Biography

Prof Maurice N. Collins is a Professor in Materials Science in the School of Engineering at the University of Limerick. He is Principal Investigator (PI) at the Bernal Institute, the Health Research Institute, FI at the SFI AMBER center based in Trinity College Dublin and Challenge lead in SFI Biorbic centre based at UCD. He led the H2020 funded LIBRE consortium (lignin for carbon fiber), the largest consortium in biobased carbon fibre research in Europe, and currently is WP lead on the following EU consortia (VIBES, BIOUPTAKE and CUBIC) as well as being PI on multiple national funded projects (Traceless, NXTGENWOOD, Valid). His expertise includes Regenerative medicine, hydrogels and biobased carbon fibre precursor materials as well as the development of 3D printable Polymers. Prof Collins has a strong track record in attracting industrially funded research projects including Mitsubishi Materials, Henkel, J&J, Pepsi etc. He has won in excess of €25 million in competitive funding with 11 years of continuous competitive EU funding (2016 - 2027). His industrial work has led to 2 licensing agreements and 9 patents filed. Coupled to this, he has authored >150 publications on Polymer Science related topics and his research has featured in various national and international media outlets. His research has been recognised through various awards including: Marie Curie Actions Award, Licencing Agreement Award, Best Journal Paper Award, Highlight Conference Paper Award, ISI highly cited award, Best oral presentations and UL Seed Funding. He is a reviewer for > 40 international Journals. He sits on the editorial board of Carbohydrate Polymers. He is proposal assessor for the Polish Academy of Science, Austrian science foundation, Israeli Ministry of Science, EPSRC, H2020, Horizon Europe, and European Research Council. He has chaired sessions at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), European Society for Biomaterials and World Biomaterials Congress. Maurice lectures polymer therapeutics to postgraduate students and Tissue Engineering to Undergraduates. He currently supervises 8 PhD candidates, 6 postdocs and is Course Director for the MSc in Biomedical Device Materials. He served as editor of the international journal of biological macromolecules pfrom 2019 to 2023. He was recently awarded the Bernal Institute senior researcher of the year award. His work to date has led to >7.5k citations with a h -index of 51. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of chemistry and Institute of materials, minerals and mining (IOM3).

Research Interests

Polymeric materials; Biomaterials; Lead free solder materials; Reliabilty physics.

Professional Activities

Award

  • 2014 - Licensing Agreement
  • 2013 - UL Seed Funding
  • 2012 - IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology: Best Paper Award
  • 2010 - Licensing Agreement Award
  • 2009 - Highlight Paper Award EuroMAt 2009
  • 2005 - Marie Curie Actions Award

Education

  • 2007 University of Limerick - Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2002 University of Limerick - Master of Science

Outreach

  • Interviewed in Irish Times, Irish Examiner on the reliability of Orthopaedic Materials
  • Interviewed on Diamond Pod Cast on the significance of results obtained at the Diamond Synchrotron
  • Reviewer for > 15 ISI Journals including Carbohydrate Polymers, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Cellulose, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Med.; Tissue Engineering and Reg. Med.; Journal of Applied Polymer Science; ACS Journals.
  • Member of the Editoral Board of Carbohydrate Polymers Impact Factor 5.1

Language

  • Spanish

Peer Reviewed Journals

2014

Lamella alignment ratio: a SAXS analysis technique for macromolecules

Eric Dalton and Maurice N Collins (2014) Lamella alignment ratio: a SAXS analysis technique for macromolecules. Journal Of Applied Crystallography :847-851

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2013

Effects of tensile strain on the nanostructure of irradiated and thermally stabilised ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes for orthopaedic devices

Collins, MN,Dalton, E,Leahy, JJ,Birkinshaw, C (2013) Effects of tensile strain on the nanostructure of irradiated and thermally stabilised ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes for orthopaedic devices. Rsc Advances :1995-2007

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2013

Corrosion under mixed flowing gas conditions of various connector coatings

Collins, MN,Reid, M,Dalton, E,Shannon, K,Garfias-Mesias, LF (2013) Corrosion under mixed flowing gas conditions of various connector coatings. Materials And Corrosion-Werkstoffe Und Korrosion :7-13

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2013

Hyaluronic acid solutionsA processing method for efficient chemical modification

Collins, MN,Birkinshaw, C (2013) Hyaluronic acid solutionsA processing method for efficient chemical modification. Journal Of Applied Polymer Science :145-152

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2012

Corrosion of RoHS-Compliant Surface Finishes in Corrosive Mixed Flowing Gas Environments

Hannigan, K,Reid, M,Collins, MN,Dalton, E,Xu, C,Wright, B,Demirkan, K,Opila, RL,Reents, WD,Franey, JP,Fleming, DA,Punch, J (2012) Corrosion of RoHS-Compliant Surface Finishes in Corrosive Mixed Flowing Gas Environments. Journal Of Electronic Materials :611-623

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2012

Testing method for measuring corrosion resistance of surface mount chip resistors

Reid, M,Collins, MN,Dalton, E,Punch, J,Tanner, DA (2012) Testing method for measuring corrosion resistance of surface mount chip resistors. Microelectronics Reliability :1420-1427

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2012

Surface finish effect on reliability of SAC 305 soldered chip resistors

Collins, MN,Punch, J,Coyle, R (2012) Surface finish effect on reliability of SAC 305 soldered chip resistors. Soldering & Surface Mount Technology :240-248

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2012

Crystal morphology of strained ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes

Collins, MN,Dalton, E,Schaller, B,Leahy, JJ,Birkinshaw, C (2012) Crystal morphology of strained ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes. Polymer Testing :629-637

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2011

Thermal Fatigue and Failure Analysis of SnAgCu Solder Alloys with Minor Pb Additions

Collins, MN; Punch, J; Coyle, R; Reid, M; Popowich, R; Read, P; Fleming, D (2011) Thermal Fatigue and Failure Analysis of SnAgCu Solder Alloys with Minor Pb Additions. Ieee Transactions On Components Packaging And Manufacturing Technology :1594-1600

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2011

Phenomenological Study of the Effect of Microstructural Evolution on the Thermal Fatigue Resistance of Pb-Free Solder Joints

Coyle, R; Osenbach, J; Collins, MN; McCormick, H; Read, P; Fleming, D; Popowich, R; Punch, J; Reid, M; Kummerl, S (2011) Phenomenological Study of the Effect of Microstructural Evolution on the Thermal Fatigue Resistance of Pb-Free Solder Joints. Ieee Transactions On Components Packaging And Manufacturing Technology :1583-1593

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2011

Morphology of Cross linked Hyaluronic Acid Porous Hydrogels

Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2011) Morphology of Cross linked Hyaluronic Acid Porous Hydrogels. Journal Of Applied Polymer Science :1040-1049

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2011

Corrosion under mixed flowing gas conditions of various connector coatings

Collins, MN and Reid, M. and Dalton, E. and Shannon, K. and Garfias-Mesias, LF (2011) Corrosion under mixed flowing gas conditions of various connector coatings. Materials and Corrosion

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2009

Development of the powder reaction moulding process

Zhao, L; Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2009) Development of the powder reaction moulding process. Journal Of Chemical Technology And Biotechnology :454-460

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2009

A Phenomenological Study of the Effect of Microstructural Evolution on Pb-free Solder Joint Fatigue Resistance

Coyle, R; Reid, M; Osenbach, J; Ryan, C; Read, P; Fleming, D; Popowich, R; McCormick, H; Punch, J; Collins, M; Koshmeider, T; Manock, J; Kummerl, S; Chatterji, I (2009) A Phenomenological Study of the Effect of Microstructural Evolution on Pb-free Solder Joint Fatigue Resistance. Journal Of Electronic Materials

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2008

Investigation of the swelling behavior of crosslinked hyaluronic acid films and hydrogels produced using homogeneous reactions

Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2008) Investigation of the swelling behavior of crosslinked hyaluronic acid films and hydrogels produced using homogeneous reactions. Journal Of Applied Polymer Science :923-931

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2008

Effect of Ag content on the microstructure of Sn-Ag-Cu based solder alloys

Reid, M; Punch, J; Collins, M; Ryan, C (2008) Effect of Ag content on the microstructure of Sn-Ag-Cu based solder alloys. Soldering & Surface Mount Technology :3-8

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2008

Physical properties of crosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogels

Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2008) Physical properties of crosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogels. Journal Of Materials Science-Materials In Medicine :3335-3343

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2008

Crystal ageing in irradiated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

Barron, D; Collins, MN; Flannery, MJ; Leahy, JJ; Birkinshaw, C (2008) Crystal ageing in irradiated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. Journal Of Materials Science-Materials In Medicine :2293-2299

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2007

Comparison of the effectiveness of four different crosslinking agents with hyaluronic acid hydrogel films for tisslue-culture applications

Collins, MN; Birkinshaw, C (2007) Comparison of the effectiveness of four different crosslinking agents with hyaluronic acid hydrogel films for tisslue-culture applications. Journal Of Applied Polymer Science :3183-3191

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Books

2014

Hyaluronic Acid for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications

Maurice N Collins (2014) Hyaluronic Acid for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications. Shawbury UK : Smithers Rapra

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Book Chapters

2009

Encyclopedia of Polymer Composites: Properties, Performance and Applications,

Kafil M. Razeeb, Ju Xu, Eric D. Dalton, Muhammad M. Ramli, Maurice N. Collins and Saibal Roy (2009) Encyclopedia of Polymer Composites: Properties, Performance and Applications, . New Youk : Nova Science Publishers Thermal properties of carbon nanotube-silicone composites

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Conference Publications

2012

International Conference on Soldering and Reliability

Eric Dalton, Amy Fleischer, Maurice N. Collins, Kafil Razeeb, Jeff Punch (2012) International Conference on Soldering and Reliability.

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2012

ICSR, Toronto, Canada May 16 -18.

Maurice N. Collins, Gavin J. Jackson, Eric Dalton, Jeff Punch, Hector Steen, Puwei Liu, Matthew Holloway (2012) ICSR, Toronto, Canada May 16 -18..

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2012

Bipoco 2012, Siofok, Hungary,

Maurice N Collins (2012) Bipoco 2012, Siofok, Hungary, .

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2012

Surface Mount and Technology Association (SMTAi)

Gavin Jackson, Ian J. Wilding, Richard Boyle, Puwei Liu, Matthew Holloway, Maurice N. Collins, Eric Dalton, Jeff Punch (2012) Surface Mount and Technology Association (SMTAi).

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2012

Surface Mount Technology Association International (SMTAi)

C. Xu, B. Wright, K. Demirkan, R. L. Opila, K. Hannigan, M. Reid, J. Punch, M.N. Collins, W.D. Reents, Jr., D.A. Fleming, J.P. Franey, G.E. Derkits Jr., P. Ahern, (2012) Surface Mount Technology Association International (SMTAi).

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2012

62nd IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC),

Cillian Burke, Jeff Punch and Maurice Collins (2012) 62nd IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC),.

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2012

ICSR, Toronto, Canada

Eric Dalton, Maurice N. Collins, Michael Reid, Jeff Punch (2012) May 16 -18. (2012) ICSR, Toronto, Canada .

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2009

Electrochemical Society (ECS)

Michael Reid and Maurice Collins (2009) Electrochemical Society (ECS).

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2009

EuroMat 2009

11. Lei Zhao, Maurice N. Collins and Colin Birkinshaw (2009) (2009) EuroMat 2009.

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2009

IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference

Coyle R., Reid M., Ryan C., Popowich R., Read P., Fleming D., Collins M., Punch J., Chatterji I. (2009) IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference. :423-430

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2009

EuroMat 2009

Maurice N Collins, Michael Reid & Jeff Punch ( (2009) EuroMat 2009.

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2009

EuroMat 2009

Maurice N Collins and Colin Birkinshaw (2009) EuroMat 2009.

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2009

SMTAi

Michael Reid, Maurice N. Collins, Richard Coyle and Jeff Punch (2009) SMTAi.

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2008

SMTA International (SMTAI)

Mauro V. Aguanno; Maurice N. Collins; Cillian Burke; Michael Reid; Claire Ryan; Jeff Punch (2008) SMTA International (SMTAI).

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2008

SMTA International (SMTAI)

Maurice N. Collins; Mauro V. Aguanno; Michael Reid; Claire Ryan; Jeff Punch (2008) SMTA International (SMTAI).

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2007

24th International Manufacturing Conference

L. Zhao, M. Collins & C. Birkinshaw (2007) 24th International Manufacturing Conference.

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2005

19th European conference on Biomaterials (ESB)

M. Collins & C. Birkinshaw (2005) 19th European conference on Biomaterials (ESB).

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2004

IUPAC World Polymer congress

M. Collins & M. Buggy (2004) IUPAC World Polymer congress.

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2004

IUPAC World Polymer Congress

M. Collins & M. Buggy (2004) IUPAC World Polymer Congress.

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