Tagged: Engineers Ireland & News
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Engineers shortage affecting growth plans – Dromone Engineering News
27.04.2012 A shortage of skilled engineers in Ireland with professional experience is having an impact on the expansion needs of Irish firm Dromone Engineering, said the company’s managing... -
CERN expert to speak to engineers in Belfast News
20.04.2012 Belfast native Dr Stephen Myers, who works as director of accelerators and technology at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, will be in Belfast next...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Boeing Engineer of the Year to give lecture at UL News
16.03.2012 Irishman Dr Pio Fitzgerald, who last year was named Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ Engineer of the Year at the age of just 34, will give a free lecture at his alma mater,... -
Games Fleadh to showcase young Irish developer talent News
12.03.2012 Games programming festival Game Fleadh 2012 will take place at LIT Tipperary this week, which will host a range of events to showcase the talent of Ireland’s young developers... -
Engineers call on Govt to increase trade links with BRIC nations News
02.03.2012 Ireland needs to significantly invest in trading opportunities with the BRIC countries in order to build sustainable future employment opportunities, as well as expanding...Categories: R&D, Private Irish Business, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Economy, Careers and Employment -
78pc of engineers confident about company prospects - survey News
02.03.2012 Seventy-eight per cent of engineers are confident about their organisation’s prospects this year, a survey from Engineers Ireland as part of Engineers Week 2012 suggests. -
Engineers call for technology universities in Ireland News
28.02.2012 Some 73pc engineers believe Ireland needs technology universities, a survey from Engineers Ireland has revealed. And, of the 1,200 engineers who were surveyed, 73pc said they...Categories: Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment, Government, Graduate -
Engineers Week kicks off with a maths focus News
27.02.2012 Today is the start of Engineers Week 2012, and the head of Engineers Ireland has zeroed in on maths. According to John Power, parents are really starting to grasp the importance...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Science, R&D, IT Organisation, Internet, Graduate, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Career AdviceTags: Maths, Technology, Engineering, IT Careers, Ireland, Engineers Ireland, IT, STEM, Junior Cert, Skills February -
Engineers Week to encourage students to get into engineering News
15.02.2012 Engineers Week 2012 will take place across Ireland between 27 February and 4 March, with the Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn joining the initiative to encourage... -
Dublin to host international Science Hack Day 2012 News
08.02.2012 Dublin is gearing up to be the sixth city in the world to host an international Science Hack Day after London, San Francisco, Mexico City, Cincinnati and Cape Town. Running from...Categories: Science, R&D, Legal Eagle, Internet, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Digital Media -
EirGrid to spark new life into all-island economy via smart grid News
20.10.2011 Ireland’s independent electricity transmission system operator EirGrid has set itself a target to help the economies on the island restore steady fiscal growth trajectories by... -
New energy standard to transform 60pc of world’s energy usage? News
18.10.2011 Worldwide energy consumption is expected to grow by 53pc between now and 2035, according to the International Energy Outlook 2010. -
OpenHydro wins pivotal engineering award News
05.10.2011 Ireland’s pioneering clean-tech company OpenHydro, which is building the world's first large-scale, grid-connected tidal energy farm with energy giant EDF off the north coast of...Categories: Telecommunications, Sustainability, Science, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Green, Global CIO, ERP & Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Engineer, Consultant, Green Tech, CIO -
Engineer leader lashes ‘total systemic failure’ of maths education News
15.09.2011 There has been a total systemic failure in the teaching of maths in Ireland, the new president of Engineers Ireland PJ Rudden said last night, and warned it may take a decade or...Categories: Science, Infrastructure Management, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital 21 -
64pc of Leaving Cert maths students want smaller class sizes News
16.08.2011 A new survey by Engineers Ireland of 180 maths students who sat the Leaving Cert this year has revealed that 64pc believe maths class sizes should be halved.Categories: Science, Jobs, Investments, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Education, Economy, Computers -
MIDAS aims to raise €70 million for microelectronics start-ups News
16.05.2011 Plans are afoot to raise €70 million euro in venture capital (VC) funding for start-up companies for 2011/12 through the Microelectronic Industry Design Association (MIDAS)Categories: Education, Engineering, R&D, Research, Software, Software Development, Systems, Upskilling -
New scholarships for ambitious engineers News
10.05.2011 Ambitious young engineers are being called on to vie for eight scholarships under the Engineers Ireland Future Professionals Programme. -
Broadband woes stifle Irish engineers’ competitiveness News
09.02.2011 Some 69pc of engineers said their companies cannot compete effectively at international level as long as Ireland’s broadband connection is below the EU average, research carried... -
Maths teachers need tech industry help News
18.08.2010 Because industries like technology attract the best and the brightest the problem of non-qualified teachers teaching honours maths needs to be arrested with industry help,... -
40pc of honours maths students require grinds News
16.08.2010 When it comes to higher-level maths for the Leaving Cert Engineers Ireland has found that over 40pc of students taking this subject need grinds to tackle the material.