4 days Ago By Niall Kitson
19 November 2024 Cork-based software company CompuCal Calibration Solutions has partnered with Munster Technological University (MTU) to deliver a forward-thinking programme that will benefit science, engineering and manufacturing students across the Southwest region. The collaboration aims to prepare students by enhancing their digital skills to enable digitisation of paper-based current and future processes within instrumentation, processing and manufacturing sectors by offering a real-world digital technology experience and solution, helping them tackle the evolving challenges. As part of this partnership, CompuCal’s software has been integrated into MTU’s Department of Physical Sciences, supporting modules on process control and instrumentation, calibration and asset management.
These programmes will certify students in digital calibration, instrument maintenance, commissioning, and validation, positioning them to thrive in the data-driven, process-controlled industrial environments of tomorrow. The collaboration, includes the recent incorporation of CompuCal Go, a mobile app designed for on-site technicians, ensures that MTU students are exposed to the latest technology in the field. This state-of-the-art tool provides a fully digital, paperless solution for calibration and maintenance tasks, integrating real-time data uploads directly to the CompuCal cloud platform.
MTU delivers approximately 1,500 STEM students annually, comprising approximately 10% of the national STEM cohort in science and engineering disciplines. Donal Sullivan, CEO, CompuCal Calibration Solutions, said: “In the highly regulated world of biopharma, medtech, and FMCG, calibration maintenance of assets is critical to keeping operations running smoothly..
. MTU’s leadership in adapting its curriculum to meet industry needs is crucial in shaping a workforce ready to face the rapidly evolving global manufacturing environment.” Through this collaboration, MTU students will gain vital insights into asset measurement – ranging from temperature monitoring to pressure vessels – and will understand the essential role that calibration plays in ensuring production output, compliance with international standards, audit readiness, cost efficiencies, and business intelligence reporting.
Donagh O’Mahony, head the, Physical Sciences department at MTU, added: “This partnership reaffirms MTU’s commitment to engaging with industry and enterprise. We are leveraging the exceptional expertise and innovation of an industry partner to support the development of future generations of talented MTU students. CompuCal has worked with us to review and update some of our core instrumentation and calibration modules, ensuring that they align with the latest in industrial best practice.
The resulting changes best demonstrate the role of calibration in a live global manufacturing environment. This is directly relevant to our students and we are excited by the value that is being added to our course work and their learning experience.” TechCentral Reporters Read More: CompuCal Education mtu Munster Technological University.
