2019

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The Health Zone was a themed engineering zone supported by Wellcome. In this zone there were six engineers:

• Ted Burke, who specialises in electrical engineering and using the electrical signals inside of us to diagnose health problems.
• Sajjad Soleimani, who uses engineering to create medical devices.
• Laura Farina, who develops new medical devices based on electromagnetism.
• Kevin O’Brien, the winner of this zone, who designs electronics for infusion pumps used for everything from pain relief during surgery to chemotherapy.
• Ellen Simmons, a biomedical engineer who uses her knowledge to design solutions to various technology problems.
• Andrea Pacheco, who is using lasers to develop a device that measures oxygen levels in preterm babies.

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The Production Zone was a themed engineering zone supported by Science Foundation Ireland. In this zone were:

• Noel O’Dowd, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering who researches new materials such as carbon fibre composite materials.
• Nina Kanti, an Electronic and Computer Engineer who develops apps and works with novel technology.
• Ivan Merrick, a Managing Director at Fraser Ross Ltd, responsible for delivering the most effective and efficient solutions to a range of clients engineering needs.
• Gowthaman Parivendhan, who uses computer-aided simulations to create models that predict the source and cause of defects in 3D printed objects.
• Diana Abrunhosa, the winner of the Production Zone, who designs water and wastewater treatment plants.
• Alice Selby, a PhD student developing methods for fabricating new resistors using nano-wires on glass.

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The Space Zone was a themed engineering zone supported by Science Foundation Ireland. In this zone were:

• Stephen O’Connor, the winner in the zone, who tests different materials to find out if they can be used to build satellites.
• Sita Karki, a Computational Scientist who works with satellite images to study the environment.
• Rory Scarrott uses satellites to look at the oceans, their surface structure and how it changes.
• Hannah Currivan, who designs electronics to go on satellites.
• Brian O’Connor studies satellite images and other maps to see how nature is disappearing.
• Alison Dufresne, a Space Propulsion Engineer who designs and builds rocket engines.

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