Testimonials
from NAP users (updated
2nd Sept 2010)
"NAP has allowed the NCLA group to investigate novel development work in the laser-structuring area. Without the Tyndall it would not have been possible to explore this area as they provided the necessary expertise in silicon wafer processing and supplied suitable customised
samples"
Claire
O’ Connell - NUIG - Project title: Production of template-assisted self-assembly (TASA) surfaces using lithography based processes for novel laser-based nano-structuring
(NAP 191)
"I
believe that NAP Programme is very useful initiative which
really helps the young scientist to get access to the
cutting-edge equipment and technologies. In case of our group in
Trinity
College
, the NAP 168 projects helped us to do research on new level
using structures which we could not obtain before"
Dr. Vasily Melnikov - TCD - Project title: Fabrication of
low-loss light guiding photonic structures for optical
interconnects on a Si chip (NAP 168)
"Apart from typical outcomes of projects (papers, conferences etc), NAP opened up possibilities for forging many collaborations with wide variety of research and industrial groups. Demonstrating the ability to connect chemical sensors with small platforms for communication has also attracted interest of newspapers (e.g. Irish Sunday Times and New Scientist) which is already showing results through establishment of new contacts with
industries"
Dr. Aleksandar Radu
- DCU - Project title: Polymer-based ion-selective electrodes in wireless sensing networks for water quality monitoring
(NAP 210)
"NAP
has allowed me to access equipment which has made my research
possible. I have found the staff in Tyndall accommodating and
very knowledgeable, being able to get the best out of their
equipment"
Patrick
Wulliamoz - TCD - Project title: Micromechanical modelling of
normal, drug treated and osteoporotic bone using Scanning
Acoustic Microscopy (NAP 227)
"Our
involvement in NAP has allowed us to quickly investigate
potential EEG electrode designs to facilitate the design of
mobile EEG systems which could help move EEG signal analysis
applications out of laboratory and clinical environments into
many more mainstream applications and situations"
Liam
Kilmartin - NUIG - Project title: Micro-needle Arrays for EEG
Signal Acquisition (NAP 218)
“The
collaboration with Tyndall and the obtained support from SFI
through the NAP funding were key preconditions for conduction
this part of our research at DCU needing microfabricated
solid-state light sources integrated with custom designed
band-pass interference filters micropackaged and coupled to an
optical fiber, for use as excitation sources in LED-induced
fluorescence detection for capillary-based analytical separation
methods"
Dr. Mirek
Macka - DCU - Project title: LED – optical filter – optical fibre
(LED-OF2) micro-packaged light source devise for
fluorescence detection in capillary, microcolumn and
microfluidic chip formats (NAP 171)
"This
NAP funding has made my PhD thesis possible and improved the
quality of my research"
Garry D. Sisk -
UCC - Project title: Capillary electrophoresis of disease
biomarkers with microfabricated interdigitated microelectrodes
for amperometric detection (NAP 207)
"The
National Access Programme has provided our research group at the
University
of
Ulster
with invaluable access to a confocal Raman spectrometer. This
access has provided much scientifically relevant data which has
been presented at a number of national and international
conferences and continues to generate results. It has also
provided excellent access to Tyndall staff with knowledge and
expertise in the field of Raman spectroscopy (Dr Mircea
Modreanu). We would
anticipate that the results obtained from the work carried out
at Tyndall will contribute to the generation of further grant
proposals and publications in the near future"
Dr. George A.
Burke - UU - Project title: Raman spectroscopy as a
non-destructive methodology to monitor stem cell differentiation
and cellular processes in vitro (NAP 205)
"The
primary impact of the ALD work at this time is the clear
demonstration of its efficacy in the precise tailoring of pore
size in membranes for which the initial substrate materials
possess pores of the order of 1 nm or less. The Research Group
at UCD are keen to employ this technique for this purpose in
more extensive studies to demonstrate clearly that high
temperature membranes can be readily fabricated for the capture
of carbon dioxide from combustion gas mixtures"
Prof. J.M. Don MacElroy
- UCD - Project title: Nanomembrane Preparation via Atomic Layer Deposition
(NAP 196)
"The process of application, discussion and review was straightforward and transparent. I was very happy with the excellent technical support that I received, both remotely and during visits. The material fabricated at Tyndall is of high quality and it has enables significantly faster progress in my research than would have been possible otherwise, and the success of this project has encouraged others within the institution to successfully apply for NAP
projects"
Alan Brown - UU - Project title: Evaluating the effects of surface features at nano- and micro-scales on cell responses to polymer surfaces formed by hot embossing with a microfabricated silicon stamp
(NAP 149)
"NAP
enabled us to step outside our theoretical comfort zone and
create something real"
Walter
O'Grady / Dr. Marcus Keane - UCC -
Project title: Development of WSN in Building Management Systems
(NAP 82)
"I
am extremely pleased with the quality of the work and the
collaboration"
Dr. Syed Tofail -
UL - Project title: Site preference of ternary elements in binary NiTi alloys
(NAP 193)
"The NAP project has proved valuable in allowing us to explore a much overlooked methodology in Schottky diode physics. In addition, it was instrumental in improving our awareness of other facilities and expertise available at
Tyndall"
Dr.
Paul Dawson - QUB - Project title: Resistive-metal-electrode Schottky diodes for temperature- and molecular-sensing
(NAP 140)
"This NAP proposal allowed access to a modeling technique, infrastructure and most importantly, experienced expertise that could not have been conducted at the PIs home institution. It formed an essential part of the overall research into the hybrid materials under investigation. Both the project results and the professional interaction were
top-quality"
Dr. Colm O’Dwyer - UL -
Project title: Modelling Curvature in Lamellar Vanadium Oxide-Thiol Bilayer Nanostructures
(NAP 223)
"The devices produced by Tyndall during NAP 215 allowed us to reach clinically relevant levels of the biomarkers under study, without the collaboration this would not have been
possible"
Prof. James A. McLaughlin
- UU - Project title: Fabrication and characterisation of impedance sensors on silicon/glass with varied gap and pitch interdigitated electrode structure designs
(NAP 215)
"Working with the NAP team was really beneficial to our research project. The discussions with Jaap and his co-workers allowed us to elucidate useful microchip designs. The resulting microchips were important in moving our research to the next
stage"
Prof. Malcolm Smyth
- DCU - Project title: EMμ – Electroactive Monolith μChip – The Next Generation of Separation Science
(NAP 165)
"The opportunities given by the NAP at the Tyndall National Institute are immense. The access to world class scientific and technological equipment, sound and proved knowledge and valuable collaborators have been fundamental to my PhD research work. I am particularly grateful to Paul, Vince and Mircea for their continuous availability and input. They did really make the difference in my research and helped my work to grow scientifically sound and technologically
valuable"
Enrico Andreoli -
NUIM - Project title: Characterisation of polymers modified with metal nanomaterials and supramolecular cages
(NAP 182)
"The use of Tyndalls well provisioned physical and human resource infrastructure has resulted in high performance sub-millimeter wave polarizing filters"
Prof. Vincent Fusco - QUB - Project title: Mask Creation and Fabrication of a Micromachined Frequency Selective Surface (NAP 151)
"This
NAP research project has given my postgraduate research students
access to fabrication tools and characterisation techniques
which provide complementary information to those available in
our own laboratory. It has also enabled them to benefit from the
extensive electrical characterisation expertise of our Tyndall
collaborators which has had a very significant impact on their
postgraduate educational experience"
Prof.
Greg Hughes - DCU - Project title: Deposition and
characterisation of high-k dielectric layers on indium phosphide
substrates (NAP 61)
"The NAP supported access to expertise and facilities not otherwise available and supported a collaborative approach to addressing a research issue of concern to both groups"
Dr. John Slater -
Letterkenny IT - Project title: Improving the attachment efficiency and stability of DNA probes on gold electrodes
(NAP 136)
"NAP
has been most beneficial in providing access to expertise not
available at my home institution.
The insights gained from working with Tyndall’s
researchers has helped shape the direction of my future research
activities"
Dr. Gordon
Armstrong - UL - Project title: Characterisation of High
Performance Elastomer Nanocomposite Thermal Interface Materials
(C-HiPerTIM) (NAP 177)
"This
NAP has offered me access to equipment that was not available at
any other location in Ireland. It is a fantastic program and
long may it continue"
James
Egan - Carlow IT - Project title: Data-entropy and data-scatter
methods for optical telecommunications system and signal
analysis (NAP234)
"In order to explore the dependence of optical and electrical properties of high quality InGaAs/InP epitaxial structures on small substrate misorientations it was necessary to access the state of the art MOVPE growth capabilities at Tyndall. This work complements and significantly extends the range of research activities we can undertake by providing access to facilities not available in our own
laboratories"
Dr. Greg Hughes, Dr. Paul Hurley, Dr. Emanuele Pelucchi -
DCU,Tyndall - Project title: MOVPE growth of high quality InGaAs/InP epitaxial structures with small substrate misorientations
(NAP 152)
"Could
not have undertaken this project without the resources available
at Tyndall through NAP"
Dr.
Justin D. Holmes -
UCC - Project title: Templated
Growth and Electrical Contacting of Nanowire Arrays on Silicon
Substrates (NAP 115)
"The
Tyndall-Body Area Network developed for NAP174 will greatly
accelerate our research as it provides us with leading edge
technologies which other international research bodies may not
have access to. This research will assist in the advancement of
pervasive patient monitoring for decades to come"
Dr.
John O’Donoghue - UCC - Project title: A Medical Based Body
Area Network for Falls Assessment (NAP 174)
"The NAP project was a simple and efficient way to test research hypothesis aimed to improve the performance of an important new bioassay"
Professor
Dmitri B. Papkovsky - UCC - Project title: Design and
fabrication of customised SiO2-coated plasticware for
bioanalytical applications (NAP 176)
"This
award greatly enriched the IRCSET-funded PhD research programme
of Mr Giuliano Greco and allowed him to demonstrate cutting-edge
research capability"
Professor
John Davenport
- UCC - Project title: Atomic Force Microscopic Charaterisation
of Crab Eye Surfaces (NAP 202)
"Through
the National Access Programme we have been able to demonstrate
that the current state-of-the-art algorithms in nonlinear system
identification are inadequate to model complex dynamic systems
such as electrostatic MEMS. We regard this as a very important
outcome, particularly in the field of system identification of
complex nonlinear systems where very little has been known about
the limitations of the existing algorithms. Thus this project
has provided a valuable case study of a system which is
extremely difficult to model. Solving the issues will become the
focus of our future work in this field"
Dr. Marcin
Cychowski - CIT - Project title: Development of novel
low-complexity models and optimised voltage actuation strategies
for electrostatic RF-MEMS - using nonlinear system
identification and advanced control (NAP 204)
"This
NAP has enabled us to prove that it is feasible to embed sensors
and electronics within concrete which is an extremely aggressive
environment and broadcast the results wirelessly without undue
interference from the steel reinforcement or indeed the
formwork"
Dr.
Ger Kelly - CIT - Project title: Smart System for Monitoring Concrete Curing & Structural Health
(NAP 183)
"Participation
in NAP has provided a concrete application for the research we
have done on conical diffraction"
Professor
James G. Lunney - TCD - Project title: Formation of
Bessel beam using conical refraction for 2-photon ploymerisation
(NAP 219)
"Tyndall
have produced for us a set of robust, high-quality
state-of-the-art sensors, which will be very useful in a broad
range of research applications in the sports field"
Dr.
Ciarán Ó Conaire - DCU - Project title: Estimating Tennis
Player Motion via Inertial and Visual Sensing (NAP 209)
"This
NAP project has provided with valuable access to facility
nowhere else available in
Ireland"
Dr.
Patrick Fournet - NUIG - Project title: Ink-Jetting
of NUI
Galway
’s ArgentinkTM’ silver nanoparticles
(NAP 184)
"Support
from NAP has permitted us to answer basic questions at the
initiation of this project and these findings have highlighted
areas of Intellectual Property generation and have focused our
research on potential mechanisms of action. Without it, it would
have taken a significantly long period of time to slowly build
up these findings. Support from NAP has permitted efficient,
competitive research to occur that is on track to generate IP
and competitive successful research to continue. It’s an
excellent mechanism of support as it allows researchers access
to core facilities. It would be marvelous if this could be
established in the biomedical field of Irish research"
Dr. Anne Moore -
UCC - Project title: Design and Fabrication of Microneedle
Arrays for Transdermal Vaccine Delivery (NAP 170)
"The
NAP 167 project facilitated the understanding of micro-device
behaviour under shock and vibration stimuli. The project
supported the entire research programme from fabrication of
suitable devices right through to testing and post-analysis by
granting access to all the available facilities and personnel at
the Tyndall Institute. The project allowed pioneering research
in the field of MEMS which resulted in two conference papers, a
journal article and ultimately a doctoral thesis"
Michael Sheehy -
UL - Project title: Characterisation and Simulation of Notched
Micro-beams for Investigation of Failure Mechanisms under Shock
and Vibration Stimuli (NAP 167)
"The
research was greatly enhanced by the National Access Programme
(NAP) at Tyndall which provided an invaluable resource for
characterisation of polymers by SEM"
Rachel
Walsh
- WIT - Project title: Development of controlled polymerisation
techniques for the development of molecularly imprinted polymers
(NAP 159)
"NAP
has proven invaluable in the progression of our work towards
development of more effective treatments for cancer. This work
involves the treatment of surface tumours with electric fields
to destroy the tumour. Current methods of delivering this
treatment have certain drawbacks and we along with our partners
in Tyndall are trying to overcome some of the issues currently
experienced with the treatment"
Mr.
Timothy Doody - UCC - Project title: Silicon microneedle
mediated electroporation to enhance gene and drug delivery for
the treatment of cancer (NAP 157)
"The
NAP programme has provide invaluable resources to my Group. I am
delighted with the microneedles prepared under this scheme by
Tyndall and believe that this work will lead to a number of good
publications"
Dr. Ryan F.
Donnelly - QUB - Project title: Physicochemical characterisation
of novel polymeric microneedle arrays designed for transdermal
drug delivery (NAP 156)
"Working
with the team in TNI has been a great help for our research
team. They have
always been excellent at bringing researchers from a
non-technical background along the way with them.
Their role serves as a perfect bridge between researchers
from a clinical environment and the vast possibilities offered
by sensors"
Dr. Brian
Caulfield - UCD - Project title: Wireless
Equine Biomechanical Measurement System (NAP 150)
"The NAP proposal has been essential for the fabrication of the metal-dielectric
nanostructures. Without this grant we would not have been able to fabricate the device to the
extant where it was possible to gain a complete understanding of the physical phenomena we were
observing"
Dr. Pierpaolo
Porta - UCC - Project title: Metal-dielectric nanostructures
(NAP 147)
"The
research work completed to date on pseudonoise fault location
and identification would not have been possible without SFI
funding of my NAP projects, the equipment facilities available
and the specialized assistance of technical personnel at the
Tyndall Institute"
Dr. Richard Guinee
-CIT - Project title: Extended Experimental Testing and Verification of a Novel Correlation Diagnostic Tester Methodology for Transmission Line Fault Monitoring, Location and Identification using Pseudorandom Binary Sequences
(NAP 144)
"In
our opinion, this was a very successful project"
Dr. Zakia Rahman -
UL - Project title: Magnetic Characterization of RE doped Transition Metals and Alloys Thin Films and Nanowires/Nanorods
(NAP 123)
"The
work done by NAP was excellent and very promising"
Dr. Jean-Paul Mosnier
- DCU - Project title: Realising
Electronic Devices on PLD-grown ZnO (Nap 122)
"The
NAP provides a wonderful opportunity for researchers to use
world-class facilities in a professional, supportive and helpful
environment"
Greg Doyle - IT Carlow - Project title: Data-diffraction
Metrology Capability Test Programme (NAP 120)
"I
am quite satisfied with the quality of work that MN has
performed on this research and would love to continue using NAP
for my future collaborative work with Tyndall Nat. Inst. There
were minimal procedural intricacies and the hospitality in
Tyndall was superb"
Dr. Syed Tofail -
UL - Project title: Metal
Oxide Formation at the Surface of Metallic Alloys (NAP 119)
"The
NAP allowed us to have access to a useful range of equipment we
couldn’t access otherwise. Our specific need for these
measurements did not justify the purchase of the equipment. The
NAP was the perfect solution for us, benefiting not only from
access to the diagnostic tools, but also (and most importantly)
from the expertise of trained staff"
Fabien
Bernard
- NUIG - Project title: Characterisation of Heat-Affected Zones
(HAZ) in laser machined parts (NAP 118)
"The
computational modeling group at the Tyndall were very
professional in all of our dealings. The prescribed work on our
NAP project was completed with great efficiency and thoroughness
leading to a very comprehensive study of our system. The project
will lead to future collaborations, publications and more
importantly an exchange of radical ideas between our groups"
Dr.
Florence
McCarthy
- UCC - Project
title: Design of novel Ellipticine c-Kit kinase inhibitors (NAP
109)
"Working
on the NAP project has enabled the NCLA research staff to
explore a concept with assistance from Tyndall enabling the
necessary expertise in the semiconductor field and access to
electrical testing. Without
this access the NCLA would not have been able to explore the
concept in this detail"
Fiona
Parker
- NUIG - Project title: Laser surface engineering of
semiconductors for enhanced electrical contact adhesion (NAP
106)
"The
National Access Programme has allowed the mechanical engineers
in my research group to access and benefit from a set of
manufacturing tools and considerable expertise in their use that
would certainly not have ordinarily been available to them in
their work. We have benefited significantly from this
collaboration"
Dr. Cormac Eason -
UL - Project
title: DRIE micromachining of silicon to create superhydrophobic
surfaces (NAP 104)
“The
NAP programme has been invaluable in bringing this new and
exciting microfluidic technology from the drawing board to a
working prototype”
Dr.
Anthony Robinson - TCD - Project
title: Development of electrohydrodynamic ion-drag micropumps
for microscale electronics cooling systems (NAP 103)
"The
ability to get customized sensor nodes for research use is a
luxury that we in
Ireland
are very fortunate to have, and certainly gives us an edge over
other groups overseas that work on experimental wireless sensor
networks"
Professor
Cormac Sreenan - UCC - Project
title: Deployment, Characterisation and Test of a Ruggedised
Wireless Sensor Network (NAP 102)
"We
are very happy to be involved in collaboration with Tyndall via
NAP scheme. The computer modelling was very useful and helped to understand and explain the chemical
and optical properties
of our materials. We would like to thank Dr.
S. Elliott for the great
job, which he has done in this project"
Dr.
Yurii Gun’ko - TCD - Project title: Modelling of chiral
quantum dots (NAP 99)
"This
project provided UL/Analog Devices the opportunity to
collaborate with Tyndall on a nanofabrication research project.
This collaboration resulted in the successful fabrication of
novel nanoscale sensors. Without NAP support & Tyndall’s
research input, this
would not have been possible. All collaborating partners
involved in NAP have benefited greatly from the knowledge they
gained during the course of the project"
Stephen Gilmartin
- UL - Project title: The
fabrication of novel thermal nanosensor structures using electon
beam nanolithography (NAP 98)
"The
NAP project has enabled us to bring
together the advanced characterisation tools in DCU with the
advanced wavelength conversion scheme developed in Tyndall.
In has also strengthened the ties between the two
research groups aiding in the development of future research
projects"
Professor
Liam Barry - DCU - Project title: Frequency
Resolved Optical Gating Characterisation of Fast Optical Switch
operating at data rates up to 160 GBit/s (NAP 93)
"NAP
enabled me to pursue novel device concepts in user friendly
manner"
Dr. James
O’Callaghan - UCC - Project title: Quantum dot intermixing for
superluminesencent diodes (NAP 90)
"Access
to NAP is invaluable for my SFI investigator grant as it has
allowed access to state of the art E-Beam facilities which
allows me to compete on a par with international researchers for
nanoscale device fabrication"
Dr. Kevin M. Ryan
- UL - Project title: Lithographic patterning of substrates for
perpendicular nanorod assembly (NAP 89)
"The
NAP has facilitated Stokes to design and create micro-scale
cantilever devices in order to conduct high-g shock testing,
vibrometry and failure analysis – as part of its reliability
physics investigation on MEMS devices under mechanical loads"
Dr.
Jeff Punch - UL - Project
title: Design and Fabrication of Notched Micro-beams for Impact
Experimentation (NAP 87)
"Despite the fact that the results from this particular project were disappointing, it is important to recognize the fundamental importance of having the NAP programme to allow researchers access to components that otherwise would not be readily available"
Dr. Alan G. Ryder - NUIG
- Project title: Preparation of reproducible, high aspect ratio nanostructures for Metal Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF) substrates (NAP 86)
"This has allowed us to explore a new area of research, in collaboration with an acknowledged expert on electroless deposition. The benefits of this new collaboration between our research group cannot be under-estimated, and look set to develop and strengthen in the future"
Dr. Simon Lawrence - UCC
- Project title: Electroless Plating in Porous Alumina Membranes (NAP 85)
"NAP
has allowed me and my institution to acquire the know-how
necessary for development of DNA Microchips using Molecular
beacons. This technology has many different applications not
only in the marine environment but also in human medicine for
point-of-care diagnostics. Additionally, it will potentially
allow us (LYIT) to incorporate such technologies into the
undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the Science Dept."
Dr. Ivan F. Bendezu
- Letterkenny IT - Project title: DNA Microchip for detection of
marine bivalve larvae (NAP 83)
“The
National Access Programme has helped us by preparing test
structures on which we can test our theories for novel laser
material interactions. This enhancing the scope and quality of
our research”
Dr. Gerard
O’Connor - NUIG - Project title: Development
of test structures for use the investigation of plasma expansion
dynamics and time of flight measurements observed in femtosecond
laser ablation of metals (NAP 79)
"NAP
has provided me the opportunity of using specialized facilities
and high frequency equipment, available only at the Tyndall
Institute, to research a novel test methodology for transmission
line fault finding using pseudorandom binary sequences (PRBS) as
a competitive alternative to Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)"
Dr.
Richard Guinee - CIT - Project title: A Feasibility Study
concerning a Novel Pulse Echo Correlation Diagnostics Test
methodology for Transmission Line Condition Monitoring, Fault
Finding and Identification using Pseudorandom Binary Sequences
(NAP 78)
"The
NAP project allowed us to explore novel methods of position
monitoring in medium-sized mammals. Unfortunately the device
developed did not give sufficiently precise positioning, but in
discussion with Tyndall staff a number of other possibilities
suggested themselves"
Professor John
Davenport - UCC - Project title: Inertial tracking of badgers
(NAP 77)
"The NAP has provided myself and other researchers in my group at WIT with invaluable access to the capabilities of Tyndall. This access has allowed us to design, fabricate, test and analyse novel state-of -the-art photonic devices that are currently available only to a small number of research groups in Europe. As a result, our research will be of interest to a wide audience and will help our group to grow academic and industrial links throughout the
continent"
Dr. John Houlihan
- WIT - Project title: Unstable
resonators for next generation high brightness quantum dot
devices (NAP 75)
"Tyndall
has provided access to high-quality research facilities &
equipment together with a team of qualified engineers that have
interacted with our researchers to identify the originality and
offer initial guidelines for the project. NAP represents a great
opportunity for researchers that want to start an innovative
field of research and to obtain customized prototype devices
according to the requirements of the project"
Dr.
Antonio G. Ruzzelli - UCD - Project title: Dual-Channel adaptive
MAC for WSNs (NAP 67)
"Being
able to use the NAP for development of tailored WSNs for
audio-based event detection has allowed us to concentrate our
research at the higher end of the task, allowing us to develop
event detection algorithms without having to worry about
low-level hardware considerations"
Michael
McHugh & Professor Alan F. Smeaton - DCU - Project
title: Wireless Audio Sensor Creation
(NAP 66)
"
The NAP programme allowed Stokes to carry out drop impact
testing to the required standard and to be confident in the
results"
Dr.
Bryan
Rodgers - UL - Project title: Drop Impact Testing of
Electronic Assemblies (NAP
64)
"Obtaining the modified Tyndall mote was very useful for our BlueDot project. Without the NAP,
we would have had to buy in standard equipment from the US and modify it ourselves. Access to
the skills in Tyndall provided us with a better experimental testbed and allowed us to spend more
time on our own research"
Dr Chris Bleakley
- UCD - Project title: Wireless sensor network motes for low
power hardware-software co-design (NAP
63)
"NAP
gave us access to equipment which was not available to us in
house. Our positive experience in using this equipment through
the NAP helped us to make key decisions on equipment and
purchasing"
Dr. Humphrey
Moynihan - UCC - Project
title: Molecular-level Control of Crystal Nucleation (NAP
62)
"The NAP programme has been really fantastic to work with. The staff at Tyndall have a scholarly
openness, extending the overall team competencies beyond what I have seen in any other part of the
world. The facilities at Tyndall are state-of-the-art, by all standards of world class. Without NAP, it
would have been more expensive and perhaps not even possible to achieve our
results"
Mikael Fernström
- UL - Project title: Celeritas - application of motes in
performance art systems (NAP
60)
"Advancing our group’s research in the rapid development of ubiquitous computing applications required obtaining new skills in the programming of embedded software on sensor motes. The NAP not only provided access to the hardware but was very supportive in providing the essential training in embedded system programming needed to integrate real sensor systems into our
research"
Dr. David Lewis -
TCD - Project title: Incorporating and validating sensor
capabilities into a pervasive computing simulation tool (NAP
59)
"This
project has provided customized sensor interfaces specifically
designed for chemical sensors under development in the Adaptive
Sensors Group, DCU. This
has streamlined the process of sensor evaluation and will fast
track field deployment of these systems"
Dr. Rod
Shepherd - DCU - Project title: Comparison Studies of Tyndall
and CrossBow Inc. Motes in Chemo-sensor and Wearable Sensor
Networks (NAP 56)
"Access
to the facilities at Tyndall have been invaluable. The SAM at
Tyndall has allowed us to image bone samples at high resolution
and achieve good results which were invaluable to the progress
of the project"
Patrick
Wulliamoz - TCD - Project title: Micromechanical modelling of
normal, drug treated and osteoporotic bone using non-destructive
testing and finite element analysis (NAP
53)
"The
NAP
has provided the foundation for the development of novel
cantilever sensors as well as opening up the prospect of
improved SFM imaging in liquid"
Dr. Anthony Grant
- CIT - Project title: Fabrication of Coated Cantilevers for
Scanning Force Microscopy and Biosensor Applications (NAP
52)
"The
NAP facillitated the production of unique silicon membrane
structures that would have been impossible to produce elsewhere.
The flexibility and capability of the Tyndall Institute,
combined with the NAP framework, made the decision to pursue
this project with Tyndall an easy one. The project has served
the Intel/CRANN research initiative well to date"
Chris Murray - TCD
- Project title: Production of thin Si membranes using SOI
wafers (NAP 45/50)
"Access
to high quality advanced technology is essential for the future
of photonics"
Brian Corbett -
UCC - Project title: Incorporating photonic crystals into
quantum dot lasers at 1300nm (NAP
47)
"There
can be no doubt that the work produced via our NAP proposal has
attracted considerable interest and has opened up the
possibility of integrating colloidal photonic crystal technology
into existing III-V optoelectronic devices. Our main paper
arising from this work has thus far only received 3 citations
but these are from key players in the field and so we are very
pleased to have been cited. The data that we have obtained
underpins a large part of our
strategy for further research over the next 5 years. It also has
been instrumental in establishing some possible new
collaborations"
Professor M E
Pemble - UCC - Project title: Novel III-V Structures from
Synthetic Opal Templates (NAP 45)
"The
access programme has allowed us to evaluate the Tyndall mote
design. We are confident that this programme is a significant
contribution to the area of wireless sensor network design,
being a clear advance on the state of the art and which will –
if suitable volumes are available – make a significant
international contribution"
Dr. S. Neely, Dr.
S. Dobson - UCD -
Project title: Device Positioning Using Smart Zigbee Beacons
(NAP 42)
“The
NAP has provided access to very interesting customized LED
devices that are simply not available from commercial sources.
In particular multi-LED arrays look very promising for
application in the area of multi-analyte fluidic detection
systems”
Dr Rod Shepherd -
DCU - Project title: Customised light emitting diodes for
enhanced performance optical chemical sensors (NAP 40)
"The
project has been a great success and the NAP program has been
instrumental in the development of the AES team’s research in
RF and Antenna development. It is now hoped to build on this
work and endeavor to further increase Tyndall’s profile in the
area of antenna research"
John Buckley
- UCC - Project title: Antenna Design,
Fabrication/Characterization (NAP
39)
“Funding
through the Tyndall Research Centre and NAP has allowed us
direct access to equipment and expertise improving the speed of
our research while greatly enhancing its output”
Robert Lynch - UL
- Project title: Study of the Mechanism of porous layer
formation in III-V semiconductors in aqueous electrolytes under
anodic conditions (NAP 37)
"This
was an excellent opportunity for us to utilize the
microfabrication facility at Tyndall and was the only means to
fabricate the CPWs in
Ireland
. Without these CPWs, the experimental technique would have been
a failure"
Dr. I. Z. Rahman -
UL - Project title: Design and Fabrication of Coplanar
Waveguides (NAP 36)
"This
project has allowed a basic proof of concept for the new
ultrasonic transducer MEMs and will thus be a key factor in
future funding applications"
Dr. William Wright
- UCC - Project title: Manufacture of novel capacitive
Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (cMUT) MEMS (NAP
35)
"The
access gained for us under the NAP has become an integral part
of our research projects, providing the preeminent analytical
tool in our evaluation of binding efficiency"
Gerard
O'Sullivan & Norma Scully - UCC - Project title: Analysis of
silicas, derivatised using supercritical carbon dioxide (NAP 34)
"Our experience of the NAP scheme has been very positive. It has facilitated in building a strong research relationship with Dr Paul Hurley’s group in Tyndall which has continued in the subsequent SFI funded project"
Dr. Greg Hughes -
DCU - Project title: Fabrication and characterisation of high-k
dielectric layers on Germanium and Silicon substrates (NAP 30)
"In addition to providing top-class facilities for performing experimental work, the educational value of the project was immense"
Damian Aherne -
UCD - Project title: Electrical Characterization of DNA
Templated Gold Nanowires (NAP
27)
"The
MESRC (Microelectronics and Semiconductor Research Centre) at UL
would like to acknowledge the help and cooperation of the NAP,
which resulted in driving our research further steps. Without
their help this project would not be possible to progress, as
the facilities of Tyndall are highly appreciated. Also many
thanks to SFI for providing such a great opportunity of NAP/SFI
project"
Professor
Khalil Arshak - UL - Project title: Design & fabrication of
nanoscale potentiometric pH biosensors using FIB nanolithography (NAP
24)
"At
every stage of the project, the Tyndall staff were enthusiastic,
helpful and promptly answered any questions posed. Their
professionalism greatly contributed towards the project’s
success"
Brian Mc Cormack -
TCD - Project title: Fabrication, inspection and dicing of SAW
sensors (NAP 21)
"The NAP project has facilitated the start of research in the area of embedded wireless location technologies in my group at CIT. The development of location technology expertise has lead, since the award of the NAP project in the participation of two EU funded projects The FP6 “wearIT@work” project, were CIT replaced the original location techniques partner, who had left the project. CIT’s selection by the consortium was based on our growing reputation in the area of location
techniques"
Dr. Dirk Pesch -
CIT - Project title: Indoor Environment Monitoring for Smart
Buildings (NAP 20)
"The time and effort that all the Tyndall engineers gave towards the development of
the Tyndall-DMS-Mote is much appreciated. We are really pleased with the positive
contributions and enthusiastic co-operation of all concerned"
Dr. John Herbert -
UCC - Project title: QoS Issues within a Medical environment
using Wireless Sensor Networks (NAP
19)
"The
National Access Programme has been an invaluable aid in the
development of my research. The researchers in Tyndall are
enthusiastic, supportive, and flexible"
Dr. Stephen Brown
- NUIM - Project title: Lifetime support for wireless sensor
networks (NAP 18)
"The benefits of the NAP programme for our research activities can be summarized as:
Provides MEMS device samples which are of a standard comparable with the best research groups in the world.
Gives our postgraduate students the opportunity to work on state-of-the-art characterization equipment with proactive assistance from Tyndall staff experiences with the equipment operation and the measurements of interest to us.
Has allowed us to begin interactions with potential industrial partners in the area of RF system
design"
Dr.
Martin Hill - CIT - Project title: High tuning range MEMS
variable capacitor for RF systems (VARICAP) (NAP
12)
"It was extremely helpful to us that we could directly contact those researchers at Tyndall responsible for different stages of the project"
Dr. Lien Ngo - TCD
- Project title: Nanowire and nano-contacts (NAP
6)
"This is an excellent scheme because (a) it enables small and inexpensive but vital elements of a project to be funded
- I strongly recommend that the scheme be continued"
Dr. Robert Barklie
- TCD - Project title: Growth and characterisation of HfO 2 and ZrO 2 films on silicon
(NAP 5)
"My group gained exposure to the latest technology developed at Tyndall. This technology was used then to map various algorithms and architectures developed by my group. In future, it is my intention to use this technology in some of my lectures and
practicals - I think that the programme is of great benefit and hopefully it will continue in the
future"
Dr. Emanuel Popovici
- UCC - Project title: Fault Tolerance And Low Power Cryptography In Sensor Networks
(NAP 4)
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