Kathryn Cormican is a Professor in Systems Engineering and Director of the Enterprise Research Centre in the School of Engineering at the University of Galway in Ireland. She leads a large multidisciplinary research team. Her work focuses on the design, development, and validation of novel processes and information systems to enable the creation of smart user-centred solutions. She is internationally recognised for her contribution to research and has won many prestigious best-paper awards. She has been a keynote speaker at several international conferences and has published extensively in high-impact journals in her field.  She has secured over €2.5 million in research income and is currently leading three EU-funded projects. Her contribution to both research and practice has been recognized through several invited keynote addresses at international conferences and symposia. Kathryn directs an award-winning MSc programme specifically designed to equip graduates with the requisite skills needed for employment in the high-tech industry. She was recently awarded Female Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year in 2022 by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities.

Publications

2022

Cormican, K, Duggan, J, McDermott, O. 2022. Lean Implementation: Analysis of Individual Individual-Level Factors in a Biopharmaceutical Organisation. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma. doi: 10.1108/IJLSS-10-2021-0184.
Cakir, {"O}zge Andic, Cormican, Kathryn, Frederiksen, Marianne Harbo, Kunz, Christoph, Sarsar, Firat, Ulus, H{"u}seyin Ekrem, van Leeuwen, Manon, Wilh{o}ft, Andreas, Wolf, Patricia. 2022. Higher education engineering educator’s perspectives on challenges and upskilling needs in teaching creativity online. In: CINet conference proceedings, Continuous Innovation Network.