Ceiling at the Tate Britain
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Martin Patrick McAdam
It is very impersonal to write in the 3rd party but feels a little easier than saying “I” all the time!
Martin McAdam is an experienced executive, entrepreneur and Non Executive Director with a demonstrated history of developing new businesses and delivering value to existing companies. Martin McAdam is skilled in Information Technology, Renewable Energy, Engineering and Scotch Whisky. Martin McAdam has a strong business development focus. Martin McAdam has a Bachelor of Engineering from University College Dublin and has completed the Advanced Management Programme from Harvard Business School.
In his spare time Martin McAdam likes to travel and take photographs.
Current Projects
Ardgowan Distillery Company Limited
Ardgowan Distillery Company Limited is developing a Single Malt Scotch Whisky distillery project on the Ardgowan Estate near Inverkip, west of Glasgow at the mouth of the River Clyde. The strategy is to release a premium 7-year old Lowland single malt whisky that will have a distinctive taste and flavour given its proximity to the sea and the Gulf Stream. To get going we have released a blended malt whisky called Expedition some of which went to the South Pole and back again.
The whisky that went to the South Pole.
Expedition is actually doing quite well for our first whisky - It achieved a bronze in the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge. And has been shortlisted as a finalist in three categories of the Scottish Whisky Awards.
Expedition is a Finalist!
Long Term Projects
Pat McAdam Scholarship
The Pat McAdam Scholarship in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering was established in memory of Pat McAdam, at the request of Martin McAdam, to celebrate and honour the life and work of his late wife, a much-loved teacher.
The gift to establish this Scholarship was generously donated by Martin McAdam, a UCD Chemical Engineering graduate (BE 1982), Martin's and Pat's daughter, Dr Kate McAdam and Pat’s parents, Mr & Mrs Paddy & Kathleen O’Connor.
The purpose of the Pat McAdam Scholarship in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering is:
to celebrate Pat McAdam’s life as a teacher and her talent with students - the talent that encouraged her students to strive for more, to learn more and to want to be more
to promote and support excellence in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering education.
The Pat McAdam Scholarship is awarded annually to a UCD Stage 2 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Student. The award is intended to support the recipient in undertaking a Research Internship during the Summer at the end of Stage 2.
Each year since 2011, the Pat McAdam Scholarship has been used to fund the Pat McAdam Scholar’s participation in a prestigious Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program within the Renewable Energy Materials Research Science & Engineering Centre (REMRSEC) at the Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, Colorado.
Martin McAdam and the UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering gratefully acknowledge the support of Prof. Chuck Stone, REMRSEC REU Director and Professor Colin Wolden, Chemical & Biological Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines in hosting the Pat McAdam Scholar in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering.
Dr. Kate McAdam PhD (3rd from left) and Martin McAdam (centre) with a number of the Pat McAdam scholars.
McAdam Travel Bursary
Martin McAdam is a UCD Chemical Engineering graduate (1982) sponsors the McAdam Travel Bursary, initiated in 2013, as an award for which both Stage 2 and Stage 3 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering students are eligible. The award is intended for students who wish to achieve a personal goal, which may or may not be directly linked to Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, but which would contribute to a broadening of the student's individual development.