Dr. Boyle, Physicist

I live in rooms in Trinity College Dublin. As well as my bedroom I have a nice comfortable sitting room with comfy armchairs and a fireplace. The walls are lined with books from floor to ceiling and there is a large desk by the window. I love my books: I keep them well organized because I like to know exactly where to find each precious one in my collection. I also like to keep well-sharpened pencils in this pottery mug on my desk and I don’t like it if people move them. People say I am rather old fashioned, but I have a shiny new personal computer in the centre of my desk. I have a cat called ‘Whiskas’ to keep me company. I go to the College dining room for meals. I sit at a long table with other professors and we mostly discuss our work and the weather. During the day I work in my physics laboratory on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer. I give lectures to students four times a week. During my office hours, my office is close to the lab. and quite convenient, students can come to ask me questions. I have two graduate students who work in the laboratory with me. Their names are Peggy and Dermot. Peggy and Dermot are married they have a two year old daughter Maggie and they share looking after her. Peggy and Dermot each work three and a half days a week in the lab. (from Peggy and Dermot- we really like Dr. Boyle; he is very enthusiastic about his own work and he also loves talking to us about our ideas)

We (Dr. Boyle, Peggy and Dermot) are excited about the Housing for Sustainable Living Project and we are happy to answer any questions that teams might have. We share your belief that a good foundation in the science of heat transfer is essential for good housing design for sustainable living. We have created a set of exciting experiments about heat transfer that we are willing to share. If your team wants to brush up on the basics of heat transfer e-mail us and we will send you our procedures.