About
Luke Keating
Commercialisation Researcher
UCD
Luke Keating is a Commercialisation Researcher with I-Form, based at University College Dublin and working in collaboration with the industrial partner, Croom Medical. He holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College Dublin and a master’s degree in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from Grenoble Institute of Technology. Prior to joining I-Form, Luke worked at a healthcare technology startup in Dublin, where he developed prototype environmental sensing products, and at a research institute in Germany, where he contributed to the design, fabrication, and debugging of bipedal robots and mechatronic systems. His current research interests are in the fields of machine learning, robotics, and computer vision.
Technical Summary
New product development in additive manufacturing often requires multiple trial prints, leading to substantial waste in terms of material, time, and energy. The goal for this 2-year research project is process optimisation for efficient and sustainable production of small batches of medical devices using laser-based powder bed fusion. The project will develop a methodology for part preparation, in-process data collection, analysis, part removal, feedback and decision making, that can be demonstrated to significantly reduce print build count for new product development which leverages the I-Form Recommender System Platform. By integrating process monitoring, machine learning, and robotics, the research aims to minimise inefficiencies in medical device manufacturing.