12th Annual Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium and Crossland Medal for Engineering
Release date: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
The Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium will be hosted by the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen's University Belfast on Wednesday, 22nd and Thursday, 23rd April 2009, with the winner being selected on the basis of both technical content and presentation.
The Sir Bernard Crossland Bursary is awarded annually to a postgraduate student who has completed one year of research in Mechanical Engineering at Universities in Ireland. This is the 12th event, organised jointly by Engineers Ireland and the Council of Professors of Mechanical Engineering.
An annual postgraduate research workshop is also held concurrently with the Sir Bernard Crossland Postgraduate Research Symposium. The prizes for the postgraduate research workshop are sponsored by the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, IRCSET.
All are welcome to attend. Crossland Medal for Engineering Innovation
Engineers Ireland is delighted to announce the establishment of a new award designed to recognise an engineer whose creative innovation has made a major contribution to an engineering product or manufacturing process. The Crossland Medal for Engineering Innovation is a prestigious medal, which will be awarded every two years, to celebrate and promote excellence in engineering.
This year's winner, Dr O'Bradaigh of ÉireComposites Teo, will deliver a keynote lecture on his work, entitled “Development of thermoplastic composite manufacturing processes for aircraft and large wind turbine blades” at 6:45pm on Wednesday 22nd April 2009 in the Main Lecture Theatre of the Ashby Building on the Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AH.
Dr. Ó Brádaigh is currently responsible for aerospace activities at ÉireComposites Teoranta in Indreabhán, Co. Galway. He is also a part-time Senior Lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he was formerly Director of the Composites Research Unit. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Centre for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware, U.S.A., and M.EngSc. and BE degrees from the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is also a Chartered Engineer.
A distinguished panel of judges comprising representatives from Engineers Ireland, the Council of Mechanical Engineering Professors and Irish Industry selected the winner. The honoree will be presented with a silver gilt medal at his keynote lecture.
All are welcome to attend the lecture and presentation.