North-West region
About
About the region
Our network provides a focal point for engineers of all grades and disciplines, and proactively encourages their continuous professional development through delivery of a varies programme of lectures, seminars and networking events.
We are keen to promote closer links with the Institute of Technology, Sligo. The Institute regularly hosts regular Engineers Ireland events including career days and lectures and the regional KNEX challenges. Recently they have begun to webcast these lectures for the benefit of the region and beyond.
The North-West region has hosted high profile events such as the Irish round of the World Rally Championships.
Who can join?
- Engineers and engineering technicians working in the region
- Engineering consultancies and support servicing companies
- Local government and semi-state organisation workers involved in engineering
- Academic researchers, lecturers and students
How to join
If you are already a member of Engineers Ireland, and gave a correspondence address in Sligo or Leitrim when you joined, you have automatically been affiliated with the North-West Region network.
If your correspondence address is outside these 2 counties, you can still join our network through the Members Area
It is free to join our network.Once you register as a member of a network, you can choose to:
- receive email updates on all events being run by the North-West Region network
- use our network's discussion forum
- post comments on articles written by other network members
- comment on our network blog
- send messages to other members of our network
Events
North-West Region network members receive invitations to a wide variety of educational and social events throughout the year, including:
- CPD-approved evening seminars and lectures delivered by experts across a broad range of engineering topics
- site visits to regional projects of interest
- up to 8 golf outings per year in clubs throughout the region
- an annual dinner and annual table quiz
Contacts
Chairman
Seamus Lee
Tel: 071 9150022
Mob: 087 6841447
Email: slee@vha.ie
Vice-Chairman
Anthony Skeffington
Chartered Engineer
Tel: 071 9111961
Mob: 086 8582739
Email: askeffin@sligococo.ie
Secretary
Rowan O’Callaghan
Chartered Engineer
Mob: 086 3854167
Email: rowan.ocallaghan@rpsgroup.com
Treasurer
Joe Healy
Chartered Engineer
Tel: 071 9161416
Mob: 087 4199198
Email: jhealy@jodireland.com
PR Officer
Emer Concannon
Chartered Engineer
Tel: 071 9111951
Mob: 087 9681776
Email: econcan@sligococo.ie
Council Representative
George Chadda
Chartered Engineer
Tel: 071 9158599
Mob: 085 1740783
Email: gchadda@eircom.ie
Liaison Committee Representative
TBA
Events
More events for the 2011-2012 session are being developed and details of these will be posted here - watch this space!
For a full listing of Engineers Ireland events, please visit the Events Calendar
Papers
The North West Region papers will be available to view shortly.