Background
Sun, Da-Wen was born on December 18, 1960 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. Son of Guangbin Sun and Younong Zheng.
孙大文, 孫大文
engineer teacher university professor
Sun, Da-Wen was born on December 18, 1960 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. Son of Guangbin Sun and Younong Zheng.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 1982. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 1988.
He is also President of International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR). He was appointed College Lecturer at National University of Ireland, Dublin (University College Dublin) in 1995, and was then Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and full Professor. Sun is now Professor and Director of the Food Refrigeration and Computerised Food Technology Research Group in University College Dublin.
He is Editor-in-Chief of Food and Bioprocess Technology – an International Journal (Springer), Series Editor of Contemporary Food Engineering book series (Cyclic Redundancy Check Press / Taylor & Francis), former Editor of Journal of Food Engineering (Elsevier), and editorial board member for a number of international journals.
He is also a Chartered Engineer. Sun"s academic work is in the area of food engineering research and education.
His main research activities include cooling, drying and refrigeration processes and systems, quality and safety of food products, bioprocess simulation and optimisation, and computer vision technology. He has studied on vacuum cooling of cooked meats, pizza quality inspection by computer vision, and edible films for shelf-life extension of fruit and vegetables.
Member Institution Mechanical Engineers (England, corporation), Institute Materials (England, corporation, E. Gaspar award 1991, PMDA award 1991), American Society Agricultural Engineering (corporation), International Institute of Refrigeration (corporation), Commission International Agricultural Engineering Section VI (chairman since 2002, merit award, 2000).
Children: Angelina Meiling, Lan Lan, Yun Yun.