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 2^nd-5^th 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.