Dr Patrick Delassus has been appointed head of research at GMIT. Dr Delassus is a member of the senior executive of the institute and his brief extends to the management and leadership of the research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and regional engagement strategy of GMIT.
Dr Delassus managed the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at GMIT’s Dublin Road campus for seven years. He has been engaged in research for 12 years, focusing mainly on biomedical engineering, marine engineering, and diverse product design projects for industry.
Dr Delassus led the development of relations with medical device companies in the west of Ireland, tailoring and developing programmes to suit the needs of companies and their technical staff. He has been actively involved in post-graduate research and innovation partnership programmes with medical device companies and has patented a number of surgical and implant devices.
He initiated the establishment of the institute’s GMedTech medical technologies centre under Enterprise Ireland’s Applied Research Enhancement programme, and continues to be active in guiding the centre’s staff. He has over 10 years’ experience in engineering roles in industry.
