ExpertiseUpdated on 2 July 2026

Human-Centred Manufacturing: AR/VR Operator Support and Training

Assistant Professor of Digital Manufacturing at University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

About

Automation works best when it supports the people on the shop floor. I develop AR/VR and AI tools that guide, train and assist operators, keeping human expertise central as production becomes more automated.

What I can offer to a Doctoral Network:

  • AR/VR-based operator guidance, training and skills transfer

  • AI decision support that presents the right information at the right moment

  • Human-in-the-loop approaches to automated and semi-automated processes

  • Doctoral training that blends manufacturing engineering with human-centred design

Ideal partners: groups in human factors, extended reality, and industrial engineering, and companies investing in workforce upskilling and Industry 5.0 approaches.

Field

  • G1-Computer science and informatics
  • G2-Systems and Communication Engineering: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
  • G3-Products and Processes Engineering: Product design, process design and control, construction methods, civil engineering, energy processes, material engineering

Organisation

University College Dublin

University

Dublin, Ireland

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