Dr. Pat Donnellan


 
researcher
 

Biography

Pat is a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in NUI, Galway. He is a Chartered Engineer and graduated in 1979 with a Degree in Electronic Engineering from University of Limerick. He obtained an MIE from NUI, Galway in 1990 and a PhD in Engineering in 2001 with a thesis on "An Integrated Model of Management Practice for Quality, Safety, and Environment". He contributed two chapters to the Gower Handbook of Quality Management in areas from his thesis. He was Editor of the Conference Proceedings of IMC-17(Irish Manufacturing Committee's annual Conference), in August 2000. He has presented a number of Conference papers in topics such as Environmental Management and Risk Assessment Methodologies, Waste Management, Safety Management, Total Productive Maintenance, Operations Strategy, and the Integration of Quality, Safety, and Environmental Management. Prior to joining NUI, Galway in 1994 he worked in the Electronic Manufacturing industry and held various positions in Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Production Management, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development, and Industrial Engineering. Ten of these years were with Digital Equipment Corporation. He is a member of Rotary International.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2018) 'An exploration of the extent of Lean Six Sigma implementation in the West of Ireland'
Iyede, R: Fallon, EF: Donnellan, P: (2018) 'An exploration of the extent of Lean Six Sigma implementation in the West of Ireland'. International Journal Of Lean Six Sigma, 9 (3) [Details]
(2018) 'A Proposed Projects' Overrun Management Proposal using Projects Classification'
AbuKwaik,A; Fallon,EF; Donnellan,P; (2018) 'A Proposed Projects' Overrun Management Proposal using Projects Classification'. Journal of Advanced Management Science, 6 (3):169-173 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'An exploration of the extent of Lean Six Sigma implementation in the West of Ireland'
Iyede, R,Fallon, EF,Donnellan, P (2018) 'An exploration of the extent of Lean Six Sigma implementation in the West of Ireland'. International Journal Of Lean Six Sigma, 9 :444-462 [DOI] [Details]
(1999) 'Safety Management in Ireland'
Donnellan, P. (1999) 'Safety Management in Ireland'. Health & Safety Review, 4 (9):15-21 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2003) 'Cultural and Organizational Aspects'
Seavers, M (editor) (2003) 'Cultural and Organizational Aspects' In: Gower Handbook of Quality Management. :452-462 London: Gower. [Details]
(2003) 'Management Systems Integration'
Seavers, M (editor) (2003) 'Management Systems Integration' In: Gower Handbook of Quality Management. :489-500 London: Gower. [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2016) IMC33 the 33rd International Manufacturing Conference
Abukwaik, A.,, Fallon E., Donnellan, P., (2016) Edible Oil Bottle Redesign for Automated Assembly and Productivity Improvement IMC33 the 33rd International Manufacturing Conference Limerick, Ireland, , 01-SEP-16 - 02-SEP-16 [Details]
(2015) Proceedings of the 32 nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 32: Digital Manufacturing
Abugeddida, R., Donnellan, P., Fallon, E. (2015) SWOT Analysis as a Tool for Strategic Planning A Case Study : Misurata Airport . In: Dr Joe Butterfield and Paul Hermon eds. Proceedings of the 32 nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 32: Digital Manufacturing Queens University, Belfast, Ireland, , 02-SEP-15 - 04-SEP-15 [Details]
(2015) WOS'2015, Working on Safety Conference, Smart Prevention for Sustainable Safety
Donnellan, P., Drapiewska, M., Fallon, E. (2015) Safety Climate Considerations in the Development of a Management System for Safety, Environment, and Process Control in Engineering laboratories at the National University of Ireland, Galway . In: Pedro Arezes eds. WOS'2015, Working on Safety Conference, Smart Prevention for Sustainable Safety Porto, Portugal, , 23-SEP-15 - 25-SEP-15 [Details]
(2005) Proceedings of the 22nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 22: Challenges Facing Manufacturing Irish
Donnellan, P, Kelly, M., Velazco, I. (2005) Integration of Management Systems in the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical sectors Proceedings of the 22nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 22: Challenges Facing Manufacturing Irish Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland, , pp.469-476 [Details]
(1996) 13th International Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee
Donnellan, P, Dempsey, M, O'Kelly, (1996) Operations Strategy Development And Implementation: - A Self Assessment Matrix 13th International Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee Limerick, , 01-SEP-96 [Details]
(2017) Proc. of the Fifth International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering - ACSEE 2017
AbuKwaik,A; Fallon,EF; Donnellan,P; (2017) The Analysis of Project Delay Factors Using the Double-Roof House of Quality Proc. of the Fifth International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering - ACSEE 2017 Rome, , 27-MAY-17 - 28-MAY-17 , pp.22-26 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) International Conference on Quality Management
R. Abugeddida, P. Donnellan, E. Fallon (2016) Analysing the Processes at Misurate Airport using the Service Blueprint Method . In: Professor Sampaio eds. International Conference on Quality Management University of Minho, Portugal, , 18-JUL-16 - 20-JUL-16 [Details]
(2018) 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRODUCTION ECONOMICS AND PROJECT EVALUATION (ICOPEV 2018)
Cloherty, P;Donnellan, P;Fallon, E;Kelly, M, Araujo, M. (2018) USING INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL LEAN LEADERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AMONG AN ORGANISATIONS WORKFORCE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRODUCTION ECONOMICS AND PROJECT EVALUATION (ICOPEV 2018) , pp.172-178 [Details]
(2018) 4TH International Conference on Production Economics And Project Evaluation (ICOPEV 2018)
Cloherty, P., Donnellan, P., Fallon, E., O'Kelly, M.E.J., Araujo, M. (2018) Using individual - differences to identify potential lean leaders and contributors among an organization's workforce 4TH International Conference on Production Economics And Project Evaluation (ICOPEV 2018) , pp.172-178 [Details]
(1996) Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee
Dempsey, M., Donnellan, P., O'Kelly, M.E.J. (1996) Operations Strategy Development And Implementation: - A Self Assessment Matrix . In: Irish Manufacturing Committee eds. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee , pp.945-956 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2000) Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee
Donnellan, P, Ares, E, Perez, J, Gonzalez, B. (2000) INTEGRATION OF QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS . In: Donnellan, P eds. Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee Galway, , 03-JAN-00 - 01-AUG-00 , pp.571-580 [DOI] [Details]
(2000) Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee
Donnellan, P, Kevin, T. (2000) An overall equipment effectiveness tool for Total Productive Maintenance . In: Donnellan, P eds. Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee Department of Industrial Engineering, NUI, Galway, , 08-JAN-01 - 01-AUG-01 , pp.191pp-201 [DOI] [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2000) Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee.
Donnellan, P with O'Kelly MEJ & Nolan, P (associate Editors) (Ed.). (2000) Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee. Galway: Department of Industrial Engineering, NUI Galway. [DOI] [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2018) 4th International Conference on Production Economics and Project Evaluation,
P Donnellan, P Cloherty, E Fallon, M Kelly (2018) The main goal was to join together in this event academics and practitioners from a variety of fields with interest on the issue of production economics and project evaluation and management. [Conference Paper], 4th International Conference on Production Economics and Project Evaluation, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal , 20-SEP-18 - 21-SEP-18. [Details]

Conference Paper

  Year Publication
(2008) Emerging Supply Chain Technology. Proceedings of the 25nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 25: Manufacturing and Design - The Next Generation.
Donnellan, P., Dunlop, G. (2008) Emerging Supply Chain Technology. Proceedings of the 25nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 25: Manufacturing and Design - The Next Generation. Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details]
(2007) Potential Application of Radio Frequency Identification to the Medical Device Supply Chain. Proceedings of the 24nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 24: Manufacturing focus on the future.
Donnellan, P., Dunlop, G. (2007) Potential Application of Radio Frequency Identification to the Medical Device Supply Chain. Proceedings of the 24nd International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 24: Manufacturing focus on the future. Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details]
(2003) Solving the Problem of End-Of-Life Vehicle Recovery. Proceedings of the 20th International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 20: Knowledge Driven Manufacturing.
Donnellan, P, Doran A., Ferguson, N. (2003) Solving the Problem of End-Of-Life Vehicle Recovery. Proceedings of the 20th International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 20: Knowledge Driven Manufacturing. Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details]
(2003) Verification of Coordinate Measuring Machines with Artefacts using Repositioning Methods. Proceedings of the 20th International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 20: Knowledge Driven Manufacturing.
Donnellan P, Costelloe L. (2003) Verification of Coordinate Measuring Machines with Artefacts using Repositioning Methods. Proceedings of the 20th International Manufacturing Conference - IMC 20: Knowledge Driven Manufacturing. Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details]
(2003) Best Practice for Collecting Industrial Waste in Europe. Proceedings of Business Excellence – Performance Measures, Benchmarking and Best Practice in New Economy.
Donnellan, P, Doran A. (2003) Best Practice for Collecting Industrial Waste in Europe. Proceedings of Business Excellence – Performance Measures, Benchmarking and Best Practice in New Economy. University of Minho, Portugal: Conference Paper [Details]
(2002) The Development of an Environmental Risk Assessment Tool. Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Conference – IMC-19- Manufacturing the Future Through Innovation and Research-, QUB.
Donnellan, P. and O'Kelly, M.E.J., (2002) The Development of an Environmental Risk Assessment Tool. Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Conference – IMC-19- Manufacturing the Future Through Innovation and Research-, QUB. Conference Paper [Details]
(2001) Waste Management in Ireland: A Galway perspective. The 2000 Business Strategy and the Environment Conference.
Donnellan, P. (2001) Waste Management in Ireland: A Galway perspective. The 2000 Business Strategy and the Environment Conference. Leeds: Conference Paper [Details]
(2001) A Study of Quality, Safety and Environmental Management Systems used in Businesses within Spain, Portugal, and Ireland. Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Conference - 18 Competitive Manufacturing in 2001.
Donnellan, P. and O'Kelly, M.E.J. (2001) A Study of Quality, Safety and Environmental Management Systems used in Businesses within Spain, Portugal, and Ireland. Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Conference - 18 Competitive Manufacturing in 2001. Conference Paper [Details]
(2000) An Overall Equipment Effectiveness Tool for Total Productive Maintenance. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee.
Donnellan, P. & Kevin, T. (2000) An Overall Equipment Effectiveness Tool for Total Productive Maintenance. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee. Galway: Conference Paper [Details]
(2000) Integration of Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee.
Donnellan, P. & Ares, E. & Pérez, J. & González, B. (2000) Integration of Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee. Galway: Conference Paper [Details]

Conference Poster

  Year Publication
(2007) Methodology and Procedures for Value Stream Mapping Application in SME’s Production Processes. 2nd Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference of CISIF 07 – MESIC 07.
Donnellan, P. & Ares, E. (2007) Methodology and Procedures for Value Stream Mapping Application in SME’s Production Processes. 2nd Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference of CISIF 07 – MESIC 07. Madrid, Spain: Conference Poster [Details]

Other Item

  Year Publication
(1999) A Computer Based Self Assessment Tool for Safety Management. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Production Research.
Donnellan, P. (1999) A Computer Based Self Assessment Tool for Safety Management. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Production Research. Limerick: Other Item [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2013 Paul Harris Fellowship Rotary International
2006 Paul Harris Fellow from Rotary International Rotary International

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Governing Board of BQAI International Member of the committee 01-SEP-04 / 20-SEP-13

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
1979 National Institure for Higher Education, Limerick BSc Electronic Systems
1990 NUI, Galway MASTERS DEGREE (LEVEL 9) Industrial Engineering
2001 NUI, Galway PhD PhD in Engineering

Community Engagement

  Title Type From / To
Outreach Member of Rotary International 19-JAN-02 / 20-SEP-13

Reviews

  Journal Role
Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers Part B-Journal Of Engineering Manufacture Reviewer

Teaching Interests

Regulatory Affairs, Quality Management Systems, Operations Management, Health and Safety Management, Risk Assessment and Safety Technology, Environmental Management, Medical Device manufacturing systems, MDD and FDA regulatory requirements, ISO13485 and ISO14971 for Med Devs, Basic Statistical Quality Control, Six Sigma methodology.

Recent Postgraduate Students

  Graduation Name Degree Primary Supervisor
2020 Ramadan Abugeddida PhD Y
2019 Abdulwahab Abu Kwaik PhD

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2019/20 Quality Systems ME5102 Quality management systems, SQC
2019/2020 Introduction to Regulatory Affairs in Manufacturing ME3104 Regulatory Affairs in Manufacturing
2019/20 Case studies in EH&S ME4108 Case studies in safety and environement
2019/20 Operations Management ME5100 Masters level Operations management
2019/20 Fundamentals of Operations Engineering ME5105 Operations management for engineers