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Prof Barry McMullin announces the affiliation of the DCU Energy and Design lab with the Rince Institute

5 April 2011

The RINCE Institute has announced its recent affiliation with the Energy & Design Lab which is based in the DCU School of Electronic Engineering. RINCE currently comprises over 100 researchers, made up of academic staff, postdocs and research students.

The Energy and Design lab was established over the past several years under the leadership of Dr Stephen Daniels. Other affiliated faculty include Dr Sean Marlow, Prof Patrick McNally and Dr Conor McArdle. The team has already achieved significant success in attracting funding and researchers to work on projects with a particular emphasis on the design, modelling, and analysis of sustainable energy systems and installations, and the design of energy efficient devices. The lab also led a recent successful application for UDRI support under the DCU OVPR call, which includes strong participation by other researchers and groups within Rince and from across the wider University, specifically including the National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology and the Schools of Electronic Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, and Physical Sciences, all working in the sustainable energy research area.

The affiliation of the Energy and Design Lab strongly complements RINCE's already well established activities in energy related research.

Professor Barry McMullin, School of Electronic Engineering said, "Over the coming months we will be looking at how to exploit these synergies and build even stronger collaborations between the Lab and the established Rince Institute community. We welcome and look forward to the opportunity of working even more closely with other centres and researchers across the broad DCU research community, through UDRI initiatives and otherwise, to advance a shared strategic vision for clean, sustainable, technology to address critical societal needs".

For further information please contact either Ger Lardner (5604) ger.lardner@dcu.ie or Professor Barry McMullin, Director (5432) or barry.mcmullin@dcu.ie. For more information on the Energy and Design lab, visit the website: http://energylab.eeng.dcu.ie/energylab/