Staff Research

 Martha Burton Research Interests include: Waste minimisation in the manufacturing industry, environmental engineering education and mentoring women in engineering (http://www.mentorlink.ie/).  Email

 Owen Sinnott Most recent research involved the development of a computer programme to model the grinding of ceramic materials using diamond impregnated tools. This was a joint project with TCD, funded by an industrial partner and Enterprise Ireland through the Innovation Partnership programme.  Email

 Robbie O'Connor Areas of research: Maintenance Management;  Maintenance Techniques; Environmental Engineering.  Robbie is a member of  both the Roma per Kyoto research group and the Bioengineering Technology Centre.  Email

 Yanyi Blake Materials; Friction and Wear; Manufacturing Processes; Metrology.  Yanyi is a member of both the Bioengineering Technology Centre and the IPPD Group  Email

Gerard Ryder

Research Interests;

  • The use of Rapid Prototyping Technologies for Functionally Graded Materials Development (inc. Bio-Engineering and Filters).
  • The Finishing of Rapid Tooling Parts using EDM and Abrasive Flow Machining
  • Effective Teaching and Learning Methods

Gerard is a member of the IPPD Group.

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 James Dwan

Research interests in the following areas: Materials with special interests in: Diamond Tools, Diamond Impregnated Metal Matrices (DIMMs); Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of DIMMs; Powder Metallurgy; Determination of Mechanical Properties of PM & DIMM Materials, including Fracture Toughness & Fatigue Properties Fatigue Threshold & Crack Propagation studies & Wear. Heat Treatment Processes of  Steels.

Research interests also include Bioengineering, Blood Flow Analysis & Orthopaedic Research studies.

James has over thirty research papers published in both referred journals and conference proceedings in Diamond Materials.

James is a member of both the IPPD Group and the Bioengineering Technology Centre

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Ciarán O'Sullivan

Research Interests;

  • Numerical Methods 
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engineering Mathematics education
  • Effective methods of  learning and teaching
  • Student transition from second to third level

Ciarán is a member of the SEFI Mathematics Working Group, the Irish Mathematical Society and the NDLR Mathematics and Statistics Service Teaching Community of Practice.

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