The Branch Student Prize presentations are being made on Tuesday, 12 October. Tea, coffee and light refreshments are available from 18:00 with the presentations starting at 18:30 in Room 259, DIT Bolton St. The nominees will each make a 10 minute presentation on their project and then answer questions from three industry-representative judges. 

Image from Breiffni Fitzgerald's project (last years winner): Displacement transfer function at mid-span for damped three-span bridge

This year the entrants are: 

• CIT: Michael Minihane – Reinforced concrete beam-column connections;
• DIT: Neal Renehan – An investigation into torsion of reinforced concrete beams;
• NUIG:  Conor Murray - Advancement of a design-life prediction model for flexible risers using FEA;
• TCD: Michael Day – An investigation into the response of typical steel and concrete wind-turbine towers;
• UCC: Martin Walsh & Alex Humphreys – Event-driven structural analysis software;
• UCD CivEng: Javier Sedó del Campo & Olivier Egger – Effect of damping on the dynamic response of a structure;
• UCD SEA: Jack Browne – Modal analysis of a 4-span post tensioned reinforced concrete bridge.

The evening promises to be highly informative for both industry practitioners and students (especially final-year students).

Location: Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton St., Room 259
Date: 12 October 2010
Time: Tea and coffee reception at 18:00. Presentations start at 18:30.