Promoting TUS Research in the Midlands & Midwest.
The inaugural Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Research Week is taking place 17 – 21 April. Throughout the week a range of informative, hybrid events will be run across both the Midlands and Midwest campuses and online.
It will focus on all aspects of the research process including ‘Developing Your Research Profile’, the ‘Fulbright Scholarship Roadshow’, the ‘Creative Design Process’ and ‘Research Ethics’. In addition to our international collaborative partnerships including ‘ORCHESTRA – Driving Marine-Based Innovation in the Orchard International Research Project, led by our RUN-EU partner Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal.
The core ethos of TUS Research Week is to create an engaging platform, where the huge range of innovative projects and initiatives from areas such as Technology, Engineering, Business and Science will be showcased to the wider student body, industry and beyond. Fostering a culture of collaboration, in addition to stimulating creativity, creating real-world impacts and fostering economic development in a regional, national and international capacity.
You can connect with us on social media using #TUSResearchWeek23 throughout the week.
See our full list of events below or download our schedule here.
Register for TUS Research Week here Download the 2022/2023 RDI Newsletter here Download the latest RUN-EU Newsletter here
Full Schedule of Events
Monday 17th April
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Time |
Event |
Presenter |
Location |
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14:00 – 14:15 |
Official Opening: The Importance of Research to TUS |
Prof. Vincent Cunnane, TUS President |
Online |
|
14:15 – 14:45 |
RUN-EU Where Research & Engagement Intersect – Read the RUN-EU Newsletter here |
Dr Liam Brown, TUS Vice President for Research Development & Innovation |
Online |
|
12:00 – 14:00 |
Launch of Digi Manufacturing 2.0 |
Dr Jamie Meehan, Educational and Outreach Manager, IDEAM Cluster |
IMR, Mullingar |
|
15:00 – 16:00 |
Your Publishing Strategy Essentials: Where to publish, navigating journal selection & publishing options |
TUS Library & Tania Marsh, Research Integration Project Manager |
Online |
|
Week Long |
Research Image Competition Details: https://bit.ly/3UyP4dH |
TUS Library |
Online |
Tuesday 18th April
|
Time |
Event |
Presenter |
Location |
|
11:30 – 12:00 |
Research Proposal Terms: : Demystifying the terminology in the research proposal writing process |
Michelle Cooney, Lead Scientist, PRISM Grant Funding Writer |
Online |
|
12:00 – 13:00 |
Developing a New Research Team, Niche & Brand |
Dr Aoife Lane, Head of Department of Sport & Health Sciences |
Online |
|
14:00 – 15:00 |
Innovation & Enterprise Supports in TUS: A Whistle-Stop Tour |
Gillian Barry, Head of Innovation & Enterprise & Michael Lonergan, Director of Innovation & Enterprise |
Online |
|
15:00 – 16:00 |
RUN-EU: Smart Manufacturing in TUS through the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) |
Dr John Cosgrove, Director of Smart Manufacturing |
Online & Moylish Boardroom |
|
16:00 – 17:00 |
Societal Impact of the UN Sustainable Development Goals |
Padraig O’Reilly with members of the SDRI & DU Team |
Online |
|
08 |
RUN-EU: Science Meets Regions – Circular Economy Forum Series 2023 |
Online |
Wednesday 19th April
|
Time |
Event |
|
Location |
|
10:00 – 11:00 |
Where Clusters Meet Research: Two Exemplar Case Studies ATIM & IDEAM |
Dr Catríona Mordon ATIM Cluster Manager & Dr Jamie Meehan IDEAM Cluster Manager |
Online |
|
11:00 – 11:30 |
Writing a Research Proposal to Fit the Call Description: What to Look Out For |
Lorna Walsh, Funded Research Manager, TUS Athlone |
Online |
|
11:30 – 12:00 |
BioICEP: Managing a large EU Consortium & Cultural Understandings |
Dr Margaret Brennan Fournet, Coordinator BioICEP |
Online |
|
12:00 – 12:30 |
Research Ethics: Why & Who Makes an Application |
Dr Rita Scully & Dr Mary McDonnell Naughton |
Online |
|
14:00 – 15:00 |
Guest Lecture followed by Q & A. Faculty of Business and Hospitality |
Paschal Donohoe, Minister of Public Expenditure & President of the Eurogroup |
Douglas Hyde Lecture Theatre |
|
14:00 – 15:00 |
The Irish Bioeconomy Foundation & Ireland’s National Bioeconomy Campus: Making a Difference Regionally, Nationally & Internationally” |
Stephen Napier, IBF CEO |
Online |
|
15:30 – 16:00 |
What is a Narrative CV? |
Lorna Walsh, Funded Research Manager, TUS Athlone & Dr Johanna Archbold, Head Librarian TUS Athlone campus |
Online |
|
16:00 – 16:30 |
Alternative Metrics: Altmetrics & PlumX |
Tania Marsh, Research Integration Project Manager |
Online |
|
18:00 onwards |
Postgraduate Poster Display |
|
Main Canteen, Athlone Campus |
|
18:00 – 20:00 |
TUS CAO Opening Evening |
TUS |
Athlone Campus |
|
08:00 – 17:00 |
RUN-EU: Science Meets Regions – Circular Economy Forum Series 2023 |
Online |
Thursday 20th April
|
Time |
Event |
Presenter |
Location |
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All Day |
Postgraduate Poster Display |
|
Main Canteen |
|
09:00 – 15:00 |
Athlone Polymer Conference: PRISM Research Marquee |
TUS Researchers |
Hudson Bay Hotel |
|
10:00 – 10:45 |
National objectives and Open Research in Ireland: A view from the National Open Research Forum (NORF). Part of the TUS Trends in Research Series (April – May 2023) |
Dr Daniel Bangert, National Open Research Coordinator, Ireland |
B10 Business Corridor Main Campus, Athlone |
|
11:00 – 11:30 |
TransMixr – EU Project: Developing a Proposal and Consortium |
Dr Niall Murray, Coordinator, TransMixr – Project |
B10 Business Corridor Main Campus, Athlone |
|
11:30 – 12:15 |
Creative Design Process: Innovation |
Dr Adam DeEyto, Head of Design – Limerick School of Art & Design, TUS |
B10 Business Corridor Main Campus, Athlone |
|
13:00 – 14:00 |
Fulbright: Would You Like to Study, Research or Lecture in the USA? |
Dara Fitzgerald, Executive Director, Fulbright |
B10 Business Corridor Main Campus, Athlone |
|
14:00 – 15:00 |
Launch of TUS IReL Membership: Accessing APCs for Academic Publishing and increasing research impact |
Susan O’Reilly, IReL Director & Jack Hyland, IReL Manager |
B10 Business Corridor Main Campus, Athlone & Online |
|
15:00 – 15:30 |
CoARA – The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment Creating a shared direction for changes in assessment practices for research, researchers and research performing organisations, with the overarching goal to maximise the quality and impact of research |
Dr Yensi Flores Bueso, Global Young Academy Representative European Coalition on Reforming Research Assessment & Postdoctoral Fellow UCC |
Online |
|
15:30 – 16:00 |
SRI: EU Funding & Managing an Expanding Research Portfolio |
Dr Brian Lee, Director Software Research Institute, TUS |
B10 Business Corridor Main Campus, Athlone |
|
18:30 – 21:00 |
Networking Event |
|
Seán’s Bar, Athlone |
Friday 21st April
|
Time |
Event |
Presenter |
Location |
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09:00 – 14:00 |
Postgraduate Poster Display |
TUS Researchers |
Main Canteen, Athlone Campus |
|
09:30 – 13:00 |
Postgraduate Poster Presentations |
TUS Researchers |
Douglas Hyde Lecture Theatre |
|
10:00 – 13:30 |
ORCHESTRA International Consortium |
Polytechnic of Leiria
|
F2705, Athlone Campus Hospitality Building |
|
13:00 – 14:00 |
Social Sciences Connexions Spring Series – Engage |
Dr Sasha Noonan, Coordinator |
Online (Teams) |
|
12:30 – 13:00 |
Official Close of TUS Research Week 2023 & Prize Giving |
Dr Liam Brown, TUS Vice President for Research Development & Innovation |
Douglas Hyde Lecture Theatre, Athlone Campus |