Safety Officer

Dr. Michael Bridge

Lecturer in Chemistry
Safety Officer

Office: 2.5 Main Chemistry Building
Phone: 0+353 896 1264
Fax: +353 1 671 2826
Email: mbridge@tcd.ie

Research Interests

1. Adsorption, surface structural chemistry and reactivity on metal surfaces.
2. Simulation of surface reactions and structures using anlytical and Monte-Carlo methods.
3. Development and integration of safety training into undergraduate and postgraduate education in Chemistry including, Safety Workshop for Junior Sophister Students and Postgraduate Students, detailed information as follows:

• Introduction: SMD (PPT)
• Lab Scavenger Hunt MCQ Quiz (MS Word)
• Safety Workshop SMD scenario (PPT)
• Chemical Safety (PPT)
• Safe Labs for Science - MSDS and Risk Assessment (PPT)
• Unattended Operation Authorisation Form (MS Word)
• Accident Report Form (PDF)

Selected Publications

• "Is there a significant diffusive "salt-pump mechanism" for the transport of organic contaminants from the marine environment into fresh water aquifers? A discussion contribution", Environmental Geology 49 (2005) 207-213 [M. E. Bridge and D. R. Lloyd]
• 'Plasma surface treatment of aerospace materials for enhanced adhesive bonding', Journal of Adhesion, 77 (2001), 215-49 [W. Leahy, V. Barron, M. Buggy, T. Young, A. Mas, F. Schue, T. McCabe and M. Bridge]
• 'Adsorption site and orientation of pyridine on Cu(110) determined by photoelectron diffraction', Journal of Chemical Physics, 110 (1999), 9666-72 [T. Giessel, O. Schaff, R. Lindsay, P. Baumgäel, M. Polcik, A.M. Bradshaw, A. Koebbel, T. McCabe, M. Bridge, D.R. Lloyd and D.P. Woodruff]

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