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Dr Ger Devlin obtained his primary degree in BSc. Applied Physics from Dublin City University in 2001. A section of the degree involved securing an internship within the semiconductor industry, Analog Devices B.V., where he worked as a fabrication engineer in the research and development department. On returning to academia in 2003, Dr. Devlin was awarded his PhD degree in Engineering from the Department of Biosystems Engineering, UCD in 2007. His PhD focused on the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and GPS technology in conjunction with developing Spatial Decision Support Systems for route costing calculations across the Irish road network. Dr. Devlin is also a fully licensed articulated truck driver (RSA and CPC). He is currently a research fellow in UCD working in the area of GIS Energy Mapping, energy efficient technologies and optimised transport, logistics and routing. The area of energy efficient and green technologies connects well with Dr Devlin's work as a qualified Building Energy Assessor (BER) for existing and new build domestic dwellings. Energy ratings can be used to determine the efficiency of houses. The area of research revolves around where improvements can be made to increase house efficiency and reduce energy costs through use of the Best Available Technologies. He is also a qualified Thermographer. |
| Dr Devlin's current research interests include the monitoring and modelling of exhaust emissions from articulated trucks together with engine, driver and fuel performance within the broad area of increased GHG emissions in the transport sector in Ireland. This research stems from his parallel work in the Bioenergy sector which deals with topics relating to the Kyoto Protocol such as Biomass Conversion Technologies, Bioenergy crops and Biomas to Biofuel conversion technologies. He is also a qualified Level 1 Thermographer and uses this technology and expertise to also analyse exhaust gas emissions from trucks to attempt to map exhaust emissions from the transport sector. ArcLogistics Routing is a platform for complementing FITPAC model to model routes for biomass for transportation, optimal supply chain logistics, annual variations in crop responses/yields, crop quality, physical location of supplies and end-users, transport routes (their quality, and extent), transport costs and sustainability. The area of incorporating biofuel into the transport sector connects well with the incentive to reduce harmful vehicle GHG emissions and encourage the idea behind a possible Carbon Neutral transport sector. Dr. Devlin also teaches the module "Alternative Biofuels and Renewable Energies" in conjunction with Dr. Kevin McDonnell. This module forms part of the new Green Technology Cert offered by Biosystems Engineering Department under Dr Kevin McDonnells tutorship. This cert was launched in response to the Government's and the Higher Education Authority's (HEA) back to 3rd Level Education for people who have been recently made redundant. |
| Devlin, Ger; (2009) TO DEVELOP A ROUTE COSTING MODEL USING GIS, GPS AND SDSS TECHNOLOGY. Germany: VDM. [Details] |
| Devlin, G. J.; (2009) 'Decision Support Systems for Truck Route Modelling (D-TRM)' In: Decision Support Systems. Austria: In-Tech. [Details] |
| Ger Devlin (Ed.). (2010) DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, ADVANCES IN. Austria: IN-TECH PUBLISHING. [Details] |
| Devlin, G. and McDonnell, K; (2010) 'Roundwood Timber Haulage versus General Haulage: An Irish scenario based on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions'. International Journal of Forestry Research, . [Details] |
| Murphy, F., Devlin, G. and McDonnell, K; (2010) 'The evaluation of properties of blends of synthetic diesel pyrolysis fuel with conventional diesel fuel in relation to compliance with fuel specifications EN 590:2009'. the open fuels and energy science journal, . [Details] |
| Murphy, G., John Lyons, Garret Mullooly, Enda Keane, Ger Devlin; (2010) 'Management tools for optimised allocation of wood fibre to conventional log and bio-energy markets in Ireland'. European Journal of Forest Research, . [Details] |
| Nolan, A., McDonnell, K., Devlin, G., Caroll J. P., Finnan J; (2010) 'Potential Non-Woody Biomass Feedstock Availability for Pellet Production within the Republic of Ireland'. The International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 3 (1):63-73. [DOI] [Details] |
| Nolan, A., McDonnell, K., Devlin, G., Caroll J. P., Finnan J; (2009) 'Economic Analysis of Manufacturing Costs of Pellet Production in the Republic of Ireland Using Non-Woody Biomass'. The Open Renewable Energy Journal, 3 :1-11. [Details] |
Deverell, R., McDonnell, K. P., Ward, S., Devlin G; (2009) 'The Impact of Field Size on the Environment and Energy Crop Production Efficiency for a Sustainable Indigenous Bioenergy Supply Chain in the Republic of Ireland'. Sustainability Journal, 1 (4):120-133.  [DOI] [Details] |
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| Rory Deverell, Kevin McDonnell, Shane Ward and Ger Devlin; (2009) 'Potential Bioethanol Feedstock Availability Around Nine Locations in the Republic of Ireland'. Energies, 2 (1):120-133. [DOI] [Details] |
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| Rory Deverell, Kevin McDonnell, Shane Ward and Ger Devlin; (2009) 'An economic assessment of potential ethanol production pathways in Ireland'. Energy Policy, 37 :3993-4002. [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
| Devlin, G. J., K. McDONNELL; (2008) 'Assessing the economic benefits of real-time GPS asset tracking for Irish timber hauliers'. Journal of Transport Geography (Elsevier Science), . [Details] | |||||||||
| Devlin, G. J., K. McDonnell; (2009) 'Assessing Real Time GPS Asset Tracking for Timber Haulage'. The Open Transportation Journal, 3 :78-86. [Details] |
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| Devlin, G. J., K. McDONNELL; (2009) 'Performance accuracy of real-time GPS asset tracking systems for timber haulage trucks travelling on both internal forest road network and public road network'. International Journal of Forest Engineering, 20 (1):45-49. [Details] | |||||||||
| Devlin, G., McDonnell, K., Ward, S.; (2008) 'Development of a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for Route Costing Calculations within the Irish Timber Haulage Sector'. Transactions of the ASABE, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Devlin, G., McDonnell, K., Ward, S.; (2007) 'Timber haulage routing in Ireland: an analysis using GIS and GPS'. Journal of Transport Geography (Elsevier Science), . [Details] |
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| Devlin, G., McDonnell, K., Ward, S.; (2007) 'Performance accuracy of low cost dynamic non-differential GPS on articulated trucks'. Journal of Applied Engineering in Agriculture, . [Details] |
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| Devlin, G., McDonnell, K., Ward, S.; (2007) 'Dynamic Non DGPS positional accuracy performance between recreational and professional GPS receivers'. Journal of Location Based Services, . [Details] |
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| Devlin, G. J.; (2009) GPSTRACK and LOADSENSOR Forest Engineering Group (FEG) Spring Networking Seminar on 11th March 2009, Bray, Co Wicklow [Details] |
| Devlin, G. J., McDonnell, K., Ward, S., ; (2008) Journal of Transport Geography Timber haulage routing in Ireland: an analysis using GIS and GPS , pp.63-72 [Details] |
| Devlin, G. J., McDonnell, K., Ward, S., ; (2008) Transactions of the Asabe Development of a spatial decision support system (SDSS) for route costing calculations within the Irish timber haulage sector , pp.763-773 [Details] |
| Devlin, GJ, McDonnell, KP, Ward, SM, ; (2007) APPL ENG AGRIC Performance accuracy of low-cost dynamic non-differential GPS on articulated trucks , pp.273-279 [Details] |
| Devlin, G. J., K. McDonnell; (2008) To assess GPS tracking devices and associated software suitable for real time monitoring of timber haulage trucks Proceedings of Coford Technical Workshop "Developing cost effective systems for wood procurement, harvesting and transport" [Details] |
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| Year 2001 Institution: Dublin City University (DCU) Qualification: BSc Subject: Applied Physics |
| Year 2007 Institution: University College Dublin (UCD) Qualification: PhD Subject: Engineering |
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| Dr Devlin is a co-director of the UCD campus based company Biosystems Engineering Ltd www.bioe.ie Dr Devlin is and Independent Building Energy Rating (BER) assessor and fully registered with Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). He is also a Level 1 Thermographer for conducting thermal surveys of domestic, commercial and industrial premises. |
| Dr Ger Devlin teaches the modules - Advanced Biofuels and Renewable Energies BSEN 40190 Biofuels and Renewable Energies BSEN 30310 Certificate in Green Technologies BSEN 40210
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