Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)

Faculty Member, Engineering

About

Lecturer in Engineering with over 10 years experience in Medical Devices, Sales and Consultancy roles. Industrial experience includes project management, new product and process development, manufacturing engineering, and providing consultation to pharmaceutical, medical device and engineering sectors. Background in polymer materials and processes, materials development, new product development, material analysis and advanced composite engineering. Educated to Ph.D. level. Consultant to Medical Device, Aerospace and related industries (active).

Programme Director for M.Eng. Sc. in Innovative Technologies. This is a new Masters programme both full and part-time to meet the demands of industry to drive the knowledge economy. It is a course aimed at gratuates from an engineering or science discipline.

Lecturer in Materials Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, New Product Development Strategy and Innovative Decision Making.

Research interests in Medical Devices, Microwave Processing of Materials, Composites (Thermoplastic) processing and analysis, Controlled Drug Delivery and Materials Characterisation.

Consultant to associated industries

MBA (pending - 2010 completion)
Ph.D. in Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering (2006) [National University of Ireland, Galway]
M.Sc. in Polymer Engineering (1998) [Queen's University Belfast]
B.Sc. in Polymer Technology (1997) [Athlone Institute of Technology]

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