Waterford Institute of Technology: Office of Research and Innovation

Materials Characterisation and Processing Group

At present, the group is engaged in National, EU and other International collaborative research projects in the following areas:

Research Funding

Since its inception in 2001, the MCP Group has secured €380,982 in funding, plus €275,000 in collaboration with the Optics Research Group, WIT. Details of this funding are provided below:

Date	Research Project	Source of Funding	Collaborator(s)	Grant
2004 to 2008	Bulk Metallic Glass Composites	EU F P6, Marie Curie Research Training Networks	Being coordinated by Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble. Ten other EU participants including University of Cambridge	Total funding €2.0 million Funding to WIT €191,255
2004 to 2007	Structural Health Monitoring of Polymeric Composites using Optical Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors	Enterprise Ireland, Commercialisation Fund, Technology Development	Optics Research Group (ORG), WIT Donal Flavin, Principal Investigator	€275,000
2000 to 2003	Manufacture and Characterisation of Nanostructured Aluminium alloys	EU FP5, Research Training Networks	Coordinated by University of Oxford	Total funding €1.4 million Funding to WIT €150,000
2003 to 2004	Mechanical Characterisation of Ni-Ti Shape Memory Foams	Enterprise Ireland, Innovation Partnership	Industrial Endorsement	€9,000 (feasibility study)
2005	Interacting Magnetic Nanoparticles	EI International Collaboration	Prof. P. Svedlindh, Uppsala University, Sweden. Dr. J. L. Garcia-Palacios, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain	€4,250
2004	Interacting Magnetic Nanoparticles	Royal Irish Academy, Senior Visiting Fellowship	As above	€1,500
2004	Processing, Characterisation and Modelling of Ni-Ti Superelastic Foams for Biomedical Applications	Enterprise Ireland, International Collaboration Programme	Profs. D. C. Dunand and L. C. Brinson, Northwestern University, USA	€7,000
2003	Processing and Characterisation of Ni-Ti Shape Memory Foams for Biomedical Applications	Enterprise Ireland, International Collaboration Programme	Prof. D. C. Dunand, Mat. Sci. and Eng, Northwestern University, USA	€7,200
2001 to 2002	Deformation Characteristics of Aluminium Based Foams	Enterprise Ireland, International Collaboration	Prof. D. C. Dunand, Northwestern University, USA	£5,700
2001 to 2002	X-ray Microtomography of Damage Accumulation in Aluminium Based Composites and Foams	British Council – Enterprise Ireland Research Visits Scheme	Prof. J. C. Elliot and Dr. G. R. Davis, School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London	£2,000