UCD Postgrads target transport and manufacturing for energy efficiency research
Now in its second year, the Ireland Fund of France Research Scholarship is a combined initiative of UCD’s Master of Engineering Programme and the Ireland Fund of France sponsored by environmental services group Veolia Environnement. The French Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Madame Emanuelle d’Achon presented the awards to the 2011 winners, Donal Costello and Olivier Neu today.
Donal Costello’s research project, “Energy Saving Opportunities within the Dairy Sector”, will explore the new developments in technology which can bring about reduced energy consumption for this major manufacturing activity. Olivier Neu will focus his research on “Efficient Heating in Public Transport” and how to achieve the optimum balance of energy efficiency and consumption through heating, cooling and lighting optimisation based on worldwide best practice.
Liam Connellan, Chairman of the Veolia Environnement group in Ireland said: “This type of scholarship programme enables companies to tap into the next generation of emerging engineering talent. The proposed projects clearly demonstrate that UCD graduate engineering students are passionate about understanding the nature of future energy generation, supply and consumption. We look forward to the findings from the reports.”
Dr David Timoney, Dean of Engineering at UCD said: “This support from the Ireland Fund of France and the environmental services group Veolia is critical to the professional development of our students. It provides them with practical and applied experience as they pursue their research projects, and ultimately their professional career in engineering. We encourage all of our Masters in Energy Systems Engineering students to work with industry partners.”
The research projects will be undertaken with the support of Veolia’s transport division, Veolia Transport, operators of LUAS and Dalkia, Veolia’s energy and utilities management company.
