About
Dr
Patricia Scully
Funded Investigator
University of Galway
Dr Patricia Scully is Associate Professor at University of Galway, since 2018. She has graduated 26 PhD students with a H-index of 32 and over 200 publications in journals and refereed conferences, and was PI/CoI for over 11M€ funded projects. She is Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). and held prior academic positions as Reader in Photonics, and Senior Lecturer in Instrumentation in UK universities.
- PI for SFI Frontiers for the Future Project “Laser Functionalisation of Flexible Polymer-Carbon Composites for Medical Sensing.” Using Ultrafast lasers and adaptive optics to create 3D structured porous carbon nano-materials, with conducting, sensing and membrane properties, for applications in medtech sensors, batteries, charge storage and energy harvesting.
- Co-I for Advanced Manufacturing; EPSRC Prosperity Partnership: for a Centre in Advanced Fluid Engineering for Digital Manufacturing (CAFE4DM), at The University of Manchester. This involved optical sensing and data analytics for on-line measurement of fluid properties to optimise product processes.
- Collaborator on an Enterprise Ireland Award for commercialisation funding for medtech sensors. Received ENLIGHT consortium funding for cardiovascular sensors and networking.
Research Interests (Lay Summary)
Smart materials for sensors, and instrumentation applied to healthcare and process technologies, using photonic and laser technologies to generate new materials and devices, and configure them in systems to extract signals and data via artificial intelligence such as sensor fusion and machine/deep learning.
Themes ranging from Manufacturing the Future/Digital Manufacturing; Smart Materials for Photonics & Sensing; Sensing for Challenging Engineering and Extreme Environments; to Healthcare and Assistive Technologies, applying advanced functional materials to create wearable/ implantable sensors for use in medtech, industrial and structural health monitoring.