-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
1/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
1
Making Innovation Happenfor Ireland Inc
Some thoughts from 10,000ft to sea-level
UCD Earth Systems Institute team plans & HP experience
Comhar, Green New Deal workshop
16th June 2009
Paul Killeen, UCD Research & ESI Innovation
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
2/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
2
Innovation ConsiderationsKnowledge applied to create value
Communication & Culture multi-disciplinary teams
diverse teams
connect (thoughts, people) + communicate
failure = learning
Systematic vs random
Processes, tools Domain Knowledge + Processes/Tools = higher probability & speed of
success
Market Pull vs Technology Push Problems, Solutions
Partnerships Industry, closed or open innovation; common goal
National Innovation system, Industry + HEIs + Gov; common goal ?
Little less conversation, little more action please
What are we going to do ?
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
3/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
3
The missing middleHow to bridge the gap ?
AcademicResearch
Enterprise?
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
4/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
4*
the world is poised for new and fundamental breakthrough innovations in the environmental and health care areas, in viewof the current energy reality and environmental challenges such as global warming radical innovation often involvesconsiderable change in basic technologies and methods, created by those working outside existing paradigms
ESI Innovation Strategy - Context6th Wave of Innovation, Ecological Sustainability
EarthSystemsInstitute
&Green New
Deal
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
5/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
5
ESI Innovation Vision
InformedSustainableSolutions for a Green Economy
Flow of Intellectual Capital
via ESI partners / networks
Solutions for Green Economy
ESI
Output
SolutionsIP
Spin-outsLicensing
JobsProducts/services
Exports
ESI Partners include:
Partner UniversitiesTrinity, Queens, NUIG, UCC etc.
Internal UCD Research groups
CLARITY CSET, BioNano & Solar SRCs, CASL
Industry (refer to innovation baseline)
Agencies (EI, IDA, Comhar, EPA, Forfs, GSI, Marine Institute, Met Eireann, SEI, Teagasc)
To:ESI Generated, Indigenous IP
Solutions for a Green,
Smart, Export-Driven Economy
From:1) Manufacturing / Exporting
MNCs IP
2) Unsustainable Domestic-
Demand Driven economy
(Current bust)
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
6/30
EFFECT OF PHYSICAL DISTANCE ON COMMUNICATION
PROBABILITY
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
SEPARATION DISTANCE (METERS)
P(C)
Source: Research by Professor T.J. Allen, MIT&NITM
Tactics - Co-location for Innovationcommunication for inspiration
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
7/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation So lutions for a Gr
7
Earth Systems Institute Research & Innovation StrategyEnergy + Environment + Policy + ICT
OUTCOMES
Jobs
Exports(products &services)
Entrepreneurs
& InnovatorsResearchReputation
Policyinterventions
INPUTS
Students &Researchers
Partnerships
PhysicalInfrastructure
Knowledge
Funding
LegalObligations inEnergy &
ClimateChange
Information
Knowledge
Data
Value
Energy Environment
Policy
Environmental Sensing Technologies
Simulation Sciences
Visualisation
Systematic Innovation
ICT
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
8/30
Market
Technology
Ideas - ConceptDevelopment - Feasibility Demo - Commercialisatio
Systematic Innovation
processes (and tools)informed by markets & technology
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
9/30
Chain of Methods & Tools 1Fraunhofer (Frank Wagner)
Ideation Idea managementIdea > Concept
TRIZ / TIPS
Concept Development
Business ProcessModeling
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
10/30
Chain of Methods & Tools 2Fraunhofer (Frank Wagner)
Concept Development
Business Modell Simulation
PLM
CAD/CAE
Business ProcessModeling
Virtual Factory
Visualisation of- Products- Processes- Services
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
11/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
11
Innovation WorkshopsSystematic, Collaborative Innovation Framework / Tool
DIMO Facilitators
PRESENTERS
ABSTRACT
HP CONFIDENTIAL
Innovation Workshops turn invention and
patent generation into deliberate activities
focused on thinking into the future.
Workshops are very intense, facilitated, two-
day-long efforts aimed at producing strategic
ideas and patents for HP.
Based on an identified strategic opportunity
for HP, six to eight subject matter experts
(inventors) are brought together to
collaboratively invent.
A trained facilitation team leads the group
through a well-defined, sometimes whimsical,
process to explore and build upon futuristic
and creative ideas.
The Workshop culminates in a formalized
harvest of invention acorns many of which
are turned into invention disclosures.
Timeframe: 6-8 weeks prior to Workshop
1. Content client meets with facilitators to begin
definition and fine-tuning of the opportunity.
Tentative date is set and rooms reserved.
2. IP Client is identified and input soughtregarding opportunity from IP viewpoint.
3. Opportunity Statement for Workshop is
finalized (min. 4 weeks before Workshop)
4. Based on Opportunity Statement, expert
inventors are identified and invited.
5. Facilitated roundtable discussion is held among
all participants before Workshop to develop
common understanding of the Opportunity.
Workshop success depends upon the clarity
and specificity of the defined Opportunity!
Martin Hart 50939
Patricia Ryan 50567
Lorraine Byrne 51168
John Breen 50569
Paul Killeen 50154
Martin Hart
Patricia Ryan
Paul Killeen
Guest: Breffni Tomlin
Innovation Workshopsact as highly creative,
collaborative forums to
generate new
approaches, technical
designs, and intellectual
property (IP) for HP.
Cross-discipline, cross-
program teams come
together to explore
commonly held
technical opportunities.
This formalized process
for idea generation is
led by a trained
facilitation team.
Workshop Description 1. Focus on the Opportunity 2. Go for Breadth
I wishI wish How toHow to
Facts
Opinions
ConceptsDirections
Concerns
Worries
RejectionsJudgment
BuildsBuilds
Innovation
Workshops
A Process for Collaborative Invention
3. Go for Depth 4. Harvest
Key Roles
Content Client: The Workshop owner;
instigates Workshop and defines opportunity.
IP Client: Receives / facilitates invention
disclosures through patent coordination process.
Inventors: Subject matter experts with deep
relevant experience related to opportunity.
Facilitation Team: Two facilitators and tech-
nographer to lead process and capture results.
Our opportunity statement is:Our opportunity statement is:
Generate ideas and patents to Generate ideas and patents to
Timeframe: Morning Day 1
1. Group generates broad springboard ideas to
explore all aspects of the opportunity.
2. Wishful Thinking is used to encourage and
protect(!) wild, fanciful ideas. We are thinkinginto the future after all.
3. Building on others ideas is encouraged and
recognized to move from fanciful to practical.
Timeframe:Afternoon Day 1; Morning Day 2
1. Content client selects 4-6 of the most intriguingor provocative ideas/directions generated
during the previous Breadth Phase. These
become the menu items for rest of Workshop.
2. The 4-6 menu items are explored in depth to
generate additional ideas.
3. All the tools of the Breadth Phase are used:
Wishful Thinking, Building, Excursions,
Forced Associations
4. Itemized Response is used to move imperfect
ideas over the threshold of acceptability.
4. Excursions to other
worlds are used tostimulate thinking
(e.g., How would
nature solve this
problem?).
5. Forced associations
to irrelevant infor-
mation is used to
generate novel
perspectives and ideas.
Valu
eless
Perfec
t
Timeframe: Afternoon Day 2
1. Participants individually review ideas generatedover last 1 days to identify Invention Acorns.
2. Group reconvenes to collaboratively convert
Invention Acorns into titles for potential invention
disclosures.
3. Invention leads are assigned, prioritizations are
made, and invention disclosure abstracts are
written (some during the Workshop and some
during the following weeks).
Invention Acorn
Template
A method to __________
An apparatus for _______
that eliminates _________
that improves _________
by using _____________
by providing __________
4. Invention Disclosures
completed and
submitted.
5. Results of Workshop
are reported back to
engineering teams forpost-Workshop idea
generation and
refinement.
DIMO Facilitators
PRESENTERS
ABSTRACT
HP CONFIDENTIAL
Innovation Workshops turn invention and
patent generation into deliberate activities
focused on thinking into the future.
Workshops are very intense, facilitated, two-
day-long efforts aimed at producing strategic
ideas and patents for HP.
Based on an identified strategic opportunity
for HP, six to eight subject matter experts
(inventors) are brought together to
collaboratively invent.
A trained facilitation team leads the group
through a well-defined, sometimes whimsical,
process to explore and build upon futuristic
and creative ideas.
The Workshop culminates in a formalized
harvest of invention acorns many of which
are turned into invention disclosures.
Timeframe: 6-8 weeks prior to Workshop
1. Content client meets with facilitators to begin
definition and fine-tuning of the opportunity.
Tentative date is set and rooms reserved.
2. IP Client is identified and input soughtregarding opportunity from IP viewpoint.
3. Opportunity Statement for Workshop is
finalized (min. 4 weeks before Workshop)
4. Based on Opportunity Statement, expert
inventors are identified and invited.
5. Facilitated roundtable discussion is held among
all participants before Workshop to develop
common understanding of the Opportunity.
Workshop success depends upon the clarity
and specificity of the defined Opportunity!
Martin Hart 50939
Patricia Ryan 50567
Lorraine Byrne 51168
John Breen 50569
Paul Killeen 50154
Martin Hart
Patricia Ryan
Paul Killeen
Guest: Breffni Tomlin
Innovation Workshopsact as highly creative,
collaborative forums to
generate new
approaches, technical
designs, and intellectual
property (IP) for HP.
Cross-discipline, cross-
program teams come
together to explore
commonly held
technical opportunities.
This formalized process
for idea generation is
led by a trained
facilitation team.
Workshop Description 1. Focus on the Opportunity 2. Go for Breadth
I wishI wish How toHow to
Facts
Opinions
ConceptsDirections
Concerns
Worries
RejectionsJudgment
BuildsBuilds
Innovation
Workshops
A Process for Collaborative Invention
3. Go for Depth 4. Harvest
Key Roles
Content Client: The Workshop owner;
instigates Workshop and defines opportunity.
IP Client: Receives / facilitates invention
disclosures through patent coordination process.
Inventors: Subject matter experts with deep
relevant experience related to opportunity.
Facilitation Team: Two facilitators and tech-
nographer to lead process and capture results.
Our opportunity statement is:Our opportunity statement is:
Generate ideas and patents to Generate ideas and patents to
Timeframe: Morning Day 1
1. Group generates broad springboard ideas to
explore all aspects of the opportunity.
2. Wishful Thinking is used to encourage and
protect(!) wild, fanciful ideas. We are thinkinginto the future after all.
3. Building on others ideas is encouraged and
recognized to move from fanciful to practical.
Timeframe:Afternoon Day 1; Morning Day 2
1. Content client selects 4-6 of the most intriguingor provocative ideas/directions generated
during the previous Breadth Phase. These
become the menu items for rest of Workshop.
2. The 4-6 menu items are explored in depth to
generate additional ideas.
3. All the tools of the Breadth Phase are used:
Wishful Thinking, Building, Excursions,
Forced Associations
4. Itemized Response is used to move imperfect
ideas over the threshold of acceptability.
4. Excursions to other
worlds are used tostimulate thinking
(e.g., How would
nature solve this
problem?).
5. Forced associations
to irrelevant infor-
mation is used to
generate novel
perspectives and ideas.
Valu
eless
Perfec
t
Timeframe: Afternoon Day 2
1. Participants individually review ideas generatedover last 1 days to identify Invention Acorns.
2. Group reconvenes to collaboratively convert
Invention Acorns into titles for potential invention
disclosures.
3. Invention leads are assigned, prioritizations are
made, and invention disclosure abstracts are
written (some during the Workshop and some
during the following weeks).
Invention Acorn
Template
A method to __________
An apparatus for _______
that eliminates _________
that improves _________
by using _____________
by providing __________
4. Invention Disclosures
completed and
submitted.
5. Results of Workshop
are reported back to
engineering teams forpost-Workshop idea
generation and
refinement.
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
12/30
A hands-on learning-by-doing facility located in theheart of the UCD campus in SC East
Containing all the processes, tools & appropriatestaff for people to learn how to EXECUTEthe core
process of innovation Not just to learn aboutinnovation or to understand
innovation, but to DO innovation via collaborationbetween technical and business people
(researchers, students & industry partners)
In the last 8 years, Samsung has generated over10 times the total
number of patents from the whole of Ireland*Could it be because they have a process?
Imagine what could be achieved if Ireland adopted the same process?
*Source: Damian Costello, Director Katawave Innovation Consultants & member of CleanTech Ireland Network
Systematic Innovation Lab Whatis it?
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
13/30
UCD Science Centre East & Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy & Systematic Innovation Lab Research & Innovation So lutions for a Gr
13
Systematic Innovation LabLayout - DRAFT
Support StaffOffice
And
Reception
Physical Rapid
PrototypingTool (basic version)
3D Cave / Room
(VR,Visualisation)
Creative Discussion,Innovation Workshop
space
Entrance
The main Laboratory roomwith X (capacity ?) Workstations, with
innovation tools loaded& web/database connected
WS
WS
Table
Displa
yScreen
DisplayScreen DisplayScreen
DisplayScreen
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
14/30
Roles of JV partners aligned with their strategy & value chain capabilities
Entrepreneurs move with project as spin-out into incubator (Uni, Hub) or elsewhere
Market-Ready
Commercialisation Package(Translation; Development to Commercialisation)
IntellectualProperty
Research &
Innovation
Operations Sales &Marketing
Collaborativ
e Research
Phase
IP ownership/accessper national codes& UCD IP policy
Innovation Workshops Prototyping in ESIinnovation lab
(protodemonstrator)
BusinessDevelopment
(Market feasibility)
Start-up
Joint Venture
License Licence IP todevelopment partneror 3rd party
Assignment Sell IP todevelopment partneror 3rd party
Commercialisation PhaseOptional Paths (Risk vs Return)
Roles of JV partners aligned with their strategy & value chain capabilities
ESI Entrepreneurs move with project as spin-out into Nova or elsewhere
ESI PartnerESI &Partner
ESI Innovation StrategyValue creation & capture via collaborative research & commercialisation
ESI = UCD ESI staff on collaborative research project (potentially with other partner-university researchers)
Partner = Joint Development Partner (s) and/or Commercialisation partner (s) i.e. SMEs, MNCs (EI, IDA)
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
15/30
Roles of JV partners aligned with their strategy & value chain capabilities
Entrepreneurs move with project as spin-out into incubator (Uni, Hub) or elsewhere
Repeat Process with strategic ESI / UCD partners
Win-Win
Market-Ready
Commercialisation Package(Translation; Development to Commercialisation)
IntellectualProperty
Research &
Innovation
Operations Sales &Marketing
Collaborativ
e Research
Phase
IP ownership/accessper national codes& UCD IP policy
Innovation Workshops Prototyping in ESIinnovation lab
(protodemonstrator)
BusinessDevelopment
(Market feasibility)
Start-up
Joint Venture
License Licence IP todevelopment partneror 3rd party
Assignment Sell IP todevelopment partneror 3rd party
Roles of JV partners aligned with their strategy & value chain capabilities
ESI Entrepreneurs move with project as spin-out into Nova or elsewhere
ESI PartnerESI &PartnerESI = UCD ESI staff on collaborative research project (potentially with other partner-university researchers)
Partner = Joint Development Partner (s) and/or Commercialisation partner (s) i.e. SMEs, MNCs (EI, IDA)
Policy & Market-Driven
Commercialisation / Demonstration Package
(Innovation = Research + Commercialisation)
Earth Systems Institute (ESI) - Innovation StrateValue creation & capture via collaborative research & commercialisation
Commercialisation PhaseOptional Paths Decide on Case-by-Case basis1) Risk vs Return 2) Interests and Capabilities of Lead Researcher/Entrepreneur
D t t Cl it S W b
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
16/30
Demonstrators - Clarity Sensor Web
MyWater: Multi-Sensor Deployment
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
17/30
Results for Multi-Sensor
System Water Parameters
Environment ParametersSystem Parameters
http://www.tyndall.ie/projects/smartcoast/deployment/http://www.tyndall.ie/projects/smartcoast/deployment/http://www.tyndall.ie/projects/smartcoast/deployment/http://www.tyndall.ie/projects/smartcoast/deployment/http://www.tyndall.ie/projects/smartcoast/deployment/ -
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
18/30
Pipeline of Trained Innovators/Entrepreneurs forIrelandInnovation Academy & Systematic Innovation Lab
People, Capacity
Undergrads
Masters
PhDs
Post Docs
Professionals(industry)
InnovationAcademy
&SystematicInnovation
Lab
CommercialisationIdeas(generation, capture)
Concept
DevelopmentFeasibility CommercialisationIdeas
(generation, capture)
Concept
DevelopmentFeasibility
Process & Tools
+ =
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
19/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
19
The missing middleHow to bridge the gap ? Connect & Commercialise
AcademicResearch
Enterprise
? Market / Business knowledge- Entrepreneurs in residence- Business mentors- Industry experienced staff
- Funding mechanisms ?
Systematic processes, toolsCommunication / Facilitation processes
e.g. Innovation workshops, targeted
Rewards & Recognition Focus, limited bandwidth
world class research+spin-outs+students ? e.g. Alternative career paths
Basic Research PIs vs Commercialisation/Integration PI
Education teach students how to fish, alumni start-ups National Innovation academy network
Other ???
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
20/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
20
REFERENCE
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
21/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
21
Cost vs Green Impact of alternative energy
technologies
Source: Financial Times, 4-Mar-09: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cccc2fc-08ee-11de-b8b0-0000779fd2ac.html?ftcamp=rss
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
22/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
22
What is Innovation
Hewlett Packard, Imaging and PrintingGroup Innovation = knowledge applied to create value,
everywhere
MIT* Innovation = Invention + Commercialization
= Research + Commercialization
Innovation Engine = Power of Entrepreneurship + VC
* William K. Aulet, Senior Lecturer and Entrepreneur in Residence, MIT Entrepreneurship Center. SFI Energy Symposium, Oct 08
Pipeline of Trained Innovators/Entrepreneurs for
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
23/30
Pipeline of Trained Innovators/Entrepreneurs forIrelandInnovation Academy & Systematic Innovation Lab Education &Application
Innovation Academy Education / Training
Systematic Innovation Lab Training / Application
Undergrads, Masters, CPD
PhD Students
Systematic Innovation Process & Tools
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
24/30
Systematic Innovation Process & Toolsexamples
3D CAD
Radid prototyping
Market Research tools
Focus groups,surveys, ethnographics
Databases
QFD
VOC Specs
7pt Mkting strategy
cross chasm
Bus planning Road mapping
FMEA VA / VE
DFM / A
Applied stats
DOE
SPC
Customer trials
Regulations
Negotiation,contracts
Select optimum comm.path
Commercial contracts
Strategic Alliances,
Future partnerships
Checkpoint
InnovationWorkshops
TRIZ
IP mngtPortfolio mngt
Ideas(generation, capture)
ConceptDevelopment
Feasibility
CheckpointCheckpoint
Commercialisation
ESI W k P
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
25/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy Research & Innovation Solutions for a Green Economy
25
ESI Work Programme Embedded, Innovation & Enterprise
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
26/30
UCD Science Centre East & Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy & Systematic Innovation Lab Research & Innovation So lutions for a Gr
26
Science Centre East
Environment
Extreme Events
& Computational
Modelling
Intelligent
Buildings
Environmental
Technology
Centre
Climate
Modelling
& Prediction
Soil &
Biogeochemist
Animal Nutrition
& Productivity
Bio-complex &
Environmental Biology
Plant & Bio
Adaptation
LabTechnology Platforms
Cell Culture, Imaging, Metabolomics ,
Micro Chemical Analysis Suite, Ancient DNA,
Acid Processing& Analysis, Field SensingSuite,
Computational & Visualisation Platform ,
Infrastructure Materials Testpit ,
Meteorology Station & Ene rgy Systems,
Spatial Analysis Remote Sensing& Visualisation
Managing
Natural Resources
Hydrological
Sciences
Sensing
&
Sensors
Environmental
Nervous System
Policy
&
Integration
Systematic
Innovation
Lab
Green Bus
TCD/UCDlink
Information TechnologyPlatforms
Ubiquitous Sensing
Visualisation of large Data Sets
DeliveringContent to the User
Intelligent Networks
Middleware / Software for
ManagingSensor Networks
PEAC, Rosemount
Smartbay
Energy
Integration , Policy & Enabling Technologies
Geosciences &
Solid Earth Systems
Science East
Integration Across CuttingThemes and Technologies
Legend:
CLARITY
Simulation
Earth Systems Institute
Systematic Innovation Laboratory
Energy
Demonstration Lab
ESI
Industry Lab
Biorefinement & Bio -energy
Competence Centre
Energy Systems with
renewable sourcesBioenergy
Systems
Renewable
Sustainable
EnergyManagement
Information TechnologyPlatforms
Sensing& Localisation
Natural Computing
Graphs & Networks
Geographical Information
Systems
3-d Visualisation
Spatial Analysis
Remote Sensing
Visualisation
Personal National
Carbon
Monitoring
SystematicInnovation Lab
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
27/30
Demonstration Project
Sustainable Bioresources - Dr. Kevin McDonnell
In 2005, a UCD campus company called BioEsuccessfully won a contract to supply technical
support to a UK based investment company to
build the worlds first waste plastic to synthetic
fuel plant. This plant is located in Ireland and is
undergoing final commissioning at present.
BioE, with support from UCD and UL is now
undertaking a series of trials to co-pyrolysis
plastics with agricultural and forestry
biomasses to produce sustainable fuels.
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
28/30
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
29/30
Domestic Sensor Distribution
Sensor Location Reason
Infra Red Key / frequent locations Detect presence of patient
Microphones Key / frequent locations Detect ambient sounds of patient
Light, temperature and humidity Key / frequent locations Monitor environment / presence
Contact / pressure sensors Bed / chairs / windows / doors Detect presence of patient / state of
doors and windows
SenseCam Patient Monitor surroundings and events of
patients daily life
Energy and Water Monitors Plugs / Pipes / Taps Monitor use of electricity / water in
case of emergency
EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
-
7/31/2019 Making Innovation Happen ESI Some Ideas GND Comhar 16 June09 Summ
30/30
Earth Systems Institute Innovation Strategy R h & I ti S l ti f G E
EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
Education &Outreach
-PhD-Embed ESI in
undergrad
Enterprise &Innovation (jobs)
-Start-ups
Building on Existing UCD Strengths & Track Record 8 x UCD Spin-Out Companies in the GreenTech Environmental Goods and Services Sector, supported by NovaUCD UCD Funded Research Groups (industry partners)
Solar Energy Conversion SRC (Airtricity, Celtic Catalysts, ODB-Tec) Complex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory, CASL modelling of earth systems CLARITY CSET environmental monitoring via web based sensor technology. (ChangingWorlds, Critical Path, Ericsson, Foster-Miller, IBM, Fidelity, Vodafone) Centre for BioNano Interactions, CBNI - advancing the safety/environment nano interface (BioTrin, Deerac Fluidics, Thermo Fisher Scientific / Cellomics, Cellix)
SRC on Reproductive Biology (Pfizer, Biotrin). Biocatalysis Research Group (Cynar - plastic to bioplastic, RedOx Biofuels). Institute of Food & Health,ElectricityResearch Centre, Energy Research Group
Industry-led Research & Innovation - UCD key partner in Biorefinery & Bioenergy Competence Centre (AER Ltd, Topaz, IAWS, Glanbia, Bioverda, Maxol,
EarthSystemsInstitute
Meet Energy &Climate Change
Policy Targets
Research Outputs
- Publications, Grants etc.
Innovation &Enterprise Outputs
- IP, Start-ups, Licensing- Products, Services- Jobs, Exports
Education Outputs
- 3rd & 4th level entrepreneurial
innovators willing and able to build
green, smart economy
Policy Obligations inEnergy & ClimateChange
CollaborativePartnerships National& International
- HEIs- Gov. Agencies- Industry: See below
ESI Research,Innovation & EducationPlans
ESI Innovation Lab &Innovation Workshops
Research Farm (Lyons)
Enabling ESI Technology Platforms-web based environmental sensing technology (CLARITY)
-high-end modelling technologies (CASL, IRU)
-National Environmental Technology Centre (technologies to
convert waste to value added products)