Martin Hayes - Waterford Institute of Technology

Title: Lecturer
School/Department: Engineering - Engineering Technology
Telephone: +353 0 51302632
Email: [email protected]
Room Name/Num:: Room 320
Building:: 1969 - Main Building
Campus:: Main Campus

My Biography

Martin Hayes is currently a lecturer in Electronic Engineering in the department of Engineering Technology (School of Engineering) and has been lecturing at WIT since 1996.

He graduated with a Ph.D from University of Limerick in 1996. He had previously graduated from UL with a M Eng (by research) in 1992 and with a 1st Class Honours in electronics in 1990.

He is currently the Programme Leader for the Higher Certificate in Electronic Engineering

His current lecturing topics are Analog Electronics, Semiconductor Fundamentals, Test and Fault Techniques and Applied Electronic Projects.

His research interests include Telecommunications and IOT.

He is currently co-leading the development of a new course option in engineering that will help serve regional industry graduate and upskilling needs. This option is being developed after consultation with regional companies including Bausch & Lomb, Sanofi, Integer and TQS.

He is widely involved in the WIT community through various activities including student engagement, recruitment and retention work.

He has consistently strove to improve the academic experience of students and to help ensure that the course remains relevant to industry needs. Integrated project work has been become a major part of HC Electronics.

HC Electronics now has significant project work in specialist modules in 1st and 2nd year that encompasses material taught in several parallel modules. Students also experience mini-projects in these parallel modules that connect into the main project, be it a software or hardware connection.

This approach to project work draws consistent positive comments from external examiners and other stakeholders

My Research

I have been actively involved in the execution of two Enterprise Ireland Innovation Vouchers in WIT.

List of Publications

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"A Practical Alternative to SAW Based Correlators for Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Communication Systems" IEEE Conference on Personal, Indoor, Mobile and Radio Communications (PIMRC), October 1992.

"An Introduction to Spread Spectrum Modulation," Presented at the First Annual Conference on Mobile Communications, University of Limerick, December 1992.

"Analysis of a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum System using a DSP Based Simulation Toolset," Irish Colloquium on DSP and Control, June 1993.

"Spread Spectrum for Mobile Communications," Presented at the Second Annual Conference on Mobile Communications, University of Limerick, December 1993.

"A Spread Spectrum LAN based on Interference Cancellation Techniques" IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology, June 1994.

Teaching Experience

(1)

Waterford Institute of Technology, From: January 1996

Cork Road, To: Present Day

Waterford City.

Position: Lecturer

Lectured at all years of all electronic undergraduate courses
Course Leader of Higher Certificate in Electronics since 2004
Involved with new and existing course development and advancement
Providing mentoring, advice and support to students
Developed integrated project work approach to aid student engagement/understanding

(2)

National Distance Education Council, From: April 1991

Dublin City University, To: May 2002

Glasnevin,

Dublin.

Position: Class Tutor

Class tutor on National Distance Education program for Information Technology
Dealing with unique learning needs of mature students using blended learning
Managing students by providing guidance and feedback to help them strengthen their skills and knowledge base.
Organising and delivering laboratory sessions for these students within WIT

(3)

University of Limerick From : Sept 1990

Castletroy To: June 1995

Limerick

Position: Part Time Lecturer/Researcher

Lecturing at 1st, 2nd and 3rd year level on various modules
Involved with various circuit design tasks for product development

(4)

Limerick Institute of Technology From Jan 1991

Moylish, To: June 1993

Limerick

Position: Part Time Lecturer

My Professional Experience

AT&T Ireland, Bray, Co Dublin - worked as a student electronic engineer and as a electronic engineer for AT&T at various intervals between 1988 and 1994

WIT Community

Member of School of Engineering School Board
Member of WIT's Second Level Engagement Committee
Extensively involved with student recruitment through Open Days, Open Evenings etc
Helped organise and run Transition Year Modules, College of Education Progression Workshops, Secondary School based Electronics Workshops and Engineering Technology Taster Days
Involved with delivering WIT workshops for EI Engineer Your Future
Organised student educational trips to companies/facilities including EMC, Eircom, Shannon Airport and Cork Airport.
Deeply involved with the development of flagship student electronic projects such as “Bengie”
Actively involved with new course development such as B Eng Electrical Engineering and B Eng (Hons) Common Entry
Very actively involved with electronic engineering students in developing and running a series of Quiz nights in aid of Waterford's Solas Centre

External Contacts

Acted as External Examiner for three Masters of Engineering students in University of Limerick.
Acted as External Examiner for a Masters of Engineering student in Tallaght IT.
Actedas External Examiner on the B Eng In Electronic Engineering in Tallaght IT from 2016 to 2018.
Currently co-leading the development of a new course option in engineering that will help serve regional industry graduate and upskilling needs. This option is being developed after consultation with regional companies including Bausch & Lomb, Sanofi, Integer and TQS.