Profile
Susan Rea
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
I attended Millstreet Community School, Cork Institute of Technology and University College Cork
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Qualifications:
PhD, MENG, MSC, BENG
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Work History:
Cork Institute of Technology
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Current Job:
Group Leader for Network Management and Protocols
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Employer:
Cork Institute of Technology
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Favourite thing to do in science: Solve problems and work with people from different backgrounds
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About Me: I work as a full time researcher looking at the role technology has in solving problems that can potentially affect us all
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I live in the countryside which is particularly nice these days as I can get out to exercise the dog and myself. While I work with technology everyday I like to switch off outside the office hours and listen to music, I’m rediscovering the joy of vinyl records or podcasts ranging from the whimsical to the more serious. My career as a researcher began during my undergraduate program (Electronic Engineering) and continued through my Masters and PhD studies (at UCC and CIT) and now as professional researcher I work with my own PhD students to develop their own careers.
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My Work: My work is varied and right now I'm looking at energy and how we can both save it and use it effectively to contribute to the fight against climate change.
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I have a number of projects that I mange investigating the role of blockchain and internet of things in creating solutions that will allows us to interact with each other securely – everyone wants to be confident that the devices we are using such as our phones, tablets, smart watches and the like can “talk” & trust each other, which is important as no one wants their personal information stolen or devices hacked.
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My Course/Research/Work: My job is to understand how all our smart devices can safely talk to each other.
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One of my project is looking at energy communities and as part of this we are looking at how can blockchain help in managing an energy community and what type of activities or services will need to be supported as part of an energy community. A big part of this is trying to understand what will people expect an energy community to deliver for them if they become involved and what types of technology can support this.
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My Typical Day: I get up early anywhere from 5.30am onwards depending on what I have on for the day and I usually begin my day with some type of exercise, which can be hillwalking, an exercise class or going for a run. I like to start work early as it's quiet and I can catch up on work and get my day organized, which involves meetings with various project teams across different countries and then I have PhD students working on diverse research topics so this provides an opportunity to discuss any problems or questions they have and tease out different solutions.
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I get up early anywhere from 5.30am onwards depending on what I have on for the day and I usually begin my day with some type of exercise, which can be hillwalking, an exercise class or going for a run. I like to start work early as it’s quiet and I can catch up on work and get my day organized, which involves meetings with various project teams across different countries and then I have PhD students working on diverse research topics so this provides an opportunity to discuss any problems or questions they have and tease out different solutions.
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What I'd do with the money: Buy some educational kits to enable young children who are our future researchers to begin exploring technology and science.
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Educational kits give students the chance to get hands on and explore engineering, computer programming and networking, allowing them to develop skills and work on group projects while building teamwork experience. From experience this type of engagement gets conversations flowing about the technology itself but also broader conversations between the instructors and within the teams among the students themselves.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Determined, Open Mined, Innovative
Who is your favourite singer or band?
ABBA
What's your favourite food?
Cheese
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Sky diving
What did you want to be after you left school?
An Engineer
Were you ever in trouble at school?
No
What was your favourite subject at school?
Physics
What's the best thing you've done as a scientist?
Winning funding to look at developing different solutions for lots of problems
What or who inspired you to become a scientist?
Teacher in School
If you weren't a scientist, what would you be?
a Vet
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
Work on whatever I was interested in, have loads of animals, travel anywhere I wanted to
Tell us a joke.
What do you give to a sick lemon? Lemon aid
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My profile link:
https://red20.imascientist.ie/profile/susanrea/
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