Recent activities in CALMAST
🌿 Celebrate Irish Biodiversity | Bealtaine Living Earth Festival 🌱
Celebrate Irish Biodiversity during the Bealtaine Living Earth Festival! Happening between 16-24 May, the Bealtaine Living Earth Festival highlights conservation success stories from the South East and offers hope for a future of thriving wild places. Our aim is to promote a greater understanding and appreciation [...]
SciFest @ SETU Waterford
SciFest @ SETU Waterford On 6 May, 2026, we welcomed secondary school students from schools in Waterford, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Cork to SETU in Waterford for the SciFest @ SETU Waterford 2026 competition. The level of detail and critical thinking in these projects were exceptional. Congratulations to all of [...]
The Science Legacy of Sir Harold Kroto
The Science Legacy of Sir Harold Kroto Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Harry Kroto, a scientist whose discovery of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀), launched modern nanotechnology research. With Robert Curl and Richard Smalley he identified the football shaped molecule made up of 60 carbon atoms and shared [...]
Engineer Your Future Programme 2026
Engineer Your Future Programme 2026 Calmast hosted 15 TY students for a day on sustainable engineering for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EYF programme. This is part of the STEPs Engineers Ireland Engineer Your Future programme. The group visited the machine workshops and additive manufacturing facilities at SETU in [...]
Problem Solving at Sanofi’s TY Day
Sanofi's TY Day 2026 We were pleased to deliver 1 day for Sanofi's 4 day programme for TY students, talking about the brain, perception, and problem solving. Neuroscientist Dr Nora Salaberry gave an interactive presentation on brain and perception. Is multitasking really possible? Do you observe as [...]
Celebrating Women in Technology 🎊
SETU’s Women in Technology 2026 We were delighted to support the SETU’s Women in Technology event organised by the Department of Maths and Computing at SETU, where over 1,200 secondary school girls were in attendance. The Calmast puzzle zone was filled with students taking on challenges. Puzzles [...]