Professor Da-Wen Sun has been elected the New President of the IAABE
Monday, 19 December, 2016
Professor Da-Wen Sun, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, has been elected the President of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (iAABE), and become the Founding President of iAABE. Professor Sun is also one of the 33 iAABE Founding Fellows. Fellowship of iAABE is the highest honour in the field of agricultural and biosystems engineering.
Professor Sun has made very significant contributions to the promotion and progression of global agricultural and biosystems engineering. He has been involved in CIGR activities since joining UCD in 1995, and has served various key positions including CIGR President in the organisation. At the 4th International Conference on Agricultural Engineering held on 26 - 29 June 2016 at Aarhus University in Denmark, he was conferred with the title of CIGR Honorary President and also presented with the CIGR Merit Award for his distinguished services during his CIGR Presidency and for his outstanding leadership in food engineering in the world.
Further details of iAABE can be found here: http://cigr.org/Governance/academy.php
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