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Shows member of Iform including Dr Dermot Brabazon at launch in Mansion House
Prof Dermot Brabazon (seventh from left) at the launch of I-Form phase 2.

DCU partners in €25m second phase of SFI I-Form Research Centre

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The second phase of the SFI funded research will directly support 5 PD and 8 PhD researchers at DCU, over a period of six years.

Last week saw the launch of the second phase of the SFI I-Form Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing at an event at the Mansion House in Dublin. 

The next phase of the centre is supported by a €25 million SFI investment, part of a wider €109 million commitment spread across I-Form and three other SFI centres announced last week. Prof Dermot Brabazon is Deputy Director of the centre, which has its headquarters in University College Dublin. 

Prof Dermot Brabazon said:

“Within I-Form we have developed a collaborative group of top class researchers in the area of advanced manufacturing. The centre's output can be seen in its highly ranked journal publications, highly trained postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers, and in its support of Irish companies. Within I-Form Phase 2 over the next six years, we will see I-Form's work provide new solutions for the Digitisation and Sustainability of advanced manufacturing."

In addition to Prof Brabazon, Prof Christine Loscher from the School of Biotechnology is a Principal Investigator within I-Form. 

The second phase of the SFI funded research will directly support 5 post doctoral and 8 PhD researchers at DCU, over a period of six years. There are a further 14 PhD researchers funded via the DCU co-hosted Advanced Metallic Systems Centre for Doctoral Training and industry partners. These projects are largely multi-disciplinary and are supervised by 18 DCU academic staff across six Schools and thematic research areas.

These researchers cover a wide array of disciplines including additive manufacturing, computer sciences, sensing technology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and advanced 3-D modelling.

I-Form funded projects taking place at DCU include the development of advanced manufacturing techniques to produce smart actuator and battery technologies. Within I-Form at DCU, 15 company research development projects are being supported with on-going collaborations including one with the Biodesign Europe bioadhesive project.