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ProfessorKevin McDonnell

Full Professor

School of Agriculture and Food Science

Orcid identifier0000-0002-5499-9898 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Full Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Science
  • 01 716 7472
  • University College Dublin, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Agriculture and Food Science Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Academic Council Committee on Student Appeals and Compliants
    1 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
    Elected member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Post graduate Education Committee
    16 Aug 2024
    Co-chair
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Key note address
    25 Jul 2024
    Invited to give the key note address at the inaugural PTX Trimble Digital agricultural meeting addressing the AgTech teams from Europe and South America.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Inaugural African Conference on Agricultural Technologies 2023
    1 Nov 2023
    Session key speaker at the Inaugural African conference on Agricultural Technology ,addressing digital tools for agricultural early warning systems.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Invited speaker United National Food Systems Summit CFC (opens in a new tab)⁠
    14 Oct 2021 - 14 Oct 2021
    Invited to address the UN Committee on Food Systems event as a panelist regarding the role of Digital Agriculture to address global food supply systems
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    International Society of Precision Agriculture
    1 Oct 2019 - 1 Sep 2020
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Post Graduate Education Committee
    2 Sep 2019
    Member
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Fulbright TechImpact Scholarship
    17 Jun 2019
    Awarded a Fulbright TechImpact Scholarship to work with Ohio State University on a Digital Agriculture project.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Certified Welder
    1 Apr 2019
    Certified steel welder for 2D/2G welding
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    University Assessment Appeals
    1 Aug 2017
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    ConsultUCD
    15 Feb 2017
    Director
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Workshop
    13 Jul 2016
    External examiner WIT 2011- 2016
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Lyons Management Committee
    30 Sep 2015
    Elected member
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Invited Speaker: Royal Irish Academy: Inaugural Dublin Talks on Research
    1 Jan 2012
    Royal Irish Academy wanted to pilot TED style talks in Dublin and I was asked to give one of the inaugural talks on the topic of Food versus Fuel in the world.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Environmental Innovation Award - Winner
    1 Jan 2011
    Winner of the Dun Laoghaire innovation award for work done on developing energy efficiency systems for companies working in the lighting area.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Green Awards 2011 Finalist for Green Innovation Award
    1 Jan 2011
    Finalised in the 2011 Green awards for research work done with a UCD campus company on reducing energy consumption and developing energy management protocols.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Sustainable Energy Innovation Award
    1 Jan 2011
    Winner of the inaugural SEAI Energy innovation award for research and technology developed on a smart HID lighting system for street lights.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Globe Forum Finalist - presented in Dublin
    1 Jan 2010
    Presented as a case study on campus innovation at the Globe Forum in Dublin Oct 2010
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Invited Speaker - Innovation Dublin
    1 Jan 2010
    Invited panel speaker at the inaugural Dublin Innovation panel in Sept 2010
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    NovaUCD CCPD Awards - Runner up
    1 Jan 2010
    Runner up in the NovaUCD campus company development programme in 2010
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    ASABE
    14 Jun 2000
    Member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Biosystems Engineering Ltd (opens in a new tab)⁠
    16 Jun 1999
    Founder and Director of UCD campus company
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    ASA
    Member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Belfield Technology Ltd
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    School of Biosystems: Teaching and Learning committee