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Conan O'Ceallaigh

BEng., PhD

Contact Details

Adjunct Lecturer and Research Fellow
Alice Perry Engineering Building
University of Galway
Galway
Ireland
T: 091 492210
E: conan.oceallaigh@universityofgalway.ie
https://twitter.com/ConanOCeallaigh
 
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Biography

Dr Conan O'Ceallaigh is an Adjunct Lecturer and Research Fellow working with the Timber Engineering Research Group (TERG) at the National University of Ireland Galway. Conan obtained his PhD by investigating the structural design and use of Irish-grown timber in the manufacture of engineered wood products and currently works on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine funded, SAOLWood and MODCONS Project, focused on the design, development and experimental testing of a sustainable timber building solution to support national needs while also creating export opportunities in the sector. Conan has previously been involved in National and European funded projects, which have focused on the manufacture and structural design of engineered wood products in accordance with Eurocode 5, such as glulam and cross-laminated timber (CLT), and their use in multi-story timber construction.

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Research Interests

Timber engineering: Structural testing, product development and examining the long-term performance of engineered wood products.

Experimental testing and material characterisation of engineered wood products.
Design provisions for structural timber elements: beams, CLT, connections in Mass-timber construction.
Modular construction methods utilising panalised CLT elements and BIM.
Carbon sequestration in engineered wood products and mass-timber buildings
Coupled numerical methods examining structural behaviour and moisture diffusion in timber. 

Structural engineering: Structural design consisting of timber, steel, concrete, and composite materials.

Computational mechanics: Numerical modelling; Nonlinear analysis, orthotropic materials, long-term/ creep behaviour, moisture diffusion and moisture-induced strain.

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
SAOLWood - Sustainable construction and Assessment Of the full Lifecycle impact of Irish harvested Wood products (SAOLWood) Project 01-APR-22
Modular Mass Timber Building for the Circular Economy (MODCONS) Project 01-MAR-20 31-MAR-23
Adhesive Free Timber Buildings (AFTB) 01-OCT-19 31-JAN-20
Wood Properties for Ireland (Wood Props) 01-JAN-18 30-APR-20
Commercialisation of Irish Cross-Laminated Timber (CiCLT) 01-JAN-17 31-DEC-17
Innovation in Irish Timber Usage (IiTU) 01-JAN-13 01-JAN-16

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Modulus of elasticity prediction through transversal vibration in cantilever beams and ultrasound technique of different wood species'
Acuña L.; Martínez, R.; Spavento E.; Casado M.; Alvarez-Martínez, J., O'Ceallaigh C.; Harte A.M.; Balmori J., (2023) 'Modulus of elasticity prediction through transversal vibration in cantilever beams and ultrasound technique of different wood species'. Construction and Building Materials, 371 [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Web geometry optimisation of novel latticed LVL-Webbed timber I-joists'
Harte, A.M.; Baylor, G.; O'Ceallaigh, C. (2023) 'Web geometry optimisation of novel latticed LVL-Webbed timber I-joists'. 47 :748-759 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2022) 'Experimental investigation of the moment-rotation behaviour of beam-column connections produced using compressed wood connectors'
Mehra, Sameer; O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Sotayo, Adeayo; Guan, Zhongwei; Harte, Annette M. (2022) 'Experimental investigation of the moment-rotation behaviour of beam-column connections produced using compressed wood connectors'. Construction and Building Materials, 331 [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine'
Gil-Moreno, David; Ridley-Ellis, Dan; O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Harte, A.M. (2022) 'The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine'. European Journal Of Wood And Wood Products, [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Experimental characterisation of the moment-rotation behaviour of beam-beam connections using compressed wood fasteners'
Mehra, S., O'Ceallaigh, C., Sotayo, A., Guan, Z., Harte, A.M. (2021) 'Experimental characterisation of the moment-rotation behaviour of beam-beam connections using compressed wood fasteners'. Engineering Structures, 247 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2021) 'Mechanical properties of compressed wood'
Siavash Namari, Lukas Drosky, Bianka Pudlitz, Peer Haller, Adeayo Sotayo, Daniel Bradley, Sameer Mehra, Conan O’Ceallaigh, Annette M. Harte, Imane El-Houjeyri, Marc Oudjene, Zhongwei Guan (2021) 'Mechanical properties of compressed wood'. Construction and Building Materials, 301 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2021) 'Densified wood dowel reinforcement of timber perpendicular to the grain: A pilot study'
Conway, M.,Mehra, S.; Harte, A.M.; O'Ceallaigh, C. (2021) 'Densified wood dowel reinforcement of timber perpendicular to the grain: A pilot study'. Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 6 (3):177-186 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2021) 'Numerical Investigation of Reinforcement of Timber Elements in Compression Perpendicular to the Grain using Densified Wood Dowels'
O'Ceallaigh, C.; Conway, M.,Mehra, S.; Harte, A.M. (2021) 'Numerical Investigation of Reinforcement of Timber Elements in Compression Perpendicular to the Grain using Densified Wood Dowels'. Construction and Building Materials, 288 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Modelling the Hygro-Mechanical Creep Behaviour of FRP Reinforced Timber Elements'
O'Ceallaigh, C., Sikora, K., McPolin, D., Harte, A.M. (2020) 'Modelling the Hygro-Mechanical Creep Behaviour of FRP Reinforced Timber Elements'. Construction and Building Materials, 259 :119899:1-119899:12 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Review of State of the Art Dowel Laminated Timber Members and Densified Wood Materials as Sustainable Engineered Wood Products for Construction and Building Applications'
Sotayo, Adeayo; Bradley, Daniel; Bather, Michael; Sareh, Pooya; Oudjene, Marc; El-houjeyri, Imane; Harte, Annette; M Mehra, Sameer; O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Namari, Siavash; Makradi, Ahmed; Belouettar, Salim; Bouhala, Lyazid (2020) 'Review of State of the Art Dowel Laminated Timber Members and Densified Wood Materials as Sustainable Engineered Wood Products for Construction and Building Applications'. Developments in the Built Environment, 1 (Feb 2020) [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 'The mechano-sorptive creep behaviour of basalt FRP reinforced timber elements in a variable climate'
O'Ceallaigh, Conan Sikora, Karol McPolin, Daniel Harte, Annette M (2019) 'The mechano-sorptive creep behaviour of basalt FRP reinforced timber elements in a variable climate'. Engineering Structures, 200 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 'The elastic and ductile behaviour of CLT wall-floor connections and the influence of fastener length'
O'Ceallaigh, C., Harte, A.M. (2019) 'The elastic and ductile behaviour of CLT wall-floor connections and the influence of fastener length'. Engineering Structures, 189 :319-331 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 'Evaluation of the mechanical behaviour of novel latticed LVL-webbed joists'
Harte, A.M., Baylor, G., O'Ceallaigh, C. (2019) 'Evaluation of the mechanical behaviour of novel latticed LVL-webbed joists'. The Open Construction and Building Technology Journal, 12 :1-11 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 'An Experimental and Numerical Study of Moisture Transport and Moisture-induced Strain in Fast-Grown Sitka Spruce'
Conan O'Ceallaigh, Karol Sikora, Daniel McPolin, Annette M. Harte (2019) 'An Experimental and Numerical Study of Moisture Transport and Moisture-induced Strain in Fast-Grown Sitka Spruce'. Maderas: ciencia y tecnologia, [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'The influence of panel lay-up on the characteristic bending and rolling shear strength of CLT'
O'Ceallaigh, C., Sikora, K., Harte, A.M. (2018) 'The influence of panel lay-up on the characteristic bending and rolling shear strength of CLT'. Buildings, 8 (9) [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2018) 'An investigation of the viscoelastic creep behaviour of basalt fibre reinforced timber elements'
O'Ceallaigh, C,Sikora, K,McPolin, D,Harte, AM (2018) 'An investigation of the viscoelastic creep behaviour of basalt fibre reinforced timber elements'. Construction and Building Materials, 187 :220-230 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) 'Timber moment connections using glued-in basalt FRP rods'
O'Neill, C,McPolin, D,Taylor, SE,Harte, AM,O'Ceallaigh, C,Sikora, KS (2017) 'Timber moment connections using glued-in basalt FRP rods'. Construction and Building Materials, 145 :226-235 [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2021) World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2021)
O'Ceallaigh, C., McGetrick P., Harte. A.M. (2021) The structural behaviour of compressed wood manufactured from fastgrown Sitka spruce World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2021) Santiago, Chile, , 09-AUG-21 - 12-AUG-21 [Details]
(2021) World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021
O’Ceallaigh C., Conway M., Mehra S., Harte A.M., (2021) Modified Wood as Compression Reinforcement of Timber Perpendicular to the Grain World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021 Santiago, Chile, , 09-AUG-21 - 12-AUG-21 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2021) World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021
O’Ceallaigh C., Mosheni I., Mehra S., Harte A.M., (2021) Numerical Investigation of the Structural Behaviour of Adhesive Free Connections Utilising Modified Wood World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021 Santiago, Chile, , 09-AUG-21 - 12-AUG-21 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2021) World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021
O’Ceallaigh C., Gil-Moreno D., Ridely-Ellis D., Harte A.M. (2021) Perception and Use of Timber in Construction: A Case Study of Ireland and the UK World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021 Santiago, Chile, , 09-AUG-21 - 12-AUG-21 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2021) World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021
O'Ceallaigh C., McGetrick P., Harte A.M. (2021) The Structural Behaviour of Compressed Wood Manufactured using Fast-grown Sitka Spruce World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2021 Santiago, Chile 9-12 August, , 09-AUG-21 - 12-AUG-21 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) CERI 2020 - Civil Engineering Research in Ireland
Conway, M., O'Ceallaigh, C.; Mehra, S.; Harte, A.M. (2020) Reinforcement of Timber Elements in Compression Perpendicular to the Grain using Compressed Wood Dowels CERI 2020 - Civil Engineering Research in Ireland [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 21st International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium
David Gil-Moreno; Conan O'Ceallaigh; Dan Ridley-Ellis; Annette Harte (2019) Use of Nondestructive Techniques for Determination of Tension Parallel-to-Grain Properties of Spruce . In: Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory eds. 21st International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium Freiburg, , 25-SEP-19 - 27-SEP-19 , pp.233-240 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 5th International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures (SHATiS) 2019, Guimarães, Portugal
Conan O'Ceallaigh, Annette M. Harte (2019) Numerical Study of FRP Reinforced Timber Members Subjected to Variable Climates 5th International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures (SHATiS) 2019, Guimarães, Portugal [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2018) 21st International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS21)
Mehra, S, O'Ceallaigh, C, Guan, Z, Sotoya, A, Harte, AM (2018) An investigation of the structural behaviour of beam-beam connection systems using compressed wooddowels and plates 21st International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS21) Bologna, Italy, , 04-SEP-18 - 07-SEP-18 [Details]
(2018) 8th Hardwoods Conference 2018
Llana, D, Short, I, O'Ceallaigh, C, Harte, AM (2018) Mechanical properties estimation by non-destructuve testing of Irish hardwood round timber from thinnings for construction purposes 8th Hardwoods Conference 2018 Sopron, Hungary, , 24-OCT-18 - 25-OCT-18 [Details]
(2018) WCTE 2018 World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, Rep. of Korea, August 20-23, 2018
Conan O'Ceallaigh, Karol Sikora, Daniel McPolin, Annette M. Harte (2018) Mechano-sorptive Creep in Reinforced Glulam WCTE 2018 World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, Rep. of Korea, August 20-23, 2018 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2018) WCTE 2018 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, Rep. of Korea, August 20-23, 2018
Sameer Mehra, Conan O'Ceallaigh, Fatemeh Hamid-Lakzaeian, Zhongwei Guan, Adeayo Sotayo, Annette M Harte (2018) Evaluation of the Structural Behaviour of Beam-beam Connection Systems using Compressed Wood Dowels and Plates WCTE 2018 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, Rep. of Korea, August 20-23, 2018 [Details]
(2018) Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018
Conan O'Ceallaigh, Annette Harte (2018) Commercialisation in Irish Cross Laminated Timber Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018 Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018, , 23-FEB-18 - 23-FEB-18 [Details]
(2018) Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018
A. M. Harte, D. Ridley-Ellis, D. Gil-Moreno, C. O'Ceallaigh (2018) Wood Properties for Ireland (WoodProps Programme) Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018 [Details]
(2018) Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018
S. Mehra, C. O'Ceallaigh, F. Hamid-Lakzaeian, A. M. Harte (2018) The Structural behaviour of beam-beam connection system using compressed wood dowels and plates Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018 [Details]
(2016) World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016)
O'Ceallaigh C., Sikora K. S., McPolin D., Harte A. M., (2016) Viscoelastic Creep in Reinforced Glulam World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016) Vienna, Austria, [Details]
(2016) Civil Engineering Research in Ireland CERI 2016
O'Ceallaigh, C.; Sikora, KS; McPolin, D; Harte, AM (2016) Viscoelastic creep in FRP reinforced glulam . In: Goggins, J., Gavin, K., Harte, AM, Holmes, N., Newell, S, O'Dwyer, D., Pakrashi, V., Power, N eds. Civil Engineering Research in Ireland CERI 2016 Galway, Ireland, , 29-AUG-16 - 30-AUG-16 , pp.545-550 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2014) Civil Engineering Research in Ireland (CERI 2014)
O'Ceallaigh, C; Harte, A.; Sikora K; McPolin, D (2014) Mechano-sorptive Creep of FRP Reinforced Laminated Timber Beams Civil Engineering Research in Ireland (CERI 2014) Belfast, [Details]
(2014) Civil Engineering Research in Ireland (CERI 2014)
Harte, A.; McPolin, D; Sikora, K; O'Neill, C; O'Ceallaigh, C (2014) Irish Timber-Characterisation, Potential and Innovation Civil Engineering Research in Ireland (CERI 2014) Belfast, , 28-SEP-14 - 30-SEP-14 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2014) The 57th SWST (Society of Wood Science and Technology) International Convention
O'Ceallaigh, C; Harte, A; Sikora, K; McPolin, D , Zvolen, Slovakia, 23-27/06/2014 (2014) Mechano-sorptive Creep in Reinforced Sitka Spruce The 57th SWST (Society of Wood Science and Technology) International Convention Zvolen, Slovakia, [Details]
(2014) Cost Action FP1004 Conference, Experimental Research with Timber
O'Ceallaigh C., Harte A. M., Sikora, K. S., Mc Polin D. O., (2014) Enhancing Low Grade Sitka Spruce Glulam Beams with Bonded-in BFRP Rods Cost Action FP1004 Conference, Experimental Research with Timber [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2014) UL-NUIG Research Day
O'Ceallaigh, C; Harte, A; Sikora, K; McPolin, D , , Limerick, Ireland, 20/05/2014 (2014) Reinforcing Irish-grown Glued Laminated Beams UL-NUIG Research Day Limerick, [Details]
(2013) Ryan Institute Research Day
Harte, A; McPolin, D; Sikora, K; O'Neill, C; O'Ceallaigh, C (2013) Innovation in Irish Timber Usage Ryan Institute Research Day Galway, [Details]

Thesis

  Year Publication
(2016) An investigation of the viscoelastic and mechano-sorptive creep behaviour of reinforced timber elements.
Conan O'Ceallaigh (2016) An investigation of the viscoelastic and mechano-sorptive creep behaviour of reinforced timber elements. Thesis [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Institute of Engineers of Ireland (IEI) Chartered Member (CEng MIEI) 01-JAN-10 /
Cost Action CA20139 - Holistic design of taller timber buildings Committee Member 12-OCT-21 / 11-OCT-25
Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland Member 23-JUN-14 /
Cost Action FP1101 Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures Researcher Member 01-JAN-11 / 01-JAN-15

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
NUI Galway Adjunct Lecturer 14-SEP-18 /
NUI Galway Research Fellow 01-APR-22 /
NUI Galway Post-doctoral Researcher 01-JAN-17 / 31-MAR-22
NUI Galway Post-graduate Researcher 01-AUG-13 / 15-DEC-16
Ward & Burke, Ireland Civil Engineer 01-APR-11 / 30-SEP-11

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2016 National University of Ireland, Galway PhD Structural Engineering
2012 National University of Ireland, Galway BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING Civil Engineering

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2021 Wood Awards 2020 - Innovation Category Forest Industries Ireland
2016 Winner in the CERI 2016 Timber Research Competition Civil Engineering Research Association in Ireland
2016 2nd Place Overall at the 18th Young Researchers’ Conference, 2016 (London). Institution of Structural Engineers

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2021/2022 Computaional Methods in Civil Engineering CE511 Engineering
2021/2022 Civil Engineering Materials and Design CE222 Engineering