​MSSI graduated 7 PhD and 6 Masters students during the University’s conferring ceremonies on 19 January 2016.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Mehrdad Balandeh

Thesis: Effects of Electrochemical Pretreatments on the Kinetics of Some Electrode Reactions on Carbon and Palladium
Internal Supervisors: Professor Noel Buckley / Dr Robert Lynch
Internal Examiner: Professor Ursel Bangert
External Examiner: Dr Shafaat Ahmedm, Global Foundries, New York, USA
Chair: Dr Ning Liu

Emma Daniels

Thesis: The Removal of CO₂ from Gaseous Streams using Solid Sorbents

Internal Supervisor: Dr Teresa Curtin
Internal Examiner: Dr Tom O’Dwyer
External Examiner: Dr Andoni Gil, Public University of Navarre, Spain
Chair: Dr Noreen Hanly

Naga Kiran Duggirala

Thesis: Crystal Engineering of Ionic Cocrystals
Internal Supervisors: Professor Michael Zaworotko
Internal Examiner: Dr Denise Croker
External Examiner: Dr Magali Hickey, Alkermes Inc,, Massachusetts, USA
Chair: Dr Emmet O’Reilly

Tadhg Kennedy

Thesis: Nano-Structuring of Silicon and Germanium - A Viable Route to High Capacity, Long Cycle Life Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes
Internal Supervisor: Dr Kevin M. Ryan
Internal Examiner: Dr Tom O’Dwyer
External Examiner: Professor Mike Lyons, Trinity College, Dublin
Chair: Dr Denise Croker

Joseph Murphy

Thesis: Development of Stress during Electrodeposition of Nano-Scale Copper Metallization: An In-Situ Study using Real-Time Wafer-Curvature Measurements, Electrochemical Characterization, and AFM Imaging
Internal Supervisor: Professor Noel Buckley / Dr Robert Lynch

Internal Examiner: Dr Ian Clancy
External Examiner: Professor Greg Hughes, Dublin City University
Chair: Dr David Corcoran

Shalini Singh

Thesis: Colloidal Synthesis of Multinary Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals with Composition, Shape and Crystal Phase Control
Internal Supervisor: Dr Kevin M. Ryan
Internal Examiner: Professor Michael Pomeroy
External Examiner: Dr Liberato Manna, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Chair: Dr Peter Davern

Zhuxiu Zhang

Thesis: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Supermolecular Building Blocks for the Design and Synthesis of Metal-Organic Materials
Internal Supervisor: Professor Michael Zaworotko
Internal Examiner: Dr Kevin M. Ryan
External Examiner: Dr Wolfgang Schmit, Trinity College, Dublin
Chair: Dr Witold Kwapinski
 

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Daniel Coakley

Supervisors: Dr Jeremy Robinson and Professor Michael Larvin

Nigel Coleman

Supervisor: Dr Tom O’Dwyer

Alberto Garcia-Sonora

Supervisors: Dr JJ Leahy and Dr Maurice Collins

Emma Hanley

Supervisor: Professor Bartek Glowacki

Cian Nash

Supervisor: Professor Bartek Glowacki

Aisling Treacy

Supervisor: Dr Jakki Cooney