Chemical Engineering Class Reunion at Maryborough Hotel - Celebrating over 40 Years of Chemical Engineering Education since 1979

Thanks to all of the Chem Eng Alumni who gathered on Friday 8th of March in the Maryborough House Hotel to mark the ???????? ?????????????????????? ???? ???????????????? ?????????????????????? ?????????????????? ???? ???????? ??????/??????/??????. We had a great turnout including 240 Chem Eng Graduates, our Final Years, Chem Eng Soc representatives, distinguished guests and programme and support staff. The average attendance for each of the 40 classes was 27% and well done to the Class of 1990 who had an amazing attendance of 72% on the night.

We were honoured to have the ?????????????????? ???? ??????, ????????. ???????????? ????????????, and ???????????????? ?????????????? ?????????????? join us to celebrate this landmark occasion. Michael McGrath said: “???? ???????????? ???? ?????? ????????????????????, ?? ???????? ???? ???????????????????????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ???? ?????? ???? ???????????????? 40 ?????????? ???? ???????????????????????? ???????????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????????. ???? ???? ???? ?????????????????????????? ?????????? ???? ?????????????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ???????????????? ???? ?????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????????? ???? ?????????????? ???????? ?????? ???????? ???????????? ???? ??????????????.” We were equally delighted that the Chair of the All-Ireland IChemE Committee, Philip Healy, President of the ISPE Ireland Affiliate, Philip Gammell and áine Ní Shé, Registrar and VP for Academic Affairs (MTU Cork) attended.

Dr. Matt Cotterell, Head of the School of Mechanical, Electrical, and Process Engineering made a presentation to the Guest of Honour, the first female graduate, Bridget Sparrow (neé O’Sullivan) from the Class of 1984. Bridget thanked MTU for the opportunity to represent all of the women that have graduated as chemical engineers in the last forty years and gave a very inspiring acceptance speech. Over 70 of the Alumni attending on the night were women and it was fantastic to gather them all together for a photo to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Dr. Aisling O ‘Gorman, Programme Coordinator, did a superb job in bringing all of us down memory lane over the 40 years with finesse and humor relaying the strong sense of community that exists between students, staff, graduates, and our industrial partners. A few of the Alumni and Staff got special mentions by Aisling as she reminisced about the many events and occasions that took place over the 40 years. Dr. Brendan O’Connell (Head of Faculty) marked the recent retirement of our Chem Eng Lecturers, Noel Duffy and Pat Kennedy, honoring their contribution to MTU (CIT/RTC) over many years. Noel and Pat received a spontaneous standing ovation from all of the attendees. Dr. Michael J O Mahony (Head of Dept) had the hardest task of the night, being Master of Ceremonies, but successfully steered the evening.

We must particularly recognise the hard work and dedication of Dr. Sandra Lenihan, who led the team organising this event, and whose attention to detail made this such a very special night for everyone. “???????????? ???? ?????? ???????????????? ??????????????, ?????? ??????????, ?????????? ????????????, ?????????????????????????? ?????????????? ?????? ????????????????????, ???????????? ??????????????????????, ?????????????? ?????? ??????????????, ?????????? ??????????, ??????, ???? ??????????, ???????????????? ????????????, ???????????? ?????????????? ?????? ??????????????. Thanks also to everyone who assisted the Chem Eng lecturing staff in the PET Dept in making the night such a great success.

We hope you all enjoyed the night as much as we did. See you at Chem Eng 50!

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Michael J. O'Mahony , Aisling O Gorman, Sandra Lenihan Cilian O Suilleabhain, Caroline O 'Sullivan, Brian Cott , Olivia Flynn , Norma Scully Rachel O' Farrell , Ian O' Sullivan , Róisín Foley , Michael Loftus

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