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		<title>Engineering Stuff</title>
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		<title>Final Year Trip to Munich</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a revival of a department tradition, this year&#8217;s final year students organised a class trip to see some world class structures in Munich, Germany. In a futile attempt to prove that we&#8217;re still young, three intrepid lecturers accompanied the class, of which I was one. Since I&#8217;m writing this, you know the ending: we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineers are cool!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of us knew it already, but now there&#8217;s proof!

Produced by Arup for the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers 2009 Presidential Address.
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		<title>Predictive Likelihood Paper Published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a good start to the new year, the paper  The use of predictive likelihood to estimate the distribution of extreme bridge traffic load effect has been published in Structural Safety. It was first submitted in December 2007 so it&#8217;s great that it has been given page numbers at last! It has been published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IStructE Structural Awards 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Institution of Structural Engineers&#8216; Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence has been award to Expedition Engineering for their design of the Infinity Footbridge in Stockton-on-Tees, UK, at this year&#8217;s Structural Awards, held on Friday 9 October. You can read more about this structure here.
The other awards are outlined here and are all fascinating examples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At last &#8211; an excuse&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you can see from the very scientific graph below, it is only natural that lecturers have a bad sense of humour!
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		<title>DIT Final Year Projects 2009/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around this time of year, many students have difficulty trying to identify appropriate topics for study towards their Final Year Project. Many other third level colleges stipulate the available projects to work on but we do not do this in DIT. For the weaker students this creates a difficulty, whilst for the stronger students this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IStructE Lecture: Wexford Opera House</title>
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The rebuilding of Wexford Opera House, the first purpose-designed opera house in Ireland was
completed on schedule for the 2008 autumn opera festival. The new opera house has been
constructed in the town centre on the site of the old Theatre Royal, contains two theatres of
differing scales. The principal auditorium accommodates 780 seats, whilst a new adaptable
auditorium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project III &#8211; Submission Time Changed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The submission time for the Project III Building Design Case Study is  one hour ealrier at 9am on Thursday 7 May. This is to provide adequate time to interview all students.

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		<title>DIT Lunchtime Talk on PostGrad Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: This talk has been post-poned until Wednesday 6 May, 13:15-14:00 in Rm 249.
There will be a lunchtime information talk on all aspects of post-graduate study on Wednesday, 1 April, 13:15-14:00 in Rm 259, aimed at civil and structural engineering students. The talk will cover reasons for doing a postgrad, financing, available projects in DIT, and the [...]]]></description>
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