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Nigel Kent

Dr.

Nigel completed his B.Eng in Mechatronic Engineering from Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland in 2002 and began working as a research assistant in the National Centre for Sensor Research Ireland in the area of microfluidic platform design and fabrication. In 2009 he completed his PhD, carried out part time in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute in the area of cardiovascular diagnostics. Nigel then moved to Technical University Dublin and in parallel set up his own consulting company working on research projects such as water quality sensors for pollutant detection, ammonia breath sensing for clinical applications, feasibility of additive manufacturing for replication tooling and instrumentation development for quality control of pharmaceutical packaging manufacturing. In 2018 Nigel moved to the Institute of Technology, Carlow where he took up the position of director of engineering research. In July 2021 Nigel returned to DCU as an Assistant Professor (Mechatronic Engineering) in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. In February 2024 Nigel became Deputy Head of the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

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Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2023	Rachel Bracker, Lisa Cronin, Aironas Grubliauskas, Louis Free, Joyce O’Grady, Sean Power, Karen Daly, Nigel Kent, Fiona Regan, Blánaid White (2023) EGU General Assembly 2023 Rapid Phosphate Monitoring in Irish Freshwater Systems Using a Novel Microfluidic Colorimetric System Vienna Austria, . https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16201
	2023	(2023) Oceans The 2nd Generation ColiSense system for the detection of E. coli in bathing waters. Ciprian Briciu-Burghina , Augusta Njongwe, Adam Worthington, Sean Power, Chloe Richards , Adrian Delgado , Elena Nigel Kent and Fiona Regan. Oceans Limerick 2023 Limerick, .
	2023	(2023) EGU General Assembly Rapid Phosphate Monitoring in Irish Freshwater Systems Using aNovel Microfluidic Colorimetric System. Rachel Bracker, Lisa Cronin, Aironas Grubliauskas, Louis Free, Joyce O’Grady, Sean Power, Karen Daly, Nigel Kent, Fiona Regan and Blánaid White. EGU General assembly 2023 Vienna, . [DOI]
	2022	(2022) IWA DIP-CON Rachel Bracker, Harry Beggy, Louis Free, Joyce O’Grady, Sean Power, Karen Daly, Nigel Kent, Fiona Regan and Blánaid White. Development of a microfluidic system for the colorimetric detection of the diffuse pollution of phosphate in fresh water systems Istanbul, .
	2022	(2022) Analytical Research Forum Harry Beggy, Louis Free, Joyce O’Grady, Sean Power, Nigel Kent, Fiona Regan and Blánaid White. Enhancement of a microfluidic system for the colorimetric detection of phosphate in fresh water systems London, .
	2019	(2019) Oceans O’Grady, J., Duffy, G., Maguire, I., Kent, N., Regan, F. Optical enhancement strategies on centrifugal microfluidic water sensors for detection of phosphate Marseille, .
	2018	(2018) Microfluidics for Haematology Dunne, E., Schoen, I., Kent, N., Goldberg, E., Bomheimer, S., Ricco, A.J., Kenny, D.J. Intergrating a microfluidic dynamic platelet function assay device with an easy to use video imaging cytometer: validation and preliminary results Boston, .
	2018	(2018) Europtrode O’Grady, J., Duffy, G., Maguire, I., Kent, N., Regan, F. Improvements in optical detection in lab-on-a-disc for phosphate sensing Napoli, .
	2017	(2017) 5th International Symposium on Sensor Science Nigel J. Kent, Simon Coleman, Jeffrey Whyte, Peter McCluskey, Dermot Diamond. Open and Closed Loop Modelling of Soft Polymer Photoactuators for Microfluidic FlowControl Applications Barcelona, .

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Power, S; Free, L; Briciu-Burghina, C; Richards, C; Delgado, A; Gomez-Alvarez, E; Kent, N; Regan, F (2024) 'Novel multiparameter optical sensor head design for marine environments'. Talanta, 286 . [DOI]
	2024	Yang, S.; White, B.; Regan, F.; Kent, N.; Hall, R.L.; Daly, K. (2024) 'Integrating soil phosphorus sorption capacity with agronomic indices to improve sustainable P use in agriculture'. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 24 . [Link] [DOI]
	2024	Lourdes AN. Julius; Sarai M. Torres Delgado; Rohit Mishra; Nigel Kent; Eadaoin Carthy; Jan G. Korvink; Dario Mager; Jens Ducrée; David J. Kinahan (2024) 'Programmable fluidic networks on centrifugal microfluidic discs'. Analytica Chimica Acta, . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	O'Grady, J.; Kent, N.; Regan, F. (2021) 'Design, build and demonstration of a fast, reliable portable phosphate field analyser'. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 4 . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Jigar Panchal, H; Kent, NJ; Knox, AJS; Harris, LF (2020) 'Microfluidics in Haemostasis: A Review'. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25 (4). [DOI]
	2017	Delaney, C.; McCluskey, P.; Coleman, S.; Whyte, J.; Kent, N.; Diamond, D. (2017) 'Precision control of flow rate in microfluidic channels using photoresponsive soft polymer actuators'. Lab on a Chip, 17 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Cogan, Deirdre; Fay, Cormac; Boyle, David; Osborne, Conor; Kent, Nigel; Cleary, John; Diamond, Dermot (2015) 'Development of a low cost microfluidic sensor for the direct determination of nitrate using chromotropic acid in natural waters'. Analytical Methods, 7 (13). [DOI]
	2011	Kent, Nigel J.; O'Brien, Sinead; Basabe-Desmonts, Lourdes; Meade, Gerardene R.; MacCraith, Brian D.; Corcoran, Brian G.; Kenny, Dermot; Ricco, Antonio J. (2011) 'Shear-Mediated Platelet Adhesion Analysis in Less Than 100 μL of Blood: Toward a POC Platelet Diagnostic'. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 58 (3). [DOI]
	2011	Nigel J Kent; Sinead O'Brien; Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts; Gerardene R Meade; Brian D MacCraith; Brian G Corcoran; Dermot Kenny; Antonio J Ricco (2011) 'Shear-mediated platelet adhesion analysis in less than 100 μl of blood: toward a POC platelet diagnostic'. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, . [DOI]
	2010	Lincoln, B; Ricco, AJ; Kent, NJ; Basabe-Desmonts, L; Lee, LP; MacCraith, BD; Kenny, D; Meade, G (2010) 'Integrated system investigating shear-mediated platelet interactions with von Willebrand factor using microliters of whole blood'. Analytical Biochemistry, 405 (2). [DOI]
	2010	Prof. Brian D MacCraith, Nigel J. Kent, Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts, Gerardene Meade, Brian G. Corcoran, Dermot Kenny, Antonio J.Rocco (2010) 'Microfluidic device to study arterial shear-mediated platelet-surface interactions in whole blood: reduced sample volumes and well-characterised protein surfaces'. 12 :987-1002. [DOI]
	2008	Morrin, A.; Ngamna, O.; O'Malley, E.; Kent, N.; Moulton, S.E.; Wallace, G.G.; Smyth, M.R.; Killard, A.J. (2008) 'The fabrication and characterization of inkjet-printed polyaniline nanoparticle films'. Electrochimica Acta, 53 . [Link] [DOI]
	2005	Blue, R; Kent, N; Polerecky, L; McEvoy, H; Gray, D; MacCraith, BD (2005) 'Platform for enhanced detection efficiency in luminescence-based sensors'. Electronics Letters, 41 (12). [DOI]
	2004	Tyrrell, E; Gibson, C; MacCraith, BD; Gray, D; Byrne, P; Kent, N; Burke, C; Paull, B (2004) 'Development of a micro-fluidic manifold for copper monitoring utilising chemiluminescence detection'. Lab on a Chip, 4 (4). [DOI]
	2004	Tyrrell, E.; Gibson, C.; MacCraith, B.D.; Gray, D.; Byrne, P.; Kent, N.; Burke, C.; Paull, B. (2004) 'Development of a micro-fluidic manifold for copper monitoring utilising chemiluminescence detection'. Lab on a Chip, 4 . [Link] [DOI]