Dr William Lyons

Lecturer

Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering

North Building

| Room: NW221

[email protected]

+353 (0)42 9370200

Teaching

BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Course type: Undergraduate

Study mode: Full-Time

Duration: 4 Years

Start date: Sep 2025

BEng (Hons) in Engineering (Common Entry)

Course type: Undergraduate

Study mode: Full-Time

Duration: 4 Years

Start date: Sep 2025

BEng in Electrical and Electronic Systems

Course type: Undergraduate

Study mode: Full-Time

Duration: 3 Years

Start date: Sep 2025

BEng in Mechanical Engineering

Course type: Undergraduate

Study mode: Full-Time

Duration: 3 Years

Start date: Sep 2025

BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering

Course type: Undergraduate

Study mode: Full-Time

Duration: 4 Years

Start date: Sep 2025

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Civil Engineering

Course type: Undergraduate

Study mode: Full-Time

Duration: 4 Years

Start date: Sep 2025

Publications

The publications listed below represent my 10 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD

Journal of Cleaner Production
December 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129246
Type: Journal article

ECOS 2019 - Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
2019
Type: Conference paper

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sensing Technology, ICST
2019
Type: Conference paper

Sensors (Switzerland)
2019
Type: Journal article

Energy for Sustainable Development
2017
Type: Journal article

2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2017
2017
Type: Conference paper

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
2010
Type: Journal article

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
2009
Type: Conference paper

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
2007
Type: Conference paper

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2007
Type: Conference paper

Dr William Lyons

Teaching

BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

BEng (Hons) in Engineering (Common Entry)

BEng in Electrical and Electronic Systems

BEng in Mechanical Engineering

BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Civil Engineering

Publications

Energy management optimisation using a combined Long Short-Term Memory recurrent neural network – Particle Swarm Optimisation model Energy management optimisation using a combined Long Short-Term Memory recurrent neural network – Particle Swarm Optimisation model

Comparison of Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) algorithm variants in Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) using real measured data Comparison of Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) algorithm variants in Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) using real measured data

Home energy management system incorporating heat pump Home energy management system incorporating heat pump

Home energy management system incorporating heat pump using real measured data Home energy management system incorporating heat pump using real measured data

Performance characterisation of a commercial-scale wind turbine operating in an urban environment, using real data Performance characterisation of a commercial-scale wind turbine operating in an urban environment, using real data

Performance modelling of a small-scale wind and solar energy hybrid system Performance modelling of a small-scale wind and solar energy hybrid system

Analysis of the optical power loss arising from a fibre coupled integrating sphere used as a compact gas sensor Analysis of the optical power loss arising from a fibre coupled integrating sphere used as a compact gas sensor

Development of a fibre optic sensor for the detection of harmful algae bloom and in particular domoic acid Development of a fibre optic sensor for the detection of harmful algae bloom and in particular domoic acid

Development of an inexpensive optical fiber based Harmful Algae Bloom sensor Development of an inexpensive optical fiber based Harmful Algae Bloom sensor