Dr. Peter Tiernan (right) receiving the Chain of Office from the President of Engineers Ireland, P.J. Rudden at the ceremony held in Plassey House, UL.
UL Lecturer elected Chairman of Engineers Ireland – Thomond Region
Wednesday, 2nd May 2012
University of Limerick Lecturer Dr. Peter Tiernan was recently elected as Chairman of the Engineers Ireland - Thomond Region. Dr Tiernan is a Chartered Engineer, a lecturer at the Department of Design and Manufacturing Technology and a researcher in the Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI), UL.
The Thomond Region covers Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary and has over 1,300 members engaged in various disciplines on engineering – civil, electrical, mechanical, computer, chemical, bio-medical, aeronautical – working in the Region.
On election, Dr. Tiernan said, “he was honoured and humbled to have been elected as Chairman – a position held by great engineers in the past”. The Thomond Region Committee has organised a series of events for the coming year with some high-profile speakers committed to present their experiences as engineers across the many disciplines of the engineering profession.
Mr. Rudden emphasised the importance of teaching and learning of mathematics at second level for engineering education at third level. He complimented the efforts underway at UL through the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry (MACSI)