Prof Padraic O’Donoghue has been professor of civil engineering at NUI Galway since 1997, after previously having worked in University College Dublin as a lecturer in civil engineering for seven years. 

Specialist hardware not needed as gaming and interfaces set to benefit, writes former Engineers Ireland president Dr Chris Horn.

There were no guidebooks for Margaret Hamilton to work with. So, she wrote her own.

Islands face exorbitant electricity costs when importing fossil fuels and are also among the most vulnerable regions to rising sea levels, drought and flooding. Innovative teamwork is putting them on the fast track to 100% energy independence – the green way.

Desalination is the answer to long-term water security, but it’s also expensive and energy-intensive. The good news is that scientists are developing some viable solutions.

Schools in China are more vulnerable to earthquakes than we thought.