Lecturer

Christopher O'Donoghue

Christopher O'Donoghue

Lecturer at the Institute of Technology of Tralee

He has gained a lot of experience and knowledge in R&D and is an expert in CAD drawing and FEA simulations; he is also coordinator of research projects in Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering programs.

Fergal O'Sullivan

Fergal O'Sullivan

Lecturer at the Institute of Technology of Tralee

He specialises in Tractor Technology and Agri Mechanics.

Adrian Locke

Adrian Locke

Lecturer at the Institute of Technology of Tralee

He with his background in Electronic Engineering lectures in Control Instrumentation and Monitoring and also supervises student research projects.

Niamh Foley

Niamh Foley

Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of Technology of Tralee

She specialises in Spraying and Precision Farming and also supervises research projects in Agricultural Engineering courses.

Michele Mattetti

Michele Mattetti

Associate Professor at the Alma-Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

Expert in experimental performance testing of agricultural machinery and tool-ground interaction. 

Giovanni Molari

Giovanni Molari

Full Professor at the Alma-Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

Expert in agricultural machinery homologation regulations and on issues related to the design of agricultural machinery.

Massimiliano Varani

Massimiliano Varani

Researcher Type A at the Alma-Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

Expert in the use of CAN-BUS and ISOBUS technologies for real-time monitoring of agricultural machinery.

Mirko Maraldi

Mirko Maraldi

Researcher Type B at the Alma-Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

Gawain Jones

Gawain Jones

Associated Professor at the AgroSup Dijon

He is an expert on the use of weed detection images to reduce the application of herbicides.

Alexander Burkhalter

Alexander Burkhalter

Professor at the Vesoul Agrocampus

He was the head of PFT A2D, a technology platform and has worked on several research and development projects with Quivogne, the professional union FREDON Franche-Comté, SEDIMA, etc.. He was for 3 years an expert for Worldskills France in equipment maintenance.

Francis Girard

Francis Girard

Professor at the Universitè de Bourgogne

He is now Head of the " Licence Professionnelle Maintenance et Technologie des Systèmes Pluritechniques " (Vocational Bachelor’s Degree in Maintenance and Multitechnical Systems technology), two streams : Agricultural Equipment and Livestock Robotization.