The Bernal Institute hosts a multidisciplinary team of world-leading materials scientists and engineers at UL. Bernal represents a €100m+ investment in world-class characterisation, modelling and manufacturing facilities concentrated in 20,000 m of high quality research space.
Our Vision is to become the leading international research institute for the scientific design and manufacture of structured materials to meet global challenges, particularly in the areas of health, energy and the environment.
Our Mission is to develop disruptive technologies related Health, Energy and Environment that will create a legacy of scientific achievement in structured materials research that benefits future generations.
Bernal’s four research clusters are:
- Molecular & Nano Materials (MOL)
- Bio Materials (BIO)
- Composite Materials (Composites)
- Process Engineering (PROC)
The clusters are supported centrally by an operations support unit and by a team of instrument scientist staff dedicated to maintaining state-of-the-art equipment that is essential to the needs of the clusters’ scientists and engineers.
Latest News
Events
Professor Pietro Asinari Multi-Scale ModeLing Laboratory (SMaLL) Politecnico di Torino Italy
Wednesday, October 23 12h00 MSG-025 Bernal Institute
Caleb Stine Virginia Tech Virginia, USA
Friday, 11 October 13h00 MSG-024 Bernal Institute
Professor Elizabeth M. Topp Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana
Wednesday, October 16 12h00 MSG025 Bernal Institute
Professor Nejat Rahmanian, University of Bradford England
Friday, 20 September 12h00 MSG-025 Bernal Institute
Bernal Podcasts
Prof Luuk Van Der Wielen, spoke to RTÉ Radio 1 about the significance of the deal with the Bernal Institute and SKYNRG to develop sustainable aviation fuel
Bernal Institute and SkyNRG join forces in the fight to reduce carbon emissions
PhD student Sarah Markham talks about Physics on Limerick 95FM radio
Joe Nash of Limerick Today interviews the 2019 Institute of Physics in Ireland (IOPI) Rosse Medal winner, Sarah Markham
Cracking the code for continuous processing and personalised medicine
Bernal Chair in Pharmaceutical Powder Engineering Gavin Walker describes medicines of the future that will radically improve patients quality of life
Edison of Medicine’ delivers Bernal Distinguished Lecture
Listen to Biomaterials and Biotechnology: From the discovery of the first angiogenesis inhibitors to the development of controlled drug delivery systems and the foundation of tissue engineering from University of Limerick in Podcasts.
