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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Mark Culleton [1] | Additive Manufacturing - Industry 4.0 | mark.culleton@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Marios Kazasidis [2] | Additive Manufacturing | kazaside@tcd.ie |
| Dr. William Abbott [2] | Additive Manufacturing | abbottw@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Xingchen Yan [6] | Additive Manufacturing | TBC |
| Dr. Michael Cullinan [1] | Industry 4.0 test automation | CullinMF@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Paul Dunne [1] | DTIF lead | DunneP16@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Luis Romeral [1] | Precision Finishing | romerall@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Mansur Ahmed [2] | Additive Manufacturing | MAAHMED@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Sedat Ozbilen [2] | Marie Curie Research Fellow | OZBILENS@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Wenyou Zhang [2] | Additive Manufacturing | ZHANGW7@tcd.ie |
PhD Students
| Name | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Dowling [3] | Additive Manufacturing | dowlinlu@tcd.ie |
| Harry Shipley [3] | Additive Manufacturing | shipleyh@tcd.ie |
| Bobby Gillham [2] | Additive Manufacturing | gillhamb@tcd.ie |
| Tom McKenna [3] | Additive Manufacturing | mckennto@tcd.ie |
| Ningsong Fan [6] | Additive Manufacturing | nsfan@tcd.ie |
| Shun Lu [6] | Additive Manufacturing | lus3@tcd.ie |
| Shaocong Qin [6] | CFD Simulation for AM | qins@tcd.ie |
| Zhongyu Wang [6] | FE Simulation for AM | wangz10@tcd.ie |
| JanMell Dugenio [2] | Additive Manufacturing | dugenioj@tcd.ie |
| Pengfei Yu [2] | Additive Manufacturing | yup1@tcd.ie |
| Cian Conry [1] | Machine Learning in Advanced Manufacturing | conryc@tcd.ie |
| Daniel Tobin [3] | Meta-materials characterisation | dtobin@tcd.ie |
| Weiming Su [2] | Additive Manufacturing | SUWE@tcd.ie |
| Arnoldas Sasnauskas [2] | Additive Manufacturing | SASNAUSA@tcd.ie |
Research Engineers
| Name | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Cassidy [2] | Additive Manufacturing | cassidjo@tcd.ie |
| Sarah Kelehan [1] | Industry 4.0 automated test | kelehasa@tcd.ie |
| David Smith [1] | DTIF precision finishing | smithd12@tcd.ie |
Taught Masters Projects - MAI 2020/21
| Name | Project |
|---|---|
| Jaime Castellanos [2] | Low pressure cold spray nozzle optimized design for copper deposition |
| Niall Cronin [3] | Characterisation of 3D printed Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterials |
| Aidan Healy [6] | Biological study on 3D-printed lattice tricalcium phosphate |
| Niall Horan [6] | Additive manufacture of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) by cold spray |
| David Kelly [3] | Metal 3D Printing of Ti 6Al 4V for the purpose of orthopaedic implants |
| Hannah McMullin [1] | Optimisation of laser cleaning for advanced manufacturing applications |
| Adam O'Halloran [1] | Using machine learning for inspection of surfaces in medical device manufacturing |
| Darren Reilly [3] | Force Generation in Friction Stir Spot Welding |
| Arnoldas Sasnauskas [2] | 3D Printing of high precision electrically conductive micro tracks |
| David Simonian [2] | 3D Printing of high sensitivity strain sensors using 2d material |
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 [2] | 2018 | |
| Dr. Dominik Seiler | 2020 [1] |
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 |