Authors: R A Barrett 1,2; N.P. O'Dowd 3; S B Leen 1,2 1 Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway 2 Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research, NUI Galway 3 Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical & Biomedical Engineering, Materials & Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick From the Parsons steam turbine of 1884 to the Whittle gas turbine of 1930 and more recent state-of-the-art combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT), the ...

  Author: Robert Mooney, PhD student, Bioelectronics Research Cluster, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland Galway Technical evaluation of human performance is an essential part in the preparation of elite athletes. Novel methods of analysis, incorporating body-worn inertial sensors, have received much attention recently within both research and commercial communities – and rapid expansion of this marketplace has led to many new prototype ...

  Author: Dr Margaret Rae, post-doctoral research fellow, NUI Galway We are mid-way through the Beaufort Marine Biodiscovery Research Programme, which is aimed at discovery of biologically active compounds (bioactives) and materials for applied applications such as novel drugs and/or materials for use in medical devices. The programme is all about building a national research capacity for the discovery of bioactives and their potential use in the pharma/medical devices area. A sister ...

   Dr Kathryn Cormican, lecturer, College of Engineering & Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway Organisations must design innovative products using breakthrough technologies to gain competitive advantage in turbulent and dynamic environments. An innovative product has the potential to change the nature of the marketplace by satisfying a new (or latent) need or by satisfying customer needs in a significantly new way. If you always do what you always did, you will always get ...

A new generation of ‘green’ biomaterials is to be sourced from the Atlantic Ocean by a team of scientists across Europe. As part of the project, two research groups based at the National University of Ireland Galway have received funding of over €0.5 million to investigate the potential use of such marine materials for applications in the biomedical industry. The university’s Irish Seaweed Research Group (ISRG) and the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) will work on the ...

  Authors: Úna Fitzgerald, associate, RPS and David Sutton, graduate engineer, RPS Pyrite is an iron sulphide mineral that is a commonly-occurring but minor constituent of sedimentary rocks, particularly mudrocks and shales. Pyrite occurs in two main forms: cubic crystals and framboidal crystals. Cubic pyrite, which is colloquially known as ‘fool's gold’, is relatively stable in weathering environments. Subject to the correct environment, framboidal pyrite is problematic in confined ...