CORK, Ireland –19th November 2024 – Cork-based software company, CompuCal Calibration Solutions, has partnered with Munster Technological University (MTU) to deliver a forward-thinking program that will benefit Science, engineering and manufacturing students across the Southwest region. This 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 innovative calibration management software has been integrated into MTU’s Department of Physical Sciences full time and industry focused part time Instrumentation and Calibration programme offerings, 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.
MTU delivers approximately 1,500 STEM students annually, comprising approximately 10% of the national STEM cohort in Science & Engineering disciplines. This collaboration will provide these students with practical, hands-on experience using CompuCal’s latest technology, simulating real-life operational challenges that engineers and technicians encounter in the manufacturing industry.
This type of collaboration enables indigenous industry, which includes both SMEs and MNCs, to become globally competitive by partnership with companies such as CompuCal who have developed innovative solutions to meet the challenges of digitisation in modern industry.
Donal Sullivan, CEO of CompuCal Calibration Solutions, welcomed the partnership, “In the highly regulated world of Biopharma, MedTech, and FMCG, calibration maintenance of assets is critical to keeping operations running smoothly. We are delighted to contribute to equipping Ireland’s future engineers and technicians with the skills needed to meet the challenges of advanced manufacturing. 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.
MTU’s Donagh O’Mahony, Head of Department, Physical Sciences also highlighted the significance of the announcement, “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.”
The collaboration, which 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.
About CompuCal Calibration Solutions
CompuCal Calibration Solutions is an engineering-based software company, headquartered in Cork, and deployed all over the world. It operates as a SaaS/AI company, enabling clients to digitally manage their calibration, maintenance and commissioning and validation needs within the manufacturing and process control environment.
CompuCal has a long history in electrical and instrumentation service evolving in 1993 into a calibration software company which has grown to now serve SMEs to Fortune 500 companies across the regulated pharma, med tech, food and beverage, oil and gas and other industry sectors. It also assists third party service providers to carry out calibration and maintenance work on-site at client locations.
The company operates at scale through a worldwide network of partners. More than 80% of CompuCal business is international.
For further information: https://compucalcalibrations.com/
About CompuCal GO
CompuCal GO is the ideal app for service technicians. Simple to use, with powerful capabilities. It enables technicians and engineers working in the field to complete calibration & maintenance tasks on site In real-time and upload to the CompuCal cloud platform seamlessly. Fully digital, paperless end to end process, for both iOS and Android, phones and tablets. Works everywhere!
For further information: https://compucalcalibrations.com/compucal-go/
About MTU & the Department of Physical Sciences
MTU was founded on January 1st 2021 from a merger of Cork Institute of Technology and IT Tralee, making it the first university to be established in the southwest since 1845. The institution has six principal campuses: MTU Bishopstown, MTU Kerry North, MTU Kerry South, MTU Cork School of Music and MTU Crawford College of Art and Design, both in Cork City, and the National Maritime College of Ireland, situated in Ringaskiddy, Cork Harbour.
The University boasts many top-class facilities including its award-winning Library & IT Building and its world class laboratories. MTU’s mission as outlined in the strategic plan 2022-2027 is to lead change and, through education, empower people for a successful future in a globalised world.
The Department of Physical Sciences is located on MTU’s Bishopstown campus, delivering courses in core areas of Control/Instrumentation, Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Science, and is responsible for teaching Chemistry and Physics across the Faculty of Engineering and Science on the Cork Campus. The department plays a key role in providing graduates in areas related to process control, instrumentation and automation, that support the strategic industries such as BioPharmaChem, MedTech, Energy etc and supporting service providers in areas such as industrial instrumentation, calibration and maintenance.
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