Sun Dawen (kinesisk: 孙大文; pinyin: Sūn Dàwén), også kendt som Da-Wen Sun, er professor i Food and Biosystems Engineering ved University College Dublin, National University of Ireland. Han er medlem af Royal Irish Acamedy, den højeste ære i Irland.
Biografi Professor Da-Wen Sun er født i det sydlige Kina og er en førende ekspert i fødevareteknologi. Hans vigtigste forskningsaktiviteter omfatter køling, tørring og køleprocesser og -systemer, kvalitet og sikkerhed af fødevarer, bioprocessimulering og optimering, og computer vision teknologi. Især hans innovative undersøgelser af vakuum afkøling af kogt kød, pizza kvalitetskontrol ved hjælp af computer vision, og film til øget holdbarhed af frugt og grøntsager har været meget omtalt i nationale og internationale medier. Resultaterne af hans arbejde er blevet offentliggjort i mere end 200 peer reviewed tidsskrifter og mere end 200 konferencedokumenter.
Han fik Honours BSc og MSc i Mechanical Engineering og PhD in Chemical Engineering fra Kina, før han startede med at arbejde ved forskellige universiteter i Europa. Han blev den første kinesisk statsborger, der blev fastansat ved et irsk universitet, da han blev udnævnt lektor ved National University of Ireland, Dublin (University College Dublin) i 1995 og blev derefter løbende forfremmet på kortest mulig tid til senior lecturer, associate professor og professor. Dr. Sun er nu professor i fødevarer og Biosystemteknologi og direktør for Food Refrigeration and Computerised Food Technology Research Group ved University College Dublin.
Som en førende underviser i fødevareteknologi har professor Sun bidraget væsentligt inden for fødevare-teknologi. Han har vejledt mange ph.d.-studerende, som har gjort deres egne bidrag inden for erhvervslivet og den akademiske verden. Han har også holdt foredrag om fremskridt inden for fødevareteknologi på regelmæssig basis ved akademiske institutioner internationalt og har holdt hovedtale på internationale konferencer. Som en anerkendt ekspert i fødevareteknologi har han haft adjungerede professorater ved de ti bedste universiteter i Kina, herunder Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong Universitet, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Agricultural University, South China University of Technology, Jiangnan Universitet og så videre. I anerkendelse af hans betydelige bidrag til Food Engineering på verdensplan og for hans fremragende lederskab inden for området tildelte International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR) ham CIGR Merit Award i 2000 og igen i 2006, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) baseret i UK har udnævnt ham til Food Engineer of the Year 2004, i 2008 blev han tildelt CIGR Recognition Award til ære for hans fornemme resultater som den øverste procent af Agricultural Engineering videnskabsfolk i verden. Ifølge Thomson Scientific's Essential Science Indicators (ESI), som er opdateret den 1. juli 2009, og som dækker en 10-årig plus fire-måneders periode (1. januar 1999 – 30. april 2009), er i alt 2.391 videnskabsmænd blandt de øverste én procent af de mest citerede forskere i kategorien Agriculture Sciences (ISI Web of Science), og professor Sun er på øverste del af listen med sin position som nummer 36.
Han er medlem (Fellow) af Institution of Agricultural Engineers og er medlem (Fellow) af Engineers Ireland (The Institution of Engineers of Ireland). Han har også modtaget adskillige priser for undervisning og forskning af topkvalitet, herunder President’s Research Fellowship og har to gange modtaget President’s Research Award ved University College i Dublin. Han er medlem af bestyrelsen for CIGR og Honorary Vice-President i CIGR, Editor-in-Chief of Food og Bioproces Technology - An International Journal (Springer), redaktør af "Contemporary Food Engineering" bog-serien (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis), tidligere redaktør af Journal of Food Engineering (Elsevier), og Editorial Board Member for Journal of Food Engineering (Elsevier), Journal of Food Process Engineering (Blackwell), Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality and Safety (Springer) og Czech Journal of Food Sciences. Han er også Chartered Engineer.
Ære og præmie CIGR Recognition Award, 2008, by CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering) AFST(I) Fellow Award, 2007, by Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) CIGR Merit Award, 2006, by CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering) President’s Research Fellowship, 2004/2005, by University College Dublin Food Engineer of the Year Award, 2004, by The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK Who’s Who in Engineering and Science, 2000 - CIGR Merit Award, 2000, by CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering) President’s Research Award, 2000/2001, by University College Dublin Who’s Who in the World, 1999 –
Værker Infrared Spectroscopy for Food Quality Analysis and Control, Elsevier, 684 pp., (2009)
Infrared Spectroscopy for Food Quality Analysis and Control, Elsevier, 416 pp., (2009). Modern Techniques for Food Authentication, Elsevier, 684 pp., (2008) Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, Elsevier, 608 pp., (2008) Computational Fluid Dynamics in Food Processing , CRC Press, 760 pp., (2007) Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging , CRC Press, USA, 737 pp., (2006) Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues , CRC Press, 640 pp., (2006) Emerging Technologies for Food Processing, Elsevier, 792 pp., (2005) Advances in Food Refrigeration , Leatherhead Publishing, 482 pp., (2001) The University Structure and Curricula on Agricultural Engineering , Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 233 pp., (2000)
Seneste papirer I Bøger L. J. Wang and Da-Wen Sun, Mathematical Analysis of Vacuum Cooling, in M. Farid (ed), Mathematical Analysis of Food Processing, pp. 459-485, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2009). L. Drummond and Da-Wen Sun, Effects of Chilling and Freezing on Safety and Quality of Food Products, in E. Ortega-Rivas (ed.), Processing Effects on Safety and Quality of Foods, pp. 297-320, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2009). # T. Norton and Da-Wen Sun, Computational Fluid Dynamics in Thermal Processing, in R. Simpson (ed), Engineering Aspects of Thermal Processing, pp. 317-363, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2009). L. Y. Zheng, A. E. Delgado and Da-Wen Sun, Surface Heat Transfer Coefficients with and without Phase Change, in M. Shafiur Rahman (ed), Food Properties Handbook, 2nd Edition, pp. 717-758, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2009). C. X. Zheng and Da-Wen Sun, Computer Vision for Quality Control, in M. Zude (ed), Optical Monitoring of Fresh and Processed Agricultural Crops, pp. 126-140, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2009). C. X. Zheng and Da-Wen Sun, Image Segmentation Techniques, in Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, pp. 37-56, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA (2008). C. X. Zheng and Da-Wen Sun, Object Measurement Methods, in Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, pp. 57-80, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA (2008). C. J. Du and Da-Wen Sun, Object Classification Methods, in Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, pp. 81-107, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA (2008). L. Y. Zheng, Da-Wen Sun and J. Tan, Quality Evaluation of Meat Cuts, in Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, pp. 111-138, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA (2008). C. J. Du and Da-Wen Sun, Quality Measurement of Cooked Meats, in Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, pp. 139-156, Elsevier, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA (2008). C. J. Du and Da-Wen Sun, Quality Evaluation of Pizzas, in Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, pp. 427-446, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA (2008). T. Norton and Da-Wen Sun, An Overview of CFD Applications in the Food Industry, in Computational Fluid Dynamics in Food Processing, pp. 1-41, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2007). Da-Wen Sun, An Overview of Refrigeration Cycles, in Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging, pp. 57-83, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2006). Da-Wen Sun and L. Y. Zheng, Innovations in Freezing Process, in Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging, pp. 175-195, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2006). A. E Delgado, Da-Wen Sun and A. C. Rubiolo, Thermal Physical Properties of Foods, in Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues, pp. 3-34, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2006). L. J. Wang and Da-Wen Sun, Heat and Mass Transfer in Thermal Food Processing, in Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues, pp. 35-71, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2006). E. Hogan, A. L. Kelly and Da-Wen Sun, High Pressure Processing of Foods: An Overview, in Emerging Technologies for Food Processing, pp. 3-32, Academic Press / Elsevier, London, UK (2005). L. Y. Zheng and Da-Wen Sun, Vacuum Cooling of Foods, in Emerging Technologies for Food Processing, pp. 579-602, Academic Press / Elsevier, London, UK (2005). L. Y. Zheng and Da-Wen Sun, Ultrasonic Acceleration of Food Freezing, in Emerging Technologies for Food Processing, pp. 603-626, Academic Press / Elsevier, London, UK (2005). I akademiske fagblade P. Jackman, Da-Wen Sun and P. Allen, Automatic Segmentation of Beef Longissimus Dorsi Muscle and Marbling by an Adaptable Algorithm, Meat Science, 83 (2009) 187–194. P. Jackman, Da-Wen Sun and P. Allen, Comparison of Various Wavelet Texture Features to Predict Beef Palatability, Meat Science, 83 (2009) 82–87. A. E. Delgado, L. Y. Zheng and Da-Wen Sun, Influence of Ultrasound on Freezing Rate of Immersion-frozen Apples, Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2 (2009) 263–270. T. Norton, J. Grant, R. Fallon and Da-Wen Sun, Assessing the Ventilation Effectiveness of Naturally Ventilated Livestock Buildings under Wind Dominated Conditions Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Biosystems Engineering, 103 (2009) 78-99. P. Jackman, Da-Wen Sun and P. Allen, Comparison of the Predictive Power of Beef Surface Wavelet Texture Features at High and Low Magnification, Meat Science, 82 (2009) 353-356. R. Zhao, E. Chen, M. Lin, Da-Wen Sun and B. Xu, Characteristics of Chamber Temperature Change during Vacuum Cooling, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 32 (2009) 177-186. Y. Ma and Da-Wen Sun, Hardness of Cooked Rices as Affected by Varieties, Cooling Methods and Chill Storage, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 32 (2009) 161-176. C. J. Du and Da-Wen Sun, Retrospective Shading Correction of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Beef Images for Three-Dimensional Visualization, Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2 (2009) 167-176. N. A. Valous, F. Mendoza, Da-Wen Sun and P. Allen, Texture Appearance Characterization of Pre-Sliced Pork Ham Images Using Fractal Metrics: Fourier Analysis Dimension and Lacunarity, Food Research International, 42 (2009) 353-362. P. Jackman, Da-Wen Sun, C. J. Du and P. Allen, Prediction of Beef Eating Qualities from Colour, Marbling and Wavelet Surface Texture Features using Homogenous Carcass Treatment, Pattern Recognition, 42 (2009) 751-763. T. Norton, A. Delgado, E. Hogan, P. Grace and Da-Wen Sun, Simulation of High Pressure Freezing Processes by Enthalpy Method, Journal of Food Engineering, 91 (2009) 260-268. F. Mendoza, N. A. Valous, P. Allen, T. A. Kenny, P. Ward, and Da-Wen Sun, Analysis and Classification of Commercial Ham Slice Images Using Directional Fractal Dimension Features, Meat Science, 81 (2009) 313-320.