Postgraduate Students
Andrei Barburas
BA Robotics, University of Oradea - Romania
Degree programme: MEngSc in Mechanical Engineering
Research Area: Ruggedization Technologies for Mobile Phones
Email: 111222341@umail.ucc.ie
Anthony Walsh
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Optical telecommunications
Email: anthony.walsh@tyndall.ie
Brendan Lawton
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Post-Graduate Researcher
Research Area: Digital Communications: Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio
Email: BrendanL@rennes.ucc.ie
Brian Baldwin
BEEE, Waterford Institute of Technology; MEngSc in Microelectronics, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Cryptography
Email: brianb@rennes.ucc.ie
Brian Fitzgibbon
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Digital Delta-Sigma modulation
Email: brian.fitzgibbon@tyndall.ie
Brian L. Hanrahan
BEng Electronic Engineering, University of Limerick; MSc Renewable Energy Systems, Dundalk Institute of Technology
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Student
Research Area: Renewable Energy Microgrid Control
Email: b.hanrahan@ucc.ie
Bruno Srbinovski
BEEE and Information Technologies, Skopje University Macedonia
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Student
Research Area: System Integration, Wireless Sensor Networks, Power Harvesting, Embedded Systems
Email: Bruno.srbinovski@tyndall.ie
Cormac Ryan
BSc Physics & Applied Maths, MSc Mathematical Modelling & Scientific Computing, University College Cork
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: MEMS Reliability
Email: Cormac.ryan@tyndall.ie
Daniel Cummins
BEng Hons. Mechanical Engineering, BEng Tech Mechanical Eng, Dublin IT
Degree programme: MEngSc student
Research area: Flowmetering of an OWC using ultrasonics
Email: 111221512@umail.ucc.ie
Daniel Jones
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Nanotechnology
Email: Daniel.jones@tyndall.ie
Daniel Kelleher
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Biomedical Signal Processing
Email: danielkel@rennes.ucc.ie
Danish Rafique
BSc Telecommunication Engineering, FAST-NU, Karachi, Pakistan; MSc Photonics, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: High Speed Transmission Systems and Coherent Communication Systems
Email: danish.rafique@tyndall.ie
Declan Gordon
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Solar energy systems
Email: declang@rennes.ucc.ie
Declan Kelly
BEng Mechanical Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology
Degree programme: MEngSc Student
Research Area: Air-coupled ultrasound
Email: 111222304@umail.ucc.ie
Declan Loughnane
BSc Mech Eng, University College Dublin
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Student
Research Area:
Email: 111224035@umail.ucc.ie
Dermot MacSweeney
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. student
Research Area:
Email: dermotmacs@rennes.ucc.ie
Donagh Horgan
B.Eng Microelectronics, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. student
Research Area: Digital Communications/ Cognitive Radio
Email: donaghh@rennes.ucc.ie
Donal Murray
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Ocean Energy and Supercapacitors
Email: donalm@rennes.ucc.ie
Eoin O'Connell
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Low Power Wireless Technologies
Email: eoin.oconnell@tyndall.ie
Farzan Gity
BEEE, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Modelling, design and fabrication of Si/Ge avalanche Photodiodes, Geiger-mode and single-photon counting avalanche photodiodes
Email: Farzan.Gity@tyndall.ie
Francesco Brandonisio
M.Sc. Electronic Engineering and BEEE, University of Bari, Italy
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Time-to-Digitial Converters and All-Digital Phase Locked Loops: Analysis, Simulation, Design and Implementation on FPGA
Email: Fra.brandonisio@tyndall.ie
Francesco Pini
BEEE, Politecnico of Milan, Italy; M.Sc. Electronic Engineering, Politecnico of Milan, Italy
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Integrated Circuit Design and Electrode Characterization and Biopotential Recording, Wireless Body Area Network
Email: Francesco.pini@tyndall.ie
Gabriel Francis Greene-Diniz
BSc Applied Physics and Instrumentation, Cork Institute of Technology
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Computational Modelling of Electron Transport
Email: Gabriel.green@tyndall.ie
Gerard Duffy
BA (Mod) Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Computational investigation into the interaction between organic molecules and silicon nanowires
Email: gerard.duffy@tyndall.ie
Godwin Emeribe
BEng (Hons) Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Waterford Institute of Technology
Degree programme: MEngSc Student
Research Area: Buckling collapse of a plastic vessel with imperfections
Email: 111220349@umail.ucc.ie
Hadi Hassanian Arefi
B.Sc. Applied Physics, Tabriz University, Iran; Master in Solid State Physics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Electronic Theory and Modelling
Email: Hadi.arefi@tyndall.ie
Haoning Li
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: V-III Materials and UV LED Devices
Email: Haoning.li@tyndall.ie
Hongjia Mo
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Student
Research Area: Mixed-Signal Design
Email: 109120351@umail.ucc.ie
Ian Mathews
MSc Engineering, Loughborough University, UK.
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Photovoltaics (Multi-Junction)
Email: Ian.mathews@tyndall.ie
Jason Hannon
M.Eng.Sc. Microelectronics
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: High Frequency Integrated Power Supplies
Email: j.hannon@ucc.ie
Jiaoyan Chen
BS Electrical Information Engineering, DongHua University, Shanghai, China; M.Eng.Sc. Microelectronic Design, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Ultra Low Power Design, Adiabatic Logic, Reversible Systems, Performance Estimation in Embedded Systems
Email: chenj@ue.ucc.ie
John Buckley
BEEE, University College Cork; M.Eng.Sc., University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student part-time
Research Area: RF/Antenna Design for wireless sensor applications.
Email: John.buckley@tyndall.ie
John Endersen
BSc Mech Eng and BSc Process Plant Technology, Cork IT
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc . Student
Research Area: Wells Turbine
Email: 111223488@umail.ucc.ie
John Fleming
BE Electrical Engineering, University College Dublin
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Microelectronic Design
Research Area: Wireless sensor networks
Email: 111223335@umail.ucc.ie
Jing Tao
M. Sc. Electronic Engineering & IT, University of Applied Science Deggendorf, Germany
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Nano Interconnection
Email: Jing.tao@tyndall.ie
Jun Lin
BSc. Microelectronics, Guilin University of Electronic Technology (GUET); BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: High-k/III-V MOS
Email: Jun.lin@tyndall.ie
Kevin Hartnett
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Integrated Magnetic Design for High-Power DC-DC Converters
Email: kevinh@rennes.ucc.ie
Kieran V. Beausang
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree Programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Plasma diagnostics and data analysis
Email: kieranb@eleceng.ucc.ie
Kilian O’Donoghue
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Bioelectromagnetics
Email: 107001706@umail.ucc.ie
Lida Ansari
BEEE and M.Sc. Elec Eng, Amirkabir University of Technology and Azad University Tehran, Iran
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Atomic Scale Simulation of Nanowire-based Field Effect Transistors
Email: Lida.ansari@tyndall.ie
Liqiang Zheng
M.Sc. Micro and Nanotechnology for Integrated Systems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Miniaturization and Optimization of Wireless Sensor Network Nodes
Email: liqiang.zheng@tyndall.ie
Mark Gaffney
BAI, Mech Eng, Trinity College Dublin
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area:Inertial Measurement Units
Email: Mark.gaffney@tyndall.ie
Mark Hamilton
BSc. Microelectronic Engineering
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Cryptography
Email: markh@rennes.ucc.ie
Mark Power
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Photonics
Email: mark.power@tyndall.ie
Mark Szepieniec
BEEE and M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, K U Leuven, Belgium
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Simulation of Molecular Electronic
Email: Mark.Szepieniec@tyndall.ie
Maryam Shayesteh
BSc Biomedical Eng, Shahid Beheshty University, Tehran, Iran; MSc Microelectronic Eng, University College Cork
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: N-type doping in Germanium for sub-20nm technology CMOS devices
Email: Maryam.shayesteh@tyndall.ie
Matthew Smith
M.Phys., Manchester University
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Nitride Materials and Devices, Tyndall National Institute.
Email: matthew.smith@tyndall.ie
Md Nazmul Hossain
BEEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Design, Fabrication and Characterisatin of Photonic Crystal based Sensors
Email: Nazmul.hossain@tyndall.ie
Megan Flanders
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada.
Degree programme: Masters by Research Student
Research Area: Virtual Reality in Robotics/Mechatronics
Email: meganf@rennes.ucc.ie
Mian Li
BEEE, School of Information and Communication in Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Microelectronic Design
Email: 111220220@umail.ucc.ie
Naoise MacSuibhne
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Photonics and Telecommunications
Email: Naoise.macsuibhne@tyndall.ie
Nasim Zeinolabedini
BS Computer Engineering (Hardware), University of Tehran; MSc Computer Architecture Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Average Case Analysis of Power and Timing in Embedded Systems
Email: nasim@ue.ucc.ie
Nasir Abdul Quadir
B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India; M.Eng.Sc. Microelectronics, University Science Malaysia
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Research and Design of High-speed Advanced Analogue Front-ends for Photonic Transmissi on Systems
Email: Nasir.quadir@tyndall.ie
Naveen Boggarpu
B.Tech. EEE, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India; M.Sc. Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Solar Inverters
Email: Naveen.boggarapu@gmail.com
Neil Hanley
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student part-time, Research Assistant in Queens University Belfast
Research Area: Side Channel Analysis, Hardware Design of Cryptographic Algorithms
Email: neilh@rennes.ucc.ie
Niall Twomey
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Biomedical Signal Processing
Email: niallt@rennes.ucc.ie
Pablo Jaen Sola
B.Eng. in Mech Eng, Polytechnic University of Valencia and BEng in Sustainable Energy Eng, Athlone Institute of Technology
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Student
Research Area: Renewable Energies
Email: Chiricano_04@hotmail.com
Paul McNamara
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Researcher
Research Area: Optimal centralised and distributed control of electricity grids.
Email: paulmcn@rennes@ucc.ie
Philip Marraccini
BS Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida (USA); MS Optics, CREOL (USA)
Degree Programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Photonics
Email: philipm@rennes.ucc.ie
Pio Joseph Jesudoss
BSc, University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg; MSc, University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Development and Reliability of a Direct Access Sensor using Flip Chip on flex technology with Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive
Email: Pio.jesudoss@tyndall.ie
Ran Yu
MSc, FH Deggendorf, Germany.
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Advanced MOSFETs, FinFETs
Email: ran.yu@tyndall.ie
Rashmi Mehrotra
B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kanpur, India.
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Low power design of digital circuits, Power driven timing optimisation
Email: Khushi.rush@gmail.com
Rehan Ahmed
BCE Bachelors in Computer Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxil, Pakistan; MEng in Biomedical Engineering, University of Boras, Sweden
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Neonatal Brain Research
Email: rehan@eleceng.ucc.ie
Rosemary O’Keeffe
BEEE, University College Cork; M.Eng. Sc., University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Energy Harvesting for Biomedical Devices
Email: rosemary.okeeffe@tyndall.ie
Sean McSweeney
BEEE, University College Cork; M.Eng.Sc Mechanical Engineering, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Adaptive Ultrasonic Systems
Email: seanmcs@rennes.ucc.ie
Sean O’Connell
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Student
Research Area: Wireless Sensor Networks, Multi-radio systems, Embedded Systems
Email: Sean.oconnell@tyndall.ie
Shijie Deng
BEEE Guilin University of Electronic Technology; M.Eng.Sc., University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Mixed signal integrated circuit design for avalanche photodiodes
Email: Shijie.deng@tyndall.ie
Shraddha Srivastava
B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kanpur, India
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Coding Theory, Error correcting Codes – Algebraic Geometric Codes
Email: Shraddha.srivastava@gmail.com
Simon O’Regan
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Biomedical Signal Processing
Email: simonor@rennes.ucc.ie
Stefano Porto
BSc Electronic Engineering, M.Eng.Sc University of Padova, Italy
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Optical Communications
Email: Stefano.porto@tyndall.ie
Sunil Belur Nagaraj
BEng Electrical Engineering, MSRIT - Visveswaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India; MEng Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Neonatal Brain Research
Email: sunil@eleceng.ucc.ie
Tingcong Ye
BEEE, Guilin University of Electronic Technology; MEngSc, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Localization Technology for Wireless Sensor Network
Email: tingcong.ye@tyndall.ie
Weibo Pan
B.Eng.Sc., Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT); M.Eng.Sc. in Microelectronics Engineering, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. student
Research Area: Elliptic Curve Cryptography Algorithms and Side Channel Attacks (SCA)
Email: weibop@rennes.ucc.ie
Wen Wu
BE, Heilongjiang University, China; MEngSc, UCC
Degree Programme: Ph.D. student
Research Area: Electronics monitoring system for cleanliness in hospital environment
Email: wen.wu@tyndall.ie
Weiwei Yu
BEEE Guilin University of Electronic Technology; M.Eng.Sc. Microelectronic Engineering, University College Cork
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc.
Research Area: Tunnel diodes for solar cells
Email: weiwei.yu@tyndall.ie
Xi Dong
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: PG Dip Micvroelectronic Design
Research Area: Injection locked frequency divider
Email: dexdoncy@gmail.com
Xiaoli Yang
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: Ph.D. Student
Research Area: Signal Processing
Email: xiaoli@rennes.ucc.ie
Xiaoping Zhang
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Microelectric Design
Email: 109120670@umail.ucc.ie
Zhida Li
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: PhD Student
Research Area: Microelectronic Design, Injection-Locked Frequency Divider
Email: Zhidali43@gmail.com
Zhiheng Quan
BEEE, University College Cork
Degree programme: M.Eng.Sc. Student
Research Area: III-N Devices
Email: zhihengquan@gmail.com
