DCU-Final-Year-Projects-Booklet-2025

Mechanical and Sustainability Engineering (Year 5) NO. PROJECT TITLE PROJECTAREA PROJECT TECHNOLOGY 6 Assessing the Feasibility of District Heating in Ireland: A Modeling Approach and Case Study in North Dublin FluidMechanics, GPS/GIS, Renewable Energy Technology, Simulation Excel/VB 19 What To DoWith Solar Panels When They Break? Arduino, Electric Generation, Renewable Energy Technology, Sensor Data, Materials Testing Excel/VB 36 Design of a Test Platform for Biofouling on Cables and Mooring Lines – Project II Structural Design Finite Element Analysis, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Design andManufacture, Renewable Energy Technology ANSYSWorkbench, Excel/ VB, Solidworks 44 Incorporating Sustainability KPI's intoManufacturing Systems of Simulation Studies LeanManufacturing, Mechanical Design and Manufacture, Simulation, Statistical Analysis ExtendSIM 47 Carbon Capture Using PDMS 3-DModelling, Device Design, Materials Testing C/C++, Solidworks 50 Development of a Low-Cost, ReproducibleMethod for Manufacturing Screen-Printed Electrodes for Environmental and Biosensing Applications 3-DModelling, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Design andManufacture, Sensor Technology Excel/VB, Solidworks, Potentiostat 65 Decarbonisation of Shipping Using Nuclear Power Electric Generation, Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy Technology, Vehicle Control, Life Cycle Assessment Excel/VB 92 Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chains LeanManufacturing, Simulation, Life Cycle Assessment ExtendSIM 95 Optimal Control of a Thermal Energy Storage System to Improve the Energy Flexibility and Efficiency in Buildings Artificial Intelligence, Control Systems, Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy Technology, Simulation, Statistical Analysis, Thermodynamics, Optimisation Python 97 An Investigation into the Advancements of Liquid Cooling and its Potential to Replace Traditional Air Cooling for Data Centre IT Equipment 3-DModelling, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Energy Conservation, Fluid Mechanics, Internet of Things, Mechanical Design and Manufacture, Simulation, Thermodynamics ANSYSWorkbench, Excel/ VB, Solidworks 110 Evaluating the SEAI One- Stop-Shop Retrofitting Scheme’s Potential to Increase Retrofit Adoption Among Households in Ireland. 3-DModelling, Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy Technology Design-Builder 152 The LCA of District Heating Systems in Ireland Life Cycle Assessment SimaPro, HOMER Pro 18