Urban Institute - Research Publications 2007/08

'Surface Redering of LIDAR Point Cloud for Dublin'. Image by Sean Morrish

Urban Institute - Research Publications 2007/08

Below is the list of research publications for the Urban Institute in the academic year 2007/08

Books

Book Chapters

Books Edited

Peer Reviewed Journals

Other Journals

Conference Publications

Published Reports

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Book Chapters

Dr Michela Bertolotto
J. Weakliam, D. Wilson, M. Bertolotto (2008) 'Personalising map feature content for mobile map users' In: Map-based Mobile Services ¿ Design, Interactivity and Usability. Springer-Verlag Book Series in Geo-Information and Cartography.
J. Doyle, M. Bertolotto, D. Wilson, (2008) 'A Survey of Multimodal Interfaces for Mobile Mapping Applications' In: Map-based Mobile Services ¿ Design, Interactivity and Usability. Springer-Verlag Book Series in Geo-Information and Cartography.
E. MacAoidh, M. Bertolotto, D. Wilson, (2008) 'Personalising Location-Aware Applications' In: Geospatial Services and Applications for the Internet. Springer-Verlag.
Dr Peter Keenan
Keenan, P. B. (2008) 'Market and Infrastructure for Spatial Data' In: Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer.
Keenan, P. B. (2008) 'Geographic Information and Analysis for Decision Support' In: Handbook on Decision Support Systems. Springer.
Mr Colm McCarthy
Colm McCarthy (2007) 'Economic Policymaking' In: Mulholland, J (eds). The Challenge for Government. Dublin: Liffey Press.
Mr Derry O'Connell
O'Connell, D (2007) 'Urban Design and Residential Environments' In: Housing Contemporary Ireland: Policy, Society and Shelter. Netherlands: Springer Press.
Professor Bruce Arthur Osborne
Gioria, M. and Osborne, B.A. (2008) 'The soil seed banks of two invasive plant species, Gunnera tinctoria and Heracleum mantegazzianum' In: Tokarska-Guzik, B., Brock, J.H., Brundu, G., Child, L., Daehler, C.C. and Pysek, P (eds). Plant Invasions: Human perception, ecological impacts and management. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backhuys.

Dr Michela Bertolotto
M. Bertolotto, C. Ray, X. Li (Ed.). (2008) Proceedings 8th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science n. 5373, Springer-Verlag.
Dr Debra Fern Laefer
Laefer, D. and Kalkan E (Ed.). (2008) Special Edition Seismic reliability, analysis, and protection of historic buildings and heritage sites Engineering Structures,, Vol. 30, No 8. Elsevier.
Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Nieuwenhuis, M., Redmond, J. and O'Donovan, C (Ed.). (2007) National Forest Inventory - Republic of Ireland - Methodology. Johnstown Castle Estate: Forest Service.
Nieuwenhuis, M., Redmond, J. and O'Donovan, C (Ed.). (2007) National Forest Inventory - Republic of Ireland - Results. Johnstown Castle Estate: Forest Service.
Nieuwenhuis, M., Redmond, J. and O'Donovan, C (Ed.). (2007) National Forest Inventory - Republic of Ireland - Proceedings of NFI Conference. Johnstown Castle Estate, Co. Wexford: Forest Service.
Professor Eugene O'Brien
Jacob, B., OBrien, E.J., O'Connor, A.J., Bouteldja, M (Ed.). (2008) Proceedings of the International Conference on Heavy Vehicles. Paris, France: John Wiley.

Dr Aoife Ahern
Ahern A and Tapley N (2008) 'The use of stated preference techniques to model modal choices on interurban trips in Ireland'. Transport Research Part A, 42 (1):15-27.
Ahern, A. (2007) 'What are the perceptions of lecturers towards using cooperative learning in civil engineering?'. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32 (5):516-526.
Dr Michela Bertolotto
Monahan, T., McArdle, G., Bertolotto, M., (2008) 'Virtual reality for collaborative e-learning'. Computers & Education, 50 (4):1339-1353.
E. MacAoidh, M. Bertolotto, D. Wilson, (2008) 'Understanding geospatial interests by visualizing map interaction behavior'. Information Visualization, 7 (3-4).
Bertolotto, M. and Ferrucci, F., and Di Martino, S. and Kechadi, M-T. (2007) 'Towards a framework for mining and analysing spatio-temporal datasets'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE, 21 (8):895-906.
Professor Thomas Bolger
Sheehan, C., Kirwan, L., Conolly, J. and Bolger, T. (2008) 'The effects of earthworm functional group diversity on microbial biomass and the microbial community level physiological profile of soils'. European Journal of Soil Biology, 44 :65-70.
Arroyo, J. and Bolger, T. (2007) 'Oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) and gamasid (Acari: Gamasida) mite communities in an Irish Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) stand with three first records for Ireland'. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 28 :452-458.
Dr Finbarr Brereton
Moro, M., Brereton, F., Ferreira, S., Clinch, J. P., (2008) 'Ranking quality of life using subjective well-being data'. Ecological Economics, 65 (3):448-460.
Brereton, F., Clinch, J. P., Ferreira, S., (2008) 'Happiness, geography and the environment'. Ecological Economics, 65 (2):386-396.
Professor Michael Bruen
Bruen, M., , (2008) 'Systems Analysis - a new paradigm and decision support tools for the water framework directive'. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12 (3):739-749.
Fu, J. F., Zhao, Y. Q., Razali, M., Bruen, M., (2008) 'Response surface optimization of phosphorus species adsorption onto powdered alum sludge'. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part a-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, 43 (9):1100-1107.
Taskinen, A., Sirvio, H., Bruen, M., (2008) 'Statistical analysis of the effects on overland flow of spatial variability in soil hydraulic conductivity'. Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal Des Sciences Hydrologiques, 53 (2):387-400.
Bruen, M., O'Sullivan, J.J., Gebre, F., and Purcell, P.J. (2008) 'Designing for surface water runoff control: end-user requirements in Ireland'. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 8 :635-640.
Taskinen, A., Sirviö, H. & Bruen , M. (2008) 'Generation of two-dimensionally variable saturated hydraulic conductivity fields: Model theory, verification and computer program'. Computers &Amp; Geosciences, 34 (8):876-890.
Taskinen, A., Sirvio, H. &. Bruen, M. (2008) 'Modelling effects of spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity on autocorrelated overland flow data: Linear mixed model approach'. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 22 (1):67-82.
Nasr, A. & Bruen, M. (2008) 'Development of Neuro-Fuzzy Model to account for pattern variations in the temporal and spatial data used in a lumped rainfall-runoff model'. Journal of Hydrology, 349 :277-290.
Zhao, YQ; Razali, M; Babatunde, AO; Yang, Y; Bruen, M (2007) 'Reuse of aluminimum-based water treatment sludge to immobilize a wide range of phosphorus contamination: equilibrium study with different isotherm models'. Separation Science and Technology, 42 (12):2705-2721.
Dr Craig H Bullock
Craig Bullock (2008) 'Valuing Urban Green Space: Hypothetical Alternatives and the Status-quo'. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 51 :15-35.
Dr Raquel Delgado Cabral
Cabral, R. and O'Reilly, C. (2008) ' Physiological and field growth responses of oak seedlings to warm storage'. New Forests, 36 (2):159-170.
Professor Peter Clinch
Moro, M., Brereton, F, Ferreira, S, Clinch JP (2008) 'Ranking Quality of Life Using Subjective Well-Being Data'. Ecological Economics, 65 (3):448-460.
Mr Marcus Collier
Collier, M. and Scott, M. (2008) 'Industrially harvested peatlands and afteruse potential: understanding local stakeholder narratives and landscape preferences'. Landscape Research, 33 (4):439-460.
Professor Frank Convery
Gallagher, L., Ferreira, S., Convery, F., (2008) 'Host community attitudes towards solid waste landfill infrastructure: comprehension before compensation'. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 51 (2):233-257.
Gallagher, L.; Ferreira, S. and Convery, F. (2008) 'Host community attitudes towards solid waste landfill infrastructure: comprehension before compensation'. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 51 (2):233-254.
Dr Tasman Crowe
O'Connor, N.E. & Crowe, T.P. (2008) 'Do mussel patches provide a refuge for algae from grazing gastropods?'. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 74 :75-78.
Johnson, M.P., Jessopp, M., Mulholland, O.R., McInerney, C., McAllen, R., Allcock, A.L. & Crowe, T.P. (2008) 'What is the future for marine protected areas in Irish waters?'. Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 108B (1):9-14.
Johnson, M.P., Crowe, T.P., McAllen, R., & Allcock, A.L. (2008) 'Characterizing the marine Natura 2000 network for the Atlantic region'. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 18 (1):86-97.
Jessopp, M., Mulholland, O. R., McAllen, R., Johnson, M. P., Crowe, T. P. & Allcock, A. L., (2007) 'Coastline configuration as a determinant of structure in larval assemblages'. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 352 :67-75.
Dr Corrado Di Maria
Di Maria, C. van der Werf, E. (2008) 'Carbon Leakage Revisited: Unilateral Climate Policy under Directed Technical Change'. Environmental and Resource Economics, 39 :55-74.
Dr Paul Fanning
Audenaert, A., Fanning, P., Sobczak, L., Peremans, H., (2008) '2-D analysis of arch bridges using an elasto-plastic material model'. Engineering Structures, 30 (3):845-855.
Dr Susana Ferreira
Ferreira, S.; Hamilton, K.; Vincent, J. R. (2008) 'Comprehensive Wealth and Future Consumption: Accounting for Population Growth'. World Bank Economic Review, 22 (2):233-248.
Moro, M.; Brereton, F.; Ferreira, S. and Clinch, J.P. (2008) 'Ranking Quality of Life using Subjective Well-Being Data'. Ecological Economics, 65 (3):448-460.
Brereton, F.; Clinch, J.P.; Ferreira, S. (2008) 'Happiness, Geography and the Environment'. Ecological Economics, 65 (2):386-396.
Gallagher, L.; Ferreira, S. and Convery, F. (2008) 'Host community attitudes towards solid waste landfill infrastructure: comprehension before compensation'. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 51 (2):233-254.
Dr Donal Patrick Finn
Horan, J. M., Finn, D. P., (2008) 'Sensitivity of air change rates in a naturally ventilated atrium space subject to variations in external wind speed and direction'. Energy and Buildings, 40 (8):1577-1585.
Clarke, R., Finn, D. P., (2008) 'The influence of secondary refrigerant air chiller U-bends on fluid temperature profile and downstream heat transfer for laminar flow conditions'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 (3-4):724-735.
Clarke, R and Finn, D.P. (2008) 'The influence of secondary refrigerant air chiller U-bends on fluid temperature profile and downstream heat transfer for laminar flow conditions'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 (3-4):724-735.
Costelloe, B and Finn , D.P (2007) 'Thermal effectiveness characteristics of low approach indirect evaporative cooling systems in buildings'. ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, 39 :1235-1243.
Dr Kenneth Gavin
Kenneth Gavin, David Cadogan and Lloyd Twomey (2008) 'Capacity of CFA piles in Dublin Boulder Clay'. ICE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 161 (4):171-180.
J.Xue and K.Gavin (2008) 'Effect of rainfall intensity on infiltration into partly saturated slopes'. International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 26 (2):199-209.
Gavin, K., Xue, J. F., (2008) 'A simple method to analyze infiltration into unsaturated soil slopes'. Computers and Geotechnics, 35 (2):223-230.
Dr Amanda Gibney
Casey, D., McNally, C., Gibney, A. and Gilchrist, M. (2008) 'Development of a recycled polymer modified binder for use in stone mastic asphalt'. Resources Conservation and Recycling, 52 (10):1167-1174.
Dr Arturo Gonzalez
González, A., Rowley, C. and OBrien, E.J. (2008) 'A general solution to the identification of moving vehicle forces on a bridge'. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 75 (3):335-354.
González, A., OBrien, E.J., Li, Y. and Cashell, K. (2008) 'The use of vehicle acceleration measurements to estimate road roughness'. Vehicle System Dynamics, 46 (6):483-499.
Professor Thomas J Hayden
O¿Brien, J., McCracken, G.F., Say, L. and Hayden, T.J. (2007) 'Rodrigues fruit bats (Pteropus rodricensis, Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) retain genetic diversity despite population declines and founder events'. Conservation Genetics, 8 (5):1073-1082.
Professor Nick Holden
Fitzgerald, J. B., Brereton, A. J., Holden, N. M., (2008) 'Simulation of the influence of poor soil drainage on grass-based dairy production systems in Ireland'. Grass and Forage Science, 63 (3):380-389.
Ayalew, G., Holden, N. M., Grace, P. M., Ward, S. M., (2008) 'Evaluation of the detection of glass contamination in horticultural peat and compost using microwave reflection by Monte Carlo simulation'. Biosystems Engineering, 99 (1):9-21.
A. Moges and N. M. Holden (2008) 'Estimating the rate and consequences of gully development in a food insecure catchment in southern Ethiopia.'. Land Degradation and Development, 19 :574-586.
N. M. Holden and A. J. Brereton (2008) 'Modelling Herbage Utilisation'. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 3 .
Professor Alun Jones
Clark, J., Jones, A., (2008) 'The spatialities of Europeanisation: territory, government and power in 'EUrope''. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 33 (3):300-318.
Jones A., Clark J.R.A. (2008) 'Europeanization and discourse building: the European Commission, European narratives and the European neighbourhood policy'. Geopolitics, 13 (3).
Dr Debra Fern Laefer
Laefer, D. F., Manke, J. P., (2008) 'Building reuse assessment for sustainable urban reconstruction'. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management-Asce, 134 (3):217-227.
Bian, Y., Hutchinson, T. C., Wilson, D., Laefer, D., Brandenberg, S., (2008) 'Experimental investigation of grouted helical piers for use in foundation rehabilitation'. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 134 (9):1280-1289.
Crowley, A., Laefer, D. F., Fanning, M., (2008) 'Sample preparation and testing methods for the evaluation of microcrystalline waxes for the seismic protection of art objects'. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 36 (1):24-33.
Crowley, A. and Laefer, D. (2008) 'Understanding Microcrystalline Waxes for the Seismic Protection of Art Objects'. Amn. Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 47 (2):1-12.
Laefer, D. and Manke, J. (2008) 'Building Reuse Assessment for Sustainable Urban Reconstruction'. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134 (4):217-227.
Professor J. Owen Lewis
Guo L, Lewis JO, Mc-Laughlin JP (2008) 'Emissions from Irish domestic fireplaces and their impact on indoor air quality when used as supplementary heating source'. Global NEST Journal, 10 (2):209-216.
Hernandez, P., Burke, K. and Lewis J. O. (2008) 'Development of energy performance benchmarks and building energy ratings for non-domestic buildings: An example for Irish primary schools'. Energy and Buildings, 40 (3):249-254.
Dr Michael Long
Donohue, S. and Long, M (2008) 'An assessment of the MASW technique incorporating discrete particle modelling'. Journal of Engineering and Environmental Geophysics, 13 (2):57-78.
Kovacevic, N., Milligan, G.W.E., Menkiti, C.C., Long, M., and Potts, D.M. (2008) 'Finite element analyses of steep man-made cuts in Dublin Boulder Clay'. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 45 (4):549-449.
Boylan, N, Jennings, P. and Long, M. (2008) 'Peat slope failure in Ireland'. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 41 (1):93-108.
Long, M and Donohue, S. (2007) 'In situ shear wave velocity from MASW surface waves at Norwegian soft clay sites'. Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica, 29 (1-2):69-86.
Long, M. and Menkiti, C.O. (2007) 'Geotechnical properties of Dublin boulder clay'. Geotechnique, 57 (7):595-611.
Professor Peter Lynch
Shiyu Wang, Ray McGrath,Jenny Hanafin, Peter Lynch, Tido Semmler, Paul Nolan (2008) 'The impact of climate change on storm surges over Irish waters'. Ocean Modelling, 25 :83-94.
Steele-Dunne, Susan, Peter Lynch, Ray McGrath, Tido Semmler, Shiyu Wang, Jenny Hanafin and Paul Nolan (2008) 'The impacts of climate change on hydrology in Ireland'. Journal of Hydrology, 356 :28-45.
Semmler, T., S. Varghese, R. McGrath, P. Nolan, S. Wang, P. Lynch, and C. O'Dowd (2008) 'Regional climate model simulations of North Atlantic cyclones: frequency and intensity changes'. Climate Research, 36 :1-16.
Lynch, P. (2008) 'The Origins of Computer Weather Prediction and Climate Modeling'. Journal of Computational Physics, 227 :3431-3444.
Burzlaff, J¨urgen, Edel DeLoughry and Peter Lynch (2008) 'Generation of zonal flow by resonant Rossby-Haurwitz wave interactions'. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 102 :165-177.
Lynch, Peter (2008) 'The ENIAC Forecasts: A Recreation'. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89 (1):45-55.
Mr Colm McCarthy
colm mccarthy (2007) 'Owner-Occupied Housing Costs and Bias in the Irish Consumer Price Index'. esri quarterly economic commentary, :83-98.
Dr Ciaran McNally
O'Rourke, B., McNally, C., & Richardson, M.G. (2008) 'Development of calcium sulfate - ggbs - Portland cement binders'. Construction and Building Materials, 23 :340-346.
Mr Mirko Moro
Moro, M., Brereton, F., Ferreira, S., Clinch, J. P., (2008) 'Ranking quality of life using subjective well-being data'. Ecological Economics, 65 (3):448-460.
Professor Eugene O'Brien
Belay, A., OBrien, E.J. & Kroese, D. (2008) 'Truck Fleet Model for Design and Assessment of Flexible Pavements'. Journal of Sound and Vibration, (311):1161-1174.
Getachew, A. and OBrien, E.J. (2007) 'Simplifed Site-Specific Traffic Load Models for Bridge Assessment'. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 3 (4):303-311.
Mr Gregory O'Hare
Jurdak, R. Ruzzelli,A.G. O'Hare,G.M.P and Lopes, C.V., (2008) 'Mote-based Underwater Sensor Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and Guidelines'. Telecommunication Systems Journal, 37 (1-3):37-47.
Dr John O'Sullivan
Bruen, M., O'Sullivan, J.J., Gebre, F., and Purcell, P.J. (2008) 'Designing for surface water runoff control: end-user requirements in Ireland'. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 8 :635-640.
Professor Bruce Arthur Osborne
Osborne, B.A. (2007) 'Holy Alliances?'. New Phytologist, 175 :602-605.
Dr Patrick J Purcell
Bruen,M, O'Sullivan, J.J., Gebre, F.A., Purcell,P.J. (2008) 'Designing for surface water runoff control: end-user requirements in Ireland'. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences .
Rory Ryan, Patrick Purcell (2008) 'A mathematical model of the sealing of earth-banked tanks for animal slurry'. Biosystems Engineering .
Dr Declan Redmond
Redmond. D. and Russell, P. (2008) 'Social Housing Regeneration and the Creation of Sustainable Communities in Dublin'. Local Economy, 23 (3):168-179.
Professor Aisling Reynolds-Feighan
A.J. Reynolds-Feighan (2007) 'Competing Networks, Spatial and Industrial Concentration in the US Airline Industry'. Spatial Economics Analysis, 2 (3):237-257.
Dr Paula Russell
Redmond, D. and Russell, P. (2008) 'Social Housing Regeneration and the Creation of Sustainable Communities in Dublin'. Local Economy, 23 (3):168-179.
Dr Yaqian Zhao
Fu, JF; Zhao, YQ; Razali, M; Bruen, M; (2008) 'Response surface optimization of phosphorus species adsorption onto powdered alum sludge'. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, 43 (9):1100-1107.
Tony, Maha A; Zhao, YQ; Fu, JF; Tayeb, Aghareed M; (2008) 'Conditioning of aluminium-based water treatment sludge with Fenton¿s reagent: Effectiveness and optimising study to improve dewaterability'. Chemosphere, 72 (4):673-677.
Ma, W; Ya, F; Wang, R; Zhao, YQ; (2008) 'Fluoride removal from drinking water by adsorption using bone char as a biosorbent'. Int. J. Environmental Technology and Management, 9 (1):59-69.
Babatunde, AO; Zhao, YQ; Yang, Y; Kearney, P; (2008) 'Reuse of dewatered aluminium-coagulated water treatment residual to immobilize phosphorus: Batch and column trials using a condensed phosphate'. Chemical Engineering Journal, 136 (2-3):108-115.
Babatunde, AO; Zhao, YQ; O'Neill, M; O'Sullivan, B; (2008) 'Constructed wetlands for environmental pollution control: A review of developments, research and practice in Ireland'. Environment International, 34 (1):116-126.
Zhao, YQ; Babatunde, AO; Razali, M; Harty, F; (2008) 'Use of dewatered alum sludge as a substrate in reed bed treatment systems for wastewater treatment'. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, 43 (1):105-110.
Yang, Y; Zhao, YQ; Babatunde, AO; Kearney, P; (2007) 'Co-conditioning of the anaerobic digested sludge of a municipal wastewater treatment plant with alum sludge: Benefit of phosphorus reduction in reject water'. Water Environment Research, 79 (13):2468-2476.

Dr Michela Bertolotto
J.D. Carswell, K. Gardiner, M. Bertolotto, A. Rizzini, N. Mandrak, (2008) 'A Web-Based and Mobile Environmental Management System' Journal of Environmental Informatics, International Society for Environmental Information Sciences Press, 12(1) .
Professor Nick Holden

McNulty, P. and Holden, N.M. (2008) 'Biosystems Engineering Research Review' Biosystems Engineering Research Review, 13 .
Dr Debra Fern Laefer
Falter, H. (2008) 'Der Flughafenterminal in Peking. ' Detail, (july):791-797.
Dr Michael Long
Long, M. and Roberts, T. (2008) (2008) 'Engineering characterisation of the glaciofluvial gravels of Cork city' Transactions of Engineers Ireland, 131 :16-28.
Looby, M. and Long, M (2007) 'Deep excavations in Dublin - recent developments' Transactions of Engineers Ireland, 131 :1-15.
Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Nieuwenhuis, M., Dooley, T. and Layton, T. (2008) 'Harvester Head Calibration and the Accuracy of Total Harvest Volume and Assortment Volume Estimates' Irish Timber and Forestry, 17 (2):22-25.
Nieuwenhuis, M. (2008) 'FORESTSCAN – Terrestrial Laser Scanning Technology for Multi-Resource Inventories' Irish Timber and Forestry, 17 (3):32-35.
Nieuwenhuis, M. (2008) '€4.0 Million Invested in the PLANSFM Research Programme' Irish Timber and Forestry, 17 (1):22-24.
Ryan, T., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Ni Dhubhain, A. (2007) 'Survey of the Management Intentions of Private Forest Growers' Irish Timber and Forestry, 16 (1):24-26.
Nieuwenhuis, M. and Tiernan, D. (2007) 'WESTFOREST ' a GIS-Based Multi-Objective Decision Support System for the Sustainable Management of Forests on Sensitive Sites' Irish Timber and Forestry, 16 (6):20-22.
Nieuwenhuis, M. and Purser, P. (2007) 'STANDMODEL: Dynamic Yield Models for Larch, Ash and mixtures' Irish Timber and Forestry, 16 (5):22-23.

Dr Aoife Ahern
Aoife Ahern (2008) Enquiry Based Learning in Engineering Engineering Education Syposium, Loughborough University,
John Carty, Aoife Ahern (2008) Modelling the link between urban transport and urban form University Transport Studies Group, Southamopton,
Dr Michela Bertolotto
Bimonte, S., Tchounikine, A., Bertolotto, M., (2008) Integration of geographic information into multidimensional models ICCSA, 316 - 329
E. Mac Aoidh, M. Bertolotto, D. Wilson, (2008) User Context Analysis from Spatial Interface Interactions Proceedings 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2008),
G. McArdle, T. Monahan, M. Bertolotto, (2008) Interactive Interfaces for Presenting On-line Courses: an Evaluation Study Proceedings 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2008),
E. Camossi, M. Bertolotto, E. Bertino, (2008) Querying Multigranular Spatio-temporal Objects 19th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA¿08),
E. Camossi, M. Bertolotto, T. Kechadi, (2008) Mining Spatio-temporal Data at Different Levels of Detail Proceedings 11th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science (AGILE 2008),
J. Doyle, M. Bertolotto, D. Wilson, (2008) Multimodal Interaction - Improving Usability and Efficiency in a Mobile GIS Context First International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interaction (ACHI 2008),
E. MacAoidh, M. Bertolotto, D. Wilson, (2007) Analysis of Implicit Interest Indicators for Spatial Data, (short paper) Proceedings 15th ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACMGIS¿07),
Professor Thomas Bolger
Wisdom, R. and Bolger, T. (2008) Studies of terrestrial invertebrate diversity in Irish Peatland . In: Feehan, J. and Farrell, C.A eds. 13th International Peat Congress, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, 101 - 103
Ms Vivienne Brophy
Kenny, P.,Hourigan, N.and Brophy< V. (2007) An Irish Environmental Assessment Method Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), PLEA Conference Proceedings. Singapore,
Kondra, I., Brophy, V. and Hernandez, P. (2007) Designing and Constructing to the Passivhaus Standard in Temperate Climates Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), PLEA Conference Proceedings. Singapore,
Professor Michael Bruen
O'Sullivan, J.J., Bruen, M., Purcell, P.J. and Gebre, F. (2008) An evaluation of stormwater management issues in Ireland - The practitioner's perspective 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland,
Dr Craig H Bullock
Craig H. Bullock (2008) Policy and the Changing Value of Peatlands International Peat Congress, Tullamore,
Professor Hugh Campbell
Hugh Campbell (2008) Temporary Discomfort ' Global Summits and Local Conditions in the work of Jules Spinatsch Globalisation and Violence, International Symposium on Visual Culture and the Urban Environment, University of London Institute in Paris,
Mr Marcus Collier
Bullock, C., Collier, M. J. & Convery, F. (2008) Peatland after-use - issues in valuation . In: Farrell, C. & Feehan, J eds. After Wise Use - The Future of Peatlands: Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress - Volume 2 , 141 - 143
Collier, M.J. & Olson, E. (2008) The future of Burns Bog, Canada: stakeholder participation or habitat decline? . In: Farrell, C. & Feehan, J eds. After Wise Use - The Future of Peatlands: Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress - Volume 2, 185 - 187
Murphy, G., Collier, M.J. & Feehan, J. (2008) Opinions of upland walkers on socio-cultural and environmental impacts on blanket bog habitats . In: Farrell, C. & Feehan, J eds. After Wise Use - The Future of Peatlands: Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress - Volume 1, 548 - 551
Collier, M.J., Feehan, J. & Scott, M. (2008) Social and community dimensions in cutaway peatland policy . In: Farrell, C. & Feehan, J eds. After Wise Use - The Future of Peatlands: Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress - Volume 1, 384 - 386
Professor Frank Convery
Bullock, C., Collier, M. J. & Convery, F. (2008) Peatland after-use - issues in valuation . In: Farrell, C. & Feehan, J eds. After Wise Use - The Future of Peatlands: Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress - Volume 2 , 141 - 143
Bullock, C., Renou-Wilson, F. and Convery, F. (2008) Policy and the changing value of peatlands . In: Feehan, J. and Farrell, C.A eds. 13th International Peat Congress, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland, 671 - 673
Dr Shane Donohue
Donohue, S. and Long, M. (2008) Ground improvement assessment of glacial till using shear wave velocity International Site Characterisation 3 (ISC 3) conference, Taipei, 825 - 830
Dr Donal Patrick Finn
Clarke, R, and Finn. D.P. (2008) Numerical investigation of the influence of heat exchanger U-bends on temperature profile and heat transfer of secondary working fluids 5th European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, (2008, Eindhoven, The Netherlands,
Finn, D.P, Murphy, F.T., and Shannon, S (2008) Control Algorithms for System Integration of Heat Pumps: Steady State and Seasonal Analysis 9th IEA Heat Pump Conference, Zurich, Switzerland,
Dr Kenneth Gavin
Rodrigo Salgado, Dipanjan Basu, Kenneth Gavin, Sanjeev Kumar, Gloria Alvarez and Syed Ahmad (2008) Analysis, design, testing and performance of foundations . In: Shamser Prakash eds. 6th International Conference on Case Histories, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 1 - 24
Paul Doherty and Kenneth Gavin (2008) Degradation of axial shaft resistance of piles in soft clay due to cyclic loading . In: Shamsher Prakash eds. 6th International Conference on Case Histories, Arlington, Virginia, 1 - 8
Jianfeng Xue and Kenneth Gavin (2008) Infiltration analysis in unsaturated soil slopes . In: David Toll eds. First European Conference on Unstaurated Soil, Durham University, 823 - 827
David Igoe, Kenneth Gavin and Brendan O¿Kelly (2008) Field measurement of the base resistance of a pipe pile in medium dense sand . In: Brown et al eds. 2nd International Conference on Foundation Behaviour, Dundee, 149 - 158
Bryan Mc Cabe, Kenneth Gavin and MAeve Kenneally (2008) Installation of a reduced ¿scale pile group in silt . In: Brown et al eds. 2nd International Conference on foundation behaviour , Dundee, 607 - 616
Jianfeng Xue and Kenneth Gavin (2007) Validation and application of reliability analysis of soil slopes using a global optimisation method First International Symposium on Geotechnical Risk and Safety, Shanghai,
Dr Amanda Gibney
Moore, N., Gibney, A., O'Sullivan, S., Murphy, F. (2008) Channelling Innovation: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Academic Policy Formulation 30th Annual EAIR (The European Higher Education Society) Forum,
Gibney, A., Moore, N., O'Sullivan, S. and Murphy, F. (2008) 'Won't someone tell me all I need to know?':First Year Expectations of University Life Universitas 21 Teaching & Learning Conference, Does Teaching and Learning Translate?,
Dr Arturo Gonzalez
Gonzalez, A. and OBrien, E.J. (2008) Calculation of the Influence Line of a Bridge Using a Moving Vehicle . In: CRC Press / Balkema, Hyun-Moo Koh & Dan M. Frangopol eds. The Fourth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS08, Seoul, South Korea, 3191 - 3198
OBrien, E., González, A. and McInerney, F. (2008) A Statistical Spatial Repeatability Algorithm for Multiple Sensor Weigh-In-Motion . In: B.Jacob, E.J. O¿Brien, A. OConnor & M. Bouteldja (Wiley eds.) eds. International Conference on Heavy Vehicles Paris 2008, Weigh-In-Motion, ICWIM5, Paris, France, 175 - 187
Rowley, C., Gonzalez, A., OBrien, E.J. and Znidaric, A. (2008) Comparison of Conventional and Regularised Bridge Weigh-In-Motion Algorithms . In: B.Jacob, E.J. O¿Brien, A. OConnor & M. Bouteldja (Wiley eds.) eds. International Conference on Heavy Vehicles Paris 2008, Weigh-In-Motion, ICWIM5, Paris, France, 271 - 283
Gonzalez, A., OBrien, E.J. and Rattigan, P. (2008) The Implications of Future Truck Convoying Technologies for Bridge Loading . In: A. Znidaric eds eds. Second European Road Transport Research Arena, TRA 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia, CD-ROM, Paper No. 11.5.2,
Professor Nick Holden
Connolly, J. and Holden, N. M. (2008) Updating Maps of Peat Soil Extent in Ireland: A GIS Rules-Based Mapping Approach International Peat Congress, Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland,
Mr Paul Kenny
Hernandez, P., Kenny, P. (2008) Zero Energy Houses and Embodied Energy: Regulatory and Design Considerations ASME 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Jacksonville, Florida, USA,
Kenny, P., Horigan, N., Brophy, V. (2007) An Irish Building Environmental Assessment Method Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Singapore,
Dr Debra Fern Laefer
Laefer, D.F. Loughlin, B., Hickey, S., O¿Farrell, S. and O¿Mahoney, G. (2008) Unexplained Blasting Vulnerabilities in a Historic Town . In: D. D'ayala eds. 6th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historic Construction, Bath, UK, 1207 - 1213
Laefer, D., Conry, B., Murphy, D., and Ceribasi, S. (2008) A New Multi-parameter Condition Assessment Scale for Tunnel Risk Estimation . In: Utilisky eds. Development of Urban Areas and Geotechnical Engineering, St. Petersburg, Russia, 571 - 576
Crowley, A. and Laefer, D.F. (2008) Performance Expectations for Microcrystalline Waxes for the Seismic Protection of Art Objects . In: Podany eds. Advances in the Protection of Museum Collections from Earthquake Damage: Papers from a Symposium Held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Villa on May 3-4, 2006, Los Angeles, CA, 189 - 193
Morvan, Y., Hinks, T., Carr, H., Laefer, D., Morrish, S., O¿Sullivan, C. (2008) Post-facto registration tools for urban modelling EUROGRAPHICS `08, Crete Greece, Paper 234-25
Laefer, D. and Lennon, D. (2008) Viability Assessment of Terrestrial LiDAR for Retaining Wall Monitoring . In: Reddy, K., Khire, M, Alshawbkeh, A eds. Proceedings of GeoCongress 2008: Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation, GSP 178, ASCE, New Orleans, LA, 247 - 254
Laefer, D.F. (2008) Performance Expectations of Early 20th Century Urban American Building Foundations . In: Reddy, K., Khire, M, Alshawbkeh, A eds. Proceedings of GeoCongress 2008: Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation, GSP 178, ASCE, New Orleans, LA, 960 - 967
Hinks, T., Carr, H., and Laefer, D. (2007) Impediments to vertical data capture from Aerial LiDAR for Three-dimensional Building Extraction Improving Infrastructure Worldwide: Bringing People Closer, Weimar Germany, 1 - 8
Falter, H. (2007) Beijing Airport Terminal 3 Proc. of the IABSE Symposium 2007, Weimar, German,
Professor J. Owen Lewis
Guo L, Lewis JO, Mc-Laughlin JP (2007) Impact on indoor air quality of using fireplace as accessorial heating source in Irish residences CEST2007, 10th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Kos, Greece, 440 - 447
Dr Michael Long
Boylan, N., Long, M. and Jennings, P. (2008) Peat slope failures in Ireland and the assessment of peat stability Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress (IPC), Tullamore, Co. Offaly, 665 - 670
Mathijssen, F., Molenkamp, F., Boylan, N. and Long, M. (2008) (2008) Long term stability of slopes and embankments on soft soils . In: Locat et al eds. Proceedings 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards, Université Laval Québec, Locat et al. (eds), 107 - 115
Donohue, S. and Long, M (2008) Ground improvement assessment of glacial till using shear wave velocity . In: Huang and Mayne eds. Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation (ISC¿3), Taipei, Taipei, 825 - 830
Mathijssen, F., Boylan, N., Long, M. and Molenkamp, F. (2008) Sample disturbance in organic soils . In: Huang and Mayne eds. Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation (ISC¿3), Taipei, Taipei, 1481 - 1488
Long, M (2008) Key Note Lecture Design parameters from in situ tests in soft ground ¿ recent developments . In: Huang and Mayne eds. Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation (ISC¿3), Taipei, Taipei, 89 - 116
Boylan, N., Ward, D. and Long, M. (2008) Characterisation of soft clay with a soil moisture probe (SMP) . In: Huang and Mayne eds. Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation (ISC¿3), Taipei, Taipei, 1263 - 1268
Donohue, S. and Long, M (2007) Rapid determination of soil sample quality using shear wave velocity and suction measurements Proc. 6th International Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics Conference, Society for Underwater Technology, (SUT-OSIG), 63 - 72
Boylan, N., Long, M., Ward, D., Barwise, A. and Georgious, B. (2007) Full flow penetrometer testing in Bothkennar clay 6th International Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics Conference, Society for Underwater Technology, (SUT-OSIG), London, 177 - 186
Long, M., Roberts, T. and Creed, M. (2007) Soil characterisation and construction of deep excavations in high permeability gravels in Cork, Ireland . In: Cueller et al., Vol. 2 eds. European Confernce on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Madrid, Madrid, 460 - 465
Hagberg, K., Long, M. and El Hadj, N (2007) Experience of 54 mm and 75 mm sampling in Norwegian soft clays . In: Cuellar et al., Vol 2 eds. European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Madrid, 925 - 930
Dr Bill Magette
Purcell, Mary and Magette, William (2007) Prediction of residential BMW generation according to socio-economic and household characteristics for the Dublin region Proceedings, 21st International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium,
O'Neill, Catherine and Magette, William (2007) Using Animal Needs as Decision Criteria for Manure Management International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture,
Dr Ciaran McNally
Bordallo-Ruiz, A., McNally, C., Caprani, C.C. & O'Brien, E.J. (2007) Structural reliability of bridges subject to time dependent deterioration . In: B.H.V. Topping eds. 11th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Malta,
Richardson, M.G. & McNally, C. (2007) Effective use of corrosion inhibitors in highway structures IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, 516 - 517
Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Nieuwenhuis, M. (2008) PractiSFM II - a link between the inventory and management needs of the private forestry sector and the need for production forecasts COFORD technical workshop - Forest growth modelling and wood production forecasting, Portlaoise, Ireland,
Olajuyigbe, S., Gardiner, P., Tobin, B. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2008) Stump survival in commercial plantations in Ireland COST Woody roots and ecosystem services meeting, Lisbon, Portugal,
McInerney, D. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2008) Imputation techniques for the Irish NFI COFORD technical workshop - Forest growth modelling and wood production forecasting, Portlaoise, Ireland,
Professor Eugene O'Brien
Harris, N.K., OBrien, E.J., Wilson, S.P. (2008) A Mixture Model for Predicting Patterns of Spatial Repeatability in Heavy Vehicle Fleets . In: L. de Picardo Santos eds. 3rd European Pavement & Asset Management Conference (EPAM3), Coimbra, Portugal,
González, A., OBrien, E.J. (2008) Calculation of the Influence Line of a Bridge Using a Moving Vehicle . In: H.-M. Koh & D. M. Frangopol eds. 4th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety & Management, Seoul, Korea,
OBrien, E.J., Hayrapetova, A., Walsh, C. (2008) Micro-simulation modelling of traffic loading on medium- and long-span road bridges . In: H.-M. Koh & D. M. Frangopol eds. 4th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety & Management, Seoul, Korea,
OBrien, E.J., Gonzalez, A., McIneney, F. (2008) A Statistical Spatial Repeatability Algorithm for Multiple Sensor Weigh-in-Motion . In: B. Jacob, E. OBrien, A. O'Connor, M. Bouteldja eds. Proc. Int. Conf. on Heavy Vehicles (ICWIM5), Paris, France, 175 - 186
OBrien, E.J., Znidaric, A., Ojio, T. (2008) Bridge weigh-in-motion ¿ latest develoments and applications world wide . In: B. Jacob, E. OBrien, A. O'Connor, M. Bouteldja eds. Proc. Int. Conf. on Heavy Vehicles (ICWIM5), Paris, France, 39 - 56
Rowley, C.W., Gonzalez, A., OBrien, E.J., Znidaric, A (2008) Comparison of Conventional and Regularized Bridge Weigh-In-Motion Algorithms . In: B. Jacob, E. OBrien, A. O'Connor, M. Bouteldja eds. Proc. Int. Conf. on Heavy Vehicles (ICWIM5), Paris, France, 271 - 282
Gonzalez, A., O'Brien, E.J., Rattigan, P. (2008) The implications of future truck convoying technologies for bridge loading and dynamic vehicle bridge interaction . In: A. Znidaric eds. Transport Research Arena Europe 2008, Ljubljana, 301
O'Brien, E.J., Enright, B., Caprani, C. (2008) Implications of future heavier trucks for Europe's bridges . In: A. Znidaric eds. Transport Research Arena Europe 2008, Ljubljana, 272
O'Connor, A., Yotte, S., O'Brien, E.J. (2008) MEDACHS (Marine Environment Damage to Atlantic Coast Historical and transport works or Structures) & beyond . In: A. Znidaric eds. Transport Research Arena Europe 2008, Ljubljana, 244
Bordallo-Ruiz, A., McNally, C., OBrien, E.J. & Caprani. C.C. (2007) The Structural Reliability of Bridges subject to Time-Dependent Deterioration . In: B.H.V. Topping eds. 11th Int. Conf. on Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering Computing, Malta,

Cantero, D., González, A. & OBrien, E.J (2007) The use of ramp superposition to analyse the influence of road irregularities on maximum beam stresses due to a moving load . In: B.H.V. Topping eds. 11^th Int. Conf. on Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering Computing, Malta,
Mr Gregory O'Hare
Jurdak, R, Ruzzelli, A & O¿Hare, G.M.P., (2008) Multi-hop RFID Wake-up Radio: Design, Evaluation and Energy Tradeoffs In Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2008), IEEE Press, St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands,
Ruzzelli, A.G., Jurdak, R. & O'Hare. G.M.P (2007) On the RFID Wake-up Impulse for Multi-hop Sensor Networks In proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Convergence of RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks and their Applications (SenseID) at the Fifth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM SenSys 2007), Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia,
Ruzzelli, A.G. Jurdak, R. & O'Hare. G.M.P (2007) Managing Mobile-based Participatory Sensing Communities In proceedings of the Sensing on Everyday Mobile Phones in Support of Participatory Research Workshop at the Fifth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM SenSys 2007), Sydney, Australia,
Jurdak, R., Ruzzelli, A.G., O'Hare, G.M.P. & Lopes. C.V. (2007) Reliable Symbol Synchronization in Acoustic Sensor Networks In Proceeding of 50th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GlobeCom 2007, Washington, D.C,
Jurdak, R., Ruzzelli, A.G. O'Hare, G.M.P. & C.V. Lopes (2007) Design Considerations for Deploying Underwater Sensor Networks In Proceedings of International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications SENSORCOMM 2007, Valencia, Spain,
Song, Y-C, Meng, H-D, O'Grady, M.J., O'Hare, G.M.P. (2007) Applications of Attributes Weighting in Data Mining Proceedings of the IEEE SMC UK&RI 6th Conference on Cybernetic Systems, Dublin, Ireland, 41 - 45
Dr John O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan, J.J., Bruen, M., Purcell, P.J. & Gebre, F. (2008) An Evaluation of Stormwater Management Issues in Ireland - The Practitioner's Perspective 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland,
O'Sullivan, J.J. (2008) Laboratory Teaching in Undergraduate Hydraulic Engineering - Addressing the Negative Sentiment International Conference on Engineering Education, Pecs, Hundary,
Bruen, M., O'Sullivan, J.J., Purcell, P.J. and Gebre, F. (2007) Design floods for urban areas in Ireland - end user requirements Geophysical Research Abstracts,
Professor Bruce Arthur Osborne
Gioria, M. and Osborne, B. (2008) Changes in seed bank communities associated with plant invasions 5th International Weed Science Congress, British Columbia University, Vancouver, Canada,
Dr Patrick J Purcell
O' Sullivan, J.J., Bruen, M. Purcell, P.J. and Gebre, F. (2008) (2008) An evaluation of stormwater management issues in Ireland - The Practitioner's perspective 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland,
Purcell, P. (2008) The 5-year engineering masters degree - issues from an Irish perspective ICEE 2008, Bundpest, Hungary,
Tony, M. Zhao, Y. Purcell, P. (2008) Application of advanced oxidation processes for the treatment of oil contaminated wastewater effluent Environ 2008, Environmental Association of Ireland, Dundalk I.T,
P.J. Purcell (2007) Effect of lecture attendance on the examination performance of Civil Engineering students International conference on Engineering Education, Coimbra, Portugal,
Dr David Timoney
O. S. Ezeora, D.P. Finn and D. J. Timoney (2008) Second-Law Based Parametric Optimization of an Evaporator Tube Containing Two-Phase Refrigerant 5th European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands,
Moore, P., Timoney, D.J., Jugal Makwana (Bentley Systems Inc, Delhi, India) (2007) Designing Roads for Sustainable Transportation: Integration of The Measurement of Energy Usage in Road Design National Conference on Sustainable Urban Transportation: Issues and Management Strategies, India,
Mr Cormac Walsh
Walsh C. (2008) Governance and Spatial Planning in the Dublin City-Region: Developing a Conceptual Framework Looking Beyond One's Nose: Planning, Policies and Institutions for Integration: 2nd AESOP Young Academics Meeting , Northwest Academy of Public Administration, St. Petersburg, Russia,
Dr Yaqian Zhao
Li, WC; Zhao, YQ; (2008) An Innovative use of dewatered alum sludge as main substrate in a multi-stage reed bed treatment system Proceedings of IWA-ASI Workshop on Sustainability of Water Environment and Water Resources and Perspectives of Energy and Resources Saving and Recovery in Wastewater Treatment, Hong Kong, China, 95 - 102
Zhao, YQ; Zhao, XH; Keogh, C; Li, WC; (2008) Direct monitoring of polymer residual as an environmental safety strategy in alum sludge conditioning/flocculation Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Chemical Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Xian, China, 689 - 694
Babatunde, AO; Zhao, YQ; (2008) Concurrent enhancement of oxygen transfer and phosphorus removal in constructed wetlands: A novel Irish case study Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Chemical Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Xian, China, 473 - 482
Tony, Maha A; Tayeb, Aghareed M; Purcell, PJ; Zhao, YQ; (2008) Application of advanced oxidation processes for the treatment of wastewater effluent Abstract book of 18th Irish Environmental Researchers´Colloquium, Dundalk, Ireland, 63 - 64
Zhao, XH; Zhao, YQ; (2008) Phosphorus extraction by acid and base from saturated alum sludge used as a filter media for wastewater treatment Abstract book of 18th Irish Environmental Researchers´Colloquium, Dundalk, Ireland, 69 - 70
Tony, Maha A; Zhao, YQ; Tayeb, Aghareed M; (2008) Conditioning of alum sludge wuith Fenton´s reagent and organic polymers: Comparative study Abstract book of 18th Irish Environmental Researchers´Colloquium, Dundalk, Ireland, 72 - 72
Fu, JF; Zhao, YQ; (2008) An environmental-friendly approach for alum sludge conditioning: Microwave process Abstract book of 18th Irish Environmental Researchers´ Colloquium, Dundalk, Ireland, 73 - 74
Li, WC; Zhao, YQ; (2008) Preliminary investigation of polymer release from the reuse of dewatered alum sludge as low-cost adsorbent Abstract book of 18th Irish Environmental Researchers´Colloquium, Dundalk, Ireland, 70 - 71
Zhao, XH; Zhao, YQ; Kearney, P; (2007) Release of phosphorus from saturated alum sludge used as a substrate in reed beds for wastewater treatment Abstract book and CD-Rom of SmallWat07, II International Congress--Wastewater Treatment in Small Communities, Seville, Spain, 299
Tony, Maha A; Zhao, YQ; Tayeb, Aghareed M; Kearney, P; (2007) Exploitation of Fenton's reagent as an alternative conditioner for alum sludge conditioning Abstract book and CD-Rom of SmallWat07, II International Congress--Wastewater Treatment in Small Communities, Seville, Spain, 61

Dr Aoife Ahern
John Carty and Aoife Ahern (2008) Exploring the link between transport and urban form: applications of the Moland model. Urban Institute Ireland Working Paper Series, Dublin.
Dr Finbarr Brereton
Bullock, C., Brereton, F., O'Neill, E., Clinch, P., and Russell, P. (2008) Quality of Life and the Environment: Final Report. Environmental Protection Agency under ERTDI Programme 2000 - 2006, Ireland.
Ms Vivienne Brophy
UCD Energy Research Group (2007) Energy Efficiency Regulations for New Dwellings and Options for Improvements. DEHLG, DEHLG website.
Dr Craig H Bullock
Craig Bullock, Conor Kretsch & Enda Candon (2008) The Social and Economic Value of Biodiversity. Government of Ireland, Dublin.
Craig Bullock, Finbarr Brereton, Eoin O¿Neill, J. Peter Clinch & Paula Russell (2008) Quality of Life and the Environment. Environmental Protection Agency, Dublin.
Professor Peter Lynch
Susan Dunne, Jenny Hanafin, Peter Lynch, Ray McGrath, Elisa Nishimura, Paul Nolan, J. Venkata Ratnam, Tido Semmler, Conor Sweeney and Shiyu Wang (2008) Ireland in a Warmer World: Scientific Predictions of the Irish Climate in the Twenty-First Century. Met Eireann, Dublin.