University College Cork, Tyndall National Institute invites applications for the position of Post Graduate Student to investigate and develop Packaging Technologies for the next generation, wearable wireless sensor network systems as part of the Science Foundation Ireland funded CSET - CLARITY. Tyndall National Institute (Tyndall), www.tyndall.ie , is Ireland’s largest research centre, specialising in defined areas of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The mission for Tyndall can be ..... (continued)

Within the PRTLI project NEMBES a PhD position has become available to study the technologies associated with the creation of electronic monitoring systems based on thin film lamination techniques and interconnection using inkjet printing and other appropriate low cost packaging technologies. An entire autonomous system will be integrated into a low profile format which is low cost and which contains a combination of three dimensional integrated circuits, stand alone power supplies, energy harvesting ..... (continued)

Development and characterization of novel Nano-composite, High-frequency soft magnetic ferrites/materials for micromagnetic devices, Microsystems Centre, Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland Project: Components using soft-magnetic materials are central to the operation of many ICT products e.g. in energy management, RF Communications, micro-mechanical components such as switches, read/write heads and sensors. Recently, nanocomposite (metal/ceramic) thin-film materials produced by sputtering techniques ..... (continued)

Science Foundation Ireland has recently made a major award of a Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Grant to a group of researchers based at the Tyndall National Institute and University College Cork, Dublin City University and Queen s University Belfast together with industrial partners Intel Ireland and Seagate Technologies. This SRC is entitled FORME - for Functional Oxides and Related Materials for Electronics. The specific aims of this Cluster are to study a range of processes associated with the ..... (continued)

Science Foundation Ireland has recently made a major award of a Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Grant to a group of researchers based at the Tyndall National Institute and University College Cork, Dublin City University and Queen s University Belfast together with industrial partners Intel Ireland and Seagate Technologies. This SRC is entitled FORME - for Functional Oxides and Related Materials for Electronics. The specific aims of this Cluster are to study a range of processes associated with the ..... (continued)

Science Foundation Ireland has recently made a major award of a Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Grant to a group of researchers based at the Tyndall National Institute and University College Cork, Dublin City University and Queen s University Belfast together with industrial partners Intel Ireland and Seagate Technologies. This SRC is entitled FORME - for Functional Oxides and Related Materials for Electronics. The specific aims of this Cluster are to study a range of processes associated with the ..... (continued)

Title: Post Doctoral Researcher in Laser Physics Where: Tyndall National Institute Project: Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain Research (CTVR) Area: Integrated Photonics Field: Advanced semiconductor laser, simulation, design, characterisation and test. Qualifications: Ph.D. The Tyndall National Institute is looking for a research scientist to work in integrated photonics research. The research is being funded through the Photonics Strand of the Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain Research ..... (continued)

Science Foundation Ireland has recently made a major award of a Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Grant to a group of researchers based at the Tyndall National Institute and University College Cork, Dublin City University and Queen s University Belfast together with industrial partners Intel Ireland and Seagate Technologies. This SRC is entitled FORME - for Functional Oxides and Related Materials for Electronics. The specific aims of this Cluster are to study a range of processes associated with the ..... (continued)

Science Foundation Ireland has recently made a major award of a Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Grant to a group of researchers based at the Tyndall National Institute and University College Cork, Dublin City University and Queen s University Belfast together with industrial partners Intel Ireland and Seagate Technologies. This SRC is entitled FORME - for Functional Oxides and Related Materials for Electronics. The specific aims of this Cluster are to study a range of processes associated with the ..... (continued)

A student with strong interest in electronic structure theory and with a background in quantum physics or quantum chemistry is sought. Background or familiarity with scientific computing is an advantage. The project addresses many-electron methods as applied to design of molecular and nanoscale electronic devices. The goal of the the project is to understand electron-electron interactions from a full quantum mechanical treatment for single molecule electronics, and then to devise approximations allowing ..... (continued)

Post Doctorate Researcher (Full-time three year contract with possible extension)- Position ID: (Ref. No. BOF - 10) CLARITY-TYNDALL-02 University College Cork, Tyndall National Institute invites applications for an appointment as Post doctorate Researcher to investigate and develop wearable wireless sensor network systems and associated body area networking software and to strengthen industry-university partnerships as part of the Science Foundation Ireland funded CSET - CLARITY. Tyndall National ..... (continued)

PhD Student: Energy Harvesting for Wearable Systems - Position ID: (Ref. No. BOF - 14) CLARITY-TYNDALL-student 01 University College Cork, Tyndall National Institute invites applications for the position of PhD Student to investigate and develop energy harvesting mechanisms for the next generation, wearable wireless sensor network systems as part of the Science Foundation Ireland funded CSET - CLARITY. Tyndall National Institute (Tyndall), www.tyndall.ie , is Ireland s largest research centre, ..... (continued)

The Tyndall National Institute is seeking to recruit a technician in the area of electron microscopy. The research strengths of the institute lie in the areas of electronics, photonics, materials and nanotechnologies. The establishment of a new microscopy facility at Tyndall is key to the development of the institute's research agenda. Reporting to the Characterisation Technologist (Electron Microscopy), the successful candidate will oversee the installation, commissioning and operation of new electron ..... (continued)

PhD position on long wavelength, site controlled Pyramidal Quantum Wires: A new group (Epitaxy and Physics of Nanostructures) was established in January 2007 at Tyndall National Institute (http://www.tyndall.ie) under an SFI (http://www.sfi.ie/home/index.asp) Principal Investigator grant. The group is led by Dr. E. Pelucchi. The research will concentrate on the epitaxy, optical properties and spectroscopy of site controlled Pyramidal quantum dots and wires and on their extension to telecommunication ..... (continued)

Postdoctoral Researcher in All-Optical Switching Techniques for Optical Networks Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Photonics Systems Group at the Tyndall National Institute, part of University College Cork, Ireland. The post is in the field of high-speed all-optical signal processing, for applications in all-optical switching, logic, wavelength conversion and regeneration. Techniques for all-optical regeneration have been developed based on the use of semiconductor optical ..... (continued)

(Ref. No. PT - 02) Post Doctoral Researcher in Optical Access Networks (Position partly funded under the collaborative European Research Project PIEMAN) Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher position in Photonic Communication System Research. (Position part funded under the collaborative European Research Project PIEMAN). In today's communication networks the access portion of the network that provides connectivity to end-users is separate from the metro network that aggregates end-user ..... (continued)

Applications are invited for a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher position in Photonic Communication System Research. The successful applicant will be joining the established access networks team within the Photonic Systems Group, will carry out research in purpose-built photonics systems research facilities at the Tyndall National Institute, and will be involved in collaboration with other groups in Tyndall and elsewhere. The researcher will be responsible for developing new areas of research within the team ..... (continued)

Theory of pulse propagation and ultrafast nonlinear response in semiconductor optical amplifiers with distributed feedback. The aim of this project is to study the ultrafast nonlinear response in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) that incorporate a nonperiodic effective index pattern along the length of the device active region. The photonics theory group have developed new approaches to designing refractive index profiles with tailored group velocity. These profiles can provide multi-wavelength ..... (continued)

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher in condensed matter theory to join a major programme funded by Science Foundation Ireland to investigate the fundamental properties of future photonic materials and devices. As part of that project, we have developed tight-binding and envelope function models which lead understanding of the electronic and optoelectronic properties of extreme semiconductor alloys such as GaNxAs1-x. GaNAs is an example of a novel class of semiconductor alloy where ..... (continued)

Semiconductor quantum dots give atom-like energy levels in a semiconductor material. This project aims to investigate the electronic structure of QDs, its consequences for gain and loss mechanisms in devices, and approaches to the design of devices which will optimize the device gain, while also suppressing the intrinsic loss mechanisms. It is part of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of QD materials development. We seek to expand the wavelength range accessible to QDs into the mid ..... (continued)