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Irish engineer, President of Dublin Institute of Technology 2003-2018 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brian Norton is a solar energy applications researcher and technologist. As president of Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) from 2003 to 2018,[1][2] he was an advocate for diversity of higher education in Ireland.[3][4] He has also been associated with the relocation of DIT from a multiplicity of scattered buildings to a single city centre campus in the Grangegorman neighbourhood of Dublin[5][6] and the creation of the Technological University Dublin, Ireland's first Technological University.
Brian Norton | |
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Born | 1955 Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham Cranfield University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Energy Engineering Physics Solar Energy |
Institutions | Tyndall National Institute University College Cork Technological University Dublin Dublin Institute of Technology Ulster University Cranfield University |
In 2020 he became head of energy research at Tyndall National Institute,[7][8][9] research professor at University College Cork as well as professor of solar energy applications at Technological University Dublin.
In 1989 Norton was appointed by Sir Derek Birley as the first professor in the field of the Built Environment at the University of Ulster, prior to which he taught at Cranfield University. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy[10][11] and a fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering.[12] Norton studied physics at the University of Nottingham and engineering at Cranfield University and holds doctorates from both universities. He has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by the University of Technology of Troyes.[13] His most-cited research papers are on improving photovoltaic module efficiency via use of various types of heat sink that enable operation closer to ambient temperatures.[14] He co-chaired, with Wim van Saarloos, the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC) activity that led to a 2021 report on “Decarbonisation of Buildings[15]
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