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Meet the Team

The STAM Research Group consists of a multi-disciplinary team based at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering focused on developing and implementing Manufacturing Innovation.

Principal Investigators

• Dr. Garret O'DonnellPrincipal Investigator Dr. Garret O Donnell is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology, University of Dublin and NUI Dublin and has been a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in Trinity College Dublin since 2005.
• Dr. Rocco LupoiPrincipal Investigator Dr. Lupoi was appointed Assistant Professor within the Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Department, Trinity College Dublin, in July 2012; the year after he was awarded of a prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship.
• Dr. Daniel TrimblePrincipal Investigator Dr. Daniel Trimble was appointed Assistant Professor within the department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at Trinity College Dublin in September 2015. From 2008 to 2011, he completed his PhD at Trinity College.
• Dr. Shuo YinPrincipal Investigator Dr. Shuo Yin was appointed Assistant Professor within the Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering in January 2019. His current research interests are mainly focusing on additive manufacturing processes, including cold spraying, selective laser melting and digital light processing.

Associate Principal Investigators

• Mr Kevin KellyAssociate Assistant Professor Kelly has research interests in Robotics, Design Innovation, Engineering Education, Manufacturing and Design, Machining Process Modelling, Surface Generation processes and Tool Condition Monitoring.
• Dr. Shaun McFaddenAssociate Adjunct Assistant Professor McFadden's major research interest relates to the understanding and application of material science that underpins manufacturing processes.
• Dr. Chiara LevaAssociate Dr. Leva is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Innovative Human systems in Trinity College Dublin. Her area of expertise is Human factors and Safety Management Systems, and she is a lecturer in DIT within this field.

Research Fellows

Name	Area	Email
Dr. Barry Aldwell	Additive Manufacturing	[javascript protected email address]
Dr. Mark Culleton	Additive Manufacturing	mark.culleton@tcd.ie
Dr. Thomas Lupton	Energy System Integration	luptonth@tcd.ie
Dr. Jeff Morgan	Industry 4.0	[javascript protected email address]
Dr. Sean Nolan	Systems and sensors	[javascript protected email address]
Dr. Marios Kazasidis	Additive Manufacturing	kazaside@tcd.ie
Dr. William Abbott	Additive Manufacturing	abbottw@tcd.ie
Dr. Stephen Davitt	Pulsed Laser Deposition	sdavitt@tcd.ie
Mr. Jonathan Cassidy	Additive Manufacturing	cassidjo@tcd.ie

PhD Students

Name	Area	Email
Luke Dowling [3]	Additive Manufacturing	dowlinlu@tcd.ie
Lara Flanagan [1,5]	Design for Additive
Richard Jenkins [2]	Additive Manufacturing	jenkinsr@tcd.ie
Dominik Seiler [1]	Manufacturing Processes	seilerd@tcd.ie
Harry Shipley [3]	Additive Manufacturing	shipleyh@tcd.ie
Bobby Gillham	Additive Manufacturing	gillhamb@tcd.ie
Tom McKenna	Additive Manufacturing	mckennto@tcd.ie
Chi Ho Ng	TBC	ngc4@tcd.ie

Research Engineers

Name	Area
Richard Coull	3D Printing Laboratory Head Engineer
Jack Shiels	INDUSTRY 4.0 - "Visual Factory" - Elite Electronics and FUSION partnership
Alex Conway	3D Printing Laboratory Engineer

Taught Masters Projects - MAI 2017/18

Name	Project
Joseph Adegbemi [3]	Development of a Smart Vortex Tube
David Butler [1]	Machining of Freeform Shapes in Polymer for Biomedical Applications
Alex Conway [1]	Process Monitoring in Additive Manufacturing and Metal 3D Printing
John Dawson [3]	Cryogenic Machining of Biomedical Grade Materials
Aoife Geraghty [2]	Manufacture of Bespoke Energy Absorbing Materials using Additive Manufacturing
David Heaphy [3]	Development of a device for IOL Extraction after Micro-Milling
Ben Hunter [2]	Laser Annealing of Cold Spray Deposits for Additive Manufacturing Applications
Dean Kilroy [1]	Finite Element Analysis in Machining Systems for Aeroengine Components
Jennifer Long [2]	Metal 3D Printing for Prosthesis Manufacturing
Callum McMahon [2]	Laser Engraving of Glass for Cold Spray Deposition
Katie Petherbridge [3]	Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium to Steel

Alumni

Graduated PhD Students

Name	Date of Award	Current Position
Dr. Paul Harris	2011 [1]	MCRF UC Davis - US
Dr. Brian Donohue	2011 [1]	Industry - Ireland
Dr. Andrea Bareggi	2012 [1]	Research - France
Dr. Daniel Trimble	2013 [1]	Professor - TCD
Dr. Emma Brazel	2013 [1]	DePuy Synthes
Dr. Paul Ervine	2013 [1]	Industry - Netherlands
Dr. Kevin Kerrigan	2013 [1]	AMRC - UK
Dr. Eoin O Driscoll	2014 [1]	Industry - US
Dr. Rory Stoney	2014 [1]	Entrepeneur - StoneyCNC
Dr. Niall Aughney	2015 [1]	Intel
Dr. Stuart Murphy	2015 [1]	DePuy Synthes
Dr. Ivor Humphreys	2015 [1]	Sonitus Systems
Dr. Barry Aldwell	2015 [1]	TCD Research Fellow
Dr. Jeff Morgan	2015 [1]	TCD Research Fellow - Industry 4.0
Dr. Darren McDonnell	2017 [1]	Induchem Group
Dr. Mark Culleton	2017 [4]	TCD Research Fellow - AMBER DePuy Synthes
Dr. Morten Meyer	2018

Graduated Masters by Research

Name	Date of Award	Current Position
John Gilchrist	2010 [1]	Industry - UK
Dr. Kevin Kerrigan	2010 [1]	AMRC Sheffield
Giovanni Borza	2011 [1]	Industry - Ireland
Donal Lynch	2011 [1]	Industry - New Zealand
Dorotta Skupinska	2011 [1]	Industry - Poland
Peadar Golden	2011 [1]	Jaguar Landrover
Dr. Andrew Kelly	2011 [1]	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Dr. Darren McDonnell	2013 [1]	Induchem Group
Michael Reilly	2014 [1]	TCD
Priyanka Mishra	2016 [2]	Industry
Cian Martin	2017 [1]	Stryker

Supervisors: [1] Garret O'Donnell; [2] Rocco Lupoi; [3] Daniel Trimble; [4] Kevin Kelly; [5] Craig Meskell