Prof. Leonard O Sullivan
Chartered Ergonomist,PhD (Industrial Ergonomics), Masters (Safety & Ergonomics), BSc (Materials & Construction Technology)
Leonard is an Associate Professor in human factors and ergonomics . His research interests include user centred design in medical device innovation, 3d printing of medical devices, and strategies to optimise the commercial opportunity of medical devices. Leonard is the director of the Rapid Innovation Unit (www.riu.ie) which is leading research on medical device design between UL and the UL Hospitals Group.
Prof. O’Sullivan has co-authored 90 peer reviewed international journal papers in ergonomics, 100+ conference papers, one text and four book chapters in ergonomics. He has supervised 14 PhD dissertations on ergonomics and human factors aspects in design.
