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)”
Category Archives: Laidlaw Scholars Projects
[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)”
[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)”
[Leadership in Action Project] Development of a Bio-Inspired Soft Toy for Hospitalised Children and a Trinity Robotics Team (Dylan Cuskelly)
Article by Dylan Cuskelly (Physical Sciences, Laidlaw Scholar 2020) For my leadership-in-action project this summer I leveraged my familiarity with the engineering design process and the skills I learned during summer 1 in an infield application of research to develop a version of a bio-inspired soft robotic toy for hospitalised children, previously developed by MollyContinue reading “[Leadership in Action Project] Development of a Bio-Inspired Soft Toy for Hospitalised Children and a Trinity Robotics Team (Dylan Cuskelly)”
[Leadership-in-Action Project] International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (Shane Coleman-Macken)
Article by Shane Coleman-Macken (2020 Laidlaw Scholars, TSM English Literature and History) When conducting research within an academic setting, I have always found that research within the Arts and Humanities can often come across as conducted within a vacuum. In my disciplines of English Literature and History, my work is concerned with looking into theContinue reading “[Leadership-in-Action Project] International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (Shane Coleman-Macken)”
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