Research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a long tradition of applied and basic research and scholarly development and innovation.
The Department provides opportunities for postgraduate research study on both a full-time and part-time basis for individuals with academic, industrial and professional backgrounds.
Stairwell in Bolton St. College Photo: Russ Merne
The Department is supported by extensive Library and Computing facilities for research and literature reviews and these are applied extensively to research the following disciplines:
- Strength of Materials and Machine Dynamics
- Mechanical Engineering Design
- Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
- Energy Systems
- Controls and Control technology
- Surface Engineering and Tribology
- Machine Design
- Instrumentation and System automation
- Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Automation Engineering
- Materials Testing and Simulation
- Engineering Management
Research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering may involve some of the following activities:
- Energy systems
- Fuel Cell Technology
- Renewable energy systems
- FEA/CAD/CAM
- Modeling and Simulation
- Materials and Materials testing
- Non-linear materials analysis
- Wear of materials
Aerodynamicsand Hydrodynamics - Equipment and product testing and Inspections
- Recycling
- Simulation of Thermodynamic plant
- Automotive design
- Quality systems
- Reverse engineering
- Maintenance
- Surface engineering and Surface coatings
- Computational fluid mechanics
- Dynamic and Vibration analysis
Research, development, training and consultancy activities in the Department are focused on the enterprise sector and the Department is aligned with the Centre for Research Engineering and Surface Technology (CREST), The Industrial and the Industrial Engineering Optics Centre(IEO) at DIT.
Research Students
Individual Staff Research Areas
Dr. Fergal Boyle
Aerodynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fluid dynamics
Modelling and Simulation
Dr. Jim McGovern
Zero emission cycles and Technology
Simulation of Thermodynamics plant
Gerard Nagle
Hydrodynamics
Micro turbines
Richard Good
Computer Software
Mechanics
Design systems
John B. Kelleher
Hydraulics
Pneumatics
Automation
PLC’s systems
Dr. Gareth O'Donnell
Materials
Machine Design
Compaction and Sintering
Dr. David Kennedy
Materials
Surface Engineering and Surface Coatings
Engineering Design
Energy systems and recycling
Paddy Mac Namara
Machine Dynamics & Vibration Analysis
Matt Harton
Strength of Materials
Systems Design
Engineering Design
James Conlon
Control Systems
Automation
Feedback systems
PLC’s
Lynette Magee
Computational/Numerical Analysis
Software Modelling of Engineering Problems
A student may register in the School for a research programme leading to one of the following awards:
Masters Degree (MPhil)
Doctoral Degree (PhD)
Further details from the Department of Mechanical Engineering
| Dr. David Kennedy DIT Bolton Street Tel: +353 1 4023846 |
Dr. Jim McGovern DIT Bolton Street Tel +353 1 4022922 |
