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Prof. Khalil Arshak
Prof. Khalil Arshak [B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., C. Phys, FInstP, MSPIE, MIEEE, MIEE, C.Eng]
Prof. Arshak is the Professor of Microelectronics in the Electronics and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department, in the College of Informatics and Electronics, University of Limerick (UL). He lectured(s) in microelectronics, solid-state electronics, VLSI technology, design for reliability and digital electronics, and electronic properties of materials. He was a director of AMT Ireland from 1997 to 2003, is director of the UL cleanroom since 1987 and Assistant Dean of Research of Informatics and Electronics from 1997 to 2003. He has secured over €3.1 million from various research agencies, both national and international.
Prof. Arshak was awarded “Excellence in Research 1995” by UL; C.Eng and Fellow of Institute of Physics 1998; he received his D.Sc. award from the University of Brunel, West London, U.K. in July, 1998. Prof. Arshak has authored and co-authored more than 370 research publications, among them 2 patents, 1 book (Artech House) and 2 book chapters (in Encyclopaedia of Sensors, American Scientific Publishers), 145 in peer reviewed Journals and over 220 in Conferences. He has supervised 28 Ph.D.s, 21 Masters students, 4 Postdoctoral fellows and 2 Senior Research fellows. He is Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 10th Anniversary Edition and in Who's Who in the World, 25th Anniversary Edition.
http://www.ece.ul.ie/Research/mesrg/index.html
Prof. Arshak’s current research interests and expertise include:
- Lithography process modelling
- Top Surface Imaging processes characterization
- nanopatterning using optical and FIB lithography
- Polymers and mixed oxide thin- and thick-film sensor development
- AC-DC transformers
- application specific integrated circuit design
- Numerous sensors developed up to date include: humidity, temperature, pressure, strain gauge, optical, radiation, gas sensors.
- with integration to electronic nose systems with the focus on miniaturised sensors for medical applications and wireless sensing.
- VLSI design and process technology.
Contact Details
Email: khalil.arshak@ul.ie
Tel: +353(0)61 202267
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Kevin G. McCarthy
Kevin G. McCarthy received the B.E., M.Eng.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, in 1982, 1986, and 1992 respectively.
He is a member of the IEEE and Engineers Ireland and is a lecturer at UCC, where his research interests are in the design and modeling of RF and mixed-signal devices and circuits.
From 1993 to 2000, he was a senior research scientist at the National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC, now the Tyndall National Institute) and prior to that, he worked in the product engineering and CAD departments of Analog Devices, Limerick, Ireland.
He is a member of the Technical Program Committees of the IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS) and the European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC) and is a member of the steering committee of the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium.
He has co-authored approximately 50 publications relating to semiconductor device modeling, characterization and design. Kevin teaches in the areas of RF IC Design, Digital Signal Processing, Telecommunications and Medical Electronic Systems and has supervised or co-supervised approximately 15 postgraduate students at M.Eng.Sc. or Ph.D. level.
Contact Details
Email: k.mccarthy@ucc.ie
Tel: +353 (0)21 4902072
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Dr. Pat Mulhern
Dr Patrick J Mulhern has been Head of Development at Athlone Institute of Technology since 1995 having been Head of the School of Engineering at the Institute from 1980 to 1995. In his capacity as Head of Development Dr Mulhern has responsibility for Capital Development, Research and Development, College-Industry interaction, Entrepreneurship/Innovation and International Links.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Corridor, Roscommon County Enterprise Board and a member of the Líonra Operational Committee which is the Regional Network of Higher Education Institutions in the BMW region. Dr Mulhern is also a member of the New York Academy of Science and is also a member of numerous committees in the Higher Education/Research domain. He is a former member of Eurometaux, Brussels.
Dr Mulhern holds a BSc (Hons) degree in physics from NUI Galway and a PhD degree from Liverpool University in Nuclear Structure Physics. He and his wife Catherine have four grown up children.
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Email: pmulhern@ait.ie
Tel: +353 (0) 90 6424555
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Dr. Sverre Lidholm
Sverre Lidholm received the MEngSc (Electrical) from Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), Gothenburg, Sweden in 1970 and was awarded the PhD in Electron Physics by CTH in 1977, where he developed 90-120 GHz receiver front-ends for the Onsala Space Observatory.
He was with the European Space Agency, ESA, The Netherlands, from 1977 to 1980, where he was responsible for the design and development of transportable 230-460 GHz receiver systems for airborne and high altitude ground based radio astronomy experiments.
From 1980 until 2000, he was a member of the research and teaching staff at the National Microelectronics Research Centre, NMRC (now Tyndall), University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. In 1983 he was appointed Engineering Director of Farran Technology Ltd, Ballincollig, Ireland and he joined the new Department of Microelectronic Engineering (UCC) in 2000.
He is presently the Head of the Department of Microelectronic Engineering in UCC. His research interests include High speed, low power CMOS VLSI circuit design, microelectronics education and Millimeter wave circuits and systems. Dr. Lidholm has published over 85 technical articles, including in IEEE Spectrum.
He has recently published a book, "Millimeter-Wave-Integrated Circuits", Springer, supporting university mm-wave and high-frequency IC design courses, as well as serving as a reference for researchers and professional high frequency design engineers working in the field of mm-wave integrated circuits.
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Email: s.lidholm@ucc.ie
Tel: +353 (0)21 490 4574
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Dr. Fearghal Morgan
Dr. Fearghal Morgan graduated from Queens University Belfast with a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1981 and Ph.D in 1996. He spent seven years as a design engineer of network and router products with Digital Equipment Corporation, co-authoring 3 patents during this period. Fearghal joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway in 1996 following 4 years at the Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin. He spent two years as Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway.
Dr Morgan directs Bio-Inspired Electronics and Reconfigurable Computing research in NUI Galway (http://birc.nuigalway.ie) and has published 40 refereed papers since 2000. He currently teaches Digital Systems Design, Applied VHDL and Microprocessor Systems. He has presented a number of 5-day Applied VHDL industry workshops and is developing a range of related digital systems design and VHDL course material.
Dr. Fearghal Morgan, B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D, MIEE, CEng
Lecturer, Department of Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway
Contact Details
Email: fearghal.morgan@nuigalway.ieTel: +353 (0) 91 493137
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Declan McCormack
Declan is Head of the School of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He is Academic Director of the Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST).
Current research themes in CREST focus on the use of nanostructured materials to deliver coatings relating to indoor air quality, hygienic surfaces and corrosion control; with a particular remit towards the commercialization of this research.
Declan also acts as representative of the Irish Nanotechnology Association on the FP6 Co-ordination Action Programme ImPart- "Improving the understanding of nanoparticles on human health and the environment".
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Email: declan.mccormack@dit.ieTel: +353 (0) 1 4024778
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Dr. Tania Perova
Dr. Perova completed her PhD at Leningrad State University in 1979. She joined the staff of Vavilov State Optical Institute (St-Petersburg, Russia) in 1979, where she was involved in the characterisation of condensed matter using far-infrared and Raman spectroscopy.
In 1998 Dr. Perova took a position of the Research Director of Microelectronic Technology Group (MTG) at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin and from 2007 she is the Director of MTG.
Dr. Perova’s work experience for the last decade is mainly related to the fabrication and optical characterisation of different structures formed on silicon. These structures include interlayer dielectrics, heterostructures, interconnection lines, materials for photonic and opto-electronic applications and others.
Dr. Perova published over 145 peer-reviewed papers and co-author of four books in the area of the optical characterisations of condensed matter.
Dr. Perova has been a PI and a Collaborator in a number of Research Grants funded by SFI, Enterprise Ireland and EU-FP5. She has established a broad collaborative research with different universities, research institutes and industry in Ireland and abroad.
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Email: perovat@tcd.ieTel: + 353 (0) 1 896 1432
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Dr. Kjell Jeppson
Professor Kjell O. Jeppson, Senior Member IEEE.
After receiving his Ph. D. degree in solid-state electronics from Chalmers University of Technology in 1977 he became associate professor at the Department of Solid-State Electronics in 1978, and was appointed professor in 1996.
His main research interest is focused on bipolar and MOS device modeling and parameter extraction, and CMOS VLSI design, most recently on interconnect and substrate noise analysis.
He has published several papers on nonvolatile memories, transistor modeling and parameter extraction, substrate noise coupling and CMOS gate delay as well as on hierarchical DRC of VLSI circuits. He has also authored a textbook (in Swedish) on semiconductor devices.
He is a member of the Technical program committee of the International Conference on Microelectronics Test Structures (ICMTS) and was General Chairman for ICMTS´99 held in Göteborg, Sweden in March 1999.
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Email: kjell.jeppson@chalmers.seTel: +46 31 7721856
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Dr. Gerald Farrell
Dr. Gerald Farrell is the Head of School of the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering at the DIT.
Dr. Farrell is also the Principal Investigator and group leader of the Photonics Group at the Dublin Institute of Technology. The Group’s research concentrates on optical sensing, in particular FBG sensing, the modelling and application of bend loss in optical fibre and integrated waveguides and Liquid Crystal tunable filters for FBG sensor arrays.
He is the project leader on several research projects, some with international partners.
Dr. Farrell has over 80 publications in the area of photonics, holds several patents and is a consultant for a number of well-known companies in the UK and Ireland.
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Email: gerald.farrell@dit.ieTel: +353 (0)14024577
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Anthony J. Walton
Anthony J. Walton is professor of Microelectronic Manufacturing in the School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. He has been actively involved with the semiconductor industry in a number of areas associated with silicon processing which includes both IC technology and micro-systems. This includes microelectronic test structures, MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems), yield improvement, Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD). His present interests also include the applications of micro and nanotechnology to biotechnology, digital microfluidics based on ElectroWetting On Dielectrics – EWOD), sensors drug delivery systems and interconnect technology. He also has had a long interest in integrating new technologies (such as MEMS) and materials with foundry CMOS.
He played a key role in setting up the Scottish Microelectronics Centre (SMC) which is a purpose built facility for R&D and incubation. It consists of approximately 300m2 of class 10 cleanrooms with a comprehensive set of CMOS and MEMS equipment and 1000m2 of office and laboratory space. Since its opening in 2000 it has been involved with the incubation of companies such as MED, Ice Robotics, Critical Blue, Pyreos, Oligon and Point 35.
He has published over 250 papers and has won the best paper awards for the IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Proc. International Society for Hybrid Manufacturers (ISHM) and the International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS). He has served as the chairman for a number of conferences which include the European Solid-State Devices Research Conference (ESSDERC) and the IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS). He also serves on numerous technical committees and is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing and the Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems.
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Email: A.J.Walton@ed.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)131 6505620
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Martin Hill
Martin Hill received a B.E. in electrical engineering from University College Cork in 1987 and an M.Eng.Sc in photovoltaics from the National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC) in University College Cork in 1989. He has held a number of posts in private and public research organisations and was Senior Research Scientist in NMRC, leading MEMS research, prior to taking a lecturing post in Cork Institute of Technology in 2002.
He was awarded his Ph.D. for a thesis on “Micromachined CMOS compatible tunable capacitors” in June 2007. He has published over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He serves on the steering committee of the Micromechanics Europe workshop series and is a regular reviewer with the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
His research interests are in the field of MEMS device design and the integration of MEMS in real-world applications.
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Email: martin.hill@cit.ieTel: +353 (0)21 4326180
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Denis McGrath
Denis McGrath is a Chartered Engineer and Registrar of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. He graduated from UCD in 1967 with a BE degree and from TCD in 1996 with an MLitt degree on “School Performance and Engineering Education”.
Denis worked in industry, research and education before joining the NCEA as Assistant Registrar for engineering in 1975.
As Registrar of the IEI since March 2000, he is responsible for Membership, Accreditation and International Agreements.
Denis is currently Chairman of the Dublin Accord, Deputy Chairman of the International Engineering Alliance and a member of the EUR-ACE Label Committee of the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE).
In 2008 he commenced a three year term as President of the European Liaison Committee for Long-cycle Engineering Degrees, CLAIU EU.
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Email: dmcgrath@engineersireland.ieTel: +353 (0)1 6684341
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Robert Chang
R.P.H. Chang received his B.S. degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Ph.D in Astrophysics from Princeton University. He worked at Bell Laboratories before joining Northwestern University in 1986 as Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Prof. Chang served fourteen years as director of Northwestern’s Materials Research Center, where he established several large research programs in carbon science and technology and complex oxide films and devices. He has made contributions in plasma science and technology, diamond research, high-temperature superconductivity, and carbon nanotubes. His current research interests include nanostructured materials, nanophotonics and advanced solar cell development.
Prof. Chang works actively to serve the global community. He has founded the International Union of Materials Research Societies. Since 1995, he has organized workshops in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East to promote international collaborations and create a Materials World Network. He has led the establishment of a Global Nanotechnology Network since 2001.>
His groundbreaking education projects include the first Research Experience for Science Teachers Program in 1993, the inquiry-and-design based Materials World Modules for middle and high school students, the first National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering, and the Global School for Advanced Studies - a global leadership development program for young researchers. He was honored in 2005 with the NSF Director’s Distinguished Teaching Scholar Award for his contributions to materials research and education.
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Email: r-chang@northwestern.eduTel: +1 847 4913598
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Dr. Clement L. Higginbotham
B.Sc. (Hons.), HDipEd, Ph.D., MRSC, FICI, ProfGradIMMM, MIOP
Dr. Clement L. Higginbotham received the B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from University College Dublin in 1982. The following year he was awarded the Higher Diploma in Education from the same university and in 1988 he received a Ph.D. degree from University College Dublin in synthetic organic chemistry for his work on the synthesis and characterisation of heterocyclic compounds.
He spent two years each at University College Swansea and Southampton University, both in the UK where he researched peptide chemistry and the role it has to play in various cancers.
He was appointed Newman Scholar in University College Dublin in 1992 where he set up an independent research group in synthetic organic chemistry. During this period he was a visiting professor at the Protein Engineering Network Centre of Excellence at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
He was appointed lecturer in polymer chemistry in Athlone Institute of Technology in 1994 where he taught Polymer Chemistry and Polymer and Biomedical Materials to students of Polymer and Biomedical Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of organic/polymer chemistry, drug delivery, coatings, biomaterials, tissue engineering and nanomedicine. He has secured in excess of €3M in research funding and has graduated 29 PhD students. He was appointed Director of the Centre for Nanotechnology and Materials Research (CNMR) at AIT in 2007.
Dr. Clement L. Higginbotham, Director, Centre for Nanotechnology and Materials Research, Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone
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Email: chigginbotham@ait.ie
Tel: +353 (0)90 6424463
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Prof. Gerry Byrne
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Email: gerald.byrne@ucd.ie
Tel: +353 (0)1 7161883
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Dr. Bernard Chenevier
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Email: Bernard.Chenevier@inpg.fr
Tel: +33 (0) 4 56529306
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Professor Gabriel M. Crean C.Eng. C.Phys. F.I.E.I., F.InstP.
Professor Gabriel Crean is Vice President for Research at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) where he holds responsibility for research and innovation. He is an invited Research Professor at the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France and a visiting Professor at the Materials Research Institute, Northwestern University, USA. He is the Academic Director of the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology funded “International Centre for Graduate Studies in Micro- and Nano-Engineering”.
Prior to his current responsibilities, Professor Crean was the Director of the Irish National Microelectronic Research Centre (NMRC) and Director of the Enterprise Ireland Optronics (Optoelectronics) Research Centre, both at University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. He has been awarded Scholarships from both the French Government and the Centre National des Telecommunications (CNET), France. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics of the U.K.
At an international level, Professor Crean is currently President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (www.IUMRS.org). He is President Emeritus of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). He was the Irish Representative to the European Science Foundation (ESF) Standing Committee for Physical and Engineering Sciences from 2000-2007 and remains on this committee as an invited observer for the European Materials Forum. Professor Crean is a co-founder of three high-technology start-up companies, FireComms Ltd., Optical Metrology Innovations Ltd and Biosensia Ltd.
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Email: gcrean@ait.ie
Tel: +353 (0)90 6424426