Dr Magdalena Hajdukiewicz is a chartered engineer and director of Construct Innovate, Ireland’s national Research Centre for Construction Technology and Innovation. She is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (Energy Systems), programme director of Energy System Engineering and director of Research and Innovation in the School of Engineering at University of Galway.
Magdalena’s key research and educational interests lie in the areas of sustainability of the built environment, building performance modelling and monitoring, computational fluid dynamics simulation, smart and sustainable construction. She has worked on a number of national and international research projects and with industry, relating to sustainable, innovative and digital built environment.
Magdalena has taught in undergraduate/postgraduate modules in Engineering and supervised students. She is very active in outreach activities, including promotion of engineering through workshops, seminars, open days, school visits, media articles and Engineers Week. Magdalena is also actively involved in Engineers Ireland West Region Committee.