Careers through Chemistry

Mary Mullaghy December 20, 2014

“Careers through Chemistry” is an event running in association with Trinity College on Tuesday 11th November from 10.30am-12.30pm. Teachers are invited to bring classes from Transition Year and Senior Cycle Chemistry to the Tercentenary Hall for the event, which will feature short careers talks from a wide variety of speakers, all of whom have studied the Chemical Sciences.

Some students from Trinity College will talk about college life and also demonstrate an interactive showcase of their research projects.

Email s.nelson@qub.ac.uk with:
Name and address of the school
Name(s) of any accompanying teacher(s)
Number of students

Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. It has been very popular in the past so book early to avoid disappointment.

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The RSC education team aim to support Chemistry teachers and enable them to inspire their students into pursuing a future in the chemical sciences. Angela McKeown is working as the RSC coordinator for Ireland. Several events have been organised for Science Week. RSC are hosting a "Chemistry Careers" event on Friday 16th November (10.30am – 12.30pm) in association with Trinity College. Teachers are invited to bring classes of Transition Year and senior Chemistry students to the Stanley Quek lecture theatre in the new Biosciences Institute at Trinity College. (Please note that this building is 152-160 Pearse Street – check out directions on line). The event will feature short career talks from a wide variety of speakers, all of whom have studied Chemical Sciences. Some postgraduate students from Trinity will also demonstrate an interactive showcase of their reserach. The event is completely free but only has space for 300 students so advance booking is essential and places will be assigned on a first come basis.
Email: a.mckeown@qub.ac.uk
 
Mary Mullaghy October 28, 2012

Women in Physics – Ireland

The School of Mathematics and Physics at Queens University Belfast and IoPI are inviting your female students to participate in the first “Women in Physics – Ireland” event on the 19th of March 2014. Please email mp.outreach@qub.ac.uk by Friday 13th of December indicating the number of required places, which will be allocated on a first come first served basis. 

The event is focused on promoting Physics among young women in Ireland. We are inviting women at various career stages working in Physics areas (both from academia and industry) to participate in this event, offering a friendly atmosphere that will provide all participants with the opportunity of interacting.

The event will include A-level, undergraduate, master and PhD students, invited speakers, as well as guests from other institutions and industry. It will start with registration at 9.30 am at the Whitla Hall (QUB) and will finish by 4.30 pm, with the option to leave at 2.30 pm if needed. The day will include talks, poster session with prices and a Science Fair (sponsored by Seagate) with both demonstrations and hands-on experiments for everyone to enjoy (see attached information). Among the invited speakers we will have Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (discoverer of the first radio pulsars).

Mary Mullaghy June 2, 2014

Winners of BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

The winner of the 48th annual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012 were Leaving Cert students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly, from Synge Street CBS, Dublin 8 have taken home the top prize for their project entitled, “Simulation accuracy in the gravitational many-body problem” in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category, senior section.

Eric & Mark were presented with a cheque for €5,000, tickets to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the opportunity to represent Ireland at the 24th European Union Young Scientist competition taking place in Bratislava in September and a Waterford crystal trophy.
Almost 1,200 students from 30 counties covering 550 projects from 221 schools nationwide competed for the coveted title ‘Winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012.’
Colm O’Neill, CEO, BT Ireland said, “The passion and enthusiasm we have seen from the students taking part this week has been outstanding. This year’s exhibition was bigger and better than ever before and the reaction from the students, teachers and visitors to the RDS this week has been amazing. We live in a continually changing world and what we have seen from the students this week is that they have the foresight and innovation to come up with real problem solving ideas that can help Ireland to grow and develop into the future. Huge congratulations to Eric & Mark and all the winners. I look forward to watching their progress in the coming years,” he added.
Professor Pat Guiry, Head Judge, Chemical, Physical & Mathematical category said, “The project develops a novel mathematical approach which has a diverse range of applications from satellite placement to predicting network congestion in telecommunications. In the opinion of the judging panel, an exceptional level of mathematical proficiency was demonstrated. Starting from Euler’s investigation in 1760 on the motion of planets, they simulated this complicated “many-body” problem using advanced computation and evaluated the accuracy of the solutions. Of particular note, they included an in-built accuracy estimation in their solution.”
Mary Mullaghy February 10, 2013

Winners of BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

The winner of the 48th annual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012 were Leaving Cert students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly, from Synge Street CBS, Dublin 8 have taken home the top prize for their project entitled, “Simulation accuracy in the gravitational many-body problem” in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category, senior section.

Eric & Mark were presented with a cheque for €5,000, tickets to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the opportunity to represent Ireland at the 24th European Union Young Scientist competition taking place in Bratislava in September and a Waterford crystal trophy.
Almost 1,200 students from 30 counties covering 550 projects from 221 schools nationwide competed for the coveted title ‘Winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012.’
Colm O’Neill, CEO, BT Ireland said, “The passion and enthusiasm we have seen from the students taking part this week has been outstanding. This year’s exhibition was bigger and better than ever before and the reaction from the students, teachers and visitors to the RDS this week has been amazing. We live in a continually changing world and what we have seen from the students this week is that they have the foresight and innovation to come up with real problem solving ideas that can help Ireland to grow and develop into the future. Huge congratulations to Eric & Mark and all the winners. I look forward to watching their progress in the coming years,” he added.
Professor Pat Guiry, Head Judge, Chemical, Physical & Mathematical category said, “The project develops a novel mathematical approach which has a diverse range of applications from satellite placement to predicting network congestion in telecommunications. In the opinion of the judging panel, an exceptional level of mathematical proficiency was demonstrated. Starting from Euler’s investigation in 1760 on the motion of planets, they simulated this complicated “many-body” problem using advanced computation and evaluated the accuracy of the solutions. Of particular note, they included an in-built accuracy estimation in their solution.”
Mary Mullaghy November 25, 2020

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