DR Marion McAfee
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Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
| Project | Role | Description | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFI Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre | Funded Investigator | Spoke Project Additive Manufacturing for Production Process | 01-JAN-18 | 31-DEC-22 | |
| North West Centre for Advanced Manufacturin | Principal Investigator | Centre for Advanced Manufactuiring | 01-JAN-18 | 31-DEC-21 | |
| Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Gateway | Principal Investigator | EI TG Programme | 01-JAN-16 | 31-DEC-22 | |
| Bio-PolyTec | Coordinator | Enhanced process monitoring and control technology to accelerate the development of Bioresorbable Polymeric Medical Devices | 01-DEC-13 | 30-NOV-15 |
CONTRACT_RESEARCHERS
| Researcher Name | Project | Role | Funding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Whitaker | Bio-PolyTec | Postdoctoral Student | European Framework Programme Seven (FP7): Ireland |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2021) | 'Biomedical Applications of Electrospun Graphene Oxide'
Grant, Jamie J. and Pillai, Suresh C. and Hehir, Sarah and McAfee, Marion and Breen, Ailish (2021) 'Biomedical Applications of Electrospun Graphene Oxide'. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7 (4):1278-1301 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Machine Learning for Process Monitoring and Control of Hot-Melt Extrusion: Current State of the Art and Future Directions'
Munir, Nimra and Nugent, Michael and Whitaker, Darren and McAfee, Marion (2021) 'Machine Learning for Process Monitoring and Control of Hot-Melt Extrusion: Current State of the Art and Future Directions'. Pharmaceutics, 13 (9) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Ultrasound Sensors for Process Monitoring in Injection Moulding'
Kariminejad, Mandana and Tormey, David and Huq, Saif and Morrison, Jim and McAfee, Marion (2021) 'Ultrasound Sensors for Process Monitoring in Injection Moulding'. Sensors, 21 (15) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Electrospun Fibres of Chitosan/PVP for the Effective Chemotherapeutic Drug Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil'
Grant, Jamie J. and Pillai, Suresh C. and Perova, Tatiana S. and Hehir, Sarah and Hinder, Steven J. and McAfee, Marion and Breen, Ailish (2021) 'Electrospun Fibres of Chitosan/PVP for the Effective Chemotherapeutic Drug Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil'. Chemosensors, 9 (4) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Death Processes in Bovine Theca and Granulosa Cells Modelled and Analysed Using a Systems Biology Approach'
McEvoy MJ, Sinderewicz E, Creedon L, McAfee M, Jonczyk AW, Piotrowska-Tomala KK, Skarzynski DJ. (2021) 'Death Processes in Bovine Theca and Granulosa Cells Modelled and Analysed Using a Systems Biology Approach'. International journal of molecular sciences, 22 (9) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2018) | 'A soft sensor for prediction of mechanical properties of extruded PLA sheet using an instrumented slit die and machine learning algorithms'
Mulrennan, Konrad and Donovan, John and Creedon, Leo and Rogers, Ian and Lyons, John G and McAfee, Marion (2018) 'A soft sensor for prediction of mechanical properties of extruded PLA sheet using an instrumented slit die and machine learning algorithms'. Polymer Testing, 69 :462-469 [Details] |
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| (2018) | 'A UV-Vis spectroscopic method for monitoring of additive particle properties during polymer compounding'
Darren A. Whitaker and Fraser Buchanan and Mark Billham and Marion McAfee (2018) 'A UV-Vis spectroscopic method for monitoring of additive particle properties during polymer compounding'. Polymer Testing, 67 :392-398 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2014) | 'The application of computational chemistry and chemometrics to developing a method for online monitoring of polymer degradation in the manufacture of bioresorbable medical implants'
Whitaker, D.A., Buchanan, F., Lennon, D., Billham, M., McAfee, M. (2014) 'The application of computational chemistry and chemometrics to developing a method for online monitoring of polymer degradation in the manufacture of bioresorbable medical implants'. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 461 :215-225 [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'Application of nonlinear PCA for fault detection in polymer extrusion processes'
Liu, XQ,Li, K,McAfee, M,Deng, J (2012) 'Application of nonlinear PCA for fault detection in polymer extrusion processes'. Neural Computing & Applications, 21 :1141-1148 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'Dynamic gray-box modeling for on-line monitoring of polymer extrusion viscosity'
Liu, XQ,Li, K,McAfee, M,Nguyen, BK,McNally, GM (2012) 'Dynamic gray-box modeling for on-line monitoring of polymer extrusion viscosity'. Polymer Engineering and Science, 52 :1332-1341 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2011) | 'The inferential monitoring of screw load torque to predict process fluctuations in polymer extrusion'
Abeykoon, C,McAfee, M,Li, K,Martin, PJ,Kelly, AL (2011) 'The inferential monitoring of screw load torque to predict process fluctuations in polymer extrusion'. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, 211 :1907-1918 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2011) | 'A new model based approach for the prediction and optimisation of thermal homogeneity in single screw extrusion'
Abeykoon, C,Li, K,McAfee, M,Martin, PJ,Niu, Q,Kelly, AL,Deng, J (2011) 'A new model based approach for the prediction and optimisation of thermal homogeneity in single screw extrusion'. Control Engineering Practice, 19 :862-874 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'Dynamic gray-box modeling for on-line monitoring of polymer extrusion viscosity'
Liu, X., Li, K., McAfee, M., Nguyen, B.K., McNally, G.M. (2012) 'Dynamic gray-box modeling for on-line monitoring of polymer extrusion viscosity'. Polymer Engineering and Science, 52 (6):1332-1341 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'Water spray cooling of polymers'
Tan, S.B., Hornsby, P.R., McAfee, M.B., Kearns, M.P., McCourt, M.P. (2012) 'Water spray cooling of polymers'. Polymer Engineering and Science, 52 (5):1069-1080 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'Application of nonlinear PCA for fault detection in polymer extrusion processes'
Liu, X., Li, K., McAfee, M., Deng, J. (2012) 'Application of nonlinear PCA for fault detection in polymer extrusion processes'. Neural Computing and Applications, 21 (6):1141-1148 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2011) | 'A new model based approach for the prediction and optimisation of thermal homogeneity in single screw extrusion'
Abeykoon, C., Li, K., McAfee, M., Martin, P.J., Niu, Q., Kelly, A.L., Deng, J. (2011) 'A new model based approach for the prediction and optimisation of thermal homogeneity in single screw extrusion'. Control Engineering Practice, 19 (8):862-874 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2011) | 'Internal cooling in rotational molding-A review'
Tan, S.B., Hornsby, P.R., McAfee, M.B., Kearns, M.P., McCourt, M.P. (2011) 'Internal cooling in rotational molding-A review'. Polymer Engineering and Science, 51 (9):1683-1692 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2011) | 'Improved nonlinear PCA for process monitoring using support vector data description'
Liu, X., Li, K., McAfee, M., Irwin, G.W. (2011) 'Improved nonlinear PCA for process monitoring using support vector data description'. Journal of Process Control, 21 (9):1306-1317 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2011) | 'The inferential monitoring of screw load torque to predict process fluctuations in polymer extrusion'
Abeykoon, C., McAfee, M., Li, K., Martin, P.J., Kelly, A.L. (2011) 'The inferential monitoring of screw load torque to predict process fluctuations in polymer extrusion'. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 211 (12):1907-1918 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2011) | 'Quantitative characterization of clay dispersion in polymer-clay nanocomposites'
Xie, S., Harkin-Jones, E., Shen, Y., Hill, J., Hornsby, P., McAfee, M., McNally, T., Patel, R., Benkreira, H., Coates, P. (2011) 'Quantitative characterization of clay dispersion in polymer-clay nanocomposites'. Macromolecular Symposia, 301 (1):151-156 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Improved nonlinear PCA based on RBF networks and principal curves'
Liu, X., Li, K., McAfee, M., Deng, J. (2010) 'Improved nonlinear PCA based on RBF networks and principal curves'. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6328 LNCS (PART 1):7-15 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Modelling the effects of operating conditions on motor power consumption in single screw extrusion'
Abeykoon, C., McAfee, M., Li, K., Martin, P.J., Deng, J., Kelly, A.L. (2010) 'Modelling the effects of operating conditions on motor power consumption in single screw extrusion'. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6329 LNCS (PART 2):9-20 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Structure-property relationships in biaxially deformed polypropylene nanocomposites'
Abu-Zurayk, R., Harkin-Jones, E., McNally, T., Menary, G., Martin, P., Armstrong, C., McAfee, M. (2010) 'Structure-property relationships in biaxially deformed polypropylene nanocomposites'. Composites Science and Technology, 70 (9):1353-1359 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Sintering of biphasic calcium phosphates'
Brown, O., McAfee, M., Clarke, S., Buchanan, F. (2010) 'Sintering of biphasic calcium phosphates'. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 21 (8):2271-2279 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Quantitative characterization of clay dispersion in polypropylene-clay nanocomposites by combined transmission electron microscopy and optical microscopy'
Xie, S., Harkin-Jones, E., Shen, Y., Hornsby, P., McAfee, M., McNally, T., Patel, R., Benkreira, H., Coates, P. (2010) 'Quantitative characterization of clay dispersion in polypropylene-clay nanocomposites by combined transmission electron microscopy and optical microscopy'. Materials Letters, 64 (2):185-188 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2007) | 'Enhancing process insight in polymer extrusion by grey box modelling'
McAfee, M. (2007) 'Enhancing process insight in polymer extrusion by grey box modelling'. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 29 (5):467-488 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2007) | 'A novel approach to dynamic modelling of polymer extrusion for improved process control'
McAfee, M., Thompson, S. (2007) 'A novel approach to dynamic modelling of polymer extrusion for improved process control'. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 221 (4):617-628 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2006) | 'Real-time measurement of melt viscosity in single-screw extrusion'
McAfee, M., McNally, G. (2006) 'Real-time measurement of melt viscosity in single-screw extrusion'. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 28 (5):481-497 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2006) | 'Energy efficient extrusion'
McAfee, M. (2006) 'Energy efficient extrusion'. Materials World, 14 (11):32-34 [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2021) | 2021 32nd Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Munir, Nimra and Mulrennan, Konrad and McAfee, Marion (2021) Comparison of data summarization and feature selection techniques for in-process spectral data 2021 32nd Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-7 [Details] |
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| (2019) | MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
Grant J, Pillai, S.C, Perova, T, Hehir, S, Hinder, S.J, McAfee, M, Breen, A (2019) Optimisation of 5-Fluorouracil Releasing Graphene Oxide/Chitosan/PVP Electrospun Composites MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit Boston, Massachusetts, USA, , 01-DEC-19 - 06-DEC-19 [Details] |
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| (2018) | Advanced Materials Processing Technology Conference
Marion McAfee, Darren Whitaker, Konrad Mulrennan, Mark Billham, Fraser Buchanan (2018) Industrial application of UV-Vis Spectroscopy for real-time assessment of particle agglomeration in a polymer compounding process Advanced Materials Processing Technology Conference Dublin, Ireland, , 04-SEP-18 - 07-SEP-18 [Details] |
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| (2018) | 24th Bioengineering in Ireland Conference
5. Mulrennan, K; McAfee, M; Creedon, L; Donovan, J; Rogers, I; Lyons, S (2018) A hybrid soft sensor model for predicting mechanical properties of polylactide during extrusion processing with applications in medical device manufacturing 24th Bioengineering in Ireland Conference Dublin, Ireland, , 26-JAN-18 [Details] |
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| (2017) | ANTEC
Konrad Mulrennan, Fraser Buchanan, Mark Billham, John Donovan, Leo Creedon and Marion McAfee (2017) Developing a soft sensor Random Forest model for the inline product characterization of Polylactide (PLA) in a twin screw melt extrusion process ANTEC Annaheim, USA, [Details] |
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| (2017) | Polymer Processing Society conference
Konrad Mulrennan, Fraser Buchanan, Mark Billham, Thomas Smyth, John Donovan, Leo Creedon, Marion McAfee (2017) Degradation profiles of Polylactide - A comparative study of machine learning soft sensors used for inline prediction Polymer Processing Society conference Cancún, Mexico, [Details] |
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| (2015) | European Symposium on Bio-Polymers (ESBP)
Mulrennan K, Whitaker D, McAfee M (2015) The determination of optimal processing conditions for PLA and PLA/CaCO3 in twin screw extrusion using DoE and multivariate analysis European Symposium on Bio-Polymers (ESBP) [Details] |
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| (2014) | Life System Modeling and Simulation SE - 23
Whitaker*, Darren A. and Buchanan, Fraser and Lennon, Domhnall and Billham, Mark and McAfee, Marion (2014) The Application of Computational Chemistry and Chemometrics to Developing a Method for Online Monitoring of Polymer Degradation in the Manufacture of Bioresorbable Medical Implants . In: Ma, Shiwei and Jia, Li and Li, Xin and Wang, Ling and Zhou, Huiyu and Sun, Xin eds. Life System Modeling and Simulation SE - 23 , pp.215-225 [DOI] [Details] |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
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| IEEE | Senior Member | 28-JUN-21 / | |
| Higher Education Academy | Fellow | 01-SEP-07 / |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT Sligo | Senior Lecturer | 01-FEB-21 / | |
| IT Sligo | Acting Head of Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering | 01-JAN-18 / 31-AUG-18 | |
| IT Sligo | Lecturer in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering | 01-NOV-10 / | |
| IT Sligo | Development Engineer | 20-NOV-09 / 31-OCT-10 | |
| Queen's University Belfast | Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering | 01-APR-06 / 18-NOV-09 | |
| Queen's University Belfast | Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | 01-OCT-05 / 31-MAR-06 |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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| 2005 | Queen's University Belfast | PhD | A Soft Sensor for Viscosity Control of Polymer Extrusion | |
| 2002 | Queen's University Belfast | MEng | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering | |
| 2077 | Queen's University Belfast | PGCE | PG Cert Higher Education Teaching |
Outreach Activities
| Description | |
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Dr McAfee has been project lead for the Sligo Engineering Fair (funded by SFI Discover and local industry) from 2018-2021. She has also been project lead of the wider Engineering NorthWest Discover project from 2019-2021 which aimed to educate and enthuse the public - and particularly females - about engineering and technology careers and their importance to society. |