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Biomedical Engineering

· Effects of blood pressure pulsitility on the neural control of blood pressure

Student: Meabh Loughman

Collaborators: Dr. Niall O’Bryne, Mater Hospital

· Determination of Anaerobic Threshold in Athletes

Collaborator: Bernard Donne, Physiology Dept., Trinity College Dublin.

· An analysis of synchronisation in crew kayaking

Student: Aisling Smith

Collaborators: Dr. Ciaran Simms, Mechanical Eng. Dept. TCD and Bernard Donne, Physiology Dept., Trinity College Dublin.

Control Systems Applications

· Advanced control for power converter applications

Student: Tue Trong Vu

Collaborators: Seamus O’Driscoll (Texas Instruments (Ireland) Ltd.)

Funded by: Texas Instruments (US), Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE)

· Modelling and Control of Wave Energy Devices

See separate Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) website here – many projects.

Modelling/Classification

· Development of an automated system for canoe/kayak slalom gate hit detection

Collaborators: Thomas Schmidt, International Canoe Federation and Prof. Frank Raps, Hochschule Augsburg, Germany.