus Engage) 2015 2016
NZEB-RETROFIT: Achieving nearly zero energy buildings - A life cycle assessment approach to retrofitting existing buildings 2014 2019
Development of a Water Use and Waste Management Framework for the Dairy Processing Industry (DAIRYWATER) 2014 2018
Real-time monitoring of tunnelling works 2014 2016
Structural testing for Siemens/MCT tidal turbine blades 2014 2015
Innovative precast concrete products (w/ Tracey Concrete). 2014 2015
MaREI – Marine renewable Energy of Ireland 2013 2018
Real-time monitoring of tunnelling works 2013 2015
The influence of advanced structural building component properties on indoor environments 2013 2015
Community Based Research: Curriculum Reform in Engineering Education Programmes 2012 2012
Environmental lifecycle assessment of typical Irish products 2011 2014
Develop self-centring frame structures after earthquake loading 2010 2013
Improved European Design and Assessment Methods for Concentrically-Braced Frames BRACED Project 2010 2013
Seismic design of CBFs 2010 2012
Installation of embedded sensors in the Engineering building at NUI Galway as teaching and research tools for energy and structural engineering 2010 2011
Structural health monitoring of ocean energy devices 2009 2013
Seismic design and analysis of steel gusset plates 2009 2012
Cost-effective sustainable construction technology for autonomous buildings 2009 2012
Analysis of shear transfer in void-formed flat slab systems including in-situ measurements from a building 2009 2011
A methodology for environmental LCA of reinforced concrete 2009 2011
Research into the status of safety and health (risk education) within construction-related courses in third level institutions in Ireland 2009 2010
Investigation of the strength and durability performance of stabilised soil masonry blocks 2009 2009
Development of a simplified displacement-based design approach for braced frames 2009 2009