Prof Maurice N. Collins is a Professor in Materials Science in the School of Engineering at the University of Limerick. He is Principal Investigator (PI) at the Bernal Institute, the Health Research Institute, FI at the SFI AMBER center based in Trinity College Dublin and Challenge lead in SFI Biorbic centre based at UCD. He led the H2020 funded LIBRE consortium (lignin for carbon fiber), the largest consortium in biobased carbon fibre research in Europe, and currently is WP lead on the following EU consortia (VIBES, BIOUPTAKE and CUBIC) as well as being PI on multiple national funded projects (Traceless, NXTGENWOOD, Valid). His expertise includes Regenerative medicine, hydrogels and biobased carbon fibre precursor materials as well as the development of 3D printable Polymers. Prof Collins has a strong track record in attracting industrially funded research projects including Mitsubishi Materials, Henkel, J&J, Pepsi etc. He has won in excess of €25 million in competitive funding with 11 years of continuous competitive EU funding (2016 - 2027). His industrial work has led to 2 licensing agreements and 9 patents filed. Coupled to this, he has authored >150 publications on Polymer Science related topics and his research has featured in various national and international media outlets. His research has been recognised through various awards including: Marie Curie Actions Award, Licencing Agreement Award, Best Journal Paper Award, Highlight Conference Paper Award, ISI highly cited award, Best oral presentations and UL Seed Funding. He is a reviewer for > 40 international Journals. He sits on the editorial board of Carbohydrate Polymers. He is proposal assessor for the Polish Academy of Science, Austrian science foundation, Israeli Ministry of Science, EPSRC, H2020, Horizon Europe, and European Research Council. He has chaired sessions at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), European Society for Biomaterials and World Biomaterials Congress. Maurice lectures polymer therapeutics to postgraduate students and Tissue Engineering to Undergraduates. He currently supervises 8 PhD candidates, 6 postdocs and is Course Director for the MSc in Biomedical Device Materials. He served as editor of the international journal of biological macromolecules pfrom 2019 to 2023. He was recently awarded the Bernal Institute senior researcher of the year award. His work to date has led to >7.5k citations with a h -index of 51. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of chemistry and Institute of materials, minerals and mining (IOM3).
Research Interests
Polymeric materials; Biomaterials; Lead free solder materials; Reliabilty physics.
Professional Activities
Award
2014 - Licensing Agreement
2013 - UL Seed Funding
2012 - IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology: Best Paper Award
2010 - Licensing Agreement Award
2009 - Highlight Paper Award EuroMAt 2009
2005 - Marie Curie Actions Award
Education
2007 University of Limerick - Doctor of Philosophy
2002 University of Limerick - Master of Science
Outreach
Interviewed in Irish Times, Irish Examiner on the reliability of Orthopaedic Materials
Interviewed on Diamond Pod Cast on the significance of results obtained at the Diamond Synchrotron
Reviewer for > 15 ISI Journals including Carbohydrate Polymers, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Cellulose, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Med.; Tissue Engineering and Reg. Med.; Journal of Applied Polymer Science; ACS Journals.
Member of the Editoral Board of Carbohydrate Polymers Impact Factor 5.1
Eric Dalton and Maurice N Collins (2014) Lamella alignment ratio: a SAXS analysis technique for macromolecules.
Journal Of Applied Crystallography :847-851
Collins, MN,Birkinshaw, C (2013) Hyaluronic acid solutionsA processing method for efficient chemical modification.
Journal Of Applied Polymer Science :145-152
Collins, MN,Dalton, E,Leahy, JJ,Birkinshaw, C (2013) Effects of tensile strain on the nanostructure of irradiated and thermally stabilised ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes for orthopaedic devices.
Rsc Advances :1995-2007
Collins, MN,Reid, M,Dalton, E,Shannon, K,Garfias-Mesias, LF (2013) Corrosion under mixed flowing gas conditions of various connector coatings.
Materials And Corrosion-Werkstoffe Und Korrosion :7-13
Collins, MN; Punch, J; Coyle, R; Reid, M; Popowich, R; Read, P; Fleming, D (2011) Thermal Fatigue and Failure Analysis of SnAgCu Solder Alloys with Minor Pb Additions.
Ieee Transactions On Components Packaging And Manufacturing Technology :1594-1600
Coyle, R; Osenbach, J; Collins, MN; McCormick, H; Read, P; Fleming, D; Popowich, R; Punch, J; Reid, M; Kummerl, S (2011) Phenomenological Study of the Effect of Microstructural Evolution on the Thermal Fatigue Resistance of Pb-Free Solder Joints.
Ieee Transactions On Components Packaging And Manufacturing Technology :1583-1593
Collins, MN and Reid, M. and Dalton, E. and Shannon, K. and Garfias-Mesias, LF (2011) Corrosion under mixed flowing gas conditions of various connector coatings.
Materials and Corrosion
Zhao, L; Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2009) Development of the powder reaction moulding process.
Journal Of Chemical Technology And Biotechnology :454-460
Coyle, R; Reid, M; Osenbach, J; Ryan, C; Read, P; Fleming, D; Popowich, R; McCormick, H; Punch, J; Collins, M; Koshmeider, T; Manock, J; Kummerl, S; Chatterji, I (2009) A Phenomenological Study of the Effect of Microstructural Evolution on Pb-free Solder Joint Fatigue Resistance.
Journal Of Electronic Materials
Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2008) Physical properties of crosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogels.
Journal Of Materials Science-Materials In Medicine :3335-3343
Barron, D; Collins, MN; Flannery, MJ; Leahy, JJ; Birkinshaw, C (2008) Crystal ageing in irradiated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene.
Journal Of Materials Science-Materials In Medicine :2293-2299
Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2008) Investigation of the swelling behavior of crosslinked hyaluronic acid films and hydrogels produced using homogeneous reactions.
Journal Of Applied Polymer Science :923-931
Reid, M; Punch, J; Collins, M; Ryan, C (2008) Effect of Ag content on the microstructure of Sn-Ag-Cu based solder alloys.
Soldering & Surface Mount Technology :3-8
Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2007) Comparison of the effectiveness of four different crosslinking agents with hyaluronic acid hydrogel films for tisslue-culture applications.
Journal Of Applied Polymer Science :3183-3191
Kafil M. Razeeb, Ju Xu, Eric D. Dalton, Muhammad M. Ramli, Maurice N. Collins and Saibal Roy (2009) Encyclopedia of Polymer Composites: Properties, Performance and Applications, .
New Youk : Nova Science Publishers Thermal properties of carbon nanotube-silicone composites
Edited Books
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Other Journals
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Gavin Jackson, Ian J. Wilding, Richard Boyle, Puwei Liu, Matthew Holloway, Maurice N. Collins, Eric Dalton, Jeff Punch (2012) Surface Mount and Technology Association (SMTAi).
C. Xu, B. Wright, K. Demirkan, R. L. Opila, K. Hannigan, M. Reid, J. Punch, M.N. Collins, W.D. Reents, Jr., D.A. Fleming, J.P. Franey, G.E. Derkits Jr., P. Ahern, (2012) Surface Mount Technology Association International (SMTAi).
Coyle R., Reid M., Ryan C., Popowich R., Read P., Fleming D., Collins M., Punch J., Chatterji I. (2009) IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference.
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