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------Professor Byrne is a graduate in mechanical engineering from the Dublin Institute of Technology, Trinity College Dublin and the Technical University Berlin. He undertook his Doktor-Ingenieur degree in the field of manufacturing processes specialising in material removal mechanisms and surface integrity. He has over 30 years professional engineering and management experience, 20 years in Ireland and 10 in Germany. He is the Professor of Mechanical Engineering in University College Dublin and held the posts of Head of the Department (1993 – 2005) and Dean of Engineering at UCD (2005 – 2007). Prior to taking up his professorship in 1993, he was employed by Daimler Benz in Germany in the Corporate Research and Development Division. He has a top international profile in his area of specialisation of Surface Engineering and Mechanisms of Material Removal. He is currently President of the Collége International pour L’Étude des Techniques de Production Méchanique (C.I.R.P.). He is Past-President of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (2000/01) and also Past President of the Irish Academy of Engineering (IAE, 2002 - 2003). He is Director of the Manufacturing Research Centre at UCD. This Centre is active both nationally and internationally in research and development into precision engineering processes and has very close collaboration with industry. He is a Fellow of three Academies of Engineering (Ireland, UK and Germany) and holds an honorary doctorate in recognition of his outstanding international contribution as an innovator in engineering. He is also the 2010 Taylor Research Medal recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, USA. |
