Tyndall National Institute University College Cork
Organisation type:
Research institutions
University
Research organisations
Technology institutions
Country:
Ireland
Short name:
Tyndall National Institute
Description:
About Tyndall
Established with a mission to support industry and academia in driving research to market, Tyndall National Institute is one of Europe’s leading research centres in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) research and development and the largest facility of its type in Ireland. Established in 2004 as a successor to the National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC founded in 1982) at University College Cork, the Institute employs over 460 researchers, engineers and support staff, with a full-time graduate cohort of 135 students generating over 200 peer-reviewed publications each year.
With a network of 200 industry partners and customers worldwide, Tyndall generates around €30M income each year, 85% from competitively won contracts nationally and internationally. Tyndall is also a lead partner in European research partnerships in its core areas of ICT, communications, energy, health and the environment worth €44M, including €6M accruing to industry in Ireland (from Framework 7). Hosting the only full CMOS (metal oxide semiconductor) integrated circuit construction, Micro Electronic Mechanical systems (MEMS) and III-V Wafer Semiconductor fabrication facilities and services in Ireland, Tyndall is capable of prototyping new product opportunities for its target industries – electronics, medical devices, energy and communication. Tyndall is a globally leading Institute in its four core research areas of Photonics, Microsystems, Micro/Nanoelectronics and Theory, Modeling and Design. Tyndall is the lead institution for the Science Foundation Ireland funded Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC).
Vision
Tyndall has unique ICT-related expertise and capabilities and aims to be the premier ICT research institute worldwide in generating economic impact through excellence in research.
Mission Statement 2013-2018
Consistent with national socio-economic policies and priorities in Science, Technology and Innovation, Tyndall will deliver economic impact from excellent research, systems development and graduate training, delivering innovative and disruptive ICT solutions and highly trained people creating opportunities in areas of high jobs potential, particularly in communications, energy, health and the environment.
•An international leader in integrated ICT research working to raise the technological base in Ireland
•Synonymous with the delivery of disruptive and deployable technological solutions to society’s challenges in energy, health and the environment
•A key catalyst for the generation of new high-tech business, jobs and growth for the Irish economy
•A national and global partner of choice facilitating and enabling R&D and innovation in Ireland to deliver on national objectives
•A primary source of highly-skilled people for Ireland’s current and future technology companies
•The gateway for industry and academia to access ICT-related expertise and capabilities in Ireland
Values
•Leadership - Clarity and focus in decision-making with respect and integrity in all dealings
•Excellence - Creating high value solutions that optimise opportunity
•Teamwork - Professional, accountable to one another and focused on delivery
•People - Secure, well-resourced, self-assured
•Entrepreneurship - Confidence in managing risk and driving enterprise
•Optimism - Determined and resolute in the face of challenge
Expertise: Wireless Sensor Network Systems
Tyndall National Institute (TNI)/UCC is developing, as part of national and international collaborative projects, the next generation of wireless sensor systems and deploying these in real scenarios and deployments for environmental monitoring, ranging from water quality monitoring, building metering and monitoring of horticultural settings. TNI is employing a system level design methodology focusing on the development of the embedded software and energy aware system intelligence, the necessary deployment tools to get systems into the field and ensure long lifetime deployments.
Tyndall National Institute
University College Cork
About Tyndall
Established with a mission to support industry and academia in driving research to market, Tyndall National Institute is one of Europe’s leading research centres in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) research and development and the largest facility of its type in Ireland. Established in 2004 as a successor to the National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC founded in 1982) at University College Cork, the Institute employs over 460 researchers, engineers and support staff, with a full-time graduate cohort of 135 students generating over 200 peer-reviewed publications each year.
With a network of 200 industry partners and customers worldwide, Tyndall generates around €30M income each year, 85% from competitively won contracts nationally and internationally. Tyndall is also a lead partner in European research partnerships in its core areas of ICT, communications, energy, health and the environment worth €44M, including €6M accruing to industry in Ireland (from Framework 7). Hosting the only full CMOS (metal oxide semiconductor) integrated circuit construction, Micro Electronic Mechanical systems (MEMS) and III-V Wafer Semiconductor fabrication facilities and services in Ireland, Tyndall is capable of prototyping new product opportunities for its target industries – electronics, medical devices, energy and communication. Tyndall is a globally leading Institute in its four core research areas of Photonics, Microsystems, Micro/Nanoelectronics and Theory, Modeling and Design. Tyndall is the lead institution for the Science Foundation Ireland funded Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC).
Vision
Tyndall has unique ICT-related expertise and capabilities and aims to be the premier ICT research institute worldwide in generating economic impact through excellence in research.
Mission Statement 2013-2018
Consistent with national socio-economic policies and priorities in Science, Technology and Innovation, Tyndall will deliver economic impact from excellent research, systems development and graduate training, delivering innovative and disruptive ICT solutions and highly trained people creating opportunities in areas of high jobs potential, particularly in communications, energy, health and the environment.
•An international leader in integrated ICT research working to raise the technological base in Ireland
•Synonymous with the delivery of disruptive and deployable technological solutions to society’s challenges in energy, health and the environment
•A key catalyst for the generation of new high-tech business, jobs and growth for the Irish economy
•A national and global partner of choice facilitating and enabling R&D and innovation in Ireland to deliver on national objectives
•A primary source of highly-skilled people for Ireland’s current and future technology companies
•The gateway for industry and academia to access ICT-related expertise and capabilities in Ireland
Values
•Leadership - Clarity and focus in decision-making with respect and integrity in all dealings
•Excellence - Creating high value solutions that optimise opportunity
•Teamwork - Professional, accountable to one another and focused on delivery
•People - Secure, well-resourced, self-assured
•Entrepreneurship - Confidence in managing risk and driving enterprise
•Optimism - Determined and resolute in the face of challenge
Expertise: Wireless Sensor Network Systems
Tyndall National Institute (TNI)/UCC is developing, as part of national and international collaborative projects, the next generation of wireless sensor systems and deploying these in real scenarios and deployments for environmental monitoring, ranging from water quality monitoring, building metering and monitoring of horticultural settings. TNI is employing a system level design methodology focusing on the development of the embedded software and energy aware system intelligence, the necessary deployment tools to get systems into the field and ensure long lifetime deployments.