Jim Cooke

Jim Cooke is a retired science teacher from Dublin, Ireland. He taught primarily physics,[1] but also maths, science and applied maths.[2]

Photo of Jim Cooke at the Synge Street PPU Reunion dinner 2004

He was based at Synge Street CBS for nearly 40 years.[1] During his time there, he achieved unrivalled acclaim for his mentoring of students through the Young Scientist competition[1] including two overall winners and three 2nd places. He also mentored Abdusalam Abubakar to a First in Mathematics at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in 2007.

In 2009 he mentored his student Andrei Triffio to winning the Intel Student Award in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics[3] at the Young Scientists Exhibition. The prize for the award was an all-expenses paid trip to Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Nevada to represent Ireland in the event, where he was placed third in the world overall.[4]

Cooke retired from teaching in 2009.[1]

Awards
  • 2012 - European Union Special Recognition of Achievement for Inspiring Students in Science[1]
  • 2009 - Engineers Ireland Annual Award for Science, Engineering and Technology Awareness[5]
  • 2005 - Victor W Graham Perpetual Trophy Winner for outstanding achievement in Applied Mathematics[2]
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References
  1. A Special Recognition of Mr Jim Cooke: “Inspiring Students in Science”
  2. "Victor W Graham Perpetual Trophy Winner 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  3. "Intel Newsroom Ireland -". Intel Newsroom Ireland.
  4. "Inaugural speech". apresidentsblog.blogspot.no.
  5. chrisjhorn (23 May 2009). "Jim Cooke: a quiet Irish hero".
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