Monday Dec 1st
Day1(pm)
Mon 1/12
From 13.00
14.00
14.15
14.30
Regional employability of PhD students &
graduates
Delivery
Scope
Presenter
Registration & Buffet Lunch
Welcome
Skillsets for future Principal Investigators & Research
Leaders
Employability of graduate students
Presentation
James Cunningham
NUI Galway
Evylen O’Toole
CLS
Irene Sheridan CIT/
James Flynn IBM
Presentation
Perspective from industry
14.45
Educational programmes in industry
Presentation
Graduate diploma on professional practice industry
Practical experience from IBM
15.00
Funding for Enterprise / Employment based PhDs
Presentation
Overview of Irish funding programmes
15.15
Practical implementation of industry engagement
Intern / employment based MSc and PhD programmes
Fexilearn an evolving graduate educational resource
Sample
initiatives
15.30
Panel discussion
Facilitator
16.15
Networking / Poster displays/ Table top exhibitions
MSc, PhD
opportunities
Eucharia Meehan
IRC
Inspire Aoife
O’Donoghue Jim
Greer (Tyndall)
John Hannon
NUI Galway
Academics / Research
support.
Tuesday Dec 2nd
Day 2am
Tues 2/12
9.15
9.30
10.15
Topic
Nanotechnology
Introduction
Basic principles of nanoscale interactions
Making nanoscale photonics
Delivery
Presenter
Presentation
Presentation
Damien Thompson (UL)
Emmanuel Pelucchi
(UCC)
11.00
11.30
12.15
13.00
Coffee
Seeing at the nanoscale
Interaction of biological and materials at the
nanoscale – Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicity
Lunch
Presentation
Presentation
Colm Faulkner (TCD)
Hugh Byrne (DIT)
Day 2
Tues 2/12
14.00
14.15
Topic
Photonics
Introduction to photonics KET
New concepts in optical imaging
Delivery
Presenter
Presentation
14.45
15.30
16.15
Optical spectroscopy of advanced materials
Biophotonics imaging of tissue
Group exercise :
(1) Identifying regions of strength in
nanotechnology & photonics
(2) Technical concepts leveraging both
nanotechnologies & photonics
Output 5 minute oral presentation from group
Presentation
Presentation
Exercise
Nicholas Devaney
(NUI Galway)
Enda McGlynn (DCU)
Martin Leahy (NUI Galway)
Gerard O’Connor
Wednesday Dec 3rd
Day 3 am
Wed 3/12
9.15
9.30
10.15
Topic
Advanced Materials
Introduction to Advanced Material KET
Key concepts in materials science
Multi-scale modelling of materials & processes
Delivery
Presenter
Presentation
Presentations
Ken Stanton (UCD)
Sean Leen
(NUI Galway)
11.30
Coffee
New approaches for drug delivery using biomaterials
Presentations
Abhay Pandit
(NUI Galway)
Mike Pomeroy (UL)
12.15
13.00
Advanced characterisation of materials
Lunch
Day 3 pm
Topic
Delivery
Presenter
Wed 3/12
14.00
14.15
Micro- and nano-electronics
Introduction to Micro / Nano- Electronics KET
New materials for large area microelectronics
Presentation
14.45
15.30
16.15
Devices / fabrication silicon electronics
Self assembled electronic structures
Group exercise:
(1) Concept for new devices, addressing key
societal challenges, which integrate different
KETs from nanotechnology, photonics,
advanced materials, & electronics
Output 5 minute oral presentation on concept from group
Alan Dalton
(Surrey)
Maxwell ? Tyndall
Kevin Ryan (UL)
Led by Gerard
O’Connor
Presentation
Presentation
Presentation
Exercise
Thursday Dec 4th
Day 4 am
Topic
Delivery
Presenter
Thurs 4/12
9.15
9.30
10.15
Presentation
Presentation
Manus Biggs (NUI Galway)
Frank Barry (NUI Galway)
Presentation
Presentation
Jens Ducree (DCU)
Tia Keyes (DCU)
11.30
12.00
Industrial Biotechnology
Introduction to Biotechnology KET
Key concepts in nano-bioengineering
Stem cell manufacturing facility
Coffee
Miniaturisation for lab on chip technologies
Spectral Tools for Bioimaging
Lunch
Day 4 pm
Topic
Thurs 4/12
14.00
14.15
14.45
15.30
16.15
Advanced Manufacturing
Introduction to Advanced Manufacturing KET
Smart Factories of the Future
Advanced manufacturing by laser
Process control for advanced manufacturing
Group exercise:
(1) Identification of value chain for possible
production of concept developed in Day 3.
Output 5 minute oral presentation on concept from
group
Delivery
Presenter
Presentation
Presentation
Presentation
Exercise
Vincent Hargaden (UCD)
John Milroy (NUIG)
B Kelleher (CIT)?
Led by Gerard
O’Connor....
Friday Dec 5th
Day 5 am
Topic
Delivery
Presenter
Fri 4/12
9.15
9.30
10.00
Commercialisation & impact
Introduction to scalable innovation
Starting and growing your own business in Ireland
Innovation through education -Bioinnovate
Presentation
Presentation
Enterprise Ireland ?
Mark Bruzzi (NUI
Galway)
11.30
Coffee
Turning KETs in to products and jobs
Presentation
12.00
The NDRC – An entrepreneurial hub
Presentation
12.30
Exercise
Commercial challenges of “KET concepts” by groups
Lunch & Close
Led by
Alan Hynes (CCANUCC)
Helen McBreen (NDRC
–Digital Hub)
Gerard O’Connor
13.00
Post course exercise
Presentation via video conferencing on the scope for KETs in your PhD research project
Date: Friday 6th of February.
Summary
An integrated workshop on KETs relevant to all science and engineering students on
structured PhD programmes is presented.
Note: Speakers / contributors may change but content remains the same.