The strategic objective of the NCSR is to become a world-class Centre of Excellence, by building on a core research strength, which has developed to a position of National prominence at DCU over the past fifteen years. This will enable the Centre to extend its multidisciplinary programme of fundamental and applied science to include the major emerging themes, which will define sensors and their applications in the early decades of the new millennium. This proposal is to establish a National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology. It involves the Institute of Technology, Tallaght.
Plasma technology is important in Ireland and is likely be more important in future.
Several large manufacturing complexes in Ireland are heavy users of plasma technology and there is strong demand from these companies for staff qualified at fourth level in plasma science and technology. A National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology will support this vigorous sector. In plasma science and technology, DCU research is dominant in the State and has strong links with centres of excellence elsewhere in the world. Some research groups are leaders in their fields, and contain world-class researchers. DCU is therefore uniquely positioned to build this National Centre.