Dr. Thomas Newe

Professional Activities

Employment

• 2022 University of Limerick - Professor
• 2016 University of Limerick - Senior Lecturer
• 1999 University of Limerick - Lecturer
• 1994 University of Limerick - Junior Lecturer
• 1991 Microelectronics Applications Centre Ltd. - Software Design Engineer
• 1988 Nixdorf Computer Int. - Test Engineer
• 1986 Urovac Ltd, Athlone - Technician

Committee

• 2021 Web Governance, Oversee the University's web activities, standards and strategy
• 2020 Executive Committee Member Cyber Skills,
• 2019 Board Member Cyber Ireland,
• 2011 Springboard Courses Committee, 6 of the 8 springboard entrants to ECE are achieving their goal of obtaining an ICT level 9 qualification. I advised many of them in the early stages how to make the best of their study time so that could maximise their results.
• 2010 Course Directors Committee, All course queries and modifications are handled by me. In the past two years the intake figures have doubled and this is due to the effort put into school visits and marketing initiatives such as a new course brochure. For the first time in over 7 years I expect the first year intake figures to pass 20 students. This includes CAO applicants and Mature applicants.
• 2007 Environment Committee, Responsible for update and maintenance of committee web page from 2007 to 2010.
• 1998 ECE Programme REview committee, Wrote module descriptions for many of the programming/software modules in the ECE department. The Cloud Computing (ET4077) and Mobile Applications Development (ED5042) are two recent modules.

Association

• 2007 Member, IOP
• 2006 Member, IEEE

Education

• 2003 University of Limerick - Doctor of Philosophy
• 1996 University of Limerick - Masters of Engineering
• 1991 University of Limerick - B.Eng.
• 1988 University of Limerick - NCEA Diploma in Electronic Engineering
• 1986 Athlone IT - National Certificate in Electronic Engineering

Patent

• 1993 IE19920002706 19921006 - Method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of devices.

Outreach

• School Visits 1994- Present Visit feeder schools to promote Science and Engineering Courses.
• Open Days 1994- Present Manning of ECE courses stand. These days are necessary in order to promote our courses to second-level students and endeavour to increase our first-year intake figures and to recruit better students.
• Graduate Evening 2009- Present Graduate Recruiting During these evenings recent graduates speak to prospective students about our courses and the job opportunities available. My role has been in getting past graduates to come and talk. To date, these have been successful with numbers attending in the region of 60 students and parents.
• ECE Department WEB page. 2011- 2019 WEB page design, setup and maintenance
• Mature Students Access Meeting (Outreach) 2009- Presents ECE BSc Course presenter. Every year I present to the students from the mature student access programme that are considering our course. This has resulted in an increase in mature students to our BSc programmes (currently we have approximately 2-4 mature students in each year of LM083 and LM080).
• The Cyber Security Academy funding is a joint application between the Cyberskills partners, UL, MTU, and TUDublin). Cybersecurity is of critical importance to our society and economy and skills shortages exist both in Ireland and globally. This SFI Discover Programme funding will allow us (CyberSkills partners) to engage a new generation in the field of cybersecurity. The Cyber Security Academy is a unique opportunity for secondary school students to gain practical insight into the technical aspects of cybersecurity, and to practice the skills that they will learn throughout the week on the programme using a state-of-the-art cyber range. A cyber range is a platform that allows for the simulation of real-life cybersecurity challenges. Career champions are embedded into the program planning, through career talks at the Academy and schools cybersecurity challenge competition and integrated with other more established careers events such as iWISH, SFI Smart Futures and STEM South West. This programme will create a pipeline of future cybersecurity students for UL and the Cyberskills partners and facilitate the education of future professionals that have an understanding of the personal attributes and technical skills required to pursue a career in cybersecurity.

Other

• General Co-Chair of the 12th ICST (International Conference on Sensing Technology) which is being hosted in UL on December 3rd-6th 2018
• Board member of Cyber Ireland (www.cyberireland.ie) Irelands Cyber Security Cluster.