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16/12/09 - Connecting Agendas: Looking Forward with the Energy Research Centre

This short event was organized primarily to support communcation and collaboration amongst NUI Galway researchers from any discipline interested in Energy research. The forty-plus strong audience consisted of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, economists and other researchers involved in business, law and public policy, as well as several key collaborators from industry. An output of the event was a great deal of input towards a "roadmap of energy research at NUIG" for 2010, which will soon be made available. The programme is below, and you can view PDF's of any of the presentations given by clicking on the links below.

Programme:

Welcome and Introduction by Prof. Vincent O'Flaherty, Director of the Energy Research Centre

Session 1: Dr. Martina Prendergast, Development Manager of the ECI/MRI - "Looking Towards 'Region of Knowledge 2011' in the area of Energy Research"

Session 2: Dr. Su-ming Khoo, Dr. Henrike Rau, Dr. Tom van Rensburg, and John Simmie, Professor Emeritus, as Chair - "Socio-Economic and Governance Research in the Area of Energy and Sustainability"

Session 3: Prof. Gerard Hurley, Dr. Marcus Keane, Dr. Gavin Collins, Dr. Colin Brown, and Prof. Kevin Leyden as Chair - "Science and Technology Research in the Area of Energy and Sustainability"

Wrap-Up and Roadmap by Prof. Vincent O'Flaherty

01/10/09 - Minister Conor Lenihan Visits the ECI's Energy Research Centre


Dr. Colin Brown (on left) addresses an attentive audience	Dr. Denise Cysneiros explains her research to Minister Lenihan	Minister Lenihan (on left) pays attention and throws a few good questions back at the researchers.

Minister Conor Lenihan, Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, accompanied by SFI Director Prof. Frank Gannon and other SFI colleagues, visited with researchers from the Energy Research Centre (ERC) on Thursday October 1st. The ERC's Director, Prof. Vincent O'Flaherty, and other ERC principal investigators gave the group an overview and tour of some of the ERC laboratories. The Minister was very engaged, and posed numerous clever questions to the researchers. We were delighted to have Minister Lenihan and Prof. Gannon, and look forward to welcoming them again at a future visit.

22/04/09 - Professor Vincent O'Flaherty Appointed to Comhar Council

Professor Vincent O'Flaherty, leader of the ECI's thematic research area of Energy and Director of the ECI's Energy Research Centre, has been appointed by the Government to sit on the Comhar Sustainable Development Council (SDC) for a new three-year term.

Comhar SDC is the forum for national consultation and dialogue on all issues relating to sustainable development. The council has 25 members drawn from five pillars: the state sector, the economic sector, environmental NGOs, social/community NGOs, and the professional/academic sector. For more information on Comhar visit http://www.comharsdc.ie/.

From left: Prof. O'Flaherty; Dr. Frank Convery, Chairperson of Comhar; and Noel Casserly, Director of Comhar.

22/01/09 - Minister Jimmy Devins Visits the ERC


Krisha Katuri, of the Biomolecular Electronics Research Laboratory, talks Minister Jimmy Devins through the chemistry of a biofuel cell.		Prof. Vincent O'Flaherty, Director of the ERC and Head of the Department of Microbiology, demonstrates a lab-scale anaerobic bio-reactor to Minister Jimmy Devins.

In a recent SFI sponsored visit to NUI Galway, Dr Jimmy Devins, T.D., Minister of State for Science and Innovation, spent part of the afternoon talking to ERC researchers and visiting some of our facilities. The Minister leant an attentive ear as members of the Microbial Ecology Laboratory, the Biomolecular Electronics Research Laboratory, the Combustion Chemistry Centre, the Power Electronics Research Centre, the Biogeoscience Research Group, the Departments of Civil and Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering, and the Environmental Engineering Research Laboratory, all gathered together to display working models, posters, and experiments relating to their research.

03/01/09 - Energy research centre gets €5 million in funding

The ECI's Energy Research Centre (ERC) has attracted over €5 million in initial funding for its work. Prof. Vincent O'Flaherty, director of the ERC, says "From electricity-producing micro-organisms to smarter wind power, there are possibilities for new apporoaches to energy generation all around us." He adds, "If we can upscale our energy research and take a more co-ordinated approach nationally, there is a clear opportunity for Ireland to take a leadership role in this critical field."

To view the complete article, which appeared on P.2. of the Irish Times on January 3rd, please click here.

15/12/08 - ERC Launch & Networking Event


Prof. Gerard Jennings, Director of the Environmental Change Institute; Prof. Vincent O'Flaherty, Director of the ERC; President James Browne, President of NUI Galway.	At the poster display and research showcase.	Susan Boland of the ERC discusses her research on biofuel cells with fellow NUI Galway researcher, Brian Ward.

The official launch of the ERC took place on Monday December 15th, at the Environmental Change Institute. The event was well attended by both NUI Galway Researchers, and people working in industry in the areas of energy and the environment.

The aim for the centre is to become an international centre of excellence, as well as a central hub for energy research in Ireland. Nationally, it is the first of its kind with such wide-ranging scope and will build on NUI Galway's strong reputation in areas such as bioenergy, energy efficient technologies, renewable resources and energy policy. At the launch and networking event, one researcher from each of these four main thematic areas gave a short presentation, providing insight into some of the research that is taking place within the ERC. If you are interested in viewing PDF versions of these presentations, please click on the links below.

Dr. Marcus Keane, "Holistic Environmental and Energy Management of Buildings".
Dr. Colin Brown, "Ocean Energy: Scoping the Resource".
Dr. Kieran Hickey, "Climate Resources and Energy Change"
Dr. Gavin Collins, "Bioenergy: Challenges and Opportunities"

"Energy Research Centre gets the GREEN light" , Technology Transfer Initiative (TTI) Newsletter, Spring 2008

Energy Research Centre
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