People in the Ultrasonics Research Group

Group Director

• Dr William M. D. Wright, BEng (Warwick) PhD (Warwick) SMIEEE MAcoustSocAm

Postdoctoral Researchers

Postgraduate Students

• Lindy Verstraten, BSc (University College Cork)
  Research Area: Applications of ultrasound for bee health

Visiting Researchers

Interns / Summer Students

• Aileen Ma, BS candidate (MIT, USA)
  Research Area: Automated ultrasonic C-scanning

• Daniel Maguire, BE candidate (UCC), SEFS Summer Bursary Winner 2019
  Research Area: Automated ultrasonic testing of edible oils

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers

• Dr. Brendan C. Barry, BEng (University College Cork) PhD (University College Cork)
  Research Area: Power electronics for airborne ultrasonic applications

• Dr. Koen W. A. van Dongen, MSc (Utrecht) PhD (Delft) AMInstP Marie-Curie Research Fellow
  Research Area: Ultrasonic imaging of Tissue Temperature for In-Situ Monitoring of Thermal Cancer Therapy

• Dr. Konstantin M. Bograchev, MSc (Moscow) PhD (Moscow)
  Research Area: Imaging temperature distributions using ultrasonic tomography for hyperthermic cancer therapies

• Dr. Paul Ingleby, BSc (Wolver) PhD (Warw) Marie-Curie Research Fellow
  Research Area: Design, Fabrication and Testing of Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers

Postgraduate Students

• Salem K. Brini Ahmed, BSc (Al-Fateh)
  Research Area: Advanced Ultrasonic Techniques for Measuring Gas and Liquid Flows

• Orla Burke, BE (UCC) MIEEE MIEI
  Research Area: Advanced DSP Techniques for Medical Ultrasonic Imaging

• Aidan Constant, BE (UCC)
  Research Area: Image processing for ultrasonic temperature estimation

• Conor Creedon, BE (UCC)
  Research Area: In-Situ Monitoring of Laser-Refractive Eye Surgery

• Daniel Cummins, BEng (Dublin Institute of Technology)
  Research Area: Flowmetering of an OWC using ultrasonics

• Gerard Cummins, BE (UCC)
  Research Area: Modelling and characterisation of novel capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (cMUTs)

• Pio J. Jesudoss, BSc (University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg) MSc (University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg)
  Research Area: Development and reliability of a Direct Access Sensor using Flip Chip on flex technology with Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive

• Wentao Jiang, BSc (Zhejiang University of Technology) MSc (York)
  Research area: Secure short-range wireless communications using ultrasound in air

• Declan Kelly, BEng (Dublin Institute of Technology)
  Research Area: Parabolic reflectors for air-coupled ultrasound

• James Kelly, BS Electrical Engineering (Pittsburgh) MEngSc (UCC)
  Research Area: Industrial process control software for ocean energy based on real-time integrated monitoring and control system

• Sean G. McSweeney, BE (UCC) MEngSc (UCC)
  Research Area: Optimal and Adaptive Systems for Air-Coupled Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers

• Cormac O'Hare, BE (UCC)
  Research Area: Ultrasonic Imaging for Thermal Cancer Therapy

• Stephen A. O'Riordan, BE (CIT)
  Research Area: Investigation of Installation Effects in Prototype Ultrasonic Fluid Flow Meters

• Ian J. O'Sullivan, BEng (CIT) MEngSc (UCC) AMIChemE
  Research Area: Advanced Ultrasonic Techniques For Measuring Gas Flow Phenomena

• Robbie Power, BE (WIT)
  Research Area: Ultrasonic Imaging for Thermal Cancer Therapy

• Liam Ryan, BSc (Limerick)
  Research Area: Development of an ultrasonic transducer manufacturing process

• Michael Walsh, BSc (TCD) MEngSc (UCC) MIEI SMIMechE
  Research Area: Active Suspension with Ultrasonic Road Preview using Fuzzy Control

Visiting Researchers/Interns

• Yubin Ding (Apr 2019 - Jul 2019), BSc (Northwest A&F University, Yangling) MSc (Wageningen University & Reearch, Netherlands)
  Research Area: Ultrasonic evaluation of fish oils

• Yuzheng Yang (Jul 2018 - Sep 2018), MSc (China Agricultural University, Beijing)
  Research Area: Ultrasonic techniques for the detection of milk adulteration

• Thach Nguyen (Jun 2018 - Jul 2018), BE (UCC)
  Research Area: SEFS Summer Bursary Winner 2018: Laser ultrasonic testing of mortar and concrete

• Jing Yan (Mar 2017 - Jun 2017), BSc (Sichuan Agricultural University, China)
  Research Area: Ultrasonic evaluation of vegetable oils

• Dr Jorge Gosálbez Castillo (Aug 2016 - Jan 2017), BE (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) PhD (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia)
  Research Area: Airborne ultrasonic NDT of cement and mortar

• Flora P. Liu (Jun 2016 - Aug 2016), BS (MIT)
  Research Area: Evaluation of ultrasonic sensors

• Zichuan Fan (Jan 2014 - Dec 2014), BE (Beihang University)
  Research Area: Non-invasive ultrasonic gas flow measurement technologies