Irish engineers to meet!

The Engineers Ireland Annual Conference is scheduled for The Limerick Strand Hotel on Friday, 13th April 2018.

Entitled 'Engineering a Region: Infrastructure, Industry and Innovation', the theme of the conference reflects the growing need for collaboration between industry, academia and innovators to create opportunities for regional development and growth. The conference, held in association with their Thomond Region, will aim to showcase the Mid-West region as a leader in this field.

Speaker line-up includes:
• Lord Andrew Adonis, Former Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, UK
• Mr. John Moran, Member of Limerick Economic Forum, founder of RHH International, former Secretary General, Department of Finance and Head of Wholesale Banks, Central Bank of Ireland
• Mr. Michael Lohan, Head of Lifesciences, Engineering and Industrial Technology Division, IDA Ireland
• Mr. Stephen Blair, Director of the Southern Regional Assembly
• Mr. Mike Quinn, CEO, Ervia
• Dr. Emma Silke, Head of Business Development at ESB ecars
• Mr. Paschal Meehan, Chair of Limerick for Engineering and Head of Faculty of Applied Science, Engineering & Technology at Limerick Institute of Technology

In addition to the conference, a number of additional networking events have been organised to welcome delegates to the Thomond region, including a golf outing in Castletroy Golf Club and an evening gala ball.

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Seeking to represent process engineering.

The Annual General Meeting of Engineers Ireland will be held on Wednesday 31 May 2017, at 6:30pm in the theatre at Engineers Ireland, Dublin HQ. Like most organisations this meeting will inaugurate the president for the following year and the results of the ballot for the Governing Council will be announced. This year there are four vacancies for Chartered Engineers on the council.

President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins
at 2016 Annual Conference

Last year the Annual conference of the society the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins remarked “Engineering interacts with all other forms of life. The future of the profession will see engineers at the centre of planning, not simply asked to join in the execution of particular tasks, but in designing transformation.”

The Engineers Ireland Council is made up of elected members representing the regional and divisional spread of the organisation. Although the organisation has perhaps an unfair reputation as being primarily for Civil, Structural and Local Government engineers it does in fact cater to all branches of the profession, manufacturing and processing and all the myriad of associated sub-groups and allied sectors.

There are two excellent candidates whose names are before the membership and who represent the processing and automation disciplines. These are John O'Sullivan  and Kieran Fallon.

John O’Sullivan is Engineering Director of Douglas Control and Automation, delivering automation and functional safety solutions to the pharmaceutical, medical device, food and beverage and transport sectors. A lifelong space enthusiast, last year he published “In the Footsteps of Columbus, European Missions to the International Space Station” and has given talks on the subject during Science week, Space week and Engineers week.

Kieran Fallon is an Electrical Engineer and Manager of Electrical and Instrumentation at DPS Engineering, Dublin. He has 30 years’ experience in engineering design including projects in pharmaceuticals, chemical and water treatment industries. He is well placed to be an advocate for the ‘working engineer’ on the Council .

Voting to fill these vacancies is in progress at present. All votes are cast electronically.

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Nuálaíocht Inbhuanaithe agus Oideachas Innealtóireachta.

Tá caint le tabhairt ag Fionnbarra Ó Brolcháin, léachtaí de chuid Scoil Ghnó Smurfit agus iar-ollamh airgeadais i DCU ag Cumann na nInnealteoirí i mBaile Átha Cliath an mí seo chugainn. (Deireadh Fómhair 2016).

Seo achoimre den ábhar a bheidh á phlé faoin dtideal: "Nuálaíocht Inbhuanaithe agus Oideachas Innealtóireachta!"

Tá Fionnbarra Ó Brolcháin ag múineadh i Scoil Ghnó Smurfit, UCD. Is  iar-ollamh airgeadais é i DCU, áit ar bhunaigh sé freisin an lár-ionad Gaeilge, Fiontar. Is comhúdár an leabhair é, Digging Deeper (le teacht, 2016), Gombeens at the Gate (2016), The Irish Edge (2013) agus Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference (2008). Tá céim innealtóireacht leictreach aige ó UCC agus PhD in airgeadas idirnáisiúnta aige ó Scoil Ghnó Stern, Ollscoil Nua Eabhrach (NYU). 

Cé go raibh na gluaiseachtaí a mhúnlaigh an Athbheochan (1890-1920), agus a spreag Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916 agus bunú an tSaorstáit, neamhspléach óna chéile, bhí siad idirghaolmhar agus bhí saintréithe áirithe lárnach i ngach ceann. San Athbheochan, chonaic siad siúd a bhí páirteach ann acmhainní cultúrtha agus nádúrtha mar ghnéithe rí-thábhachtacha in eitic nuálaíochta de bharr naisc idir féin-tuiscint, féin-mheas, féiniúlacht agus éiteas cruthaitheachta.

Sa lá atá inniú ann, nó go háirithe inniú, is iad na hacmhainní is luachmhaire agus is inbhuanaithí chun nuálaíocht a spreagadh ná iad atá neamhinste, an tsamhlaíocht agus an inspioráid, ach go háirithe. Ní déantán marbh frith-nua-aimseartha agus frith-gheilleagrach é an traidisiún agus cuimhne ach foinse dhinimiciúl agus uathúil, cineál gorlann cruthaitheachta agus fiontraíochta. Dá mbaintear níos mó feidhme as saintréithe mar iad, thiománfadh san núalaíocht inbhuanaithe agus todhchaí sochaí na tíre.

Luíonn gach atá anseo le nuálaíocht agus le hoideachas innealtóirí fud fad na cruinne, agus buntáistí faoi leith a bhaineann linnne in Èirinn nó as Éirinn.

Am/dáta:  

18:30, Dé Céadaoin, 12ú Deireadh Fómhair 2016.

Láthair: 

Cumann na nInnealtóirí, 22 Br. Cluaidhe, BÁC 4. 

Beidh craoladh beo ar an idirlíon den léacht seo.

Caifé/tae agus eile ag an mbeár roimhré agus taréis na léachta.  

Saor-chead isteach.   Fáilte roimh chách. 

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CPD Accredited Employer standard awarded to Irish PSU company.

Excelsys Technologies has been awarded the CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Accredited Employer standard by Engineers Ireland.

(LtoR) Shane Callanan, Excelsys Director of Applications Engineering, Diarmuid Hogan , Excelsys R&D Manager, Excelsys Brian Mulcahy, Product Development Manager, John Power, Director General Engineers Ireland , Sinziana Cionca, Excelsys Design Engineer.

Excelsys, a leading power supply manufacturer and designer of high efficiency, low profile power supplies for a variety of markets, recognise the value of CPD as essential in achieving growth and success.  

Commenting on the achievement, John Power, Chartered Engineer and Director General of Engineers Ireland said: “Investment in professional development is essential for engineering organisations to gain a competitive edge and achieve results on both a local and international level. Well done to all those at Excelsys who have dedicated time and resources into securing the CPD Accredited Employer status.”

Speaking about the award, Gary Duffy, CEO said, “At Excelsys we have an uncompromising commitment to maintaining technology leadership and ensuring employees are equipped with training in sustainability issues. Our employees play a vital role in the organisation’s success and it is important that they are fully involved in delivering the group’s organisational vision and goals. The Engineers Ireland CPD framework provides support to assist us in achieving these goals. And we are proud to be accredited.”