Awards

  • Top cited articles in the British Journal of Radiology (BJR) during 2015–2016 include a paper by members of the Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre (www.ofsrc.ul.ie) in UL: O'Keeffe, S (OFSRC); McCarthy, D (OFSRC); Woulfe, P (OFSRC); Grattan, MWD; Hounsell, AR; Sporea, D; Mihai, L; Vata, I; Leen, G (OFSRC); Lewis, E (OFSRC). “A review of recent advances in optical fibre sensors for in vivo dosimetry during radiotherapy”. Br J Radiol 2015; 88: 20140702. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20140702 See: http://www.birpublications.org/doi/10.1259/bjr.20160904
  • Walid Elgenaidi received 1st Runner Up poster presentation award at ICST 2016, see:http://www.ofsrc.ul.ie/images/News/icst-2016.jpg
  • Lewis E. Sports and Business Ambassador of the year for 2014. http://fft.ie/index.php/5566/tourism-ambassadors-generate-e7-5m-for-clare-and-limerick-economy/
  • Poeggel S. The 2014 Student Paper Competition Award – Track 4 for his paper “Novel FBG Femtosecond Laser Inscription Method for Improved FPI Sensors for Medical Applications”. Presented at the IEEE Sensors 2014 in Valencia, Spain, November 2nd-5th 2014.
  • Zawawi M. A. , O'Keeffe S., Lewis E., (2013) "Intensity-modulated fiber optic sensor for health monitoring applications: a comparative review", Sensor Review, Vol. 33 Iss: 1, pp.57 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02602281311294351 (Won Highly Commended Paper Award of 2013)
  • K. Bremer, Photonics4Energy Award – May 2013.
  • Abbott Scholarship & College of Anaesthetist's Research Awards 2011: The College of Anaesthetists Research Award went to Dr Alan Broderick, who presented ‘Clinical validation of a novel device for the non - invasive continuous measurement of haemoglobin’.
  • K. Bremer, "Best Student Paper Award in Session III" 4th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS), Porto, Portugal, Sept 2010.
  • Möller S., “Best paper award – 3rd prize”, IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (IEEE SAS 2009) February 17th–19th, 2009. New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Fabian Matthias. “2nd prize for Best Student Paper”. IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS 2008). Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 12th–14th February, 2008.
  • O’Keeffe Sinead.. “Best paper”. Sensors & their Applications Conference. September 2007.
  • O’Keeffe Sinead.  “Best paper”. 41st Annual International Microwave Symposium Proceedings, Vancouver, Canada, August 2007.
  • Li Yue. “2nd prize for Best Student Paper”. The Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference for 2007 (ATNAC’07). Christchurch, New Zealand. 2nd-5th December 2007.
  • O’Doherty, Jim. Hamilton Prize (National - best post graduate in Physics and Mathematics), 2005.
  • O’Doherty, Jim. Institute of Physics Conference , 2005 – best oral presentation.
  • O'Farrell, Marion. "Best Student Paper",  European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004
  • O'Keeffe, Sinead. "Best Student Poster", Materials for the Healthcare Sector Symposium, March 2005.  
  • Mulrooney, Jim. "An Excellent Oral Presentation", Eurosensors XVIII, Rome, 12th - 15th September 2004.