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Dr. Garret O'Donnell

Associate Professor (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
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Dr. Garret O'Donnell

Associate Professor (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
PARSONS BUILDING

 Garret.ODonnell@tcd.ie

 3531896 1184


Dr. Garret O"Donnell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in Trinity College Dublin, and is a former graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology, University of Dublin and NUI Dublin. Dr. O Donnell"s research activities are based on advancing the scientific understanding underpinning advanced manufacturing technologies in sectors such as medical devices, automotive and aerospace sectors. The core focus of the research work is the characterisation of measurable phenomena in materials processing spanning length scales and spanning domains from machining to energy and resource consumption at factory systems level. Dr. O"Donnell is also an SFI Investigator with the Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research (AMBER) SFI centre at Trinity College. Dr. O"Donnell has developed a research group in the field of manufacturing engineering and industrial energy efficiency research, and supervised 28 graduate research theses to completion, graduating 11 MSc by research and 17 PhD students to date. The majority of the graduates from the group have taken up positions in industry in Ireland, Europe and US. The research activities are strongly aligned with challenges that come from industry, and there is a strong record of collaboration with industry and funding in excess of €6 million as well as strong interdisciplinary collaborations. A measure of the deep tech alignment with industry is that Dr. O'Donnell is one of the only researchers in Trinity College Dublin to have securing funding in 3 of the Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund (DTIF) projects.
  Abrasive machining   Artificial Intelligence   Automation, Robotic Control Systems   CELL-SURFACE   Control Engineering   Control Systems (Mechanical Engineering)   Decision support tools   Discrete event simulation   ENERGY EFFICIENCY   ENERGY MINIMIZATION   Engineering Design   Industrial Engineering   Industrial Processes, Energy Use   Industrial Robotics   Inventory Control Systems   Machine Design   Manufacturing Engineering   Mechanical Engineering   Microengineering, micromachining   MICROMANUFACTURING   Modelling, modelling tools, 3D modelling   OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT   Precision Engineering   Production Engineering   Robotics   Sensory science, sensors and instrumentation   Signal processing   Systems analysis and models development   Tribology and surface engineering
Project Title
 The development of Surface Acoustic Wave Strain Sensors SAW's for Process Monitoring
From
Oct, 2011
To
Sept, 2014
Summary
Surface acoustic wave strain sensors have advantages of wireless and passive operation, and have significant potential in strain measuring applications on rotating or mobile equipment. The project builds on previous projects undertaken within the department investigating fundamental aspects of SAW sensors. The current project focussed on wireless interogation and application investigations. (with D.Geraghty)
Funding Agency
IRCSET
Project Type
Applied research
Project Title
 Development of technical intelligence for energy saving in pneumatic production systems
From
Feb, 2012
To
Jan, 2014
Summary
The development of accurate device models for pneumatic actuation systems requires the combination of discrete and continuous models. The integration of these models with appropriate machine control systems such as PLC and DCS systems, could allow for the predictive consumption of compressed air. The postdoctoral research project investigates this specific area in collaboration with HP Ireland and the I2E2 competence centre research activity taking place in TCD
Funding Agency
IRCSET
Programme
Enterprise partnership scheme post doctoral
Project Type
IRCSET/Hewlett Packard Manufacturing Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postdoctoral Fellowship
Project Title
 In-process monitoring during abrasive material removal processes
From
Oct, 2008
To
Sept, 2012
Summary
The aim is to develop a methodology for measuring and characterising the abrasive material removal processes for finishing and superfinishing of biomedical components. The project will consider the development of processing and decision making algorithms including the correlation of the in-process sensor information with the process quality.
Funding Agency
IRCSET
Programme
Enterprise partnership scheme- DePuy Ireland
Project Type
Applied Research
Project Title
 Energy and power consumption in machine tools
From
Sept. 2011
To
Aug, 2015
Summary
Funding Agency
GREP
Programme
GREP energy programme
Project Type
Applied research
Project Title
 Micromachining of biomedical polymers
From
2008
To
2012
Summary
Funding Agency
IRCSET- Alcon Ireland
Programme
Enterprise partnership sheme
Project Type
Applied research

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Chairman of the Terminology Committee of The International Academy of Production Engineering CIRP 2013
Journal reviewer for CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology 2013
Joint Chairman of the 26th International Manufacturing Conference IMC26- Energy Efficient and Low Carbon Manufacturing, September 2-4, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 2009
Technical Secretary of The International Academy of Production Engineering (CIRP), Scientific Technical Committee STC-D/Terminology (Technical Dictionary) 2007
Committee member of the Irish Society for Simulation in Manufacturing, Services and Logistics. 2005
Journal reviewer for IMechE Journal of Engineering Manufacture 2005
Committee member of the International Manufacturing Committee -IMC 2006
Joint Chairman of the 3rd International CIRP conference on High Performance Cutting- Micromanufacturing, 12-13 June, 2008, UCD, Dublin Ireland. 2007
Journal reviewer for IMechE Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 2007
International Scientific Committee member of 12th CIRP Conference on Modelling of Machining Operations, San Sebastian, Spain, 7-8 May 2009
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Associate Member of The International Academy of Production Engineering 2013 2019
Member of The International Academy of Production Engineering -CIRP (Research affiliate) 2007 2012
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, MIEEE 2002 2007
Munina I.; Grigoriev I.; O'Donnell G., Effect of Phase Errors on Performance of Ka-band Reflectarray with DRA Unit Cells, 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2024, Glasgow, Scotland, 17-22 March 2024, 2024, pp10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Natalia Lishchenko, Garret O"Donnell, Vasily Larshin, Igor Dudarev, Material Removal Rate Determination Based on a Laser Displacement Sensor, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Advances in Design, Simulation and Manufacturing VII, 7th International Conference on Design, Simulation, Manufacturing: The Innovation Exchange, DSMIE-2024, Pilsen, Czech Republic, June 4"7, 2024, edited by Springer , I, Springer, 2024, pp39 - 50, pp39-50 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Natalia Lishchenko, Garret O"Donnell, William Dempsey, Vasily Larshin, Victor Marchuk, Strain in ANSYS Simulation and Real Testing, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 6th Grabchenko"s International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Processes (InterPartner-2024), Odesa, Ukraine, September 10"13, 202, Springer, 2024, pp199 - 208, pp199-208 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lishchenko N.; Larshin V.; O'Donnell G., A gear grinding allowance stochastic simulation model, Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 8, 2024, p10.1016/j.aime.2023.100135 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Bobby Gillham, Andrei Yankin, Fionnan McNamara, Charles Tomonto, Chunjie Huang, Jeroen Soete, Garret O'Donnell, Daniel Trimble, Shuo Yin, David Taylor, Rocco Lupoi, Tailoring the Theory of Critical Distances to better assess the combined effect of complex geometries and process-inherent defects during the fatigue assessment of SLM Ti-6Al-4V, International Journal of Fatigue, 172, 2023, p107602 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Munina I.; Grigoriev I.; O'Donnell G.; Trimble D., A Review of 3D Printed Gradient Refractive Index Lens Antennas, IEEE Access, 11, 2023, p8790 - 8809, p10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3239782 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Hamed Y.; O'Donnell G.; Lishchenko N.; Munina I., Strain Sensing Technology to Enable Next-Generation Industry and Smart Machines for the Factories of the Future: A Review, IEEE Sensors Journal, 23, (21), 2023, p25618 - 25649, p10.1109/JSEN.2023.3313013 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Badger J.; Murphy S.; O'Donnell G.E., Big-and-dull or small-and-sharp: A comparison of specific energy, wheel wear, surface-generation mechanisms and surface characteristics when grinding with Al2O3 and CBN to achieve a given surface roughness, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 288, 2021, p10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.1168 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
S. Yin, J. Cizek, C. Chen, R. Jenkins, G. O' Donnell, R. Lupoi, Metallurgical bonding between metal matrix and core-shelled reinforcements in cold sprayed composite coating, Scripta Materialia, 177, 2020, p49 - 53, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Trimble D.; Agarwal A.; McDonnell D.; Barron S.; Ahearne E.; O'Donnell G.E., Finite element simulation of orthogonal machining of biomedical grade Co"Cr"Mo alloy, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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G.E. O'Donnell, S. Nolan, C. Meskell, An Experimental Test-bed for Compressed Air Systems Testing and Control-Optimisation Experimentation, Intel Ireland Research Conference, Dublin, 03-04 October, 2012, Intel ERIC, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
G.E. O'Donnell, S. Nolan, C. Meskell, An Experimental Test-bed for Compressed Air Systems Testing and Control-OPtimisation Experimentation, Intel Ireland Research Conference, Dublin, 03-04 October, 2012, Intel ERIC, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
G.E. O Donnell, C. Meskell, S. Nolan, Technology Innovation for Irish Manufacturing and Energy Competitiveness, 2012, Working Paper, PUBLISHED
N. Aughney, G.E. O'Donnell, Lean Energy - the practical route to competitiveness , Becoming Lean- the practical route to competitiveness, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland, 10th May, 2011, Enterprise Ireland/IDA, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Ciaran Simms, Gareth J. Bennett, Garret O'Donnell, Eamonn McKnight, Ali McCorkell, Development of a gait training device for children with cerebral palsy, TCD-UCD Engineering Design Innovation Research Event, Trinity College Dublin, Foster Place, Dublin 2, April 27 2010, edited by Prof. Brian Broderick, Prof. Michael Gilchrist , 2010, Poster, PUBLISHED
G.E. O'Donnell, Process monitoring of micromachining operations, Symposium on micromachining, Corporate Research and Development, Robert Bosch GmbH, Schwieberdingen, Germany , 30th March, 2007, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
G.E. O'Donnell, Discrete Event Simulation Modelling of an Airport Airside System, 3rd Workshop on Simulation in Manufacturing, Services and Logistics, Intel, Ireland, 18-19 June, 2007, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
G.E. O Donnell, Monitoring and control of abrasive material removal processes, Planarisation Technology Workshop, University College Dublin, 17th August, 2007, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
G.E.O'Donnell, Sensing and Control of Laser Material Processing in Aerospace Manufacturing, Airbus Hamburg, Germany, 11th December, 2007, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
G.E. O'Donnell, Experimental investigations using integrated force sensors in a direct driven motor spindle , Workshop on Force Monitoring in Machining, WZL, RWTH Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany, 9th March 2006, 2006, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


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Research interests are based around advancing manufacturing technology, including manufacturing technology that underpins ICT and Bio-medical technologies, high performance machining in biomedical, automotive and aerospace applications. Specific research interests include: . Sensing, process monitoring and control of manufacturing and high performance machining and grinding operations. . Micro-manufacturing including the machining, handling, assembly and inspection of micro-components. . Automation of manufacturing operations and the automation of laboratory testing. . Sustainable and energy efficient manufacturing. . Development and characterisation of sensor systems and adaptive control. . Measurement and inspection in manufacturing.