Le Chéile Project
School of Civil & Structural Engineering
Le Chéile Project
In the 2020-21 academic year, the School of Civil & Structural Engineering (CSE) were selected for the Le Chéile Process to utilise an e-portfolio to assist students to develop their professional skills in a structural engineering programme.
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The Le Chéile award aims to
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recognise and encourage best practice, by subject discipline teams, in programme design that enhances the student experience.
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support the continuous professional development of staff involved in teaching that helps to achieve identified University strategic aims.
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help promote a programme based culture within a University-wide engaged learning community.
The project is funded through TU Dublin IMPACT.
Meet The Team
Dr Una Beagon
(Project Lead)
Una is a Chartered Structural Engineer and joined TU Dublin after a successful career in industry, where she held roles at Director Level in various engineering consultancies. She has first-hand experience of the changing roles of engineers and has a particular interest in research related to the professional skills and Personal Development Process of future engineers. Una is Assistant Head of School and responsible for the delivery of programmes in CSE. She also maintains close links with industry through involvement with Engineers Ireland, and is the incoming Chair for The Institution of Structural Engineers in Ireland. Una is the PI on the ASTEP 2030 (Attracting Diverse Talent to the Engineering Professions of 2030) Strategic Partnership Project.
Dr Aimee Byrne
Aimee is a Civil & Structural Engineering Lecturer who is currently PI for 4 research projects and supervises PhD, Masters and final year projects. Based on her years of industry experience, she appreciates the importance of collaborating with industry to maintain the relevance of undergraduate education.
Her collaborations and expertise within the construction industry have resulted in many invitations to committees such as The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI), Engineers Ireland, Enterprise Ireland Academic Society and the Management Committee of the EU COST Action TU1404.
Dervilla Niall
Dervilla is a civil/structural engineer with extensive industry experience in varied structural engineering projects. She is a chartered member of the Institution of Structural Engineers since 2000. She incorporates her industry experience into both the structural engineering modules that she teaches and her research activity.
Her research interests are in the areas of the development of sustainable construction materials, in particular, smart energy concrete solutions
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Patrick Crean
Patrick is a lecturer at TU Dublin. He is a chartered civil/structural engineer with extensive industry experience in Ireland and internationally. Patrick's research interests include structural materials, structural safety, and engineering education.
Dr Caitríona De Paor
Caitríona is a full-time lecturer in CSE combining structural engineering research and teaching. Her research interests lie in the areas of structural analysis, structural health monitoring, offshore riser engineering, fatigue assessments, traffic data analysis as well as research in engineering education.
Louise Lynch
Louise is a chartered engineer with Engineers Ireland and has an MSc in Structural Engineering. She joined TU Dublin full time after 10 years of experience working in industry. She participated in a teaching fellowship in assessment and feedback between 2018-2019.
Darren Carthy
Darren works as an assistant lecturer in the College of Engineering & Built Environment. Darren is in the final months of a PhD in Engineering Education with TU Dublin and an active member of the SEFI community. His research area is engineering professional development, specifically, he is utilising Situational Judgement Tests (SJT’s) to stimulate self-regulatory behaviour in groups of first-year students.