Name: Edmond Philip Byrne BE MSc MA (T&LHEd) PhD CEng MIEI MIChemE
Position: College Lecturer
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E: e.byrne@ucc.ie
Biography
Education
1995: BE (Chemical), University College, Dublin
1996: MSc (Agr.) Food Science, University College, Dublin
2001: PhD (Process & Chemical Engineering), University College, Cork
2005: Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, University College, Cork
2006: Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, University College, Cork
2008: MA (Teaching & Learning in Higher Education), University College, Cork
Career History
2001- : College Lecturer, Dept. of Process & Chemical Engineering, University College, Cork
1998-2001: College Lecturer (temporary full time), Dept. of Process & Chemical Engineering, University College, Cork
1997-1998: Part-time lecturer, Dept. of Chemical and Process Engineering, Cork Institute of Technology
Awards
2004: Award for research on innovative forms of teaching and learning (jointly with Dr John Fitzpatrick)
‘Visualisation in the teaching and learning of Chemical & Process Engineering'
2006: UCC President's Award for Excellence in Teaching 2006
2011: IChemE Journals: Editors' Choice (ECE paper 'Chemical engineering in an unsustainable world' selected among eight)
2012: Invited Speaker: 14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE) Congress. Singapore, 22-24 February.
2012: IChemE Journals 2011 Best Reviewers Award
PhD's Supervised
Baş, Nusin (2010), Mathematical modelling and optimisation of the formulation and manufacture of aggregate food products.
Pathare, Pankaj B. (2010) Optimisation of granola breakfast cereal manufacturing process by wet granulation and pneumatic conveying.
Riedewald, Frank (2011) Comparison of deterministic, stochastic and fuzzy logic uncertainty modelling for capacity extension projects of DI/WFI pharmaceutical plant utilities with variable/dynamic demand.
Hanley, Kevin (2011) Experimental quantification and modelling of attrition of infant formulae during pneumatic conveying.
Research MEngSc’s Supervised
Heffernan, Sinead (2003) Effect of shear on the properties and separation characteristics of whey protein precipitates.
O’Leary, Keara A. (2010) Experimental analysis of the co-melt fluidisation granulation process.
3rd International Symposium for Engineering Education
Selected Publications and Presentations
