Dr. John Cosgrove is the Section Head of Electrical Engineering, and Director of Smart Manufacturing at the Technological University Shannon (TUS) and a Lead Researcher in Industrial Control Systems and Digitalisation with over 30 year’s experience working with Industry on innovative solutions. Trained as both an Electrician and Electrical Engineer, John also holds a Masters in Advanced Manufacturing Technology and a Professional Doctorate in Engineering. His Doctoral Thesis is based on the development of advanced analytics for applications in sustainable manufacturing and involved collaboration with leading multinational manufacturing sites in Ireland. As the Founder and Director of the IDEAM Research Institute in TUS, John has been awarded competitive funding of over €7 million as PI and leads a number of large-scale initiatives, including the DigiWIND project, the PhD programme in Digitalisation Engineering, the IDEAM Industry cluster (www.ideam.ie), the Smarter Factory Technology Gateway, the Masters in Digitalisation of Manufacturing, and the EU Digital Innovation Hub (www.factoryxchange.ie). A regular invited speaker on Digitalisation and Industry 4.0/5.0, John has a comprehensive list of publications, completed postgraduate projects and industry partnerships.
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