People

Principal Investigators (DCU)

Prof Dermot Brabazon (Director)	Prof Fiona Regan
Prof Patrick McNally	Dr Dermot Brougham
Dr Stephen Daniels	Dr Brendan O’Connor
Dr Paul Young	Dr John Geraghty
Dr Mercedes Vazquez	Dr Jean-Paul Mosnier
Dr Tamas Szecsi	Dr Kieran Nolan
Dr Lorna Fitzsimons	Dr Anne Morrissey
Prof Saleem Hashmi	Dr Brian Kelleher
Mr Brian Freeland	Dr Kieran Moran
Dr Teresa Hogan	Dr Martin Quinn
Dr Yan Delaure	Dr Brian Corcoran

External Affiliate Members

Prof Brett Paull, University of Tasmania	Dr Aran Rafferty, CRANN, TCD
Prof Paolo Cappa, La Sapienza, Rome	Dr Anthony Betts, DIT
Dr Syarifah Nur Aqida, Universiti Malaysia Pahang	Prof Anthony Brabazon, UCD
Prof Ahmed Issa, Al Azhar, University of Gaza	Dr Damian Connolly, WIT
Dr Abdulbaset Abuazza, University of Triopli	Dr Stephen Brennan, Orthopeadics Dept, Cork Hospital
Prof Henryk Fiedorowicz, University of Warsaw	Prof Mohabattul Zaman, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Prof Michael O’Neill, UCD	Prof Abdul Olabi, University of West Scotland
Prof Gautam Majumdar, Jadavpur University	Dr Leon Barron, Kings College London
Dr Sumsun Naher, City University London	Dr Andreas Heise, Royal College of Surgeons

Postdoctoral Researchers		Previous Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr Shadi Karazi		Dr David Culliton
Dr Eanna McCarthy		Dr Mercedes Vazquez
Dr Komal Bagga		Dr Jinghang Liu
Dr Robert Groarke		Dr Evans Chikarakara
Dr Nigel Kent		Dr Hassan Imran Afidi
Dr Inam Ul Ahad		Dr Farah Naz Talpur
		Dr Xiaoyun He

Postgraduate Researchers (current)

Asnul Ahmad	David Moore
Otman Elafi	Marcin Lipowiecki
Mr Muhannad Ahmed Obeidi	Mohabattul Zaman Bukhari
Ronan McCann	Brendan Heery
Paul O'Neill	Steven Marczak (ND)
Harshaan Singh	Fathi Zayed

Postgraduate Researchers (graduated)

Microfluidic device prototyping via laser processing of glass and polymer materials, Aymen BenAzouz (PhD 2014)
Development and characterisation of nanotemplated carbon monoliths in analytical chemistry, Xiaoyun He (PhD 2014)
Automated control of laser systems for micromachining, (PhD 2013)
Novel tools for polymer monolith capillary column production and chromatographic applications, David Collins (PhD 2013)
High Speed Laser Processing Of Metallic Alloys For Biomedical Applications; Evans Chikarakara (PhD 2012)
Electrohydrodynamic Focusing in 2 Dimensional Planar Microfluidic Devices for Pre-concentration of Low Abundance Analytes; Tomasz Piasecki (PhD 2011)
Laser Surface Modification of Die Steels; Syarifah Nur Aqida Binti Syed Ahmad (PhD 2011)
Parametric impact characterisation of a solid sports ball, with a view to developing a standard core for the GAA sliotar; Fiachra Ciarán Collins (PhD 2011)
Improvement of Efficiency in a Submersible Pump Motor; James Wall (MEng 2008)
Production of Hard Tissue Scaffolds Using Three-Dimensional Printing Method; Tamás Dávid Szűcs (MEng 2008)
Effect of Vibration on the Shear Strength of Impacted Bone Graft in Revision Hip Surgery; Stephen A.M. Brennan (MCh 2008)
Design of a Dynamic Balance Assessment System; John Considine (MEng 2007)
Computational Control of Laser Systems for Micro-Machining; Ahmed Abdulraouf Aabdulrahman Issa (PhD 2007)
A Study of the Implementation of Virtual Instrumentation in University Laboratory Environments; Philip Smyth (MEng 2007)
Investigation of Semi-Solid Metal Processing Route; Mian Wajid Ali Shah (MEng 2006)
Development of a Laser Based Surface Profilometer Using the Principle of Optical Triangulation; David Collins (MEng 2005)
Development and Characterisation of a Novel Optical Surface Defect Detection System; Mohammad Abu Hana Mustafa Kamal (MEng 2005 )
Examination of the Stir-Casting Method to Produce Al-SiC Composites; Sumsun Naher (PhD 2004)
Development of a Laser Scanning Thickness Measurement Inspection System; S. M. Mahfuzul Haque (MEng 2004)
Computer Application in Electro-Mechanical Systems; Meftah Ibrahim (MEng 2004)
Development of a laser based inspection system for surface defect detection; Mohammed Belal Hossain Bhuian (MEng 2002)
Development of high-speed fibre-optical laser scanning system for defect recognition; Abdulbaset Abuazza (PhD 2002)