I-Form names Professor Konstantinos Salonitis as new Director
Professor Konstantinos Salonitis is the new Director of I-Form, the Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Manufacturing hosted by University College Dublin.
An established figure in the field of sustainable manufacturing, Professor Salonitis will oversee the centre’s mission to shape the future of Irish manufacturing through high-impact research and the application of digital technologies to material processing.
As I-Form Director, he succeeds outgoing director Professor Denis Dowling, from the UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.
“I am deeply honoured to take on the role of Director of the I-Form Research Centre at such an exciting time for advanced manufacturing in Ireland,” said Professor Salonitis.
I would also like to sincerely acknowledge the outstanding leadership of the outgoing Director, Professor Denis Dowling, whose vision and dedication have been instrumental in establishing I-Form as a centre of excellence.
I-Form has built a remarkable reputation for bridging cutting-edge research with real-world industrial impact, and I look forward to building on that strong foundation. We will continue to grow our collaboration between academia and industry while driving innovation in digital and sustainable manufacturing.
Together with our talented team and partners, we will continue to position Ireland at the forefront of global manufacturing research.
Funded by Research Ireland, I-Form brings together a nationwide pool of expertise in materials science, engineering, data analytics and artificial intelligence to work with industry to enhance processing efficiency and sustainability, as well as reducing the risk and cost of new product and process development.
Professor Salonitis, who recently joined the UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering as Full Professor in Advanced Manufacturing, brings extensive experience in manufacturing research and leadership having spent more than a decade at Cranfield University, the UK’s only specialist postgraduate university focused on aerospace and manufacturing.
During his time there, he secured over €11.5 million in research funding and led its Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre, overseeing a large multidisciplinary team of academics, researchers and postgraduate students.
Author of two books, his research portfolio includes participation in several major UK and international funding programmes, alongside more than 30 industry-funded projects and more than 350 papers in leading international journals.
Welcoming Professor Salonitis to UCD, Professor Kate Robson Brown, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact said he “brings an exceptional depth of experience in sustainable manufacturing and a proven track record of leadership that will be invaluable in driving forward I-Form’s ambitions, as well as strengthening ties between academia and industry.”
UCD can be confident that his experience and vision will further position Ireland at the forefront of global manufacturing innovation, building upon the foundation laid by Professor Denis Dowling.
