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Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
The Applied Research Enhancement (ARE) programme is supported by Enterprise Ireland and the National Development Plan. Since the EI ARE Programme has commenced in 2005, 17 applied research centres of excellence in 11 Institutes of Technology have been funded with seed funding in order of €1.25 to €2.0 million for a 3 to 5 year period. This results in a total financial commitment of approximately €23 million to date. This seed funding provides for procurement of a dedicated core research team led by an industrial experienced Centre Manager, dedicated lab space and provision of specialised equipment. The objectives of these centres are
• To enable regional development by introducing innovative technological solutions through collaboration with industrial partners
• To develop the next generation technology platforms for the benefit of Irish based industry through a dedicated applied research strategy
The centres can be divided into 3 technology clusters
• ICT & Software • Bio Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical • Bio-Medical Devices & Materials
Details of the 16 current ARE centres and their contact details can be found in the following pages.
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
ICT & Software
3CS Centre for Converged IP Communications Services
SUNAT Seamless Use Through Network Abstraction Technologies
TEC Technologies for Embedded Computing
Letterkenny
WiSAR Wireless Sensor Applied Research
CDI Centre of Design & Innovation Sligo Dundalk
CASALA- Centre for Affective Software for Ambient Living Awareness
Athlone
Waterford
Cork
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
ARE ICT & Software Funded Centres
CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE IOT DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY CONTACT
TEC Technologies for Embedded
Computing http://www.tec-centre.ie/
Cork
www.cit.ie
TEC focus is on the development of Embedded Computing Technologies (i.e. electronics and software) for the next generation systems and components in the applications of consumer electronics, entertainment devices, household appliances, cars, airplanes, e-health, etc
Kieran Delaney
Tel: 353 (0)21 4326379 Email: Kieran.Delaney@cit.ie
3CS Centre for Converged IP
Communications Services http://www.3cs.info/
Waterford www.wit.ie
3CS undertakes applied research in the domain of converged IP (Internet Protocol) based communications services. This includes the convergence of access networks (fixed, IPTV, wireless, and mobile) & of network architectures based on IP Multimedia Subsystem. An example of this is the development of software for the creation of mobile phone internet pages.
Barry Downes
Tel: 353 (0)51 302932 Email: bdownes@tssg.org
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
SUNAT Seamless Use Through Network
Abstraction Technologies www.ait.ie/faculties/engineering/as
rc.shtml
Athlone
www.ait.ie
SUNAT research has a focus on facilitating the rapid prototyping, creation and delivery of mobility enabled applications by developing a Service Enterprise Architecture for Adaptive Mobility (SEAAM)
Anthony Cunningham Tel: 353 (0)906483096
Email: acunningham@AIT.ie
WiSAR Wireless Sensor Applied
Research Centre Website www.wisar.org
Letterkenny
www.LyIT.ie
WiSAR: is a centre of excellence in wireless sensor network (WSN) technology which aims to become the hub of research and applied solutions for technology companies in the NW region. The research themes of the centre are to develop WSN solutions in the Body Area & Built Environment Networks for industrial collaborators.
David Tracey
Tel 074 9186454 Email: david.tracey@lyit.ie
CASALA- Centre for Affective Software for
Ambient Living Awareness
Dundalk www.dkit.ie
CASALA objective is to work with Irish industry to achieve product innovation, business competitiveness, and market leadership in the emerging ‘ambient assisted living’ (AAL) sector. The AAL refers to the drive to provide ICT solutions to extend the time the elderly can live in their home environment
Rodd Bond-PI
Telephone:042 9391080 Email rodd.bond@dkit.ie
Centre Manager Andrew McFarlan Tel 0870 516705
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
CDI Centre of Design & Innovation http://www.designinnovation.ie
Sligo
www.itsligo.ie
CDI fosters & supports more effective design within Irish industry and business through research in design management & methodologies and assisting companies to develop their design capabilities
David Tormey
Tel. 071-91-55496 Email: dtormey@itsligo.ie
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
Limerick ITShannon ABC Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre
Tralee IT
Letterkenny IT
ARE Bio Life Sciences / &
Pharmaceuticals
CAMBio Centre for Applied Marine Biology
Dundalk IT
PMBRC Pharmaceutical & Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre
Waterford IT
ICBC Ion Channel Biotechnology Centre
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
Bio Life Science & Pharmaceutical ARE Funded Centre
CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY
CONTACT
CAMBIO
Centre of Applied Marine Biotechnology
http://www.cambio.ie/
Letterkenny www.lyit.ie
CAMBIO has an applied research focus in 3 areas Aquaculture and FisheriesBiomedical Marine ResearchMarine Food Processing and Waste Remediation
Wolfram Bruck Tel: 353 (0)74 9186322
Email: Wolfram.Bruck@lyit.ie
Shannon ABC
Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre
www.shannonabc.com
Limerick www.lit.ie
& Tralee
www.ittralee.ie
Shannon ABC develops innovative products and ingredients from natural resources using novel processes to obtain value added food products, food flavours and medicinal products. These products will be used to create, enhance or add value to existing products in the food, healthcare and developing nutraceutical industries
Benjamin Bradley Phone 066 7144217
Email: benjamin.bradley@staff.ittralee.ie
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
PMBRC: Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre
Waterford www.wit.ie
PMBRC: Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre at the Waterford Institute Technology will generate a stimulus for innovation, new ideas and technology transfer for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries based in the South East of Ireland. The 2 research themes to be undertaken by PMBRC are Drug Delivery Technologies & Development of Novel Process Technologies
Contact Niall O’ Reilly
Phone (051) 306167 Email:
noreilly@wit.ie
ICBC
Ion Channel Biotechnology Centre http://ww2.dkit.ie/research/smrc
Dundalk
www.dkit.ie
The multidisciplinary Ion Channel Biotechnology Centre (ICBC) at Dundalk Institute of Technology is a centre of excellence in applied research capable of exploiting opportunities in life sciences for the economic benefit of regional and national Irish based Bio-Pharmaceutical Industries. The Centre uses a combination of physiology, pharmacology, molecular biology, electrophysiology and organic chemistry to focus on commercialising the results of the 3 identified applied research themes for the centre for the two disease states of – urinary incontinence and osteoarthritis
Contact
Mary Earle Phone 00353 429370475
Email: mary.earle@dkit.ie
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
Waterford IT
Cork IT
DIT
SEAM South Eastern Applied Materials Research Centre
CREST Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology
Galway-Mayo IT Tallaght ITGMedTech MiCRA Micro Sensors
Galway Medical for Clinical Analysis Technologies Centre
CAPPA Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Control
Biomedical Devices / Materials
MEDIC Medical Engineering Design and Innovation Centre
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY CONTACT
GMEDTECH
Galway Medical Technologies http://www.gmedtech.ie/
Galway-Mayowww.gmit.ie
GMEDTECH offers an advanced product performance testing service on both a regional and national basis by engaging medical device development companies to identify their product test needs, GMEDTECH enable implantable medical products to be tested in environments that very closely match the in-vivo condition
John Kelly:
Tel: 353 (0)91 742870 Email:
John.Kelly@gmit.ie
MiCRA
Micro Sensors for Clinical Analysis
http://www.it-tallaght.ie/research/micra/
Tallaght
www.ittallaght
.ie/
MiCRA targets the rapidly growing biomedical diagnostics market, in particular the point-of-care sector, in particular new devices to enable early diagnosis and real-time results, i.e. the development of biosensors for the main targets in a kidney and liver function test.
Oliver Worsfold
Tel:353 (0)1 4042084 Email:
oliver.worsfold@ittdublin.ie
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
SEAM
South Eastern Applied Materials http://www.wit.ie/seam
Waterford www.wit.ie
SEAM has identified 3 research strands: 1). X-ray Micro-tomography 2). Microwave Processing & Remediation of Materials. 3) Magnetically Targeted Nanoparticles in Biomedicine
Ramesh Raghavendra Phone: 051 – 845648
Email: rraghavendra@wit.ie
CAPPA
Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis
www.cappa.ie
Cork www.cit.ie
The Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) at the Cork Institute of Technology is a focal point for industry-led applied research in Optics and Photonics in the Cork region. The CAPPA centre develops new photonic devices and techniques that will find applications in process analytical technology, in particular for the pharmaceutical and medical -technology industries.
Eamonn O’Neill Tel: 087 9669803
Email eamonn.oneill@cit.ie
Applied Research Enhancement Programme Centres of Excellence for Enterprise Development Contact: deirdre.brougham@enterprise-ireland.com or paddy.byrne@enterprise-ireland.com
MEDIC:
Medical Engineering Design and Innovation Centre
Cork
www.cit.ie
MEDIC as an applied research centre of excellence will generate a stimulus for innovation, new ideas and technology transfer in the research themes of Smart Medical Devices for Assistive Rehabilitation. This objective will be achieved by consolidating and enhancing the research capability within CIT in two specific and focused research strands namely Smart Surgical Devices & Smart Rehabilitation Devices.
Contact
Pat O’Connor Tel 086 8048111
Email Pat.oconnor@cit.ie
CREST
A Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology
http://www.crestdit.com/
Dublin
www.dit.ie
CREST is a national centre of excellence in the applied research area of specialised coatings. The Centre has grown from the initial three staff members to ten full-time DIT staff members and six CREST postgraduate students. The Centre serves up to 100 clients per annum, has delivered three commercial licenses for DIT, filed one patent and published 14 research publications in the field of surface coatings The centre has 3 predominant research themes: Corrosion Control, Hygiene Surfaces & Air Quality
Contact
John Colreavy Tel (0)1 4027940
Email john.colreavy@dit.ie