Best Presentation Award

 

Sponsored by Beale & Co and Griffiths & Armour 

Our Regional branches, Engineering Divisions and Societies play a pivotal role in the Engineers Ireland community. 


Engineers Ireland’s Best Presentation Award recognises members who have contributed to the engineering profession by delivering outstanding technical presentations to our members. This community award, co-sponsored by Beale & Co and Griffiths & Armour, showcases and celebrates the important role that our sectors play within Engineers Ireland.

Each of our Sectors can nominate what they consider their best presentation of the year (June 2024 to May 2025) so each entry is a winner in its own right.

Entries closed on Tuesday, 16 December and our panel of assessors now have the unenviable task of determining the outright winner. The award is now in its 16th year and competition for the title is strong with over 51 individual presentations eligible for consideration by our Sectors.

 

2024 Winner

Congratulations to Rob Sullivan for his presentation on “Building Apps with ChatGPT:  A Busy Person’s Guide” nominated by the Electronic and Computing division. 

 


Previous winners

2023 | Overview of recent developments in photovoltaic solar cell technology: from manufacturing to energy harvesting

‘Overview of recent developments in photovoltaic solar cell technology: from manufacturing to energy harvesting’ delivered by Prof Stephen Goodnick from Arizona State University; Edward Duffy from Nines-PV; and Prof Dermot Brabazon from Dublin City University. Nominated by the Mechanical and Manufacturing division.

 

2022 | Thames Tideway - Project Progress

Colin Murphy Chartered Engineer - Engineering Manager for Tideway was awarded the 2022 Best Presentation Award for a presentation on the Thames Tideway - Project Progress. This presentation was hosted and nominated by the GB region.

 

2021 | Energy Use and Efficiency in Irish Industry

Denis Dineen, Alan Heneghan and Wayne Donnellan for their March 2021 presentation on Energy Use and Efficiency in Irish Industry, hosted by the West region.

 

2020 | Geotechnical Impacts for Offshore Wind Energy

Presented by: Paul Doherty, Chartered Engineer and Managing Director and Founder of Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd.

Hosted by the Cork region.

2019 | Lean Management Systems applied to Hyper-scale Data Center Construction

Presented by Fiachra Ó Muíneacháin, Associate Director and Construction Lead for Mace on the Clonee Data Center project, Kevin McHugh, Associate Director at Mace, Stephen Walls, Associate Director at Mace and Pat Egan, Associate Director at Mace.

Nominated by: The Project Management society.

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2018 | Structures Asset Management on Auckland's Motorways

Presented by Liam Coleman, Chartered Engineer, Principal Bridge Engineer, OPUS International Consultancy.

Nominated by: The Structures and Construction division.

Eddie Phelan, representing the Structures and Construction division, collected this award on behalf of Liam Coleman.

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2017 | Challenges and Trends in Magnetics for Power Electronics

Presented by Prof William Gerard Hurley, Chartered Engineer, Professor of Electrical Engineering at NUI Galway and Director of the Power Electronics Research

Nominated by: The Cork region

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2016 | Design and Construction of the Rosie Hackett Bridge

Presented by Tony Dempsey, Chartered Engineer - Director, Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers; Philip Brown - Chief Engineer, GRAHAM and Joe Kelly, Chartered Engineer - Technical Director, Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers.

Nominated by: Civil Division

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Sponsors

The Best Presentation Award is co-sponsored by Beale & Co and Griffiths & Armour. We would like to thank our sponsors for their support and commitment to recognising and celebrating the work of our Sectors.

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