Liam Connellan, Engineers Ireland Past President, Receives Honorary Degree from NUI Galway
Liam Connellan Chartered Engineer, BE Eur Ing FIAE FIEI, was among those conferred with Honorary Degrees by NUI Galway recently. Liam Connellan has had a deep involvement in the engineering profession for over 40 years, and has served as President of Engineers Ireland. Read More >

Engineers Ireland President appointed to Government Innovation Taskforce
Engineers Ireland President Dr Chris Horn is one of six engineers appointed by an Taoiseach Brian Cowen to a Government innovation taskforce.
Dr Horn has been appointed along with 5 other engineers to the team with responsibility for positioning Ireland as an international innovation hub and assist in making Ireland's "smart economy" a reality.
The other engineers on the taskforce include: Lionel Alexander Hewlett Packard, Michael Carmody Institute of Tralee, Dr Burton Lee Innovarium Ventures, Mark O’Donovan Raglan Capital and Barry O’Sullivan Cisco Systems. Read More on IrishTimes >

Water Dominates Winning Engineering Innovations
A system that provides critical information on water quality for local authorities and an open-centre electricity-generating tidal turbine were the winning concepts at the Engineers Ireland Innovation Awards 2009.
Denis O’Connor has won the ‘Innovative Engineer of the Year’ award for developing an integrated environmental water management system for local authorities while OpenHydro won the ‘Innovative Company of the Year’ award for its design of an open-centre turbine that can generate electricity from ocean tidal streams in a simple, efficient and environmentally-friendly manner. Nicola Greene won the student category of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) Sustainability Award and Mesut Dogan won the professional engineer award in the same category. Read More >

Smart home tech scoops student engineering award
A project on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for the smart home and office environment has scooped the Level 7 Innovative Student Engineer of the Year award for Colm O’Brien of Cork IT at yesterday’s Engineers Ireland Innovation Awards. Read More on SiliconRepublic >

Engineers Journal Call for Articles
The Engineers Journal is always on the look out for cutting-edge and current articles that are relevant to the engineering profession. Submitting your article could not be easier – simply follow the guidelines given here and email your text and images to us. Read More >

CPD Company of the Year Award 2009 Launched
The 2009 search has begun for the CPD Accredited Employer that uses formal learning and development to best-effect. The CPD Company of the Year Award is the premium award for employers of professional engineers and is aimed at recognising where Continuing Professional Development (CPD) practices among engineering/technician staff have demonstrated clear-cut business benefits. Read More >

Employers Can Advertise Engineering Jobs For Free on Engineers Ireland Website
Engineers Ireland has announced plans to waive the charge to companies wishing to advertise engineering jobs on its website. The proposal, one of many implemented by the body as part of its support plan for unemployed members, aims to turn the website into a central bank for all engineering vacancies in both Ireland and abroad. Read More >