Adrian Chaplin Email & Phone Number

Ireland

County Limerick, Ireland

Department Of Mechanical And Automobile Engineering

I am currently lecturing on the Mechanical Engineering and Precision Engineering undergraduate courses in the Mechanical & Automobile Engineering Department.

Conducting research on the viability of proposed innovative concepts in collaboration with Enterprise Ireland.

Limerick

I completed a PhD in Engineering in the area of maintenance, predictive maintenance and condition monitoring. The research was in collaboration with Limerick Institute of Technology, ACORN research centre and the University of Limerick.

Limerick

I lectured on the full-time Mechanical Engineering courses. I also lectured Fundamentals 1 to first year students, Engineering Fundamentals 2 to second year students and Advanced Mathematics to third year students, on the City and Guilds Mechanical Engineering program.

Shannon

Teaching Craft Calculations and Engineering Science to apprentice Tool-makers.

Smithstown, Shannon, Co. Clare

Project Leader• Plan and co-ordinate the machine assembly, de-bug and validation of projects• Allocate daily work to the team members• Monitor progress and take corrective action where necessary• Liaise with design department and the customer to resolve machine design issues• Co-ordinate machine validation and final inspection with the quality department• Ensure health and safety and Environmental requirements are fully complied with• Experienced in working with high speed injection moulding machines, six axis robots, high speed robot take out arms, conveyors, cam driven machines, pick and place units, semi-automatic machines and fully automatic machines.• Experienced in coordinating the design, production, electrical/pneumatic and controls on various projects.• Conducted installations of equipment on the customer’s site within a tight structured schedule.• Managed site assessment tests, installation qualifications and process qualifications in Asia and the United States. • Proven capabilities to adapt and resolve unseen problems during installations on production lines with short down time.• Responsible for creating project schedules and delegating the work load.• Developed concepts and carried out research and development on new projects.Technician• Work to plans and schedules set out by the project leader• Liaise with design department to resolve assembly issues• Inform the quality department of quality issues with tooling or components• Sign off inspection sheets after each assembly stageToolmaker• Sub assembly of manufactured components• Identifying and resolving design issues• Machine building• Resolving all mechanical de-bug issuesApprentice Toolmaker• Machine frame building and machine guarding• Milling, Grinding and Turning, CNC milling• Wire electro discharge machining• Design work using AutoCAD release 14 and Cadkey 7.5• Assembly of press tools and moulds.• Electro-pneumatic automated machinery

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Maintenance Engineering Practices/Training In Engineering/Condition Monitoring

Title: Portable Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Used Oil Samples in Maintenance The research was shortlisted for the national.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Hons) In Facilities Engineering, Facilities Planning And Management, First Class Honours

• Received the Mtech award of excellence, received highest overall degree award Limerick Institute of Technology 2012-president’s award.

Bachelor Of Engineering In Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pass With Distinction

• Received the Mtech award for excellence • Thesis titled “Design and Manufacture a Fixture to Final Seat a Terminal into a Plastic.

Advanced Diploma In Mechanical And Electrical Engineering, Mechanical And Electrical Engineering, Pass With Merit

Toolmaking Crafts Certificate, Toolmaking, Pass With Merit

Certified Machinery Lubricant Analyst, Tribology

The course is ISO "18436" accredited and I am now a member of the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML).

Certificate In Training And Development, Training And Development, Pass With Distinction

Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD) certified

Fetac Level 6 "Train The Trainer", Training And Development, Pass With Distinction

FETAC Certified

European Computer Driving License, Information Technology

Autocad, Mechanical Cad Engineering

City and Guild certified