Waterford Institute Of Technology Conferring. Pictured at WIT Waterford Institute Of Technology Conferring are front, Bernadette Whelan, Waterford, Rosanne Birney, Back from left, Frank Walsh, Waterford, Cristian Olariu, Brazil, Ronan O'Byrne, Julien Mineraud, France, Stepan Ivanov, Russia who were conferred a Doctor of Philosophy. Picture: Patrick Browne