| Dr Michael B. Murphy, President of University College Cork, will officially launch the Beaufort Laboratory on Thursday 18 October 2012 on board the Irish Naval Vessel, L.É. Róisín, at Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin. Pat Rabbitte TD, Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources will be in attendance. The Beaufort Laboratory is a new flagship research facility, currently being constructed adjacent to the National Maritime College of Ireland, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork and will integrate three existing UCC research entities, the Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre (HMRC), the Coastal Marine Research Centre (CMRC) and the Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG). The Laboratory will be dedicated to multi-disciplinary research and knowledge transfer to support sustainable resource development and innovation in the maritime field, including areas such as ocean energy, coastal governance and energy storage. Its facilities, and chiefly its human resources will be UCC’s physical presence within the IMERC (Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster) cluster in Cork Harbour. The Beaufort Laboratory is funded by the Higher Education Authority PRTLI5 programme, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Bord Gáis Energy and the Glucksman Foundation using land released by the Industrial Development Agency. The 4700m² building will house the National Ocean Test Facility as well as dedicated laboratories, incubation suites for industry and accommodation for some 135 researchers. Related links for this article CMRC website article on the Beaufort Laboratory |
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