Come hell or high water: Jerry Grant’s Uganda journeyFebruary 12, 2019
Following a recent trip to Uganda, former Irish Water managing director Jerry Grant is working with GOAL and Ireland's water engineering community to put a framework in place to support Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmes (WASH) in developing communities, and believes that this will not just help people in desperate need but also reflect well on Irish engineers
On the right track with innovation in railway infrastructure managementFebruary 12, 2019
Julie Clarke and Paul Doherty of Irish engineering consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) summarise the work undertaken by GDG through three significant research initiatives that focus on railway infrastructure management
Failure investigations and the forensic process: Part 1February 12, 2019
In the first part of a two-part article, Sean Brady explores the differences between a good designer and a good forensic engineer
13 facts about the controversial massive Chinese dam that slowed the Earth’s rotationFebruary 12, 2019
The Three Gorges Dam is one of the most ambitious and equally controversial projects on the planet, writes Taylor Donovan Barnett
Adiabatic cooling and energy saving in a data centreFebruary 12, 2019
The energy consumption of the cooling process in data centres can be up to 40% of the total used. With the support of SEAI’s Excellence in Energy Efficient design (EXEED) programme, SmartPower's Donal Deering investigated the use of a new innovative adiabatic cooling system for the Cork Internet Exchange
Teaching the entrepreneurial craft at startup speedFebruary 12, 2019
MIT’s Entrepreneurship Development Program takes attendees through every step of the company-building process
Self-driving cars and robots: Identifying AI ‘blind spots’February 12, 2019
A novel model identifies instances in which autonomous systems have 'learned' from training examples that don't match what's actually happening in the real world. Engineers could use this model to improve the safety of AI systems, such as driverless vehicles and autonomous robots
Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2D materialsFebruary 12, 2019
Device made from flexible, inexpensive materials could power large-area electronics, wearables, medical devices, and more
Mechanical engineers develop process to 3-D print piezoelectric materialsFebruary 12, 2019
New printing technique and materials could be used to develop intelligent materials and self-adaptive infrastructures and transducers
The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implantedFebruary 12, 2019
In a pioneering surgery, titanium implants were placed in the two forearm bones (radius and ulnar), from which electrodes to nerves and muscle were extended to extract signals to control a robotic hand and to provide tactile sensations
‘Metallic wood’ has the strength of titanium and the density of waterFebruary 12, 2019
Researchers have built a sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but four to five times lighter
First carbon fibres with uniform porous structureFebruary 12, 2019
Chemistry researchers use block copolymers to create first carbon fibres with uniform porous structure
