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Derek is Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Waterford Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of Civil Engineering from NUI Galway, and holds an MSc in Civil Engineering and PhD in Energy Management and Engineering from Trinity College Dublin. He regularly leads industry-focused academic research projects, and supervises research at Master and Doctoral levels. He is an advocate of sustainable business development through organisational productivity and performance optimisation, high-performance leadership, sustainability and ESG reporting, low carbon and digital innovations. Derek’s research interests include: construction project delivery, Lean, operational excellence, the circular economy, and transition to a low carbon economy. He is a Member of the Pyrite Resolution Board (PRB) and a Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the PRB; he is a judge for the Irish Construction Excellence Awards, and is a Member of the South East Region Committee of Engineers Ireland.