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Dr. Aimee Byrne

Dr. Aimee Byrne

Assistant Professor, Civil Struct & Env. Eng.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • A. Byrne, G. Byrne, G. O'Donnell, A.J. Robinson, Case studies of cavity and external wall insulation retrofitted under the Irish Home Energy Saving Scheme: Technical analysis and occupant perspectives, Energy and Buildings, 130, 2015, p420-433Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • Byrne, A., Byrne, G., Davies, A., Robinson, A.J., Transient and quasi-steady thermal behaviour of a building envelope due to retrofitted cavity wall and ceiling insulation, 61, 2013, p356-365Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Byrne A, Byrne G, Robinson A, Compact facility for testing steady and transient thermal performance of building walls, Energy and Buildings, 152, 2017, p602 - 614Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • A Dynamic-Based Methodology for Optimising Insulation Retrofit to Reduce Total Carbon in, Creating a Roadmap Towards Circularity in the Built Environment, 2024, pp71-82 , [Rakshit, D.M., Robinson, A., Byrne, A.]Book Chapter, 2024, DOI
  • Muddu, R.D., Vincelas, F.F.C., Ghislain, T., Byrne, A., Robert, T., Robinson, A.J., The economic and environmental combination between building materials and fuel source to improve building energy performance, International Journal of Ambient Energy, 43, (1), 2022, p444-459Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Muddu, R.D., Gowda, D.M., Robinson, A.J., Byrne, A., Optimisation of retrofit wall insulation: An Irish case study, Energy and Buildings, 235, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Circular Material Usage Strategies"Principles in, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, pp175-213 , [Santos, Paulo, Byrne, Aimee, Karaca, Ferhat, Villoria, Paola, del Rio, Mercedes, Pineda-Martos, Rocío, Cervantes Puma, Genesis Camila]Book Chapter, 2025, DOI
  • Ahmad, Waqas, McCormack, Sarah J., Byrne, Aimee, Biocomposites for sustainable construction: A review of material properties, applications, research gaps, and contribution to circular economy, Journal of Building Engineering, 105, 2025, p112525Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Ahmad, Waqas, Veeraghantla, Venkata Satya Sai Chandra Sekhar, Byrne, Aimee, Advancing Sustainable Concrete Using Biochar: Experimental and Modelling Study for Mechanical Strength Evaluation, Sustainability, 17, (6), 2025, p2516Journal Article, 2025, DOI
  • Van den Broeck, Lynn, Dujardin, Rani, Craps, Sofie, Beagon, Una, Byrne, Aimee, DePaor, Caitriona, Naukkarinen, Johanna, Supporting educators to stimulate engineering students" lifelong learning competencies & personal development process, SEFI Journal of Engineering Education Advancement, 1, (1), 2024, p122-131Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Santos, Paulo, Cervantes, Génesis Camila, Zaragoza-Benzal, Alicia, Byrne, Aimee, Karaca, Ferhat, Ferrández, Daniel, Salles, Adriana, Bragança, Luís, Circular Material Usage Strategies and Principles in Buildings: A Review, Buildings, 14, (1), 2024, p281Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Beagon U., Byrne A., dePaor C., Craps S., Dujardin R., van den Broeck L., Naukkarinen J., HELP THEM GROW - THE ENG-IST TOOL - SUPPORTING STUDENTS' PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO STIMULATE LIFELONG LEARNING, SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings, 2023, p3071 - 3088, p3071-3088Conference Paper, 2023, DOI
  • Van den Broeck L., Dujardin R., Craps S., Beagon U., Depaor C., Byrne A., Naukkarinen J., Triggering students' lifelong learning competencies through a personal development process - case studies from Belgium, Ireland & Finland, SEFI 2024 - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Proceedings: Educating Responsible Engineers, 2024, p955 - 966, p955-966Conference Paper, 2024, DOI
  • Byrne A., Barry S., Holmes N., Norton B., Optimising the Performance of Cement-Based Batteries, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2017, 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Byrne A., Norton B., Holmes N., State-of-the-art review of cathodic protection for reinforced concrete structures, Magazine of Concrete Research, 68, (13), 2016, p664 - 677, p664-677Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Byrne A., Holmes N., Norton B., Cement based batteries and their potential for use in low power operations, Proceedings of Civil Engineering Research in Ireland, 96, (1), 2015Conference Paper, 2015, DOI
  • Caitriona dePaor, Una Beagon, Aimee Byrne, Darren Carthy, Patrick Crean, Louise Lynch, Dervilla Niall, Engineering Students' Perceptions of their Development of Professional Skills, Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 10, (1), 2022Journal Article, 2022
  • Una Beagon, Louise Lynch, Aimee Byrne, Darren Carthy, Patrick Crean, Caitriona dePaor, Dervilla Niall, Students" Experiences Of Reflecting On Their Development Of Professional Skills In An Engineering Programme, Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 9, (2), 2021Journal Article, 2021
  • Aimee Byrne, Eanna Nolan, Investigation into the rate of natural carbonation of concrete blocks under Irish production yard conditions, Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 2, (4), 2017, p217 - 226Journal Article, 2017
  • Holmes, N., Byrne, A., 'First steps in developing cement-based batteries to power cathodic protection of embedded steel in concrete, Sustainable Design and Research (SDAR), 3, (1), 2015Journal Article, 2015
  • Nafees, A., McGetrick, P., Byrne, A., Empirical investigation of withdrawal capacity of staples for experimental design of Irish timber, CERI, 2024Conference Paper, 2024
  • Ahmad., W, Jaiswal, A., McCormack, S., Byrne., A., An overview of the resource availability in the European region to develop eco-efficient biocomposites for construction applications, CERI, 2024, 2024Conference Paper, 2024
  • Dujardin, R., Van den Broeck, L., Craps, S., Naukkarinen, J., Beagon, U., DePaor, C., Byrne, A.,, From Theory to Practice: The personal Development Process in an e-portfolio to Prepare for Lifelong Learning, European Society for Engineering Education, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), 2024Conference Paper, 2024
  • Van den Broeck, L., Dujardin, R., Craps, S., Naukkarinen, J., Beagon, U., DePaor, C., Byrne, A., Lifelong learning as an engineering educator: A hands-on co-creation exercise to enhance engineering students" lifelong learning competencies, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), 2024Conference Paper, 2024
  • Van den Broeck, L., Dujardin, R., Craps, S., Beagon, U., Depaor, C., & Byrne, A., Students" And Lecturers" Perceptions On The Importance, Training, And Assessment Of Engineering And Lifelong Learning Competencies, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), 2023Conference Paper, 2023
  • Byrne, A., Beagon, U., Carthy, D., Crean, P., DePaor, C., Lynch, L., Niall, D., 'The Identification of Future Professional Skills for the Graduate Structural Engineer and the Co-Creation of their Definitions, SEFI, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
  • Crean, P., Niall, D., Beagon, U., Byrne, A., Carthy, D., DePaor, C., Lynch, L., An Approach to Mapping the Development of Professional Skills in a Structural Engineering Programme, SEFI, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
  • Muddu, R.D., O'Leary, T., Hogan, R., Robinson, A. J., Byrne, A., The use of three-dimensional conjugate CFD to enhance understanding of, and to verify, multi-modal heat transfer in dynamic laboratory test walls, Proceedings of Civil Engineering Research in Ireland, 2020Conference Paper, 2020
  • Muddu, R. D., Robinson, A., Byrne, A., Heat transfer optimisation of cavity wall configuration under dynamic boundary conditions, 4th International Conference on Advanced Research in Civil Engineering (ICARCE), 2020Conference Paper, 2020
  • Muddu, R. D., Vincelas, F. F. C., Robinson, A., Byrne, A., An examination into the influence of thermal mass positioning on thermal performance of building walls considering dynamic boundary condition, 4th International Conference on Advanced Research in Civil Engineering (ICARCE), 2020Conference Paper, 2020
  • Byrne, A., Nolan, E., Preliminary Investigation into the rate of carbonation of concrete blocks under normal production yard conditions, Proceedings of Civil Engineering Research in Ireland, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
  • Holmes, N., Byrne, A., Norton, B., An overview of the development of cement-based batteries for the cathodic protection of embedded steel in concrete, Proceedings of Civil Engineering Research in Ireland, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
  • Rakshit Muddu, Optimising Retrofitted Insulations for Irish Residential Building Walls, TU Dublin, 2023Thesis, 2023
  • Aimee Byrne, Case study of the Home Energy Saving Scheme: a multidisciplinary approach, Trinity College Dublin, 2014Thesis, 2014
  • Emma Siddall, Corelia Baibarac, Aimee Byrne, Niall Byrne, Ashling Deasy, Nuala Flood, Camille Goulding, Shane O'Driscoll, Niamh Rabbitt, Angharad Sweeney, Yue Wang, Mark Dyer, Personas as a user-centred design tool for the built environment, Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 164, (1), 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Natural Fibre Concrete in, editor(s)Roger West & Rosemary Byrne , A Cast of 50 " Celebrating 50 Years of the Irish Concrete Society, ICS, 2023, [Byrne, A.]Book Chapter
  • Byrne, A., Engineering Education for a Circular Built Environment, Engineers Ireland Yearbook, 2023, p73 - 75Journal Article
  • Byrne, A., What are the best ways to retain heat in your house this winter?, 2022, -Miscellaneous
  • Byrne, A., Ahern, C., Narrowing the Energy Performance Gap in Building Energy Assessment Ratings, 2024, -Miscellaneous
  • Bushwick, S., Concrete Buildings Could Be Turned into Rechargeable Batteries, 2021, -Miscellaneous
  • Byrne, A., A case for green and affordable building remodels, 2018, -Miscellaneous
  • Byrne, A., Enhancing strength of biofabricated material, Smart Production for Sustainable Materials, ESEIA platform, 04-Dec-2025, 2025, ESEIA - European Sustainable Energy Innovation AllianceInvited Talk
  • Byrne, A., Cross-Sectoral Collaboration and Circular Innovation, E3 Balanced Solutions for a better World Online Webinar Series, 07-Nov-2025, 2025, E3Invited Talk

Research Expertise

  • Title
    Removable and Reusable modular underfloor heating panels
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland
  • Title
    Non-destructive Assessment of the Resistivity, chloride and carbonation Profiles in reinforced concrete Structures
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland
  • Title
    BIO-RACE - An alternative construction material for the BIO-economy: RApid-build, Carbon-neutrality and Energy efficiency
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    University Scholarship
    Date From
    01-Sept-2023
  • Title
    Optimisation of residential wall insulation retrofit for the Irish condition
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    University Scholarship
  • Title
    Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    EU COST Action
  • Title
    PUreTex: Creating Polyurethane Insulation from Recycled Textiles
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    SFI
    Date From
    01-SEP-2025
    Date To
    28-FEB-2025
  • Title
    Protection of reinforced concrete structures using solar energy stored in cement batteries to power cathodic (CEMBAT)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    SFI
  • Title
    Developing Professional Skills in the Structural Engineering Programme
    Summary
  • Title
    Towards the next generation of standards for service life of cement-based materials & structures
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    EU COST Action
  • Title
    TRAINeng-PDP Triggering reflection aiming to increase awareness and engagement of (future) engineers in the Personal Development Process
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    EU Erasmus+ Cooperation partnerships in higher education
  • Title
    Mycelium Panel Development
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland
  • Title
    Development of a freeze thaw durability criteria for masonry blocks
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland
  • Title
    PREDICT PRedicting Energy using Dynamic Indicators in a Calibrated Tool"
    Summary
    2023 23/RDD/1046 SEAI RD&D
    Funding Agency
    SEAI
    Date From
    01-JAN-2024
  • Title
    Sequestering of carbon dioxide into cement-based materials to re-evaluate carbon footprint
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Irish Cement Ltd.
  • Title
    SAOLWood - Sustainable construction and Assessment Of the full Lifecycle impact of Irish harvested Wood Products
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    DAFM

Recognition

  • RAP Sabbatical Award Winner 2019
  • 1st Prize Researcher Award, TCD-UCD innovation alliance 2010
  • Winner Sustainability in Education Award, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, TU Dublin 2024
  • Trinity College Dublin examination prize x 3 2003-2006
  • 2nd Prize Early Career innovation award, IRCSET, Globeforum 2010
  • Winner of SEFI Francesco Maffioli Award of Excellence for Developing Learning and Teaching in Engineering Education 2020
  • Trinity College Dublin entrance prize 2002
  • Nominee 'Educational Excellence Award' Women in Vision Awards 2024
  • Nominated Representative for Leaving Certificate Subjects: Construction Studies & Design and Communication present
  • Engineers Ireland Accreditation Committee present
  • Committee Member Engineers Ireland Academic Society present
  • Concrete Standards Consultative Subcommittee Masonry Panel (NSAI TC 003/SC02), National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) 2019
  • Committee Member Engineers Ireland Academic Society. 2019-present
  • External consultant stakeholder for the QUB Community Design Toolkit for Place-Based Public Space Design for Climate Adaptation 2025-present
  • EU COST Action CA21103 Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment Working Group 1 & 4 Circularity strategies and best practices 2022-present
  • Board member: EU DYNASTEE 'DYNamic Analysis, Simulation and Testing applied to the Energy and Environmental performance of buildings' 2022-present
  • EU COST Action TU1404, Management Committee `Towards the next generation of standards for service life of cement-based materials & structures 2015-18
  • Engineers Ireland Accreditation Board (levels 6-8) 2022-present
  • HORIZON Europe Evaluator for JU CBE Oct-Nov 2024