NEWS 15/SEPT/2009 : Dr. Brian Daniels graduated with his Doctorate with a thesis titled "ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF HIGH ORDER DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOPS".  As the first PhD graduate of the Institute, we congratulate him and wish him the best in his future career.

NEWS 6/OCT/2008 : Dr. Ronan Farrell, Director of the Institute of Wireless & Microelectronic research at NUI Maynooth, has been awarded the Enterprise Ireland ICT Commercialisation Award 2008. He was presented with the award for his technology development and its successful transfer to the new technology company Socowave Limited.  Presenting the award, Gearóid Mooney Enterprise Ireland’s Director of ICT Commercialisation said“Dr. Farrell is a true example of a technology pioneer. By combining his world class research in the wireless communications field and his strong industry experience he has played an enabling role in the creation of an exciting start-up technology company in the highly competitive telecommunications sector. Enterprise Ireland is delighted to recognise the commercialisation success of his research and his outstanding contribution to the ICT industry in Ireland”. (click)

NEWS 30/SEPT/2008 : NUI Maynooth was today named as the “University of the Year 2008” in the Sunday Times University Guide. The award caps a highly successful year for NUI Maynooth which has seen it record the highest increase in CAO first preferences, attracting the strongest flow of research funding and forging links with leading industries. It has also jumped three places to fourth place on the Sunday Times’ league table. "NUI Maynooth is now one of the four top universities in Ireland and is making an impressive global impact through its teaching partnership with the computer chip manufacturer Intel," says Ian Coxon, Editor of The Sunday Times University Guide. "NUI Maynooth's excellent results on research funding and graduate employment plus its impeccable record on encouraging access to groups normally excluded from third-level education are three of the key factors that have led us to vote it The Sunday Times University of the Year for 2008." (click and here)

NEWS 29/SEPT/2008 : The IEEE show that EE salaries in the US are up over 13%.  Some do better... the following extract says it all -" Engineers with analog, RF, and ­wireless skills, as well as those with ­postgraduate training, are ­becoming harder and harder to find. “If you’re a 20- to 30-year-old ­analog ­engineer, you’re ­sitting pretty right now,” says Jignasha Patel, a human resources ­director at Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas. “It’s a buyer’s market for you.”" While this only refers to US salaries, anecdotal evidence says that salaries in Europe are similarly increasing.  (click)

NEWS 04/SEPT/2008 : The Institute is proud to be a lead participant in the SFI Funded Strategic Cluster for Advanced Technologies (StratAG, pronounced strat-A-G) held a very successful launch on the 4th September 2008.  The institute's participlating academics include Dr. Ronan Farrell and Dr. Sean McLoone and will be focussed on sensors, geosensor networks, data analysis and fusion.  Further information is available from the StratAG website. (click)

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