Congratulations to all the students conferred this week from the University of Limerick. Thirteen graduates from the faculty of Science_Engineering UL carried out their doctorate research at the Bernal Institute, along with three MSc graduates, they are:
Dr Mohammad Ansari
Thesis: Design Considerations for Buckling of Composite Cylindrical Shells on Elastic Foundations
Supervisors: Prof. Paul Weaver / Dr Giovanni Zucco
Dr Indraneel Roy Chowdhury
Thesis: Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms of a Non-Crimp Basalt Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composite
Supervisors: Dr Anthony Comer / Prof. Noel O’Dowd
Dr Molly Haskins
Thesis: Design, Synthesis and Properties of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals
Supervisor: Prof. Michael Zaworotko
Dr Rob Lehane
Thesis: Electrosynthesis of PEDOT Films at the Liquid/Liquid Interface between Two Immiscible Electrolyte Solutions
Supervisors: Prof. Mícheál Scanlon / Prof. Edmond Magner
Dr Siobhan O’Connor
Thesis: Synthetic Considerations for Electrochemiluminescent Nano-Luminophores for Point of Care Biosensing
Supervisor: Dr Emmet O’Reilly
Dr Daniel O’Hearn
Thesis: A Taxonomic Approach to Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers: From Design to Application
Supervisor: Prof. Michael Zaworotko
Dr Philip Poillot
Thesis: The Strain Generated Potential in the Intervertebral Disc: Underlying Mechanisms and the Cell Response
Supervisor: Prof. Jacques Huyghe
Dr Aoibhín Ryan
Thesis: The Pharmaceutical Development of the Bacteriocin Lacticin 3147 into a Next Generation Antibiotic
Supervisors: Prof. Sarah Hudson / Prof. Damien Thompson
Dr Kim Leah Shortall
Thesis: Investigation of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase from Thermus Thermophilus: Biochemical Characterisation and Use in Biocatalytic Enzymatic Reactors
Internal Supervisors: Prof. Edmond Magner / Prof. Tewfik Soulimane
Dr Samuel Solomon
Thesis: Natural and Novel Excipients for Advanced Therapeutics: Engineering Composite Particles for Superior Product Quality
Supervisors: Dr Ahmad B. Albadarin / Prof. Gavin Walker
Chair: Dr Ning Liu
Dr Dylan Storan
Thesis: The Synthesis of Silicon and Germanium Nanowires for Energy Storage and Single Nanowire Devices
Supervisors: Prof. Kevin M. Ryan / Dr Hugh Geaney
Dr Liam Whitmore
Thesis: Investigating the Impact of Fibropapillomatosis on Sea Turtles: The Role Played by Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 and the Use of Environmental DNA
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Ryan
Dr Yongliang Zhang
Thesis: Vertically Aligned, Interface Modified CdSe/CdS Nanorods for High-Efficiency Light-Emitting Diodes Application
Internal Supervisors: Dr Ning Liu / Prof. Christophe Silien
Niall Coughlan, supervisor: Ning Liu
Padraig Fitzmaurice, supervisors Gavin Walker and Ehab Romeih
Neil Mulcahy, supervisor Uschi Bangert