Article by Janina Knörzer (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, History) It is a warm summer day. The sun is shining bright. I find myself in front of my laptop in the living room, which will be my “office” for the next few weeks. On the other side of the world in Fiji, it is a hot dayContinue reading “[Leadership-in-Action Project] Getting to know Fiji! (Janina Knörzer)”
Category Archives: Laidlaw Scholars at Trinity
[Research Project] Make It Up as You Go Along (Éamon Ó Catháin)
Article by Éamon Ó Catháin (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Environmental science) You won’t know what to do until you start doing it. So the only logical thing to do is to begin. Then you can make sense of it afterwards. During the summer of 2021 I carried out a research project in which I measured theContinue reading “[Research Project] Make It Up as You Go Along (Éamon Ó Catháin) “
[Research Project] Automatic Counting of Heterogeneous Bacteria Colonies on Contact Plates (Joe Linogao)
Article by Joe Linogao (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Engineering with Management) One of the main components of the Laidlaw Programme was the 6 weeks dedicated to the Summer research project. This, as is for many people, was the main appeal of the programme and I was super excited to get into researching. My project was titled,Continue reading “[Research Project] Automatic Counting of Heterogeneous Bacteria Colonies on Contact Plates (Joe Linogao)”
[Research Project] The Development of Natural Sustainable Materials for CO2 Capture (Aoife Donohoe)
Article by Aoife Donohoe (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Chemistry) This summer I spent 6 weeks working in a research lab and realized that I was exactly where I wanted to be. Since secondary school I knew I wanted to do something “sciencey” but was unsure about the exact career path I wanted to go down. ThisContinue reading “[Research Project] The Development of Natural Sustainable Materials for CO2 Capture (Aoife Donohoe)”
[Research Project] Ionic Liquids: A novel green approach to the development of anti-inflammatory drugs (Isabella Stein)
Article by Isabella Stein (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Pharmacy) I’ve had six weeks of mayhem. Beautiful mayhem. Some things work, some things don’t. However, to quote The Mandalorian “This is the way”, and rightly so. The six weeks of research have flown. I find that when you are working in a lab-based environment you feel aContinue reading “[Research Project] Ionic Liquids: A novel green approach to the development of anti-inflammatory drugs (Isabella Stein)”
[Research Project] Women as Survivors of Civil War Violence: A Comparative Study of Ireland and Spain (Mairéad Butler)
Article by Mairéad Butler (Laidlaw Scholar 2022, European Studies) One of the major things that I have learned over the course of the last six weeks of my Summer 1 research project was the importance of reflection. In this blog post I hope to give you an insight into my Laidlaw research journey thus farContinue reading “[Research Project] Women as Survivors of Civil War Violence: A Comparative Study of Ireland and Spain (Mairéad Butler)”
[Research Project] What’s the relationship between personality traits, cultural capital, and educational inequality in the Leaving Certificate Exam results? (Evan Carron-Kee)
Article by Evan Carron-Kee (Laidlaw Scholar 2022, Sociology and Economics) My Summer 1 Research Project has been both challenging and deeply rewarding. I have developed important practical skills in carrying out research in the social sciences, but I’ve also faced difficulties that forced me to adjust the focus of my research. This blog post willContinue reading “[Research Project] What’s the relationship between personality traits, cultural capital, and educational inequality in the Leaving Certificate Exam results? (Evan Carron-Kee)”
[Research Project] How can we diagnose sleep apnoea without bringing patients to the hospital? (Sarah Waicus)
Article by Sarah Waicus (Laidlaw Scholar 2022, Medicine) During COVID-19 many patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnoea have been reluctant to come to the hospital for overnight sleep studies with concerns about contracting or spreading the virus. This leads to my research question: can we diagnose these patients at home? “I was afraid to goContinue reading “[Research Project] How can we diagnose sleep apnoea without bringing patients to the hospital? (Sarah Waicus)”
[Leadership-in-Action Project] Who Gets a Say? (Ceola Daly)
Article by Ceola Daly (Laidlaw Scholars 2020, TSM English and Drama) This past summer I did an infield application of research that had me working with Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas as a Research Assistant. My time working with Dr. Thomas had two objectives; the first was to assist on their editing of an edition ofContinue reading “[Leadership-in-Action Project] Who Gets a Say? (Ceola Daly)”
[Research Project] How did the digital LGBTQ+ community use nostalgia and social media to cope during the Covid-19 pandemic? (Kyle Ginsberg)
Article by Kyle Ginsberg (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, TSM English and Sociology) My research project investigated how the LGBTQ+ community on Twitter utilised nostalgia and social media to cope during the initial COVID-19 lockdown. By looking through tweets from March – August 2020, media consumption, social wellness, and lockdown fatigue can all be retrospectively analysed. FourContinue reading “[Research Project] How did the digital LGBTQ+ community use nostalgia and social media to cope during the Covid-19 pandemic? (Kyle Ginsberg)”
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