Have you ever wondered who creates the maps that we use on our Smart Phones and SatNavs? Geomatic Surveyors are the professionals responsible for collecting, processing, managing and analysing geographic information. By creating “intelligent maps”, the surveyor adds information which could, for example, allow you find where you
" My research area is in gamma-ray bursts, which is a very hot topic in astrophysics. There are reports of new discoveries almost every day. The bursts are tremendous explosions which we can detect even to the edge of the visible universe" . My day usually begins early , so I
I am a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. I research space weather and also teach in the School of Physics at Trinity. Space weather is all about how the Sun impacts the Earth; eruptions of radiation and hot gas from the Sun can
"Just before midnight I go into our small radio studio, just beside the forecast office. I phone up the sound desk in RTÉ Radio 1 and we do a sound level test. Shortly after I will go out live on air broadcasting the 1 minute general forecast script and
"Installing the site takes about 2.5 hours, and most of that time is spent digging holes for each of the sensors. I then attach all the sensors to the recording box and set it to record data for the next 3 days." - Jessica Spratt, Geophysicist Today’s
“There weren’t many local job opportunities where I was from and I thought a chemistry degree would give me more national employability.” What is an Environmental Chemist? Environmental chemists try to understand how chemicals move through the environment and their effects on human health and the
Science Ambassador Cecilia Fenech is a researcher specialising in pollution forensic science. Here she talks about how she chose her career, what her job is like, the cool things in her work, and her tips on work experience and what to study. What have been the main career
Dr Darach Lupton talks to Smart Futures about his career as the senior botanist at Oman Botanic Gardens. Oman, an Arab country about twice the size of Ireland, lies on the coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Dr Lupton, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, is helping to train a team