Jim Cooke Explained

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

He was educated at Synge Street CBS,^[3] and taught there 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^[4] 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.^[5]

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^[6]
• 2005 - Victor W Graham Perpetual Trophy Winner for outstanding achievement in Applied Mathematics^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.marine.ie/Home/site-area/news-events/press-releases/special-recognition-mr-jim-cooke-“inspiring-students-science” A Special Recognition of Mr Jim Cooke: “Inspiring Students in Science”
2. Web site: Victor W Graham Perpetual Trophy Winner 2005 . 2013-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830131001/http://staff.spd.dcu.ie/oreillym/2005.htm . 2011-08-30 . dead .
3. Web site: Ahlstrom . Dick . End of an era at Synge Street as mentor of successful Young Scientists retires . The Irish Times . . 25 September 2020.
4. Web site: Intel Newsroom Ireland -. Intel Newsroom Ireland.
5. Web site: Inaugural speech. apresidentsblog.blogspot.no.
6. Web site: Jim Cooke: a quiet Irish hero. chrisjhorn. 23 May 2009.