How a Cork homeowner reduced his energy costs – a step-by-step guide

Gerald Bruton's campaign to cut energy costs and emissions involved both new technologies and behavioural change.

The professor who is unlocking the secrets of natural materials

Professor Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies with uses 'from lab to fork', including helping crops grow and preserving perishable foods.

Eye on producing nuclear energy facilities that are easier to build and transport

Keen to accelerate the adoption of nuclear energy, Isabel Naranjo De Candido works to make small, modular reactors efficient throughout their lifecycle.

Engineers come up with a system of determining how the surfaces of materials behave

Using machine learning, the computational method can provide details of how materials work as catalysts, semiconductors, or battery components.

Mechanical engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber

The realistic model could aid the development of better heart implants and shed light on understudied heart disorders.

The numbers game: How many engineering graduates does Ireland produce each year?

Taking a broader view of the engineering, manufacturing and construction sector, and the levels of programmes on offer, it is estimated that between 6,000 and 9,000 students of engineering graduate each year in Ireland, writes Dr Richard Manton, former registrar, Engineers Ireland.

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