• Question: Tell me about the most challenging engineering project that you have worked on during past year

    Asked by cherry blossom to Padraic, Aislinn, Fiona, Nathan, Sinead on 30 Jan 2015. This question was also asked by 328beb38, 573beb28, Deco, 622beb23.
    • Photo: Sinead Quirke

      Sinead Quirke answered on 30 Jan 2015:


      Developing a risk based approach to searching an aircraft that has flown into Europe from a country outside of Europe.’

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      Padraic Morrissey answered on 31 Jan 2015:


      The most difficult project I have EVER worked on was last year, where I was designing new lasers and circuits for a telecommunications company. There was supposed to be 4 of us working on the project together, but one person had to drop out at the last minute. To make matters worse…we had a really tight deadline of 1 year to get the project finished! There were a lot of late nights and working weekends, but we just about got it done on time! To make up for having one less person, the three of us had to learn lots of new skills and do different parts of the project that we weren’t expecting. It was a good experience because I got to work on things that I don’t usually do…but it was stressful! Luckily that project is over and things are back to normal now.

    • Photo: Nathan Quinlan

      Nathan Quinlan answered on 1 Feb 2015:


      Taking part in the design, build and test of a simple car. There are many people involved and many little things we have to get right, and the hardest part is bringing it all together.

    • Photo: Aislinn Coghlan

      Aislinn Coghlan answered on 9 Feb 2015:


      My final year design project. There were 4 of us in my group and we all wanted to do well – this project was worth 30% of our degrees!

      We had a few strong personalities in the group and others worked much harder than some. I learned a lot about managing conflict!
      Before the project, none of us knew anything about hydraulic fracturing so to become a technical expert in 3 months wasn’t easy!

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