Researchers in the school have access to a wide range of equipment and facilities to support their research work. Furthermore, within the University, the school there are world-class facilities and equipment available through other other research centres such as the FOCAS Institute on Camden Row and the Environmental Sciences and Health Institute (ESHI) at Grangegorman.

 FOCAS Institute at Camden Row

EHSI Building on Grangegorman campus.

Synergy Centre

Synergy Centre is a state of the art business and bio-incubation facility based on campus. The Centre, jointly established by Enterprise Ireland and our Tallaght campus, the facility was opened in November 2006. The centre houses 16 office units, The Glasshouse for one-desk entrepreneurs, training rooms, boardrooms and meeting rooms plus research facilities and a café.

Training events, mentoring and networking opportunities all contribute to the Synergy Centre experience. The centre is a hub linking client ventures with research centres inside the campus, external commercial enterprises and support agencies such as Enterprise Ireland and Local Enterprise offices.  Synergy’s aim is to enable industry and academia to interact to create viable enterprises for South Dublin County that will secure the area’s future in terms of job creation, innovation and export potential.

The Bioengineering Technology Centre is located in the Synergy Centre at Tallaght Campus. 

Address: D24A386

Radio Frequency Technology Centre

The RFTC provides excellent facilities for staff and students including an RF anechoic chamber, an antenna turntable, and a vector network analyser. The Anechoic Chamber is a key element for both our research and industry links in the area of Communications Engineering. The chamber and associated instruments, form a complementary resource to the RFTC Lab providing an environment that is essential for the testing of RF devices and systems. Testing in respect of EMC investigations & pre-compliance, harmonic analysis, low-noise amplification, and antenna performance can be performed using the chamber. One of only a number within the country, the Anechoic Chamber represents the University’s commitment to collaborative research and support with local enterprises and other academic institutions.

Centre for Advanced Microelectronics (CAM)

The Centre for Advanced Microelectronics is constructed to an extremely high standard and is a completely independent, fully integrated plant with its own waste disposal and utilities systems. Equipment in the Centre include a number of chemical wet benches, a 3-Stack furnace, a PVD Deposition system, Optical Ellipsometer, Atomic Force Microscope, FTIR, Spectrometer, Quintel Photolithography Aligner, an RF Probe station and device testing apparatus. In addition, students have access to a Scanning Electron Microscope used for physical characterisation. The laboratory is also furnished with a suite of software tools allowing for simulation of the complete fabrication process.

Bioengineering Technology Centre

The Bioengineering Technology Centre is located in the Synergy Centre. The BTC was set up in 2008, and focuses on spinal and head impact biomechanics. Current projects include spine related projects with medical consultants in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, and Crumlin Children’s hospital. 

Principal Investigators: Dr Stephen Tiernan stephen.tiernan@tudublin.ie and Dr Colin Bright colin.bright@tudublin.ie