Dr Ken Thomas
Head of School of Engineering, SETU
Ken has been Head of School of Engineering at SETU since 2012. He has a BE in Civil Engineering from the University College Galway, Ireland (1986), an MA in Management from University of Kent, Canterbury, UK (1992) and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University College Cork, Ireland (2002).
He has been involved in extensive engagement with a variety of industry forums, professional institutes and federations, has acted as EU Expert Evaluator for various calls including Eco-Innovation and INEA-H2020-Transport. He is a member of the EU CALOHEE and CAOLHE2 Projects for Civil Engineering, the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) Deans Council, Director of 3DWIT Additive Manufacturing Training Centre, Co-founder and Director of the Construction IT Alliance (CITA), Project Lead on the HCI-P3 Additive Manufacturing Advancing the South East (AMASE) and Institute Lead and Co-Chair on the national Build Digital Project.
He is also a regular reviewer of academic papers for a number of publications and conferences including ‘Construction Management & Economics’, ‘Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management’ and ‘CITA BIM Gatherings’.
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