Dr. Noel Gately
Centre Manager
Declan Devine
Academic Director
Declan Devine is the Director of  the Polymer, Recycling, Sustainability, Industrial and Manufacturing (PRISM) Research Institute at the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), which incorporates both the Enterprise Ireland-funded APT Technology Gateway and the Centre for Industrial Services and Design. He holds a BEng (2000) and PhD (2006) in polymer engineering from Athlone Institute of Technology. Prior to taking up this role, Declan has fulfilled a variety of roles both nationally and internationally. These roles include an industry based post-doctoral with Transitions Optical, a Senior Project Leader at the AO Research Institute in Switzerland and fellowships in both Harvard Medical Schools Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies and the Mayo Clinic’s Rehabilitation Medicine Center as a part of his ERA Marie Curie Fellowship.
Declan is currently an academic director of the APT centre and is a funded investigator on the SFI funded CONFIRM centre for smart manufacturing, Amber centre for Advanced Biomaterials and the Cúram Medical Device Centre. His current research interests centre on the development of materials for biomedical applications such as bone regenerations and biodegradable polymer stents, structural thermoplastic composites and polymer based Smart Manufacturing. Decaln has published in the fields of controlled release, medical device coatings, 3D printing scaffolds biodegradable polymers, additive manufacturing and bone regeneration. He maintains several collaborations in these fields across the EU and at international centres located in the USA, Canada, Brazil and Switzerland.
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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=loObr_8AAAAJ
Linkedin: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/declan-devine-966ba810
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1364-5583
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Declan-Devine
Romina Pezzoli
Research Fellow
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Steven Rowe
Senior Engineer
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Alan Murphy
Analytical Services Manager
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Gavin Keane
Lead Design Engineer
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Austin Maguire
Business Development Lead Engineer
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Trevor Howard
Research Engineer
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Shane Connolly
Research Engineer
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Jamie Finnerty
Electro Mechanical Officer
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Vlasta Chyna
Research Scientist
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Chris Doran
Research Scientist
Chris Doran joined APT in 2017 as a Research Assistant, he has previously worked in a geochemical laboratory doing sample preparation and analytical procedures.
Since joining he has completed the Polymer Apprenticeship at the Technological University of the Shannon Midlands, awarding a BSc in Polymer Processing Technology. He is involved in injection moulding, extrusion, compounding and mechanical testing.
Niamh Lennon
Research Assistant
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Daniel Fitzpatrick
Research Assistant
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Anna Connaughton
Administrator
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