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2nd Chance Maths Exam
Tuesday, July 21 2009
2009 CAO applicants who have applied for any of the Faculty of Engineering level 8 engineering programmes will be eligible to sit a '2nd chance' Maths exam on August 18th in DIT.
This Maths exam will be based on the honours maths leaving cert syllabus.
For more details please see http://www.dit.ie/study/undergraduate/importantdates/#d.en.21987 or contact our Admissions office on 01 402 3303 or contact info@electronics.dit.ie.
Best of Luck in Exams!
Friday, May 15 2009
The staff at the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering would like to wish all their students the best of luck in their exams over the coming weeks.
Research and Innovation Award
Friday, March 6 2009
Michael Brutscheck has recently received the 'Research and Innovation Award' for his most outstanding research achievements. The 'Research and Innovation Awards' have been conferred by the German Small to Medium Business Association at the first Economic Conference “Saalekreis”.
The award was presented to Michael Brutscheck for his research in the area of automata and system analysis. Since July 2005 he has been a part time PhD student in a cooperative doctorate between the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and the Department of Computer Science and Communication Systems at the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences. Michael’s supervisors are Dr. Andreas Schwarzbacher from DIT and Prof. Steffen Becker. In his research named “Systematic Analysis of Unknown Integrated Circuits” he is non invasively investigating unknown digital CMOS ICs. The research has resulted in many publications as well as a patent application for the investigation of sequential deterministic FSMs. Michael Brutscheck has just submitted his thesis.
PhD Students Graduate
Friday, February 13 2009
Congratulations to our PhD students who recently graduated at St Pats Cathedral - Dr. Giuseppe Ruvio (Antennas & High Frequency Research Group), Dr. Matthias John (Antennas & High Frequency Research Group)and Dr. Pengfei Wang (Photonics Research Centre).
'BRIGHT SPARKS' are winners at the National Elec Engineering Table Quiz
Monday, January 19 2009
Congratulations to Belvedere College, aka ‘Bright Sparks’ on winning first prize locally at the National Elec Engineering Quiz, at the DIT Kevin Street campus. The School of Electronic and Communications Engineering, DIT hosted this event for the 3rd year representing Leinster schools which was simultaneously held in UCC, GMIT and WIT. Secondary school teams from Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, and all around Dublin represented Leinster in the 3rd National Elec Engineering Quiz on Saturday 17th January 2009. The quiz was open to 5th and 6th year secondary school students who may be interested in electronic/electrical/computer/communications engineering as a potential career.
The teams were driven by playing for the national title and winning €2000 worth of audio and visual equipment for their school. The national prize was sponsored by MIDAS Ireland.
Congratulations to all our Graduates!
Monday, November 24 2008
Congratulations to all our students who graduated at St Pats Cathedral on Saturday, 22th December 2008.
‘The Investigators – TV Series II’
Thursday, November 6 2008
‘The Investigators – TV Series II’
The second series of "The Investigators" will commence broadcast on RTE 1 on 6th November 2008.
Ireland’s researchers are punching above their weight in the world and are quietly making a significant contribution to the improvement of all of our daily lives. Shot and directed by Ciaran O’Connor and voiced by Doireann ni Bhriain this is an entertaining and fascinating look into the work of some of the top minds in the country. This series will look at some of the most interesting projects which are currently underway and assess what the impact may be on our lives in the future.
The selection of projects is extremely diverse and ranges from the identification of a protein which may help to arrest and even reverse the onset of Alzheimer’s to the design of a camera which can picture an event in space which happened billions of years ago.
Each week we will focus on a specific area of life on which the Investigators are concentrating. The subjects are: Ireland in Space, Ageing, Sensors, Climate Change, Crops of the Future and the Nano Revolution.
Programme topics and broadcast details are as follows:
Source: SFI
EU COST Action IC0603 ASSIST Workshop run by DIT team.
Thursday, October 30 2008
The EU COST Action on "Antenna Systems & Sensors for Information Society Technologies" (http://cost.ahfr.dit.ie) was convened in Dublin for their Management Committee Meeting & Workshop. The 3 day event was hosted locally by the DIT’s Antenna & High Frequency Research group, which are part of the School of Electronic & Communications Engineering.
Run from the 1-3 October, the meeting was held in the Harcourt Hotel and the workshops at the CTVR headquarters in Trinity College, University of Dublin. This was the 4th meeting of this action, following successful events in Belgium, Germany and Cyprus. There were 77 participants representing the EU member states, the European Space Agency and other international experts from both academia and industry. The presentations included the various interests of the workgroups as well as a new focus areas “The Future of Antenna Engineering; Educational Aspects”. In addition, a parallel meeting of the European School of Antennas (http://www.antennasvce.org/Community/Education/Courses/Locations), a PhD school for antenna researchers, was hosted in TCD. Social events included a conference dinner at the Jameson Distillery (whose founder was grandfather to Guglielmo Marconi) and a historical walking tour of Trinity college with a viewing of the Book of Kells. The DIT research support unit and the CTVR are greatly appreciated for their support in facilitating the event.
The COST action promotes a cooperation towards a deeper understanding of antenna operation in emerging complex environments and the development of adequate modelling and measuring tools. http://www.cost-ic0603.org/
OPEN DAY @ DIT
Wednesday, October 1 2008
DIT Open Day will be held on Saturday, December 6th in Aungier Street.
For more details please contact our Admissions office on 01 402 3300 or email admissions@dit.ie
Graduation Dates
Wednesday, October 1 2008
Please see link below with Graduation Dates:
Induction Day for First Years
Friday, September 12 2008
We look forward to meeting you all on Tuesday, 16th September 2008 in DIT, Kevin Street, D8 @ 8.30am for a fun and informative day.
From All the Staff at the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
'See-through-the-wall’ radar to be commercialised
Wednesday, February 13 2008
A team of researchers at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering, have created a new radar system based on ultra-wideband (UWB) technology that can be used in a variety of applications ranging from post-disaster emergency evacuations to medical operations and anti-collision systems in the cars of the future.
The team, with the backing of Enterprise Ireland and under the guidance of Bell Labs’ Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain Research (CTVR), has developed new antenna designs for UWB detection systems.
UWB precision radar imaging technology – ‘see-through-the-wall’ radar – can be used in a range of different sectors, from locating persons buried underground in emergency situations, to providing accurate data on patients under ongoing medical supervision, to vehicular anti-collision systems.
The team at the DIT’s Antenna & High Frequency Research Group (AHFR), part of the CTVR’s wider research group, has developed new antenna designs that increase the levels of accuracy of UWB radar systems.
Source: Silicon Republic - John Kennedy
FAS Pilot The Infinity Project
Monday, February 11 2008
A pilot of the Infinity Project began in FAS on Monday, January 28th. This step represents a very significant development in the implementation of The Infinity Project outside the United States.
FAS, with the support of DIT, is the first State Training Authority worldwide to adopt The Infinity Project.
The Project is to be included in the Pre-Apprenticeship/Youthreach programme which is taught in over fifty Community Training Centres (CTCs) nationwide funded by FAS.
This CTC programme is designed to help early school leavers return to education and enable them pursue an apprenticeship or some similar formal training programme.
The Training Centres selected for the pilot are: Liberties, Ballyfermot, Dun Laoghaire, Newbridge and Wexford.
Engineered! 'A Week of Wonder 2008'
Thursday, February 7 2008
Don't forget next week is Engineered! 'A Week of Wonder'a week-long series of events and activities organised by Engineers Ireland across the country to create a better awareness of engineering.
Check below for all the week's activities
National Elec Engineering Quiz 2008
Tuesday, January 29 2008
Congratulations to Colaiste Eoin, Booterstown on winning first prize locally at the National Elec Engineering Quiz, at the DIT Kevin Street campus. This year the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering, DIT hosted this event in Dublin which was simultaneously held in UCC, GMIT and WIT. Secondary school teams from Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, and all around Dublin took part in the 2nd National Elec Engineering Quiz on Saturday 26th January 2008. The quiz was open to 5th and 6th year secondary school students who may be interested in electronic/computer/communications engineering as a potential career.
The teams were driven by playing for the national title and winning €2000 worth of audio and visual equipment for their school. The national prize was sponsored by MIDAS Ireland.
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The competition was tough throughout the day with points only dividing some schools. In the end Cork scooped the national title and Colaiste Eoin, Booterstown was awarded first prize at DIT as our top local winner.
Results
1st: Colaiste Eoin, Booterstown Co Dublin
2nd: Belvedere College, South Denmark Street, Dublin 1
3rd: Colaiste Iosagain, Blackrock, Co Dublin
4th: St Michaels College, Ailsbury Rd Dublin 4
Best team name: Fission Chips - Our Lady's School, Terenure
Teachers/parents quiz winner: Siobhan Mairtin
Thanks
We would like to thank all the participants, for making it such a fun and enjoyable event and we look forward to having these schools and more participate again next year. We especially want to thank all the teachers and parents who took time out of their weekend to organise their teams and to attend the event. Thanks also to our own staff who helped out on the day.
Thank you to all our sponsors for their continous support:
Midas Ireland, Discover Science and Engineering, A1 Technologies, Cooney Electronics, Farnell Components, Radionics, Decision Support Systems, Camera Centre, Lucozade Irl, Nestle, Tipperary Water, Coca Cola, Elliot Cash & Carry, ESB, Eddie Rockets, Studio Solutions, IT Direct, Planographic, Premier AV, Dell, Ergo, Encom, DIT SU, Arrowprint, Codex, Fruit Basket, PEMA Ltd, Fresh, Datapac and BrightPromotions.
We would be delighted to see more new faces and new teams next year. For further information, please contact Deirdre Staunton at (01)402-4665 or email deirdre.staunton@dit.ie.
Congratulations to all our Graduates of 2007!
Monday, November 26 2007
Congratulations to all our students who graduated at St Pats Cathedral on Saturday, 24th December 2007.
DIT Lecturer launches five textbooks for International Market
Wednesday, November 7 2007
Five textbooks by DIT lecturer Paul Tobin, were launched last week. The books, which each deal with an aspect of electronic engineering, are available not only in the Irish market but throughout the world. Professor Norton, Dr Mike Murphy and Dr Gerald Farrell joined colleagues at a reception in DIT Kevin Street to congratulate Paul who is a lecturer in the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering.
Dr Chris Bruce Bids Farewell
Monday, November 5 2007
Dr Chris Bruce recently celebrated with family and friends his retirement as Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering at the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering. At a party in his honour last week, led by Dr Gerald Farrell, Head of School, Chris and his family were warmly welcomed by colleagues past and present.
DIT PhD researcher accepts invitation to study 'cancer therapy hyperthermia applicators' in Singapore.
Friday, October 26 2007
Mr Sergio Curto, a PhD student from the Antenna & High Frequency Group (AHFR) at the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering has been invited to visit the laboratories at the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore to complete specialist measurements on a novel cancer therapy applicator that he is researching. The deployment of temperature raising radiowaves in tumour regions of the body, as an adjunctive therapy, requires an antenna that will operate efficiently when in close proximity to human tissue. The I2R have a shared interest in these antenna applicators and have extensive experience in the measurement of SAR, the parameter that defines the rate of radiowave energy absorbed into the human body. Their measurement equipment, known as a Dosimetric Assessment System, employs fluids with the equivalent electrical properties of human tissue to estimate the exposed energy pattern due to a nearby radiator.
The two institutes are following on successful collaboration between Dr Max Ammann, DIT’s School of Electronic & Communications Engineering and Professor Zhi Ning Chen, the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore. During a three month period it is hoped that an exchange of ideas will improve the understanding of how to optimise such devices. It is a complementary approach to research that has resulted in lowered emission exposure to users of mobile telephones.
The Dublin Institute of Technology’s Antenna & High Frequency Research Group (http://ahfr.dit.ie) has particular expertise in antenna designs suited to handheld communications terminals. The small dimensions of these antennas and their susceptance to performance changes when near people has led to size reductions and efficiency enhancements in cancer therapy applicators. The modelling work will benefit from measurement experiments and validation in I2R (http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg). This work is funded by the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology under the Embark Initiative, which supports PhD studies (http://www.ircset.ie).”
MPhil Student Wins Award
Monday, October 22 2007
Mr Christian Jakob, DIT MPhil student at the School of Electronic and Communications Engineering has won the Irish Microelectronic Industry Design Association Outstanding Research Publication Award for Master students for his publication “A FPGA Optimised Digital Real-Time Multichannel Correlator Architecture”.
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