As another Engineers Week comes to a close, we explore the skills and insider knowledge that can help you break into the industry. Does the world of engineering interest you? The industry is going from strength to strength in Ireland in spite of the pandemic, and new career opportunities are opening up Read more…
February 8, 2021 Key Transaction Highlights: Acquisition of Dialog’s low-power technologies and connectivity expertise centered around its mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) adds complementary product lines, strengthening Renesas’ global footprint across large, high-growth markets in the IoT, industrial and automotive fields, Expected to result in incremental revenue growth of approximately 200 Read more…
Monday, 25th January 2021 New research identifies a clear skills gap and greater need for upskilling and developing the existing workforce in Ireland’s electronic sector · Upskilling the existing workforce remains critical to future competitiveness · Key challenge is the demand for enhanced graduate skills in areas such as data Read more…
The purpose of this report is to set out the findings froma research study into the Irish electronics sector futureresource and skills needs for the MIDAS ElectronicSystems Skillnet and its member companies. This project was commissioned by MIDAS Ireland andthe MIDAS Electronic Systems Skillnet and funded bySkillnet Ireland. MIDAS Electronics Read more…
The theme for the Conference this year was “From bits to qubits …. empowering innovation for a better world “. Speakers include: Pat Falvey, Irish Explorer. Professor Bogdan Staszewski, UCD, Co-Founder of Equal1 Ronan Quinlan, joint CEO and co-founder at Taoglas Professor Séamus Davis, Professor of Physics University of Oxford and Quantum Read more…
With FDI showing a sharp global decline, IDA Ireland’s Martin Shanahan discussed the competitive challenges ahead with Ann O’Dea. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) saw a dramatic drop in the first half of 2020. This is according to figures from the latest Global Investment Trends Monitor from the United Nations Conference on Read more…
The joint winners are:- Oisín Anderson from NUI Galway – (Supervisor – Maeve Duffy) with his project “Robust and High Efficiency Motor Drive Circuitry for NUI Galway’s 2020 Shell Eco-Marathon Entry” and Ruairi Doherty from GMIT – (Supervisor – Paul Lennon) with his project “Remote-Robot”. Both Oisín and Ruairi will receive Read more…
Source: Irish Times (https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/innovation-partner-profiles/smart-technology-applied-to-the-water-supply-in-rural-uganda-1.4304138#) An innovation partnership facilitated by the Enterprise Ireland Wisar Technology Gateway has resulted in the development of a water well pump monitoring solution for deployment in Uganda. Based in Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Wisar specialises in providing internet of things (IoT) solutions to Irish industry. The solution has its origins Read more…
The University of Limerick (UL) and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) on 16th June 2020 announced two scholarship programs in honor of Peter Real, ADI’s late chief technology officer (CTO) and UL alumnus. The scholarships will be awarded to students in the United States who are pursuing a PhD and undergraduate Read more…