Profile
Brendan Mullane
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About Me:
I live in County Limerick with my family and by day I am an Electronic Engineer doing teaching and research. I used to really love scuba diving when I was younger, but now I like swimming and playing golf occasionally.
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When I left university as an engineer here In Ireland in 1992, I started my life working in Japan and had such a great time experiencing new food, meeting lots of people and making new friends. Japan is a beautiful country with lots of mountains, interesting towns, and seaside’s that I used to love driving around exploring. To this day, this has inspired my love of adventure! I found out that people in Japan and Ireland are quite similar.
I spent a long time in Japan working for a few companies and eventually found out that I liked working in the semiconductor industry, I used to design electronic microchips (not potatoes !) for DVD players. We don’t use DVD players anymore as we have Netflix and Amazon Prime services that work with smart TVs.
I moved back to Ireland over 18 years ago and begun my working life at university helping students to learn new ways of using electronics that hopefully make our world better!
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My Work:
I like talking to students about electronics and technologies that impact on our everyday life such such as smartphones and medical gadgets.
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My Typical Day:
I tend to wake up early and meditate as this helps before I start the day. I start work at 8:30am after breakfast (often porridge with honey and fruit & toast). My work involves teaching students and supervising their projects. It is nice to see students working together in the Lab. I also do research in interesting areas looking at new technology developments. I go home at 5 PM to be with my family – We also have a new dog now and he keeps me busy walking!
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Education:
St. Ita’s college, Abbeyfeale, University of Limerick
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Qualifications:
BEng, MEng and PhD
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Work History:
Japan, US, Germany, Ireland.
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Current Job:
Senior Researcher
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Adventurous, Shy, Inquisitive
What was your favourite subject at school?
Physics
What did you want to be after you left school?
A Pilot
Were you ever in trouble at school?
A few times.
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Queen
What's your favourite food?
Tonkatsu
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Scuba diving
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
To be openminded, to keep on learning and to try new things
Tell us a joke.
What did one toilet say to the other? You look a bit flushed!
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