This website is now defunct; it will be maintained for an indefinite time to provide some public archive a selection of the activities of the of the Science Discovery and Technological Innovation section of the Office of the Theme Leaders at Dublin City University. Some material has been moved here for more complete archiving. See [...]
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Also posted in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Funding, General, Media, Office of the Theme Leaders, Projects, Quality, Sustainability
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Ferdinand, our president was quoted today as saying that the universities face a civil war over the UCD/TCD research merger. I can see it is very annoying when your so called peers are making secret pacts behind your back. At a recent talk by David O’Meara, CEO of Havok, he talked about the universities losing their [...]
We propose that the DCU Sustainability Initiative must evolve into a self-funded entity, integrated with Faculty and yet cross-disciplinary, achieving specific implementation of the goals for cross-disciplinary collaboration set out in the University’s strategy, allowing individuals with different expertise to work together and providing a focus for Sustainability in DCU. This is unique and we [...]
Aviation, and its relationship to the environment, has been at the sharp end of much criticism recently, primarily because it contributes about 2% to worldwide carbon-dioxide emissions [1]. In addition, it has been alleged that high-altitude carbon-dioxide release has an amplified effect on worldwide warming. Read more here … Niall McMahon
(Submitted to the DCENR, June 2008) Monday, 30 June 2008 For the attention of the Irish Energy Research Council (IERC) Secretariat, Energy Planning Division, Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR), 29-31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2 Response to An Energy Research Strategy for Ireland DCU Sustainability Initiative, Office of the Theme Leaders, Dublin City [...]
