• Question: in the next few years what can you see yourself devolping as an engineer?

    Asked by Tina to Aislinn, Fiona, Nathan, Padraic, Sinead on 5 Feb 2015.
    • Photo: Padraic Morrissey

      Padraic Morrissey answered on 5 Feb 2015:

      Hi Tina
      In the next few years I have a pretty good idea what I’ll be developing because I’m part of a very large research project that is planned out for 4 years. I’ll mainly be creating new ways of using lasers to send optical signals down optical fibres more efficiently and with more data. The overall goal is to hopefully make the internet faster!

    • Photo: Fiona Edwards Murphy

      Fiona Edwards Murphy answered on 5 Feb 2015:

      Hi,

      I will be working on my beehive project for the next two years to finish my PhD, after that hopefully I will be able to work with a company make the smart beehive into a product to sell to other beekeepers.

    • Photo: Nathan Quinlan

      Nathan Quinlan answered on 5 Feb 2015:

      Hi Tina. I’m hoping to start soon on a new project. We’ll take software developed by our team over the last 10 years or so and use it as a design tool to help a company with medical products they are developing. Also we’re soon finishing a couple of projects on heart valves and blood – the results from those will generate ideas for follow-on projects.

    • Photo: Sinead Quirke

      Sinead Quirke answered on 6 Feb 2015:

      Hi Tina

      I hope to become a better influencer so that I can affect positive change and change some of the rules that add no value in aviation. I need to do this at the European Commission and the United Nations and Im already on a number of groups in these agencies. Progress is very slow as you have to influence so many people with different cultures and ideas. As my career progresses its much more about leadership and influencing policy than direct engineering. Its about how I ensure that the people working for me are able to operate a high performance level with minimal input from me. Im always striving to do a better job. Engineers are very logical and this helps when you trying to make changes as others can generally follow a logical approach.

    • Photo: Aislinn Coghlan

      Aislinn Coghlan answered on 6 Feb 2015:

      Hi Tina,

      I am in a rotational graduate programme at the moment so I plan on developing lots of new skills!

      I will work in sterile manufacturing, where I will learn about how to operate in a very clean environment
      Then quality, where I will learn about the testing and documentation that we need to make sure a drug is safe.
      Then engineering, where I will work with the facilities the site has such as power, hot water and gas supply.
      Finally I will go into EHS where I will learn about safety and the environment.

      I have a fun 3 years ahead of me!

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