Student Visit to Allied Automation
On November 8th 2023, Year 1 students from TU Dublin’s TU701 B. Eng. Tech. Automation Engineering programme spent the afternoon at Allied Automation’s Dublin 15 facility.
Following an opening presentation by the company’s Managing Director, Dermot O’Brien, a number of Automation Engineering professionals demonstrated the design and operation of a range of automation machines/systems which the company are developing for customers in the European Medical Devices and Life Science sectors.
This enlightening plant tour facilitated students discover the fascinating range of Automation Engineering challenges being addressed in contemporary industry.
Students were furnished with greater context to their classroom/lab learning and also saw concrete examples of the career development paths of Automation Engineering professionals.
The group photo shows Allied Automation personnel together with TU Dublin colleagues Donal McHale, Pearse Browne and Isabelle Killane and members of the TU701 Year 1 class at the facility.
TU Dublin are grateful to Dermot O’Brien (Managing Director), Conor Kavanagh (Operations Manager), Daniel Monaghan (Engineering Manager) and their colleagues for the extent of the time afforded our TU701 students this year and for their ongoing multi-faceted engagement with the TU701 Automation Engineering programme.