EPISTEM PODCAST

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Professor Sibel Erduran as their special guest. Professor Sibel Erduran is the Professor of Science Education in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford in the UK. Professor Erduran is an internationally renowned science educator and researcher and the Editor and member of the Editorial Boa...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Liam Maquet as their special guest. Liam Maquet is an Assistant Professor in Technology Education in the School of Education and an EPI·STEM Affiliate. Liam’s most recent resource on polymers for engineering teachers and students can be found in the Engineering section of our EPI·STEM Academy of STEM Teach...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Eamonn Stack Mulvihill as their special guest. Eammon is an Associate Teacher in the School of Education at the University of Limerick (UL) and an EPI∙STEM affiliate. Eamonn is from Moyvane in North Kerry. Eamonn explains how his interest in Engineering and STEM subjects began with his family, in his early...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Manus McDyer as their special guest. Manus McDyer is a University Teacher in technology education in the School of Education and an EPI∙STEM Affiliate with expertise in teaching student teachers’ subjects, such as, engineering, process technology, graphics and design & technology. In the EPI·STEM podcas...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Eoin McNamara as their special guest. Eoin is a Technical Officer and Outreach Officer in the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Limerick (UL) and an EPI∙STEM affiliate. Eoin hails from Corbally and was a past pupil of Gael Coláiste Luimnigh. Eoin went on to complete his undergraduate bach...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Dr Michaela Hayes as their special guest. Dr Hayes is a University Teacher in technology education in the School of Education and an EPI∙STEM Affiliate with expertise in teaching student teachers’ subjects, such as, construction studies, graphics and wood technology. In the EPI·STEM podcast today, Dr Michae...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Professor JJ Leahy as their special guest. Professor JJ Leahy is Head of the Department of Chemical Sciences in the University of Limerick, a world-renowned expert on environmental chemistry who is working on large scale research projects and in an advisory role in relation to European directives. In the EP...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Associate Professor Keelin Leahy as their special guest. Associate Professor Leahy is a Lecturer in Wood, Technology & Design in the School of Education and an EPI∙STEM Affiliate. In the podcast Associate Professor Leahy recalls how herresearch interest and passion for the subject happened through inspi...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD welcomes Professor Merrilyn Goos as the special guest along with Associate Professor Niamh O’Meara. Professor Goos is currently Professor Emeritus in the Sunshine Coast University in Australia. Merrilyn was a former Director of EPI·STEM The National Centre for STEM Education, where she is now an Adjunct Professor. In this episode, Profes...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD welcomes Associate Professor Nicolaas Blom as the special guest. Nicolaas is a Lecturer in Technology Education and Course Director of the International Master’s programme in the School of Education at UL. Here Associate Professor Blom shares how he came to UL in2020 from his former role as a Lecturer in Design Technology in South Africa...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Dr Sarah Hayes as their special guest. Dr Hayes is the Chief Operations Officer in SSPC, a research centre hosted in The Bernal Institute in UL through the Department of Chemical Sciences. As a Pharmaceuticals Research Centre, SSPC works with pharmaceutical industries inIreland in designing and delivering a...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Assistant Professor Patrick J. Dundon as their special guest. Assistant Professor Dundon is a lecturer in science education in the School of Education and an affiliate of the EPI·STEM research centre. Pat is also Course Director for the undergraduate programme in UL in biologyeducation, with additional opti...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Professor Sarah Hudson as their special guest. Professor Hudson was appointed in May this year as Director of The Bernal Institute at the University of Limerick. The Bernal Institute is a highly prestigious research institute at UL that hosts specialist research centres with an interdisciplinary focus on so...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Professor Laura Colucci-Gray as their special guest. Professor Colucci-Gray is the Professor of Science Education in the School of Education at Moray House, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Earlier this summer, Professor Laura Colucci-Gray was aninvited keynote speaker at the European Science Education Re...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Dr. Martin Mc Hugh as their special guest. Dr. Martin Mc Hugh works as the Public Engagement Officer in the SSPC laboratory in The Bernal Institute at the University of Limerick. SSPC is a Pharmaceuticals Research Centre working closely with pharmaceutical industries in Ireland in designing and delivering a...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine SimmiePhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Samuel Brzyskiewicz as their special guest. Samuel recently joined our research centre as the Research Coordinator leading our online EPI·STEMACADEMY OF STEM TEACHERS. The funding for the role was provided by the research office in the University of Limerick (UL). Samuel is a UL graduate who completed his u...

In the EPI·STEM PODCAST episode 24, Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Dr Jeff Buckley, Lecturer in the Department of Technology Education at the Technological University of the Shannon. Dr Buckley teaches research methods in engineering education to postgraduate students. A former alumni of the University of Limerick Jeff completed his PhD and postdoctoral research in a universit...

In this episode of the EPI·STEM podcast, Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Associate Professor Audrey O’Grady as their special guest. Associate Professor O’Grady is a  Lecturer in Biological Sciences with a research specialism in entomology [study of insects] in the Faculty of Science & Engineering at the University of Limerick. Audrey is an EPI·STEM affiliate where she is a...

In the EPI•STEM PODCAST Episode 22, co-hosts Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD reflect on the newacademic year ahead and the emphasis in the podcast to date of a rich variety of voices connected to STEM and STEAM Education, including researchers, teachers and partners. Here, Geraldine and Michelle discuss the research study Geraldine completed for the European Commission, a scoping study...

In the EPI•STEM PODCAST Episode 21, co-hosts Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD reflect on the variety of voices in the podcasts to date. They then continue where they left off in Episode 7 in relation to selecting and justifying a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to doctoral studies in STEM and STEAM Education. Michelle Starr PhD shares her research specialism in the...

In the EPI•STEM PODCAST Episode 20, co- hosts Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Associate Professor Diarmaid Lane as the special guest. Diarmaid is a Lecturer in Technology Education in the School of Education and an EPI•STEM Affiliate at UL. Associate Professor Diarmaid Lane shares his personal story of his route into teacher education and research in Technology and STEM teacher...

In the EPI•STEM PODCAST Episode 19, co-hosts Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome Professor Sara Tolbert from Monash University in Melbourne Australia. Professor Tolbert was recently appointed as a Professor of STEM Education and alongside colleagues leads out the new SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE IMPACT LAB. The impact lab is designed to reimagine our relationship with the...

In the EPI•STEM PODCAST Episode 18,co-hosts Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome guests from theLimerick city post-primary school, Coláiste Nano Nagle – Conor Bourke, the chemistry and biology teacher and two second year students, Marina Alphonsa and Areej Elgenaidi. The students and their teacher recount the deep learning in STEAM education they experienced from participating in th...

In the EPI•STEM PODCAST Episode 17, co-hosts Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome guests from theLimerick post-primary school, Thomond Community College – Shaun Donegan, the engineering teacher and Transition Year students, Patrick Rwasibo and Josh Cronin. The students and their teacher recount the deep learning in STEAM education they experienced from participating in theproject en...

In the EPI•STEM PODCAST Episode 16, co-hosts Geraldine Simmie PhD and Michelle Starr PhD welcome guests from thepost-primary school, Coláiste Chiaráin in Croom Co. Limerick – Edel Farrell, the physics teacher and three Transition Year students, Felix Nabor, Masha Galinovska and Andrew Szetlitsvoi. The students and their physics teacher recount the deep learning in STEAM education they experienced...