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Summer Research Scholarships

Summer Research Scholarship

Introduction

Applications are invited for research bursaries for undergraduate students of the School of Engineering, University of Galway, wishing to pursue a summer research project in the School of Engineering, over a 5-week period between 19^th May – 29^th August 2025. Two scholarships are available, each with a bursary of €2,000.

Eligibility

These internship bursaries are available to eligible students in the School of Engineering, University of Galway. Students in years 1-4 are eligible to apply

Students who are on a paid PEP or are due to be on a paid PEP will not be eligible.
Students who are already committed to undertaking a funded placement/internship are ineligible to apply.
Final year students are eligible to apply.
Underrepresented students in Engineering are especially encouraged to apply, e.g. female students, students with a disability, international students, LGBT+ students, Deis school graduates, and other categories students may wish to self-declare.

Academic Co-ordinator

The academic Co-ordinator is Dr Magda Hajdukiewicz. For any queries, students can email engineering@universityofgalway.ie

Possible Project Descriptions

Please see the bottom of this page for a list of available project descriptions and associated supervisors.

Application Deadline

Friday, 18th April 2025

How to Apply:

Step 1: Email one of the Supervisors listed below to request permission from them to apply as an intern on their project.

Step 2: Download & complete a copy of the application form here: School of Engineering Summer Research Internship Application Form.

Step 3: Create a zip file with the Supervisor’s email authorisation and the completed application form and upload it via this online form by the April 18^th deadline.

If you have any questions, please reach out to engineering@universityofgalway.ie

Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated by members of the School's Research and Graduate Studies Committee. Students will be ranked based on their academic grades, the proposed research project and the supervisor's recommendation of the application.

Supervisor

Research Keywords

Example Project

Prof Jamie Goggins

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Zero emission buildings

Sustainable Construction

Building information modelling

Project will focus on one or more of the core innovation pillar areas of Construct Innovate Centre of sustainability, digitisation and/or productivity in construction and the built environment

Dr Magdalena Hajdukiewicz

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Building performance

Overheating

Simulation

The project will utilise building simulation to evaluate the performance of residential buildings under the future climate scenarios. It will focus on energy consumption and indoor environmental quality and will help the development of new guidelines on design and operation of buildings to ensure healthy, comfortable and resilient buildings.

Dr Magdalena Hajdukiewicz

Building systems

Trombe wall

CFD simulation

Trombe wall is a passive solar heating system utilised in buildings to store energy during daylight hours and supply it indoors at night. This project will utilise computational fluid dynamics to investigate Trombe wall systems in terms of their design, materials and impact on the indoor environment.

Dr Mingming Tong

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Fluid dynamics

Innovation in teaching

Smart & green device for teaching

An engineering student is recruited to assemble, setup and test a state-of-the-art smart device for innovative teaching and student Labs of Fluid Mechanics, as well as prepare some related documents. The project will enable the use of such smart device in a green student Lab, improving students' experience of learning.

Dr Eimear Dolan

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Medical implant design

Ovarian cancer

Therapy delivery

The student will assist researchers in my group to design, manufacture and test medical implants to deliver novel cell-based therapies for the treatment of ovarian cancer

Dr Soumyajyoti Maji

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Electronic Nose (E-Nose)

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Detection Edge machine learning for aroma classification

The project focuses on developing an AI-powered electronic nose (E-Nose) to analyse and classify aromas using gas sensors and machine learning. Students will work with sensor data, VOC detection, and Edge AI to identify scent patterns, with applications in food quality, healthcare, and environmental monitoring.

Dr Rachel Cahalane

Co-supervisor: Prof Laoise McNamara

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Bioprosthetic heart valves

Biomechanics

Computed tomography

The overall goal of this project is to understand bioprosthetic structural valve degeneration. An example student project involves 1) a biomechanical and structural assessment of bovine versus porcine bioprosthetic tissue and 2) an analysis of how the interaction between these tissues and host inflammatory cells influences these properties.