PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Deputy President and Registrar, University of Galway, 2024 to present.Head of School of Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, University of Galway, 2019 to 2021.Head of School, Engineering and Informatics, University of Galway, 2019.Dean of College and Head of School, Engineering and Informatics, University of Galway, 2016 to 2019.Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2016 to 2017.Head of Discipline of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and InformaticsSchool of Engineering, University of Galway, 2013 to 2023.Founding Director of the Biomechanics Research Centre (BioMEC), University of Galway, 2011 to 2017.Head of Discipline of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, University of Galway, 2008 to 2010.Established Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Galway, 2007 to present.Personal Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at University of Galway, 2004 to 2007.Research Director, and Biomechanics Cluster Leader, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES), University of Galway, 1999 to 2011.Statutory (Senior) Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at University of Galway, 1997 to 2004.Director of Micromechanics Research Unit (MICRU), University of Galway, 1997 to 2011.Associate Director of the UCG Composites Research Unit, 1994 to 1997.Visiting Scholar, Institut fuer Metallkunde und Metallphysik, RWTH Aachen, Germany, September 1996.Visiting Scholar, Fraunhofer Institut fuer Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, Germany, January to August 1996.College Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at University College Galway, 1991 to 1997.Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego, 1989 and Brown University, 1992.Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Brown University, 1987 to 1991.Student Engineer, Donnelly Mirrors Ltd., Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 1986.

Wide-ranging research interests within the biomedical engineering domain, covering cardiovascular and orthopaedic biomechanics, cell mechanics, biomaterials and tissue engineering, medical implant and device analysis and design, and computational methods in biomedical engineering.

Linear and Non-Linear Finite Element Methods in Engineering AnalysisEngineering MaterialsBiomedical and Mechanical Engineering Analysis and DesignBiomechanics