Staff
John McNamara
Assistant Lecturer, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
Email: john.mcnamara@tudublin.ie
Tel: +353 1 220 7167
City Campus Bolton St.
Current Role, Activities and Interests
John McNamara serves as Programme Chair of TU823 Manufacturing & Design Engineering and lectures on a range of engineering and design modules across undergraduate and apprenticeship programmes. John Mc Namara has a broad research profile within the field of Engineering and nonlinear materials.
Industrial Background/Experience
John has over twenty-five years of Mechanical Engineering R&D experience in industry, with a strong track record delivering global engineering and research programmes. At Timoney Technology, he progressed through roles including Design Engineer, Design Analysis Team Leader, and Technical Program Manager. In these positions, he gained extensive experience in the design, testing, and delivery of mobility systems for heavy-duty and specialist vehicle applications worldwide. At the Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie, working in a Mechanical Engineering role, John contributed to both long- and short-term projects for international industrial clients. His work focused on fatigue and failure analysis of elastomeric automotive components and advanced understanding of elastomer fatigue through the application of new technologies for elastomer strain measurement. Previously, at Turmec Engineering, he worked in a Mechanical Engineering role on the design and delivery of engineering solutions for industrial and domestic waste recycling systems, as well as other metal fabrication services.
Affiliations and Memberships
John Mc Namara is a member of Engineers Ireland.
Awards
In 2012, John McNamara was awarded the Förderpreis der Deutschen Kautschukindustrie, a national award presented by the Arbeitgeberverband der Deutschen Kautschukindustrie (ADK) e.V., Germany’s Rubber Manufacturers Association. The award recognises outstanding research that transfers knowledge to industry and was conferred in recognition of his PhD thesis, “Novel approaches to the analysis of localised stress concentrations in deformed elastomers,” for its contribution to advancing industrial understanding of elastomer behaviour.