Join us for an exciting and educational experience with our dairy herd! Our dairy unit is home to a 180-strong, spring-calving herd that has been supplying high-quality milk to the Irish market for over 100 years! Explore a replica milking parlour, see how milking works with a ‘teaching’ cow, and learn about innovative technology like… Continue reading Learn about UCD Lyons Farm Dairy Cows & Milking
Learn all about the fundamentals of engineering at our Engineering Experiments & Research display area. Explore exciting topics including the science of vibrations with the team from the Di-RAIL Research Project, and how engineers are working to give robots a sense of touch using sensors. Perfect for curious minds of all ages – come see… Continue reading Engineering Experiments & Research Display
Join us for a fun and educational experience with our chickens! Our chickens lay fresh eggs and are kept for teaching purposes, offering a great opportunity to learn how we raise and care for them. Discover how to tell if a chicken is healthy, the best ways to handle them, and explore the classic question:… Continue reading Meet UCD Lyons Farm Chickens
Get an introduction to the concepts of bridge engineering and discover how load transfer works in bridges. Learn this and more through hands-on activities and fun: you will develop your own bridge models, testing and analysing the strengths and weaknesses of different designs. Perfect for budding engineers of all ages!
Join us for an educational experience with our goat herd! Learn about their care, behaviour, and their role in sustainable farming. Discover fun facts, like their brilliant climbing skills and unique eye shape. See how we teach vet students about rearing and managing a healthy herd. In Ireland, goats play a key role in producing milk… Continue reading Meet UCD Lyons Farm Goat Herd
Embark on an adventure with UCD Computer Science where reality meets the extraordinary! Enter Virtual Reality (VR) worlds run by AI that are powered by Large Language Models, which can teach you a lesson on any topic you like or generate a whole new world described by you. Through two cutting-edge demonstrations, you can witness… Continue reading VR Lab Demos
Explore the future of farming with Digital Agricultural Technology (AgTech) and its key role in a sustainable food future. Join us to explore, operate, and test some cutting-edge technologies and how they are being applied in food production. Discover how these innovations are helping farmers and growers increase efficiency and create a sustainable food future.
Check out our nature-based bioeconomy learning resources for all ages – Beo and Raja comics, animated videos, boardgames, homemade puppet show and the interactive BioBeo App to test your knowledge on the huge variety of trees as you stroll on the UCD Woodland Walk. Find out about efforts to protect our precious wading birds such… Continue reading BioBeo-BiOrbic Circular Bioeconomy Education
Step into an enlightening journey with UCD research scientists as they unveil the revolutionary impact of fluorescent proteins from marine organisms on biomedical research. Engage in captivating display items, immersive computer videos, and get hands-on with a real fluorescence microscope for a firsthand experience like no other.
