The Ryan
y Institute
Dr. Martina Prendergast
Dr
Strategic Development Manager
November 6th, 2012
Environment
Marine
Energy
The I
Th
Institute
tit t iis the
th driver
d i
of
f
Environment, Marine and
Energy research at NUI Galway.
Galway
Home to over 300
researchers
h
committed
itt d
to education and
research of the
environment.
www.ryaninstitute.ie
Mission
To promote an interdisciplinary centre of excellence in
environment marine,
marine and energy research with a
environment,
commitment to:
high-quality, collaborative research
the educational mission of the University
support for national and regional development
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Environment
Marine
Energy
Some numbers
100 Full
Full-time
time academic staff
150 PhD students
60
Post-docs
Colleges of
• Science
• Engineering & Informatics
• Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
• Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies
• Business, Public Policy & Law
Annual research income €5 million
Involvement in 22 EU research projects
Modelling &
Informatics
Environmental
Technologies
Socioeconomics &
Policy
Climate Change
Cross-thematic Activity
Energy
Structured
PhD
Marine & Coastal Processes
Environment & Health
Outreach
Biodiversity & Bioresources
Thematic Priority
Built Environment and Smart Cities
Advisory Board
Inaugural Meeting
9th June,
June 2012
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Specialist Infrastructures
CARNA Research Station – Aquaculture facility located 50
miles from main campus (Dr. Richard Fitzgerald)
MACE HEAD Atmospheric Research Station used by 138 countries.
countries
Trans-National Access activity – EUSAAR Supersite (Dr. Colin
O’Dowd)
CARRON Research Facility – Fieldwork station
located in the heart of the Burren, Co. Clare
FINNAVARRA – Coastal base near New Quay,
y Co. Clare.
CHEMICAL Monitoring Facility - analysing a diverse range of
materials in the environment to determine elemental abundances,
abundances
elemental speciation, organic compounds and isotopic compositions.
(Dr. Liam Morrison)
GIS Centre
o Research and teaching support for all 5 colleges in
NUI Galway
3D Geovisualisation
o Technical support: geospatial software,
software licenced
and open GIS data
o GIS training
i i courses to staff
ff & researchers
h –&
external participants
o Distributes & manages licenced GIS data
S
Smart
t Transport
T
t Route
R t Design
D i
Hydrodynamics and Basin Modeling
Public Health
Environment
Marine
Energy
Significant Developments
1.
The ‘Grand Challenge’ – Advisory Board
advice
2.
Appointment to European Marine Board
SFI application with iMERC in Cork
MAREI - Marine Renewable Energy Ireland Research Centre [Dr. M. Hartnett]
DAFM application successful
Innovation in Irish Timber Usage [Dr. Annette Harte]