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Name:

Sarah Patricia Brady

Contact details

	Adaptive Sensors Group (NCSR), N205, Physics Building, Dublin City University, Dublin 9
	+353 1 700 7926
	+353 1 700 7995
	sarah.bradyEMAIL@dcu.ie to email remove "EMAIL" from address

Qualifications

PhD. in Chemistry Research,
Thesis title: Physical and chemical sensing applications of polypyrrole-coated foams, 2006

Undergraduate Degree,
B.Sc. in Analytical Science (1.1), Dublin City University, 2002

Project Summary

ProeTEX

Wearables

Publications

Posters

“The Development and Characterisation of Conducting Polymer-based Sensing Devices”, International Conference on Synthetic Metals,University of Wollongong, Australia, 2004

“The Development and Characterisation of a Pressure Sensing Polymeric Device”, Adaptive Information Cluster Conference, DCU, Ireland, 2004

"The Development and Characterisation of Conducting –Polymer Based Sensing Devices”, IRCSET National Research Symposium, Croke Park, Ireland, 2004 & 2005

"Garment-Based Monitoring of Respitation Rate Using a Foam Pressure Sensor", IFAWC, Zurich, Swizterland, 2005

"Wearables: Body Monitoring", Adaptive Information Cluster Conference, Crowne Plaza, Dublin, 2005

"Wearable sensors for Biomedical & Bioanalytical applications", US-Ireland R&D Partnership: Sensors Workshop, Dublin, 2006

"Smart shoes for healthcare and security" pHealth, Greece, 2007

"Biomimetic Soft Pumps based on electromechanical actuators" Polymers Down Under Make Irish Sense, NCSR, DCU, 2007

Papers

Inherently conducting polymer modified polyurethane smart foam for pressure sensing, Sarah Brady, Dermot Diamond, King-Tong Lau, Sensors and Actuators A : Physical, Volume 119, Issue 2, 13 April 2005, Pages 398-404

Initial Development and Testing of a Novel Foam-Based Pressure Sensor for Wearable Sensing, Lucy E. Dunne, Sarah Brady, Barry Smyth, Dermot Diamond, J Neuroengineering Rehabil. 2005 Mar 1;2(1):4.

Electrochemically Induced Fluid Movement Using Polypyrrole, Jenny Causley, Shannon Stitzel, Sarah Brady, Dermot Diamond, Gordon Wallace,Synthetic Metals, Volume 151 (1), May 2005, Pages 60-64

Coarse Sensing of Upper Arm Position Using Body-Garment Interactions, Lucy E. Dunne, Richard Tynan, Gregory M.P. O’Hare, Barry Smyth, Sarah Brady, Dermot Diamond, in Proceeding of the International Forum on Applied Wearable Computing, Zurich, Switzerland, 2005.

The Development and Characterisation of Conducting Polymeric-based Sensing Devices, S. Brady, K.T. Lau, W. Megill, G.G. Wallace, D. Diamond, Synthetic Metals, Volume 154 (1-3), September 2005, Pages 25-28

Wearable Sensors? What is there to sense? Sarah Brady, Lucy E Dunne, Aogan Lynch, Barry Smyth, Dermot Diamond, Stud Health Technol Inform, Volume 117, Pages 80-88

Garment-Based Body Sensing Using Foam Sensors Dunne, L.E., Brady, S., Tynan, R., Lau, K., Smyth, B., Diamond, D. and O'Hare, G.M.P., Users Interfaces, In Proc. Seventh Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2006), Hobart, Australia. CRPIT, 50. Piekarski, W., Ed. ACS., January, 2006, Pages 165-171

Combining Wireless with Wearable Technology for the Development of On-Body Networks, S. Brady, B. Carson, D. O’Gorman, N. Moyna and D. Diamond, in Proceedings for the International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Boston, USA, 2006

Wireless-based monitoring of body movements using wearable sensors Sarah P. Brady, Shirley Coyle and Dermot Diamond, in Proceedings for the MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium S, San Francisco. USA, April, 2006

Body Sensor Network based on soft polymer sensors and wireless communications Sarah Brady, Brian Carson, Niall Moyna, Donal O'Gorman and Dermot Diamond, Journal of Communications, Volume 2, Iss 5, 2007, pg 1-6

Awards

Conducting Polymers….ehhh?, Sarah Brady, a highly-commended entry for the 2005 Institute of Chemistry of Ireland–FOSS Ireland Golden Jubilee essay competition.

Outstanding Postgraduate Researcher Award, Faculty of Science and Health, DCU, 2006

Further Information

Further information on additional projects that I've participated in, can be found through the following links:

Detailed Profile	Science Week 2006
Flashes of Brilliance, the cutting edge of science. Further Details	Wireless Sensor Networks, DCU
Fás Science
BA Festival Of Science, 2005