Dr. Greg McNamara
Dr Greg McNamara is an Assistant Professor in Sustainable Engineering and Energy Systems in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University. As one of only a very few established LCA practitioners in Ireland, he is, and has been involved in a wide variety of engineering-based research projects. Dr McNamara is currently working on the H2020 NewSkin project on advancing the industrial uptake of advanced surface nano-technologies. The focus of Dr McNamara’s early research was water and wastewater treatment system technologies; specifically, the environmental and economic impacts of treatment systems. Recent projects of note include the EU H2020 Saltgae Solution project (2016 – 2019); a system to treat saline wastewater from the food and beverage industry with microalgae. Prior to this, Dr. McNamara has worked on a variety of EPA funded water and wastewater treatment projects. Energy systems are central to Dr. McNamara’s current research and teaching, which includes renewable energy systems, energy storage, and the water energy nexus.
Teaching Interests
My primary teaching interests are in the sustainability ecosphere. I am generally delivering material related in one way or another to sustainability. I am currently developing a module "life cycle assessment and decarbonisation" for the 3rd year cohort of the new undergraduate program in sustainability "Sustainable Systems Engineering", the title of which has since been changed to Mechanical and Sustainability Engineering, to better reflect the mechanical engineering component. I am also compiling material for the 3rd year project on the design development of sustainable energy systems. My other teaching interests include thermodynamics and heat transfer