The Research Institute, Innovation and Payback
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The Research Institute, Innovation and Payback
11.03.2011

Research institutes are set-up by governments for a variety of reasons, but generally politicians require that their investment pays back into the economy through the generation of economic activity. In the next lecture of the Annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC on March 16th 2011, Professor Roger Whatmore will discuss how the mechanisms for this can be fostered in the light of experiences at Tyndall and elsewhere. Examples will be given of how technology is translating into practical devices.

These will include innovative new materials and semiconductor devices which work at the nanoscale, such as a new transistor structure which has been invented at Tyndall and new laser structures which could bear fruit in bringing high density storage and ultra broad bandwidth communications to the consumer.

Roger Whatmore is a Cambridge graduate with eighteen years experience in the UK’s electronics industry, followed by eleven years as Professor of Engineering Nanotechnology at Cranfield University.  He was awarded GEC’s Nelson Gold Medal in 1993 and the Griffith Medal and Prize from the IoM3 in 2003.  He is now CEO of Tyndall National Institute, UCC. Tyndall fosters excellence and innovation by providing Irish academic and industrial researchers with an internationally-leading range of capabilities and assisting the movement of knowledge from fundamental research into industrial development.  He is currently serving as a member of the Forfas Advisory Science Council. 

The lecture will be delivered on Wednesday, March 16th 2011 at 8pm in Boole II Lecture Theatre. The lecture series is organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS.

Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/Lecture2011.pdf

Admission is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend.

Picture:  Professor Roger Whatmore



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