NCPST awards today at Dublin City University
26 September 2002

Bride Ni Riagain, Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski and Caroline Nyhan

The National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST) presented its annual prize for the best undergraduate project to two students from NUI Cork, Bride Ni Riagain and Caroline Nyhan. Prof Eugene Kennedy, Director of NCPST was one of the judges on the panel.

Prof Eugene Kennedy, Bride Ni Riagain, Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski, Caroline Nyhan, Prof Alastair Wood and Dr Sean Prunty

DCU's president, Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski presented the prize of €500 to the students. "This is a particularly appropriate day to make these presentations. Not only are we opening a new Research and Engineering Building at Dublin City University, but we are encouraging excellence in research. Bride and Caroline have demonstrated a tremendous commitment to their discipline, and I applaud their achievement".

The NCPST was founded in 1999 under the PRTLI scheme as a focus for fundamental and applied research in Ireland and internationally. It includes interdisciplinary groups of researchers such as chemists, engineers, mathematicians and physicists. It also maintains collaborations all over the world and has strong links with industrial partners in Ireland and abroad.