2nd Place Paper Presentation at the 14th Sir Bernanrd Crossland Symposium and Postgraduate Research Workshop (2011)

The Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium is an annual conference, first established in 1997, under the auspices of Engineers Ireland and the Council of Professors of Mechanical Engineering in Irish Universities, with delegates comprising academics, industrialists and PhD students.
The Symposium pays tribute to Sir Bernard’s great interest in Education and Research in Mechanical Engineering and, in particular, recognition of the critical importance of design and manufacture in engineering practice.
The Symposium also seeks to encourage collaboration with industry through high quality research activity which will be demonstrated through technical paper submissions, presentations and posters.