Prof. Da-Wen Sun
CIGR President (2013-2014)

Professor Da-Wen Sun, MRIA, MAE, MPAN

CIGR President (2013-2014)

CIGR Honorary President

iAABE Founding President 

Professor Da-Wen Sun is an Academician of six academies, including Royal Irish Academy - the highest academic honour in Ireland, Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe) - one of the most prestigious academies in the world, Polish Academy of Sciences - the highest lifetime honour bestowed by the Polish government, International Academy of Food Science and Technology, International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and International Academy of Refrigeration. He served as the President of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR), the world's largest organisation in the field, from 2013 to 2014, and is now Honorary President of CIGR, , he is also the Founding President of International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (iAABE). He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of “Food and Bioprocess Technology” (Q1) and the Founding Series Editor of “Contemporary Food Engineering” book series. Professor Sun has been named Clarivate^TM Highly Cited Researcher in the last 9 consecutive years (2015- 2023).

About CIGR

International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering – CIGR (Commission Internationale du Genie Rural) founded in 1930 in Liège, Belgium, as an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization regrouping, as a networking system, regional and national societies of agricultural and biological engineering as well as private and public companies and individuals all over the world, is the largest and highest international institution in the field. Until 2008 the organisation was known as International Commission of Agricultural Engineering. Its membership includes (opens in a new window)American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), (opens in a new window)Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE), (opens in a new window)European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng), (opens in a new window)Latin American and Caribbean Association of Agricultural Engineering (ALIA), (opens in a new window)South and East African Society of Agricultural Engineering (SEASAE), (opens in a new window)Euro Asian Association of Agricultural Engineers (EAAAE), (opens in a new window)Association of Agricultural Engineers of South-Eastern Europe (AAESEE), and many national societies.

About iAABE

The establishment of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (iAABE) was initiated and proposed by Professor Da-Wen Sun when he served the President of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR) in 2013-2014. The main purpose of the Academy is to identify and recognise top individuals distinguished by their scientific and professional contributions to agricultural and biosystems engineering in the world. The proposal for establishing iAABE was presented by Professor Sun to the CIGR Presidium on 3 September 2013 during the 5th International Conference on Trends in Agricultural Engineering in Prague, Czech Republic, and was subsequently approved by the 68th Executive Board Meeting of CIGR. The proposal was finally rectified by the 53rd General Assembly of CIGR on 17 September 2014 during the 18th World Congress of CIGR held in Beijing, China. The Academy has 33 Founding Fellows from 20 countries, consisting of previous CIGR Fellows and CIGR Past Presidents and the President, representing the highest academic level in the field, and new Fellows are elected every two years. The Academy is a source of scientific personnel and information to support international activities related to agricultural and biosystems engineering, and it will also act in an advisory capacity to CIGR.  

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CURRENT POSITIONS

• Full Professor of Food and Biosystems Engineering  (Personal Chair),  University College Dublin  (UCD)  (National University of Ireland - Dublin)
• Director, Food Refrigeration & Computerised Food Technology (FRCFT), University College Dublin  (UCD) (National University of Ireland - Dublin)
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