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Meet the speakers for Waterford’s Pint of Science 🧠🍺

Pint of Science is a nationwide event to bring scientists and community members together over a pint (or two!)

🗓️ 20 May
🕰️ 7:00 - 10:00pm
📍 The Woodman Bar, Waterford

Local scientists will be discussing
🔋 Beyond the Lithium-Ion Empire
👫 Putting People at the Centre: Public and Patient Involvement in Vision Research
👁️ A New Way To Have Better Dry-Eye Disease Treatments

🍻🧬 Welcome to ALL 🤗

🌐 FREE, register at: www.pintofscience.ie/events/Waterford/

Meet with scientists from different sectors at Waterfords Pint of Science 🧠🍺

Pint of Science is a nationwide event to bring scientists and community members together over a pint (or two!)

🗓️ 20 May
🕰️ 7:00 - 10:00pm
📍 The Woodman Bar, Waterford

Local scientists will be discussing
🔋 Beyond the Lithium-Ion Empire
👫 Putting People at the Centre: Public and Patient Involvement in Vision Research
👁️ A New Way To Have Better Dry-Eye Disease Treatments

🍻🧬 Welcome to ALL 🤗

🌐 FREE, register at: www.pintofscience.ie/events/Waterford/

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Harry Kroto, a scientist whose discovery of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀), launched modern nanotechnology research. With Robert Curl and Richard Smalley he identified the football shaped molecule made up of 60 carbon atoms and shared with them the chemistry Nobel prize 30 years ago. This work paved the way for carbon nanotubes and then graphene. But beyond his scientific achievements, he was a passionate advocate for science education and gave a lot of his expertise and energy promoting awareness, appreciation and understanding of science particularly to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

He gave great encouragement to Calmast in our early days recognising a shared mission of promoting curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. In 2005, he visited Waterford to talk to our students and children from local schools.

“It was [Calmast’s] organisational skill and painstaking devotion to the promotion of science, engineering and technology (SET) that ensured that the children were able to get so much valuable scientific hands on experience and enjoyment and most importantly, the whole workshop went extremely smoothly with no hitches.”

Speaking in the Irish Times in 2005, he warned that "Science and technology are moving ahead very fast, but we are not developing social responsibility at the same pace. We are producing extremely powerful technologies and it seems to me that we still have a lot to learn about how to interact and how to get on with each other."

The Royal Society Royal Society of Chemistry University of Sussex Florida State University Research Ireland South East Technological University

Calmast team hard at work getting kits ready for the South East Engineering Festival! From ladybugs 🐞 to robots 🤖

🔧 Engineering is coming to the South East! The South East Engineering Festival returns 1–8 March.

Engineers combine science, maths, and computing with design thinking to create the things we depend on in the every day. During Engineers Fest, you’ll get the opportunity to learn WHAT engineers do, and HOW they do it.

Keep your eyes out for the full programme, to be announced soon. 👀 www.engfest.ie

Coordinated by Calmast STEM Engagement Centre, South East Technological University with colleagues from the School of Engineering SETU Waterford and the Faculty of Engineering SETU Carlow, Engineers Ireland South East Region and Engineering the South East industry cluster.