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Dr. Caitríona de Paor is a full-time Lecturer in the School of Transport and Civil Engineering in Technological University (TU) Dublin, as well as working part-time for research consultancy Research Driven Solutions combining structural engineering research and teaching. Dr. de Paor graduated with a first class honours BE Civil (Hons) degree and PhD in Engineering (involving a secondment to MIT), both from UCC. Caitriona is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with varied industry experience in civil / structural engineering as well as the offshore industry. She has been involved in a number of commercial and European research projects including H2020 and CEDR-funded projects with research interests in the areas of:

  • Structural analysis,
  • Structural health monitoring,
  • Concrete Technology,
  • Offshore riser engineering,
  • Infrastructure Resilience,
  • Cilmate Change Adaptation,
  • Fatigue assessments,
  • Embodied Carbon Assessments,
  • Engineering education and skills development.

Research Interests

  • Structural Health Monitoring,
  • Fatigue assessments,
  • Offshore engineering,
  • Asset management,
  • Risk / reliability assessments,
  • Engineering education,
  • Concrete technology, 
  • Infrastructure Resilience,
  • Cilmate Change Adaptation.

Education/Academic qualification

Higher Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching, Technological University Dublin

Sep 2020Jan 2021

Award Date: 30 Jan 2021

PhD, Experimental and numerical analyses were performed to investigate the effect of initial geometric imperfections on the buckling of thin cylinders due to external pressure. , University College Cork

Sep 2007Jun 2012

Award Date: 1 Jan 2012

Bachelor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College Cork

20032007

Award Date: 10 Sep 2007

External positions

Senior Engineer, Research Driven Solutions

Sep 2022 → …

External Examiner, Atlantic Technological University

2022 → …

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