Prof Conchúr Ó Brádaigh FREng FRSE
Vice President & Head of Faculty of Engineering at The University of Sheffield
Conchúr is Vice-President and Head of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include manufacturing, testing, modelling and sustainability of polymer composite materials for renewable energy (wind and ocean), aerospace and automotive applications. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Material, Minerals and Mining and of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Prior to coming to Sheffield, Conchúr worked at the Universities of Edinburgh, Cork and Galway, as well as being Director of the SFI-funded Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Research Centre. He was also a Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director of two Irish companies in composite materials design, testing and manufacturing.
