Research Projects in 2008-2009

Use of Power-Ultrasound in the Acceleration of Ice Nucleation and Control of Ice Crystal Distribution during Freezing of Foods (Postdoc)

A. E. Delgado and Da-Wen Sun

Sponsors: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

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Development of a Novel Non-contact and Rapid Computer Vision System for Quality Evaluation and Control of Pre-sliced Cooked Hams  (Postdoc)

F. Mendoza and Da-Wen Sun

Sponsors: EU Food Institutional Research Measure/Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Dublin

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Cryopreservation of Important Cells and Tissue Engineered Tissues  (Postdoc)

X. Wang and Da-Wen Sun

Sponsors: Ireland-China Exchange Programme/Science Foundation Ireland – Ministry of Science and Technology, China

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Experimental Studies and Mathematical Modelling of Immersion Vacuum Cooling of Cooked Beef Joints (PhD)

L. S. Drummond and Da-Wen Sun

Sponsors: EU Food Institutional Research Measure/Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Dublin

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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Vacuum Cooling of Cooked Rice and Cooked Diced Beef as Chilled Ready Meal Components (PhD)

Z. H. Zhang and Da-Wen Sun

Sponsors: EU Food Institutional Research Measure/Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Dublin

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Automatic Segmentation of Beef Longissimus Dorsi Muscle and Marbling by Clustering and Contrast Enhancement (PhD)

P. Jackman, Da-Wen Sun and P. Allen (Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre)

Sponsors: Teagasc Walsh Fellowship, Dublin

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Colour Characterisation of Digital Camera and Flatbed Scanner Using Polynomial Transforms  (PhD)

N. A. Valous, F Mendoza and Da-Wen Sun

Sponsors: EU Food Institutional Research Measure/Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Dublin

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Towards the Ultimate Calf House: Designing with Computational Fluid Dynamics (PhD)

T. Norton, Jim Grant (Teagasc Kinsealy Research Centre), R. Fallon  (Teagasc Grange Research Centre) and Da-Wen Sun

Sponsors: Teagasc Walsh Fellowship, Dublin

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