Jillian Schwedler
Jillian Schwedler is Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar to Universidad de Salamanca, Spain in 2019-2020. Her new research project builds on her recent interest in political geography and urban planning, connecting sites of resistance and notions of the right to the city with shifting urban space. One of the aspects of my current manuscript has…
Read MoreRocío Melissa Rivera
Rocío Melissa Rivera completed her M.S. at Iowa State University in the laboratory of the late Dr Steve Ford. She then pursued a doctoral degree in the laboratory of Dr. Peter J. Hansen at the University of Florida. For her post-doctoral training, Dr Rivera worked in the laboratories of Dr Richard Schultz and Dr Marisa Bartolomei…
Read MoreWhitney Chappell
Dr Whitney Chappell is an Associate Professor of Hispanic linguistics at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a 2019 Fulbright Scholar at the Universidad de Murcia in Spain. Her research focuses on sociophonetic variation in the Spanish-speaking world, or how Spanish speakers construct social meaning through their use of contextualized linguistic variants. At…
Read MoreLonny G. Simonian
Professor Lonny Simonian is an instructor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Cal Poly. He holds an M.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly. Professor Simonian is a licensed Professional Electrical Engineering the State of California and a Project Management Institute…
Read MoreMatthew McCarthy
Matthew McCarthy is currently studying a BA in Fine Art at Crawford College of Art and Design CIT. This summer he shall travel to the University of South Carolina to learn about the historical and contemporary realities of civic engagement in the US. Matthew strongly believes that the place of the artist in society is…
Read MoreJohn Sheppard
Mr John Sheppard is a lecturer in cybersecurity and digital forensics in the Department of Computing and Mathematics at Waterford Institute of Technology. As a Fulbright TechImpact Cybersecurity Scholar, John will visit Georgetown University in Washington D.C. While at Georgetown John will conduct research into wearable technologies and will investigate the ethical implications of data…
Read MoreConor Quinn
Mr Conor Quinn is a Senior Cyber Security Consultant, specialising in Digital Forensic and Cybersecurity management with Deloitte Ireland. His work centres around investigating cybersecurity incidents to determine how they happened and to recommend improvements to increase security of organisations. As a Fulbright TechImpact Scholar, Mr Quinn will visit the Woods College of Advancing Studies…
Read MoreAlan O’Sullivan
Mr Alan O’Sullivan is a first year medical student in University College Cork. He has a keen interest in international relations, civic engagement and youth activism. Alan was selected to take part in the 2017 Rotary Youth Leadership Competition, travelling to Dublin, Belfast and Strasbourg to debate Ireland’s future in the EU post-Brexit. He was…
Read MoreKevin McDonnell
Professor Kevin McDonnell has a joint appointment across Crops Science & Biosystems Engineering Department of UCD and his specialist interdisciplinary area of Agricultural Systems Technology addresses the sustainable use of bio-resources with a global perspective, including agri-based bio-energy systems and the agri-food based bio-economy. His Precision Agricultural research area which is supported by EU, SFI…
Read MoreMichael Murphy
Dr Michael D. Murphy is a Principal Investigator in the MeSSO Research Group and Lecturer in the Department of Process, Energy and Transport Engineering in the Cork Institute of Technology. As a Fulbright Scholar, Michael will carry out collaborative research in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder…
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