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- DAVID OSULLIVAN is a Senior Research Engineer at the CIM Research Unit (CIMRU) at University College, Galway. Mr OSullivan has been working with CIMRU for the past four years on the application of modern techniques to manufacturing systems design, and in particular, the development and installation of new manufacturing systems in national and multinational industries. One of his most recent projects has involved the development and installation of a large sheet metal flexible manufacturing system for a multinational corporation. Before joining CIMRU, Mr OSullivan worked for four years as a Design Engineer responsible for the mechanical and electrical design of automated guided vehicle systems. One of his projects then, included the specification and prototyping of a mobile robot for tool management in unmanned factory environments. His areas of interest currently include systems development methodologies incorporating both social as well as technical integration. He is at present working on the development of a new systems development methodology for use by manufacturing project groups. His plans in the near future are to publish his ideas on this methodology which attempts to synthesize a large number of already existing methodologies in the fields of systems theory, social systems design, structured methodologies, and systems architectures.