Research Groups
The following research groups and centres are active in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, pursuing a wide and varied range of projects. Click on each group title to learn more about their work.
Bioengineering Technology Center (BTC)
This Institute Research Center (IRC) undertakes projects in cooperation with Medical Consultants from a number of leading Irish hospitals.
Control Research Group
The work of this group includes the application of a 'Genetic Algorithm Tuned, Fuzzy Control', and 'Multi Domain System Modeling' to processes such as heat transfer and electro mechanical positioning systems, and to combinations of systems.
Innovations in Medical Devices (IMeD) Group
This multidisciplinary research group, set up as collaboration between ITT Dublin and the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Incorporating the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), is promoting new innovations in the area of medical devices.
Integrated Product and Process Design Group (IPPD)
Set up as a Research Group in June 2006, the IPPD is working to take the process of New Product Development to a stage where the design of both the product and the manufacturing process for that product will be integrated. It includes the potential for mass product customisation.
Roma per Kyoto Group
The Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Science collaborate with the ‘Eternal City’ of Rome, under the Rome for Kyoto project (http://www.romaperkyoto.org/), to fight climate change in that city.
