TCD - UCD Engineering Innovation Day

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TCD - UCD Engineering Design Innovation Day April 27, 2010

Event schedule

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Speakers

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Future energy needs

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Sustainability, infrastructure and environment

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Information, communications and media technology

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Bioengineering for health

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Speakers

Noel Crawford

Brian Donlon

Mark Dyer

Noel Crawford has worked for IBM in Ireland since

2005 Brian has been the Research Manager with the

2003 in a variety of roles including infrastructure

EPA on the STRIVE Research Programme, and is

project management and business development. He is

National Delegate for the EC 7th Framework

currently IBM’s Innovation Centre and ISV/Developer

Programme. He is responsible for the EPA’s Cleaner

Partner Relations Manager in Ireland. He is tasked with

Greener Production Programme, which challenges and

enabling Smarter Planet and Smarter City partnerships

supports organisations to produce goods and services

and relationships, and also with the delivery of services

in innovative and more environmentally friendly ways.

to IBM partners, including IBM’s Global Entrepreneur

Brian Motherway is Chief Operations Officer and Head

Program. He is responsible for the delivery if IBM’s

of Strategy in the Sustainable Energy Authority of

SmartCamp in Ireland and consults for IBM on

Ireland. He is responsible for strategic and policy issues

SmartCamp in France and Sweden. Noel also maintains

and for the SEAI’s work in modelling, analysis,

relationships in Ireland with non-traditional IBM

enterprise and innovation. He joined the SEAI three

partners such as Dublin City Council. He is a leader of

years ago as Head of the Industry Department. Brian

IBM’s global partner team for software frameworks for

holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in engineering

Smarter Cities. Crucially, Noel also looks after the IBM

and a PhD in social science.

Academic Initiative Program in Ireland. Prior to working in IBM Noel worked for Diageo PLC, the global

Professor Mark Dyer was appointed to the Michael

beverages brand organisation, as a senior technology

McNamara Chair in Construction Innovation at Trinity

manager. He holds an MA from TCD.

College Dublin in 2008, where he leads TrinityHaus, a research centre for innovation in construction, energy

Dr Brian Donlon has a BSc in biotechnology (DCU)

and design. Before moving to Ireland, Mark pursued a

and a PhD in microbiology (UCG). In his early career,

career in both academia and the construction industry.

Brian worked for two years in Wageningen, The

He was the Professor in Civil Engineering at Strathclyde

Netherlands, researching and developing methods for

University between 2004 and 2008, as well as

the biological treatment (anaerobic, aerobic) of textile

Chairman of the David Livingstone Centre for

and chemical industry wastewaters, and spent six years

Sustainability. Prior to Strathclyde, he worked for over

at NUIG as a PhD student and post-doc researcher on

20 years on the design and construction of

the treatment of industrial (distillery and

infrastructure projects, including highways, power

pharmaceutical) and agricultural wastewaters,

stations, offshore oil platforms, flood defences, tailing

primarily using anaerobic treatment methods. Brian

dams, and landfills in Europe, Africa and Asia. In 1997

joined the Environmental Protection Agency in

he received a Foresight Award from the Royal

February 1996 and worked for nine years as a senior

Academy of Engineering, which led to his

inspector in IPPC licensing and enforcement. Since

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Tony Fagan

Chris Horn

more recently, in 2008, he was awarded a Japanese

collaborative environment for Ireland’s wireless

Society for Promotion of Science Research Fellowship.

industries. He is an associate professor at UCD and is the

He has been appointed as a consultant for several

Director of the Communications and Optoelectronics

organisations, including the UK Environment Agency,

Research Centre. He is a member of the Editorial board

HR Wallingford and Studio Geotecncio Italiano, and is

of the Elsevier Journal Digital Signal Processing.

a visiting professor at the University of Sienna, Italy, and the University of Karsetsat, Bangkok.

Dr Chris Horn is an electronics engineer with Bachelor and PhD degrees from Trinity College Dublin.

Professor Anthony (Tony) Fagan received in his

He was on the faculty of the Computer Science

PhD in electronic engineering from University College

Department of TCD until 1991, when he co-founded

Dublin (UCD) in 1978. He then spent two years

and became CEO of IONA Technologies. Starting with

working on advance modem design at Marconi

an initial investment of €1,250 each, with Sean Baker

Research laboratories in England. On his return to UCD

and Annrai O’Toole, Chris grew the company, without

in 1980 he established the DSP research group there.

any venture capital but taking a minority investment

Through this group he has helped to establish a strong

from Sun Microsystems in Mountain View in 1993.

signal processing industry in Ireland with many

They took the company public using Lehman in what

companies being founded by his research graduates,

was the fifth largest IPO in the history of Nasdaq in

especially in the area of physical-layer communications

1997. At one point during this period the company

design. Well over 100 research graduates have been

was one of the top ten software companies by revenue

produced by the group, with Tony personally

in the world. Chris retired as CEO and Chairman in

supervising 70 of these. Co-operation with industry has

2000, but returned as CEO from 2003 until 2005 to

been a distinguishing feature of his academic career

rebuild the company. The company was sold in

with much of his funding coming directly from these

September 2008. Chris is currently involved in the

contacts. On a number of occasions, in order to

following companies and initiatives: President of

expedite product development, he has temporarily

Engineers Ireland, the professional body for

taken direct charge of industrial signal processing

engineering in Ireland; China Crest, a Beijing-based

design groups and given them their day-to-day

consultancy business; Cloudsmith, a web-based

direction while still tending to his academic duties in

software community; Gridstore, a Dublin-based grid

UCD. Several spin-off companies have emerged from

company; The Science Gallery, an outreach initiative

his research group. He is a director of Decawave, a

for young adults, first as chair of the fundraising board

pioneering fabless semiconductor company that designs

and now the current operating board, and including

ultrawideband communications devices with a built in

the appointment of Michael John Gorman as CEO; and

ranging capability. He is also a co-founder and director

CTVR, a research initiative in advanced

of WirelessLab, a centre of excellence that provides a

telecommunications. He is also a current member of

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Brian Motherway

Eugene O’Brien

John O’Dea

Gregory O’Hare

the Innovation Taskforce, an advisory group

General Manager of Respironics Ireland. In the past 20

established by An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen.

years he has held R&D management positions in Nellcor Puritan Bennett and engineering positions in

Brian Motherway is Chief Operations Officer and

Digital Equipment Inc. and Dataproducts Inc. He is a

Head of Strategy in the Sustainable Energy Authority of

named author on six US patents. He is currently a

Ireland. He is responsible for strategic and policy issues

board member of the Irish Medical Device

and for the SEAI’s work in modelling, analysis,

Association. He has twice been a finalist in the Irish

enterprise and innovation. He joined the SEAI three

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition.

years ago as Head of the Industry Department. Brian

He holds Bachelor and Masters Degrees in mechanical

holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in engineering

engineering and a PhD in electronic engineering, all

and a PhD in social science.

from University College Dublin.

Professor Eugene O’Brien worked with firms of

Professor Gregory O’Hare is an associate professor

consulting engineers for five years before moving to

in UCD’s School of Computer Science & Informatics.

the university sector in 1990. Since 1998 he has been

He has been Head of the Department of Computer

Professor and Head of Civil Engineering at University

Science at UCD (2001-2004), has published over 320

College Dublin. He is the author of two books and

refereed publications in journals and international

more than 100 papers on bridge dynamics and bridge

conferences, seven books, and has won significant

traffic loading. He has had research projects in the

grant income (c. €28.00m). He is an established

4th, 5th, 6th and 7th European Framework

researcher of international repute. His research

Programmes. He is co-founder and chairman of

interests are in the areas of distributed artificial

Roughan ODonovan Innovative Solutions, a subsidiary

intelligence and multi-agent systems (MAS), and

of the well known Engineering firm of Roughan

mobile and ubiquitous computing, autonomic

ODonovan, designers of landmark structures such as

systems and wireless sensor networks.

the Taney and Drogheda cable-stayed bridges.

He has supervised some 17 PhD and 29 MSc theses to date. In 2003 he received the prestigious Cooperative

Dr John O’Dea has 18 years’ experience in the

Information Agents (CIA) System Innovation Award for

medical device industry, and has overseen the

ACCESS: An Agent Architecture for Ubiquitous Service

successful launch of seven electronic medical device

Delivery. He is a Fellow of the British Computer

products in the past 13 years. He co-founded

Society, a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society, a

Caradyne, an Irish respiratory medical device

member of the ACM, the AAAI, and is a Chartered

company, in 1998, which was selling products in 30

Engineer. He is the Chair of the European Research

countries prior to its acquisition by Respironics Inc. in

Consortium on Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)

2004. Prior to founding Crospon, he served as

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Feargal Ó Móráin

Richard Reilly

prestigious Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principal

and its predecessor organisations, including the

Investigator Award 2003-2007. He is one of the

Industrial Development Authority (IDA). These include

principal investigators and founders of the Science

Director of Strategy and Administration, Manager of

Foundation Ireland-funded (€16.4m) Centre for

Industrial Property Portfolio and Manager of Company

Science and Engineering Technologies (CSET)

Development Activities. Feargal is currently Chairman

entitled CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web

of Enterprise Ireland Committees of Research &

Technologies (2008-2013). In 2008-2009 he secured

Development (R&D), Industrial Research

a visiting research fellowship to the University of

Commercialisation Committee (IRCC), and is a

Oxford, while in 2010 he was awarded a Fulbright

member of a number of committees, including the

Visiting Scholar position to Massachusetts Institute of

Investment Committee of Enterprise Ireland and the

Technology (MIT), Computer Science & Informatics

Investment Portfolio Review Committee of the Board

Laboratory (CSAIL).

of Enterprise Ireland; member of Governing Body of University College of Ireland Galway; Board member

Feargal Ó Móráin is currently Director of

of Bank of Ireland Venture Capital Limited and Board

Innovation, Commercialisation and Investment with

member of Invent Dublin City University Limited.

Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland is an agency of the Irish Government charged with supporting and

Professor Richard Reilly holds the Chair of Neural

stimulating the development of indigenous

Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, a joint position

manufacturing and traded services in Ireland. The

between the School of Medicine and the School of

agency has a wide remit, which includes:

Engineering. He is Director of the Trinity Centre for

■ supporting the commercialisation of intellectual

BioEngineering, and is a PI in the Trinity College

property arising from research undertaken in the

Institute of Neuroscience and the Centre for

higher education sector;

Excellence for Ageing. He has served as Chairman of

■ stimulating the establishment of new high

the Biomedical Engineering Division of the Institution

potential start-up firms with financial support,

of Engineers of Ireland and as Academic Director of

including equity investment and advice;

the TRIL Centre, a multi-institutional project on ageing

■ stimulating established firms to develop and to invest in R&D and training; and, ■ supporting its client companies in exporting their products and services around the world.

and independent living. His research expertise is in the area of neural engineering and biomedical signal processing. Professor Reilly received BE, MEngSc and PhD degrees from UCD, and has held research and

Feargal holds postgraduate degrees in economics

teaching positions at the Institute of Electrical

(University College DublinUCD) and business strategy

Engineers and at the Cognitive Neuroscience

(University of Dublin, Trinity CollegeTCD), and has

laboratory in the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric

held a range of senior positions in Enterprise Ireland

Research, New York.

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