Personal Profile
  
A dynamic, determined and highly imaginative self-starter whose passion in life is to constantly find new ways of making easier through engineering and innovation.  Added to a lifetime of mostly self- and family-taught skill sets by obtaining a Level 8 Mechanical Engineering BEng (Honours) degree. Achieved a 1.1 degree in Mechanical Engineering this summer (2013). Extremely motivated individual, never content with the concept “we’ve done enough.” Have acquired an extensive background in Mechanics and Technology at both practical and theoretical levels, as well as vast experience and totally hands-on knowledge of problem-solving gained while growing up and working with machines on the family dairy farm and in a local garage.  Applied this experience and know-how to a number of college projects and also received my secondary school’s ‘Engineering Student of the Year’  award in 2009.





Referee Description

 
“Eoin distinguished himself by being an enthusiastic, dedicated student with reliable work habits. He is capable of working under minimum supervision and willingly accepts it when offered. During this period he has proved himself as an efficient student, who is punctual in planning; meeting deadlines, and conscientiously adhered to college standards and guidelines” – Gabriel Costello, Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMIT, Galway.







Key Skills, Achievements & Attributes



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• Fully conversant with Creo/Pro Engineer applications (four years of study and use)

• Since 2015 Solidworks has become my primary 3D Modelling software.
• Adept at using ANSYS analysis software, extensive experience of Lab View software
• Highly creative, innovative and practical design skills.

I obtain a Green Belt in Six Sigma.
• Experienced welder in Arc, MIG and TIG.
• Problem-solving and diagnostic skills; thinks “outside the box” to find solutions 
• Excellent communication skills; able to clearly and simply explain ideas; designed and launched my own website http://eoinmurphy45.wix.com/eoinmurphy
• Designed and built a miniature fairground carousel in Leaving Cert year
• Awarded ‘Engineering Student of the Year’ in Leaving Cert year
• Personally conceived, designed and built labour-saving devices for use on the family farm and later for personal use in agricultural contracting
• Instrumental in the completion of college group projects
• Designed and conducted comprehensive marketing survey; personally canvassed farmers to complete a total of 85 surveys at the 2012 Mayo Ploughing Championships
• Developed and launched own YouTube channel
• Developed Easy Sweep Silage Pusher from conception to construction.  Patent pending; product available to view on my YouTube channel:   EMurphyEng. 
• Designed, built and tested The Moohver, a self-propelled, humane cow lifter; available to view on YouTube under EmurphyEng.
• Rebuilt a fully functional Taarup Harvester using parts from two broken harvesters
• Diagnosed faults & completely rebuilt Dyna Shift transmission in Massey Ferguson 3655
• Personally conceived of a way to modify an Astable 555 timer to provide a smooth start for a tractor’s PTO, then implemented the modification
• Determined to succeed; worked as independent agricultural contractor during the summers of 2011 and 2012, using equipment purchased personally
• First contractor in the area to own and operate a Tedder (device used in hay making that aerates the hay, allowing it to dry faster)
• Member of Engineers Ireland

• Designed and built a WEC device for testing as part of my Masters Degree.
• Exceptionally conscientious timekeeper and work very well under stressful conditions
• Maintain cordial customer relations at all times; excellent communicator
 







Education



2013-2014 National University of Ireland Galway, University Rd, Galway

     Masters (MEME) in Mechanical Engineering (Level 9)

 

2012-2013   Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Rd, Galway
    BEng (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering (Level 8)  

    Recieved a First Class Honours

2009-2012   Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Rd, Galway
    BEng (Honours) In Mechanical Engineering (Level 7) Merit Grade 1
  


Employment History

 

2015 - Present - Mechanical Engineer  (Design) in Megadale Industries.

 



• Designing innovative and intelligent solutions for customers in the Biomedical and associated industries.

• Develop innovative products that meet customer requirements in a regulated and assured environment.

• Develop products that meet CE Marking requirements along with the required ISO regulations.

• Outline define objectives and manage projects to stay on time and cost budgets.

 

 

2013-2015 - Mechanical Engineer (Design) in Malone Farm Machinery.

 

 

 

• Design Engineer involvel in bringing innovative concepts through to working prototypes.

• Project management of a number of new products designed, liasing with inhouse fabricators and with external suppliers.

• Designed specalised gearbox system for innovative product, Machine won Enterprise Ireland Innovation Award at the National Ploughing Championships 2015.

• Designed electro-hydraulic systems on a range of new products. 

• Designed innovative solutions to customer requirements.

• Conducted many test trials of equipment and from results developed design iterations. 



2011 - 2013   Machine operator/maintenance


• Loading shovel/tractor operator on silage pits
• Maintaining both loading shovel/tractor and other silage equipment

 



2008 (part-time) Mechanic   Murphy’s Garage, Headford, Co. Galway


• Responsibilities included diagnosis and repair of numerous makes and models of tractors and other machinery.  Continue to act as      consultant in the diagnosis and repair of faulty equipment
• Established the routes and schedules for delivery truck
• Assisting other mechanics
• Managed own work schedule; assigned time and job details



2007 - Present Family farm/ self-employed  Dairy farming & ag. contracting



• Working on the family farm before becoming an independent and self-financed agricultural contractor has provided virtually a lifetime of invaluable experience with a vast array of agricultural machinery, from basic harvesters to infinitely more complex tractor transmissions.
• While carrying out machinery maintenance work in the family farm workshop, I developed a passion for invention at a very young age.  My primary objective is to  lighten the labour load on the farm through the use of the mechanical and engineering skills acquired at school and on the job. 





Hobbies & Interests



• Every aspect of machinery and tractors
• Maintenance of farm machines and other vehicles
• Inventing, designing and manufacturing labour-saving, cost-saving products for use on the farm and as an agricultural contractor
• Reading, especially technical and engineering magazines
• Experiencing new technologies, then becoming proficient in their applications

• Recycling end of life products and creating somthing a little bit different with them
• Sports

• Honing my welding skills especially in the welding of Stainless and Aluminium

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References​



Mr Paul G Ryan, Lecturer, GMIT, Dublin Rd, Galway, Ireland
E-mail: paul.ryan@gmit.ie



John Murphy, Proprietor, Murphy’s Garage, Headford, Co. Galway, Ireland
Tel: 087 8241149 E-mail:  johnmurphy@murphysgarage.ie

Gabriel Costello, Lecturer, GMIT, Dublin Rd, Galway 
Tel: 091 742284 E-mail: Gabriel.Costello@gmit.ie

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Michael Malone, Managing Director, Malone Farm Machinery, Ballyglass, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland

Tel: 0872109400 E-mail: michael@malonefm.com

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Sean Leen, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Head of Mechanical Engineering, Room 2051, Engineering Building, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway, Ireland

Tel: 091 495955 E-mail: sean.leen@nuigalway.ie

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Seamus Leonard, Lecturer, GMIT, Dublin Rd, Galway, Ireland

E-mail: Seamus.Leonard@gmit.ie

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