Students Patrick Crowley and Barry Hogan have been announced as the recipients of this year’s Gogarty Scholarship. Both recipients will attend the Space Studies Program (SSP) in NASA’s Ames Research Centre, Silicon Valley, California this summer. The scholarship programme is sponsored by well known Dublin businessman and philanthropist, Martin Keane.
The Gogarty Scholarship was founded in 2008 to provide young Irish men and women with the opportunity to attend the International Space Universities ISU’s Masters (M.Sc.) program and Space Science Program (SSP). This year’s program will cover an array of subjects including business, management, life sciences, engineering, physical sciences and satellite applications. This year, the scholarship will consist of two €7,500 scholarships for the Space Studies Program (SSP). The SSP is a 9-week professional conference for graduate participants and young professionals of all disciplines.
Patrick Crowley, a native of Dublin, is a former electrician having worked in the trade for five years before returning to study Electrical Services Engineering in DIT Kevin Street. Crowley received his Bachelor of Technology Degree in May 2009 and recently was awarded a gold medal in a competition run by the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineering and the Society of Light and Lighting for his presentation on Photosynthesis and Lighting.
Barry Hogan is an Engineering PhD Student from Dublin. He graduated from University College Dublin with a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 at the top of his class. Currently, he is working towards his PhD entitled Hemodynamics of Intracranial Aneurysms. He is interested in the physiological effects of space flight and the challenges posed by long-term habitation in low-gravity environments.
Commenting on the scholarship announcement, Martin Keane said, “I believe our future economic success lies in our ability to grow and sustain a culture of innovation and learning. The Gogarty scholarship makes space study, which many young Irish people may have believed to be unattainable, a real option for them. Hard-working students should be given every chance to further their studies and not be excluded by the financial outlay involved, so we are delighted to be sending Barry and Patrick to NASA this summer for a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
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