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Ireland

Senior Structural Engineer focused on the design of primarily pre-cast components for the Civil and Structural engineering sectors across Ireland and UK.

Limerick, Ireland

Contracting into Structural Engineering Consultancies via 100% remote working. Primarily providing structural design and assessment services on new and existing buildings in areas of high seismic activity across New Zealand.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Structural Engineer involved with the design of new buildings and the assessment and retrofitting design of existing structures in areas of high seismic activity. Provision of design calculations, site reports and assessment reports. Meetings with architects, clients and contractors at all stages of a project life.

Limerick, Ireland

Lecture to the 3rd year Civil Engineering students to assist in their development of the following skills.- Establish criteria and apply them to identify and distinguish between Statically Determinate and Statically Indeterminate structural models.- Explain the significance of the above distinction from a number of viewpoints. - Carry out qualitative elastic analyses of 2-D statically determinate and indeterminate beam and frame structures.- Carry out quantitative elastic analyses of 2-D statically indeterminate structures using, displacement method, moment distribution and matrix stiffness method. - Carry out quantitative plastic analyses of beams and frames.

Limerick, Ireland

Assisting on the Civil Engineering course in the teaching of Soil Mechanics.

Limerick, Ireland

Lectured on the Civil Engineering course covering modules related to Soil Mechanics and Geotechnial Engineering Design.

Limerick, Ireland

My Research is based around the analysis, design and behavior of modified timber grid shells. Grid shells are lightweight doubly curved structures creating open plan spaces making efficient use of sustainable materials. I will be researching form finding techniques to determine what final equilibrium shape a grid shell will take when formed towards a target shape. This research will also investigate how a grid shell behaves when various loading scenarios are applied. The findings of this research will be verified and validated using controlled experiments in the lab.

Limerick, Ireland

Successfully tutored 60+ students from different courses on this innovative problem-based learning module whose project was to design an embankment damEncouraged the learning through real-life practical examples and facilitated laboratory experiments required to complete the project (8hrs/week)Addressed any difficulties that the students had with the project through focused design studio sessionsEncouraged the students to develop a project plan and refer to it at the beginning of each design studio sessionConducted verbal interviews to evaluate student project outputs

Limerick, Ireland

- Facilitated laboratory experiments on bearing capacity and settlement as part of an integrated design project for Year 3 Civil Engineering students (20+)- Enhanced the laboratory environment by maintaining small group numbers (<10) in any one session to ensure active learning.- Reusable learning objects in the form of online videos were used to reinforce the subject matter

- Ono to one tutoring to a student with hearing and speech impairment- Assisted in their understanding of complex equations and concepts- Developed a logical progression chart for each item required for a coursework project - Succeeded in transferring the knowledge and the student successfully completed the course

Limerick, Ireland

- Successfully tutored students (5-6 per session) from various disciplines in areas of Mathematics as part of a University drop in service.- Encouraged a problem based learning approach to understand the problem in general as opposed to knowing how to get the solution for a specific case. - Developed an approachable attitude to instil confidence in the students own abilities

- Tutored students from different nationalities (Irish, Brazilian and Canadian) on design calculations and problem solving as part of an integrated design project for Year 3 Civil Engineers- Advised students on the design of a multi-story reinforced concrete structure- The learning was enhanced as by creating group discussions (3-4 students per group) with each student encouraged to have a voice.

Limerick, Ireland

- Briefed 80+ students on technical aspects of materials processing- Guided the students through the coursework requirements in small groups (5-7) to ensure full engagement from all students- Assisted technical staff with laboratory experiments- Enhanced the learning by purposefully producing samples with defects and explained the technical knowledge required to counteract these defects.- Prepared instructive hand outs for each laboratory session- Developed an effective grading scheme to evaluate student course work- Allocated time at the end of each laboratory session for a flowing questions and answers session

Limerick, Ireland

- Facilitated the upskilling of students in Surveying and AutoCAD as part of an integrated design project for Year 3 Civil Engineering students (30+)- Promoted the use of sketches of both the site and/or building before using any equipment or software- Encouraged visual surveying first so that the students made efficient use of their time and determine the most suitable position for their equipment in relation to the areas the need to survey

London, United Kingdom

Assistant Engineer on the widening of the M25 motorway between junctions 27-30. Duties involved both office and onsite work. Set out pile caps and parapet walls. Oversaw the development of works on site. Recorded daily logs of activities. Involved in other projects such as Heathrow Airport T2B and Renovation of Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Civil Engineering, 3.64 Qca

Activities and Societies: University of Limerick Fresher Hurling Team 2008-2009Graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Civil.

Education record