Ruth Houlihan - Staff Researcher

Contact

+353 (0)21 2346981
ruth.houlihan (at) tyndall (dot) ie

Centre: MNS (Circuits and Systems)

Biography

Dr Ruth Houlihan is a research scientist at Tyndall National Institute, Ireland. She graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway in 1998 with a Mechanical Engineering degree, from University College Cork, Ireland in 2000 with a Masters in Engineering Science and in 2004 from the University of Southampton, UK with a Ph.D. in microsystems. She has worked over the years in inertial, RF and energy harvesting MEMS devices as device designer, process developer and device and system modeller. In particular, she has focused on the mechanical modelling of MEMS structures using finite element software. She has been PI for Enterprise Ireland funded projects, has worked on FP6 and FP7 European projects, ESA funded projects in addition to industrial contracts.

Research Interests

Research Grants

Funder	Start Date	End Date	Title	Role
Enterprise Irl	06-NOV-06	05-JAN-08	EI PC/2006/0129	Principal Investigator
Enterprise Irl	12-MAY-08	28-FEB-10	EI"Intelligent Reliability Circuitry for RF MEMS Capactive Switches"	Principal Investigator

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Year	Journal	Publication
2014	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	Reliability assessment of MEMS switches for space applications: laboratory and launch testing Conor O’Mahony; Oskar Olszewski; Ronan Hill; Ruth Houlihan; Cormac Ryan; Ken Rodgers; Carmel Kelleher; Russell Duane;Martin Hill (2014) Reliability assessment of MEMS switches for space applications: laboratory and launch testing. : .
2014	Applied Physics Letters	A simple electrical test method to isolate viscoelasticity and creep in capacitive microelectromechanical switches Ryan, C,Olszewski, Z,Houlihan, R,O'Mahony, C,Duane, R (2014) A simple electrical test method to isolate viscoelasticity and creep in capacitive microelectromechanical switches. : . [Details]
2012	Applied Physics Letters	Experimental isolation of degradation mechanisms in capacitive microelectromechanical switches Olszewski, Z,Houlihan, R,Ryan, C,O'Mahony, C,Duane, R (2012) Experimental isolation of degradation mechanisms in capacitive microelectromechanical switches. : . [Details]
2012	Applied Physics Letters	Addendum:“A study of capacitance-voltage curve narrowing effect in capacitive microelectromechanical switches”[Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 094101 (2008)] Olszewski, Z.,Houlihan, R.,O’Mahony, C.,Duane, R. (2012) Addendum:“A study of capacitance-voltage curve narrowing effect in capacitive microelectromechanical switches”[Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 094101 (2008)]. : .
2009	Applied Physics Letters	Comment on "Comparison of air breakdown and substrate injection as mechanisms to induce dielectric charging in microelectromechanical switches" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 043502 (2008)] Olszewski, Z.,O'Mahony, C.,Houlihan, R.,Duane, R. (2009) Comment on "Comparison of air breakdown and substrate injection as mechanisms to induce dielectric charging in microelectromechanical switches" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 043502 (2008)]. : .
2005	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	Modelling squeeze film effects in a MEMS accelerometer with a levitated proof mass Houlihan, Ruth and Kraft, Michael (2005) Modelling squeeze film effects in a MEMS accelerometer with a levitated proof mass. : .
2005	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	Characterization, modelling and performance evaluation of CMOS integrated multielectrode tunable capacitor (MTC) Olszewski, Z.,Hilll, M.,O'Mahony, C.,Duane, R.,Houlihan, R. (2005) Characterization, modelling and performance evaluation of CMOS integrated multielectrode tunable capacitor (MTC). : .
2002	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	Modelling of an accelerometer based on a levitated proof mass Houlihan, Ruth and Kraft, Michael (2002) Modelling of an accelerometer based on a levitated proof mass. : .

Conference Publications

Year	Publication
2014	9th ESA Round Table on Micro and Nano Technologies For Space Applications, Swiss Tech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland Houlihan, R. and Duane, R. and Ryan, C. and Mahony, C. O’ and Olszewski, Z. (2014) 9th ESA Round Table on Micro and Nano Technologies For Space Applications, Swiss Tech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland. : .
2014	Microneedles 2014, Baltimore, Maryland, 19-21st May O'Mahony, Conor and Vereshchagina, Elizaveta and Grygoryev, Konstantin and Houlihan, Ruth (2014) Microneedles 2014, Baltimore, Maryland, 19-21st May. : .
2014	International Conference and Exhibition on Integration Issues of Miniaturized Smart Systems (SSi 2014) Alessandro Sanginaro, Danilo Demarchi, Gerold Schropfer, Sarah Zerbini, Magdalena Ekwinska, Ruth Houlihan (2014) International Conference and Exhibition on Integration Issues of Miniaturized Smart Systems (SSi 2014). : .
2014	Eurosensors 2014 Z. Olszewski, R. Houlihan, R. O’Keeffe, M. O’Neill, F. Waldron, A. Mathewson, N. Jackson (2014) Eurosensors 2014*. : .
2014	MEMSWAVE Ryan, C.,Olszewski, O. Z.,Houlihan, R.,O'Mahony, C.,Blake, A.,Duane, R. (2014) MEMSWAVE. : .
2014	Microneedles 2014Microneedles 2014 O’Mahony, C.,Grygoryev, K.,Lo Re, G.,Vereschagina, L.,Houlihan, R. (2014) Microneedles 2014Microneedles 2014. : .
2013	Micromechanics Europe 2013 Ryan, Cormac and Olszewski, Zbigniew (Oskar) and Houlihan, Ruth and O'Mahony, Conor and Duane, Russell (2013) Micromechanics Europe 2013. : .
2013	Micromechanics Europe 2013 O'Mahony, Conor and Olszewski, Zbigniew (Oskar) and Houlihan, Ruth and Ryan, Cormac and Duane, Russell and Hill, Martin (2013) Micromechanics Europe 2013. : .
2013	Micromechanics Europe 2013 Ryan, C.,Olszewski, Z.,Houlihan, R.,O’Mahony, C.,Duane, R. (2013) Micromechanics Europe 2013. : .
2012	Royal Irish Academy Research Colloquium on Communications and Radio Science into the 21st Century Ryan, Cormac and Olszewski, Zbigniew (Oskar) and Houlihan, Ruth and O'Mahony, Conor and Duane, Russell (2012) Royal Irish Academy Research Colloquium on Communications and Radio Science into the 21st Century. : .
2012	8th ESA Round Table on MNT for Space Applications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2012 Olszewski, O. Z. and Houlihan, R. and O'Mahony, C. and Ryan, C. and Duane, R. (2012) 8th ESA Round Table on MNT for Space Applications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2012. : .
2012	Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS - DTIP 2012 Olszewski, O. Z. ,Houlihan, R. ,O'Mahony, C.,Ryan, C. ,Duane, R. (2012) Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS - DTIP 2012. : .
2012	RAD2012: The First International Conference on Radiation and Dosimetry in Various Fields of Research Ryan, C. ,Olszewski, O. Z. ,Houlihan, R. ,O'Mahony, C.,Duane, R. (2012) RAD2012: The First International Conference on Radiation and Dosimetry in Various Fields of Research. : .
2012	Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP), 2012 Symposium on Olszewski, Oskar Z and Ryan, Cormac and Houlihan, Ruth and O'Mahony, Conor and Duane, Russell (2012) Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP), 2012 Symposium on. : .
2012	The First International Conference on Radiation and Dosimetry in Various Fields of Research, RAD2012: Ryan, C. and Olszewski, O. Z. and Houlihan, R. and O'Mahony, C. and Duane, R. (2012) The First International Conference on Radiation and Dosimetry in Various Fields of Research, RAD2012:. : .
2012	Royal Irish Academy Communications and Radio Science Colloquium Ryan, C. ,Olszewski, O. Z. ,Houlihan, R. ,O'Mahony, C.,Duane, R. (2012) Royal Irish Academy Communications and Radio Science Colloquium. : .
2010	7th ESA Round Table on MNT for Space Applications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2010 Olszewski, Z. and O'Mahony, C. and R., Houlihan and Duane, R. (2010) 7th ESA Round Table on MNT for Space Applications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2010. : .
2010	7th ESA Round Table on MNT for Space Applications Workshop Houlihan, R. and Collins, P. and Olszewski, Z. and Mathewson, A. (2010) 7th ESA Round Table on MNT for Space Applications Workshop. : .
2009	Micromechanics Europe 2009 Houlihan, R.,Olszewski, O. Z.,Duane, R.,O'Mahony, C.,Collins, P.,Mathewson, A. (2009) Micromechanics Europe 2009. : .
2008	Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European Sun, X and Brebels, S and Stoukatch, S and Jansen, R and Dussopt, L and Dubois, M-A and O'Mahony, C and Berberich, S and Houlihan, R and De Raedt, W (2008) Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European. : .
2008	Micromechanics Europe 2008Micromechanics Europe 2008 Kuberappa, Y.,Hill, M.,Oâ€™Mahony, C.,Olszewski, O. Z.,Houlihan, R.,Verheggen, J. (2008) Micromechanics Europe 2008Micromechanics Europe 2008. : .
2008	Micromechanics Europe 2008; Aachen; Germany; September 28-30th Kuberappa, Y and Hill, M and O’Mahony, C and Olszewski, Z and Houlihan, R and Verheggen, J (2008) Micromechanics Europe 2008; Aachen; Germany; September 28-30th. : .
2007	Micromechanics Europe, Guimaraes, Portugal, 2007 O’Mahony, Conor and Houlihan, Ruth (2007) Micromechanics Europe, Guimaraes, Portugal, 2007. : .
2006	Micromechanics Europe, Southampton, UK, Sept. 2006 Zhao, Q. and Houlihan, R. and Olszewski, O. Z. and Hill, M. and O'Mahony, C. (2006) Micromechanics Europe, Southampton, UK, Sept. 2006. : .
2004	Proceedings 6th Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems Kham, MN and Houlihan, Ruth and Kraft, Michael (2004) Proceedings 6th Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems . : .
2003	TRANSDUCERS, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 12th International Conference on, 2003 Houlihan, Ruth and Koukharenko, E and Sehr, Harald and Kraft, Michael (2003) TRANSDUCERS, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 12th International Conference on, 2003. : .
2001	SPIE Micromachining and Microfabrication Houlihan, Ruth P and Kukharenka, Alena and Gindila, Mircea and Kraft, Michael (2001) SPIE Micromachining and Microfabrication. : .
1999	5th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Mircostructures, October 1999, Rome, Italy. Houlihan, R. and Kelly, G. and Lyden, C. (1999) 5th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Mircostructures, October 1999, Rome, Italy.. : .