Engineers Week http://www.engineersweek.ie 27th February - 4th March 2012 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:35:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Photos http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/03/photos/ http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/03/photos/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:43:41 +0000 Kate http://www.engineersweek.ie/?p=1243 Check out the Gallery for lots of new photos from Engineers Week

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Thank you to all the following organisations who helped to make this the best Engineers Week yet. These organisations were involved in either hosting events or volunteering to visit local schools during Engineers Week 2012.

  1. Abbott Ireland, Sligo
  2. Air Corps
  3. Alchemist Café
  4. Astellas Ireland Co. Ltd
  5. Astronomy Ireland
  6. BCD Engineering
  7. Bord Gáis Networks
  8. Boston Scientific Galway
  9. Carlow Central Library
  10. Carrick-on-Shannon Education Centre
  11. Celbridge Library
  12. Celtic Anglian
  13. CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory
  14. Clare County Council
  15. CoderDojo Galway
  16. Coffey Water Ltd/Athlone IT
  17. Cold Chon (Galway) Ltd.
  18. Comhluader
  19. Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland
  20. Cork City Council
  21. Cork County Council
  22. Cork Electronic Industry Association – CEIA
  23. Crospon
  24. CST Group Consulting Engineers
  25. CST Group Consulting Engineers
  26. Cumann na bhFear
  27. Deirdre Kelleghan
  28. DELL
  29. Department for Regional Development, Road Services, Belfast
  30. DePuy
  31. Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) Galway
  32. Dowd Energy & Engineering
  33. Dromone Engineering
  34. Dublin City Council
  35. Dublin City Public Libraries
  36. Dublin City University
  37. Dublin Institute of Technology
  38. Dublin South FM
  39. Dundalk Grammar School
  40. Early Childhood Ireland
  41. Eircom
  42. EirGrid
  43. Eli Lilly SA
  44. Engineers Ireland Donegal Region
  45. Engineers Ireland West Region
  46. ESB International
  47. ESB Poolbeg
  48. Excelsys Technologies
  49. Flextronics
  50. G Bruss GmbH
  51. George Best City Airport
  52. Honeywell Turbo Technologies
  53. Horner
  54. HSE Naas General Hospital
  55. Iarnrod Eireann
  56. IBM
  57. Imaginosity
  58. Institute of Technology, Carlow
  59. Institute of Technology, Sligo
  60. Institute of Technology, Tralee
  61. INTEL
  62. Irish Navy – LE Ciara, LE Orla
  63. Jennings O’Donovan & Partners
  64. John Sisk & Son
  1. Kevin J Murray & Co Ltd
  2. Kildare County Council
  3. Kildare Library
  4. Leixlip Library
  5. Lifetime Lab
  6. Limerick County Council
  7. LIT Tipperary
  8. LotusWorks
  9. Mayo County Council
  10. Medtronic Inc
  11. Mercury Engineering
  12. Meteor
  13. Monaghan County Library Services
  14. Mott MacDonald Ireland Limited
  15. MSD Merck Sharpe Dome
  16. Naas Community College
  17. National Library of Ireland
  18. National Print Museum
  19. National Transport Authority
  20. National University of Ireland, Galway
  21. National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  22. Newbridge Community Library
  23. Offaly County Council
  24. Office of Public Works
  25. Piercom Ltd (GECAS)
  26. PMCE Ltd
  27. Queens University Belfast
  28. RNLI
  29. Roto Spiral
  30. RPS Group
  31. S3
  32. School of Military Engineering, Defence Forces
  33. Science Hackday, Dublin
  34. Sean Liddy & Associates
  35. SEAI
  36. SF Engineering
  37. Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
  38. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Limited
  39. Sligo County Council
  40. Sligo Libraries
  41. South Dublin County Council
  42. Stryker Orthopaedics
  43. Tallaght Stadium
  44. TCD
  45. TDC CREC & Young Engineers Society
  46. Technical Engineering Group, Forest Park, Mullingar Business Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
  47. The National Wax Musuem Plus
  48. TOG
  49. Trevor Wood Consulting Engineers
  50. Tullow Library
  51. Tyndall National Institute
  52. University College Cork
  53. University College Dublin
  54. University College Dublin
  55. University of Limerick
  56. University of Ulster
  57. Versus Precision Limited
  58. Waterford Intitute of Technology
  59. Waterways Ireland
  60. Wellington College
  61. Wexford Public Libraries
  62. WYG Ireland

The following Schools organised and ran their own events in the school during Engineers Week 2012. Thank you for getting involved. These schools will be included in a prize draw for schools to take place on Thursday 8th March. The winner will be announced on Thursday 8th March.

  1. Beauford College, Meath
  2. Colaiste Chill Mhantain
  3. Colaiste Muire, Clare
  4. Donabate Community College
  5. Drimnagh Castle Primary School
  6. Dundalk Grammar School
  7. Edeninfagh NS
  8. Gaelscoil Thulach na-nÓg
  9. Kells and Connor Primary School
  10. Knockminna NS, Sligo
  11. Meentogues National School
  12. Naas Community College
  13. Powerstown NS
  14. Sacred Heart Secondary School
  15. Scoil Bhláitin Íosa, Monaghan
  16. Scoil Chriost Ri
  17. Scoil Eoin Phóil
  18. Scoil Mhuire Naofa Rhode
  19. Scoil Mobhi
  20. Scoil Naomh Eirc
  21. Scoil Naomh Lorcáin, Levitstown
  22. Shanbally NS
  23. St Mary’s, Derry
  24. St Oliver Plunkett NS, Navan
  25. St Tola’s School
  26. St Brigids GNS
  27. St John’s NS Carrigaline
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]]> http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/03/prize-draw/feed/ 0 Dublin Maths Walking Tour http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/03/dublin-maths-walking-tour/ http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/03/dublin-maths-walking-tour/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:30:06 +0000 Engineers Week http://www.engineersweek.ie/?p=1193 Continue reading →]]> Enjoy a fascinating and unusual walking tour as you follow in the footsteps of the great mathematician and scientist Sir William Rowan Hamilton, marking the day in 1843 when he invented a revolutionary new type of algebra (Quaternions) that would later help land a man on the Moon!

The free MP3 tour includes the history of the Royal Canal and railway, and fascinating stories about canal science. DOWNLOAD the audio, then take the tour any time. All you need is here >

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All about Mirrors – a show for primary school students has spaces left for Saturday 3rd March

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Follow @EngineerIreland to find out what’s happening during the week.

]]> http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/02/twitter-engweek2012/feed/ 0 Sort by ‘open events’ only http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/02/sort-by-open-events-only/ http://www.engineersweek.ie/2012/02/sort-by-open-events-only/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:37:46 +0000 Kate http://www.engineersweek.ie/?p=1156 We have now added a tickbox on the events page.
Tick ‘Dont show fully booked events’ to save you some time when searching for events.

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Click on the button below or find it on the Schools page.

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Minister Quinn encourages students, schools and parents to
participate in Engineers Week 2012

Download and read the article (PDF) >

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