Delivering Innovative Solutions to Real-World Problems,
Through Transdisciplinary Research
GROUP OVERVIEW
The CTRG is a
multidisciplinary
research cluster
To Deliver
Innovative
Solutions
We combine
expertise from
multiple fields
of bio-nano-info
& cognitive
technologies
To Real World
In Convergent
WHAT
CTRG…?
Problems IS THE
Applications
We strive to
create & foster
dynamic
environments
for collaborative
research
Why?
Through
Multidisciplinary
Research &
Collaboration
EXPERTISE & RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biomedical
Engineering &
Biomedical
Devices
Process
Engineering,
Control & Wireless
Communications
Composite
Materials
WHAT DO WE DO…?
Integrated Circuit
Design,
Semiconductors &
Microelectronic
Devices
Technological
Convergence &
Multidisciplinary
Collaboration
Advanced
Materials
Development &
Processing
Mechanical
Engineering &
Design
CURRENT FUNDED PROJECTS
Water Control &
Management System
(WCMS)
Dielectric Thermoplastic
Elastomers
Arterial Vascular Modelling
using Hydrogels
Infrastructural
Technologies
(Water, Energy & The
Enviornment)
Design & Implementation
of a Patented Remote Water
Control Technology
(Enterprise Ireland Funded
Commercialisation Project)
Development of Novel,
Electrically Sensitive NanoStructural Materials for
Wave Energy Harvesting &
Infrastructural Applications
Materials
Development
(Polymeric
Formulations, Polymer
Processing & SCF
Enabled Technologies)
Passive & Active
Medical Devices
(Mock Cardiovascular
Loops, Catheter
Technologies &
Implantable Platforms)
Research to develop
biomaterial replicates of
arterial vessels in
conjunction with AIT & VIT,
India
CURRENT FUNDED PROJECTS
Research &
Academia
Soft Contact Lens
Development & Controlled
Ocular Drug Delivery
Supercritical FluidIndustry
Enabled &
Manufacturing
Polymer Processing
Passive/Active Medical
Device Platforms &
Electrical Impedance
Spectroscopy
The CTRG engages with,
and provides innovative
solutions to, a wide range
of disciplines in multiple
fields of engineering,
science & technology
Clinicians/
Surgeons &
Medical
Professionals
Development of Drug
Eluting Contact Lenses &
Custom Manufacturing
Platforms for Same; In
Collaboration with WINSS &
PMBRC
Cryo-foaming, vaccine
Collaborations
encapsulation,
extractions,
in New &
smart moulding etc.
Emerging
In Collaboration with SCF
Fields
Processing Ltd. & Applied
Polymer Technologies, AIT
Development of Technology
Platforms for Connected
Health, Early Disease
Detection etc. with
Multiple Clinical
Partnerships Formed
FOR MOREWWW.CTRG.IE
INFORMATION GO TO…
Delivering Innovative Solutions to Real-World Problems,
Through Transdisciplinary Research
Dr Austin Coffey, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., MBA, MIEI, MIOM, MSPE
 www.ctrg.ie
 acoffey@wit.ie