UCD Research

🌱 Over €9M in funding has been announced for 16 research teams under the National Challenge Fund. 8 UCD researchers are on the winning teams that will develop innovative and implementable solutions towards Ireland’s Green Transition and Digital Transformation. #NationalChallengeFund #NextGenerationEU ⭐ Prof Dominic Zerulla & Dr Silas O'Toole, School of Physics UCD: PicoGlaze – Dynamic, sustainable, glazing technology enabling modulation of solar heat flow, significantly reducing carbon emissions from the built environment. ⭐ Prof Vikram Pakrashi, UCD Mechanical and Materials Engineering & Dr James Sweeney University of Limerick: GREEN-GRID – Real-time prediction of GREEN electricity generation potential from renewables for optimised GRID management. ⭐ Prof Cormac Murphy, UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science (SBBS) & Prof James Sullivan UCD College of Science: PFAS Cleanup – A sustainable solution for the disposal of PFAS-containing Aqueous Film Forming Foams. ⭐ Dr Joyce Jiayao Chen, UCD College of Engineering & Architecture & Dr David O’Connor Dublin City University: BOHEMIAN – Biological and chemical aerosol monitoring and modelling. ⭐ Dr Philip Crowe, UCD College of Engineering & Architecture & Dr Gavin McArdle, UCD School of Computer Science: Vacancy Map Ireland (VMI) – Development of an open geospatial data model for vacancy using proxy datasets, GIS and AI. ➡️https://lnkd.in/epPXRrpq

Dr Dara Stanley and Lydia Thompson of UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science have been working with farmers to protect Ireland's rarest bumblebee - The Great Yellow. They spoke to '10 Things To Know About' on RTE about their research, watch it back here: https://lnkd.in/eguhHhFY Learn more about the Great Yellow Bumblebee Project: https://lnkd.in/eHyjha4V #conservation #Bumblebee #Research UCD Sustainability UCD College College of Health and Agricultural Sciences UCD Earth Institute Research Ireland Eva Crane Trust

Today marks the launch of the 'University College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast All-Island Cancer Alliances Partnership'. This unique 3 year partnership is focused on the creation of inter-institutional programmes in the cancer research, innovation and training domains, involving the broader landscape of investigators across the entire island of Ireland. It builds on the ongoing development of All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI), which has brought together 10 academic institutions across Ireland and Northern Ireland, along with stakeholders from cancer charity, healthcare and public sectors, and patient advocates. #CancerHasNoBorders #StrongerTogether 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQ6wvbAq

Latest report from national longitudinal cohort study of primary school children in Ireland - Children's School Lives - the second from the series 'Equalities in Children’s School Lives (2019 – 2023),' exploring the theme of gender to look at the differences in the experiences of boys and girls. Among key findings, children associate ‘good’ boys with intelligence and strength, and ‘good’ girls with kindness. Older girls show less gender stereotyping, while boys show more. Children are also aware of diverse sexualities. Read more from University College Dublin https://lnkd.in/grjiKREQ

Don't miss an opportunity for a Christmas Ghost Story at MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland in collaboration with UCD Centre for Cultural Analytics - THIS SUNDAY! Step into a world of eerie hauntings and restless spirits with this music and storytelling event to launch the new collection of Irish Christmas ghost stories from MoLI Editions and UCD CCA - 'A Visit from the Banshee: Irish Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales,' edited by Katie Mishler. To launch the collection A Visit from the Banshee, actors Nuala Hayes and Demi Isaac Oviawe, and musician Seán Mac Erlaine will present four ghost stories hailing from the Traveller community, the Irish-Nigerian community, Irish folklore and Victorian literature in the depths of Dublin’s midwinter. https://lnkd.in/efhsarSX

Overdue congratulations to two worthy University College Dublin winners in the AI Awards Ireland last week. UCD's Ana Le Chevillier was named 'Young AI Role Model of the Year' for her work which advances the globally recognised AI healthcare project AI PREMie. Ana integrates AI ethically, enhancing preeclampsia diagnostics and improving outcomes. Skilled in data science and mentoring, she is committed to equitable and innovative healthcare solutions. CeADAR Ireland, based at UCD, won 'Best Application of AI to achieve Social Good' for their Remote Working Hubs (ReLeafHubs) which uses AI tools to reduce carbon emissions, alleviate urban congestion and boost rural economies. Aimed at supporting sustainable and balanced development, it employs the myRWH.app for personalised hub recommendations, AIDTs for real-time monitoring and GCNs for analysing user patterns. (Pictured: project lead Dr Alireza Dehghani) Read more https://lnkd.in/euxBuTxd

Director of UCD Research Dipti Pandya speaking about UCD’s success at the Enterprise Ireland Horizon Europe conference at the Conference Centre in Dublin today:  "Participation is everything. Our strategy was all about enabling our PIs, breaking down barriers, and developing the talent pipeline, especially to reach for the European Research Council (ERC)." See the latest EU projects at UCD at https://lnkd.in/gff829Dd

Five University College Dublin researchers have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants! #ERCCoG These grants recognise outstanding scientists and scholars as they establish independent research teams and develop their most promising scientific ideas. The UCD Awardees are: ⭐ Associate Prof Ruth Boeker - BMoral: New Histories of British Moral Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century (c.1690–1800) ⭐ Prof Cathryn Costello - RefLex: Is International Refugee Law Effective? ⭐ Dr Maebh Harding - REDEFPARENT: Redefining Legal Parenthood as a Legal Interdependency between Parent and Child ⭐ Dr Lai Ma - SCRiBe: Sustainable and Collaborative Research Information for Bibliodiverse Ecosystems: A Transnational Study ⭐ Dr. Aisling Ní Annaidh - BreastRecon: A patient specific approach to tissue expansion in breast Reconstruction Professor Kate Robson Brown, UCD Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact said, “Congratulations to the five UCD academics who have been recognised as pioneers in their fields through these awards. Their success in this highly competitive call reflects the breadth of expertise across disciplines at UCD and the quality of world-class research being carried out here." ➡️https://lnkd.in/ejpJfbJ7 #Research #BreakingBoundaries Horizon Europe UCD College of Social Sciences and Law UCD Sutherland School of Law UCD Mechanical and Materials Engineering UCD College of Engineering & Architecture UCD School of Information and Communication Studies Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Happy Birthday EIRSAT-1! 🎉🛰️ One year in orbit and what a year it has been. Ireland's first satellite, built by a student-led team from University College Dublin in partnership with European Space Agency - ESA, was launched into space in December 2023. This historic moment took the nation forward to greater participation in the global space industry. In August 2024, EIRSAT-1 achieved a major milestone in its mission when its gamma-ray detector (GMOD) clearly detected two gamma-ray bursts from collapsing stars billions of lightyears away, contributing new scientific knowledge about the universe.💫💫 #EIRSAT1 UCD College of Science UCD EngArch School of Physics UCD UCD School of Computer Science UCD Mechanical and Materials Engineering Research Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Lorraine Hanlon

As part of a recent visit to University College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast, US Congressman Tim Kennedy announced a new partnership between Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York and the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI) that is set to improve cancer research. Congressman Kennedy said: "Cancer does not discriminate, nor does it recognize international borders. The special connection that exists between our nations lends itself to forging meaningful partnerships in the global effort to defeat cancer, and the cooperation between Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, University College Dublin and the All Island Cancer Research Institute will be well positioned to contribute to our efforts to eradicate this terrible disease." Read more: https://lnkd.in/eVR-4WWB #CancerHasNoBorders #StrongerTogether William Gallagher Mark Lawler Department of Health - Ireland Health Service Executive