Oliver Ryan

Education

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  Institute of Acoustics

  2018 - 2018

  Diploma Acoustics and Noise Control Merit

  Best performing Diploma Student in Ireland 2017-18. Specialist academic training to meet the educational requirements for Corporate Membership of the Institute of Acoustics. Modules included General Principles of Acoustics (occupational noise, building acoustics, environmental noise, noise & vibration), Environmental Noise (road, rail, wind turbine, industrial), Noise and Vibration Control Engineering, covering all relevant national and international applicable standards. Lab work and… Show more Best performing Diploma Student in Ireland 2017-18. Specialist academic training to meet the educational requirements for Corporate Membership of the Institute of Acoustics. Modules included General Principles of Acoustics (occupational noise, building acoustics, environmental noise, noise & vibration), Environmental Noise (road, rail, wind turbine, industrial), Noise and Vibration Control Engineering, covering all relevant national and international applicable standards. Lab work and assignments were a major part of the course, as well as a project on Examining Speech Intelligibility in University Lecture Venues. Show less

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  University of Limerick

  1993 - 1997

  Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics First Class Honours

  Activities and Societies: Lifesaving Club - First Class Honours B.Sc. in Applied Physics, a four year theoretical and experimental physics degree course, with industrial placement for six months during 3rd year in the Materials Destructive Testing Lab with Daimler Benz Aerospace Airbus, Bremen, Germany.

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  Ardscoil Ris, Limerick

  1988 - 1993

  Leaving Certificate, Honours.
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  University College Dublin

  2021 - 2021

  Professional Certificate in Radiation Safety Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician A, Distinction

  Radiation Safety Officers are employed in the medical, biomedical and industrial sectors and professional training is required by law. This professional certificate in radiation safety introduces radiation workers to the fundamental principles of the physics of radiation safety and the applications of these principles in their particular field. The subject areas covered are: an introduction to fundamental concepts; units of radiation exposure and dose; biological effects of ionising radiation;… Show more Radiation Safety Officers are employed in the medical, biomedical and industrial sectors and professional training is required by law. This professional certificate in radiation safety introduces radiation workers to the fundamental principles of the physics of radiation safety and the applications of these principles in their particular field. The subject areas covered are: an introduction to fundamental concepts; units of radiation exposure and dose; biological effects of ionising radiation; radiation detection and measurement; Irish legal issues and international framework in radiation safety; assessment of internal and external exposures; protection against occupational exposure; emergency planning; non-ionising radiation. A specialty is chosen from either diagnostic radiography, interventional radiography, radiation therapy or industrial applications of ionising radiation. Show less

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  National University of Ireland, Galway

  1998 - 2004

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Experimental Physics Awarded

  Activities and Societies: Aikido, gym Development of a Photon Counting Imaging Polarimeter for Astronomy- Ph.D. through research on optical instrumentation.- Piloted the photometer polarimeter project in RAL (UK), 04 April – 04 July 2000.- Participated in five observing campaigns for data collection on targets (pulsars) and instrument proving- WHT 4.2m telescope Canary Islands (01-04 Nov 1999, 10-12 Dec 2001), 3.6m telescope La Silla, Chile (26-28 Feb 2000), 60cm telescope, Loiano, Italy (02-18 Oct 2002), 6m SAO… Show more Development of a Photon Counting Imaging Polarimeter for Astronomy- Ph.D. through research on optical instrumentation.- Piloted the photometer polarimeter project in RAL (UK), 04 April – 04 July 2000.- Participated in five observing campaigns for data collection on targets (pulsars) and instrument proving- WHT 4.2m telescope Canary Islands (01-04 Nov 1999, 10-12 Dec 2001), 3.6m telescope La Silla, Chile (26-28 Feb 2000), 60cm telescope, Loiano, Italy (02-18 Oct 2002), 6m SAO, Russia (17-28 Nov 2003). Show less

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  National University of Ireland, Galway

  1997 - 1998

  Master’s Degree Astronomy and Astrophysics as part of PhD

  - Six months of lectures in large range of topics of astronomy and astrophysics in the Centro de Astrophys-ica, Porto, Portugal.- Six months research project into the cometary phenomenon of striae in the dust tail of comet Hale-Bopp, conducted with the European Southern Observatory in Santiago, Chile.