Theses - Engineering and Design ITShttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/1812024-03-28T13:10:22Z2024-03-28T13:10:22ZMathematical modelling of the bovine estrus cycle and an investigation into silent heat and twinning /Wieteska, Malgorzata Joannahttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/47162024-01-18T17:55:03Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZMathematical modelling of the bovine estrus cycle and an investigation into silent heat and twinning /
Wieteska, Malgorzata Joanna
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZAn explorative analysis of effective project management of research and research-related projects within a newly formed multi-campus Technology University /Higgins, Aidanhttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/46992023-12-20T03:01:07Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZAn explorative analysis of effective project management of research and research-related projects within a newly formed multi-campus Technology University /
Higgins, Aidan
Higher education will be crucial in the coming decades in helping to make Ireland a nation known for
innovation, competitive enterprise, and ongoing academic success, as well as a desirable location to
live and work with a high quality of life, vibrant culture, and inclusive social structures. Higher
education institutions will actively connect with each student community, society, and business; they
will help students develop a sense of place and identity in Ireland and provide the tools they need to
contribute significantly to the global community.
It will also serve as a catalyst for novel ideas through research, many of which will become the
foundation for long-lasting innovative businesses in the future as part of the 2030 National Strategy
on Education. This strategy focuses on changing and developing our education system and how we
conduct research. The emphasis is central to knowledge transfer and a consistent research framework
while exploiting opportunities and having the necessary expertise. The newly formed Technological
Universities in Ireland are based on a government initiative to create a new type of higher education
institution focusing on applied and industry-focused research and education. The basis of the
Technological University is to bring together two or more existing Institutes of Technologies to create
a larger, more comprehensive institution that offers a broader range of programs and services to
students and industry partners. The Technological University model promotes collaboration between
academia, industry, and community organisations to foster innovation, research, and economic
development. The Technological University is designed to emphasise applied research, technology
transfer, and entrepreneurship to foster innovation and contribute to economic growth. Therefore,
effective Project Management of research projects within the newly formed Technological
Universities is central to ensuring the Technological University objectives are fulfilled.
A project is a collection of organised tasks to produce a singular output (product or service) within a
given time frame. Project Management is a set of activities that facilitates the successful
implementation of a project. The significant differences between research projects and development
projects are the (lack of) precise requirements and (the inability to) plan an outcome from the
beginning of the project. The evaluation criteria for a research project must consider these and other
"particularities" in works; for instance, proving something cannot be done may be a successful
outcome.
This study intends to explore how a newly established multi-campus Technological Universitymanages
research projects effectively. The study will identify the potentials and difficulties of managing
research projects, the tools, resources and processes available in a multi-campus Technological
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University context and the methods and approaches employed to deal with these difficulties. Key
stakeholders like Project Managers, academics and administrators will be surveyed as part of the
study, which will also involve an explorative investigation of current literature and data. The findings
of this study will contribute to creating best practices for Project Management in this setting and offer
insightful information about the efficient management of research projects within a multi-campus
Technological University.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZAn investigative analysis of how influential leadership and change management strategies were during the transitional phase to a Technological University /Moran, Ruthhttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/46982023-12-17T03:00:50Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZAn investigative analysis of how influential leadership and change management strategies were during the transitional phase to a Technological University /
Moran, Ruth
In Ireland, it is evidenced through the Hunt report (2011) and current literature that Higher
education has had a significant role in furthering the development of Ireland’s economy and its
society. Over the last decade in Ireland, it has been very evident that the Higher Education
System in Ireland has been very much operating on a two-tier level education system.
The first tier of the Higher education system was dominated by the Universities while the
second tier was fixed by the Institute of Technology Sector. whereby their teaching model’s
focus was more of a traditional model of education while targeting career minded cohort of
students. Currently, higher education landscape is evolving at a rapid pace through a process
of unprecedented and rapid changes. Hazelthorn et al (2015) suggest that “Technological
universities have initiated various change readiness efforts in the form of lean initiatives and
these change readiness efforts will aid to improve University performance and to make it more
efficient and operate more effectively”. These Institutional changes are brought about with
additional pressure from external influences like the Government and other educational bodies
and external pressure from European Institutions. Owning to these external influences and the
influential recommendations from the National strategy 2030 report, these factors prompted
the Higher Education sector in particular Institute of Technologies to review their
responsibilities and roles and to respond to these external challenges using a more collaborative
and cohesive strategic approach. The National Strategy for Higher education in Ireland 2030
report was an operational framework to enable HEI’s to reform to a more robust system.
Institutes of Technologies needed to reform and become more innovative in terms of its
strategic focus while a transformative approach with local communities was needed to
strengthen its competitiveness and build capacity. For this research study the topic been “An
Investigative analysis of how influential Leadership and Change Management strategies were
in ATU and TU Dublin during the transitional phase to a Technological University”.
Qualitative research was conducted with gathered information from both Institutional leaders
and their Institutional followers. The findings were analysed, re-contextualised with literature
that is current which resulted that leadership styles and change management mechanisms had
an impact on the transition within both TU’s. Several recommendations have been made for
the participating institutions to consider.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZDerivations of group algebras with applications /Hughes, Kieranhttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/45172023-05-16T03:00:48Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZDerivations of group algebras with applications /
Hughes, Kieran
This thesis is a study of derivations of group algebras. Derivations are shown to be trivial for semisimple group algebras of abelian groups. The
derivations of a group algebra are classified in terms of the generators and
defining relations of the group. If RG is a group ring, where R is commutative
and S is a set of generators of G then necessary and sufficient conditions on
a map from S to RG are established, such that the map can be extended to
an R-derivation of RG. This theorem is utilised to construct a basis for the
vector space of derivations of abelian group algebras, dihedral group algebras
and quaternion group algebras.
Derivations of group algebras are considered as linear finite dynamical
systems and their associated directed graphs are studied. The motivation
for this comes from the fact that if DerpKGq and DerpKHq are not isomor phic as additive groups then KG and KH are not isomorphic as rings. It
is shown that if R and S are ring isomorphic, then there is a bijection from
DerpRq onto DerpSq such that corresponding derivations have isomorphic
associated digraphs. Therefore properties of the linear finite dynamical sys tem associated with a derivation can be used to distinguish between group
rings.
Derivations of a group algebra form a Lie algebra and it is shown that this
Lie algebra DerpKGq is a complete Lie algebra, when G is a finite abelian
group such that its Sylow p-subgroup is elementary abelian.
Derivations can be used to show that two group algebras are not iso morphic as rings. As an example dihedral and quaternion group algebras
are contrasted by showing that their respective derivation Lie algebras have
different dimension and centers of different dimension. The thesis concludes
by giving an alternative proof of Deskins’ Theorem using derivations.
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