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South Dublin County Council are once again gearing up to celebrate Engineers Week 2017 in Tallaght

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20/02/2017

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For the ninth year in succession, South Dublin County Council and our partners Tallaght Stadium, IT Tallaght, PM Group, Vilicom, Xilinx and Rua Red are once again gearing up to celebrate Engineers Week 2017 in Tallaght.

Engineers Week is a week-long programme of events with the aim of celebrating the world of Engineering in Ireland.

Kicking off on March 4th and running until March 10th the week offers great opportunities for primary and secondary schools students to learn about Engineering in a fun way with workshops, challenges, quizzes and lectures.

With this year’s theme in mind ‘Engineering for the Future’ we have set the students of South Dublin County a number of challenges to discover, design, build and code.

On Wednesday 15th of February, as part of the build up to Engineers Week, staff and students from the Institute of Technology, Tallaght set the pupils of Scoil Naomh Padraig, Ballyroan the challenge to make their own hydroponic garden. Working together, the students envisaged and created their own hydroponic garden– each with their own design and style. The designs made for a very unique take on sustainable agriculture!

This hydroponic garden challenge is an example of one of the many events that will take place throughout Engineers Week 2017. This event was kindly supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Chopped-The Healthy Food Company and Ikea.

Engineers Week 2017 will be officially launched on Monday 6th March at 10:00 am.

For details of our activities and more information about events nationwide, please log on to www.engineersweek.ie or contact Caitriona Lambert, Senior Executive Engineer at South Dublin County Council on clambert@sdublincoco.ie.

Images

  • Chef Rory Morahan from Freshly Chopped - The Healthy Food Company.
    Chef Rory Morahan from Freshly Chopped - The Healthy Food Company.
  • Gerard Ryder from Tallaght IT with pupils from Scoil Naomh Padraig Ballyroan
    Gerard Ryder from Tallaght IT with pupils from Scoil Naomh Padraig Ballyroan
  • Pupils from Scoil Naomh Padraig Ballyroan
    Pupils from Scoil Naomh Padraig Ballyroan
  • Pupils from Scoil Naomh Padraig Ballyroan
    Pupils from Scoil Naomh Padraig Ballyroan

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