Could constellations of mini-satellites prevent the splintering of the internet?February 10, 2020
The concept of a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to provide for a global communications system is not new, writes former Engineers Irelan...
Interdisciplinary team takes top prize in Mars colony design competitionDecember 16, 2019
MIT PhD student George Lordos and his brother Alexandros led the project, with the goal of the Mars Society competition: to establish a colony on Mars f...
Designing humanity’s future in spaceDecember 2, 2019
The Space Exploration Initiative’s latest research flight explores work and play in microgravity...
Practising for a voyage to MarsNovember 4, 2019
Barret Schlegelmilch ’18 takes part in simulated NASA mission to the Martian moon Phobos...
Behind the scenes of the Apollo mission at MITJuly 29, 2019
From making the lunar landings possible to interpreting the meaning of the moon rocks, the institute was a vital part of history...
NUI Galway scientists selected by European Space Agency for gravitational wave spacecraft studyJune 13, 2019
Scientists selected to carry out a study to detect gravitational waves from many different kinds of sources, such as massive stars rotating each othe...
Human fallibility and automation: Lessons of the Virgin Galactic crashOctober 30, 2018
Sean Brady explores how the lessons of the 2014 Virgin Galactic crash are pertinent to all design engineers, irrespective of discipline...
Irish firms fly into Farnborough to reap aviation and aerospace rewardsJuly 24, 2018
Irish precision engineering company Dawnlough to create 50 jobs, while Croom Precision awarded with supply chain 21 status and to create 18 jobs...
TCD engineer takes Zero-G ‘vomit comet’ to study steam-powered spacecraftJuly 18, 2017
Dr Tony Robinson, Trinity College lecturer in mechanical engineering, experienced zero gravity in a bid to research the power of steam in space for the...
IT Carlow engineer appointed director of Microelectronics Industry Design Association of IrelandDecember 12, 2016
Dr Donnacha Lowney, Head of Aerospace, Mechanical and Electronic Engineering at Institute of Technology Carlow has been appointed a director of MIDAS...
New technique keeps driverless vehicles under control at the edge of their handling limitsMay 31, 2016
Engineers have created racing, sliding and jumping one-fifth-scale, fully autonomous auto-rally cars that run at the equivalent of 90 mph, using advance...
The great obsolescence debateMarch 8, 2016
Nick Boughton, sales manager at Boulting Technology, discusses best practice for obsolescence management from a systems integrator point of view...
25 aerospace technology jobs for Cork with new centre of excellenceSeptember 8, 2015
United Technologies Research Center will create the new jobs as it expands to include aerospace research in cyber-physical systems...
Engineering company secures major research grant as part of aerospace initiativeAugust 11, 2015
The research project - which will last 18 months - will focus on the use of thermoplastic materials for the aerospace industry...
€5.5 million aerospace engineering centre opens at IT CarlowFebruary 17, 2015
IT Carlow’s €5.5million aerospace facility, the only third-level facility of its kind in the country, has been officially opened...
Russian government bailout could save Shannon engineering jobsJanuary 7, 2015
A Russian government bailout of Transaero Airlines could save 240 jobs at Transaero Engineering Ireland’s (TEI) Shannon facility....
UCD wins ESA contract to reduce vibrations in rocket launchersNovember 27, 2014
UCD engineers have won a European Space Agency contract to find new ways to control vibrations in future rocket designs...
Seals in the sky for the evolving aerospace industryJuly 3, 2014
With passenger and freight aircraft fleets predicted to double by 2032, the aerospace industry increasingly needs advanced sealing solutions...
Terramechanics research aims to keep Mars rovers rollingMarch 27, 2014
Engineers have used terramechanics to develop simulators that can predict the safest path for ‘rovers’ to travel on Mars...