Name: Dr Jorge Oliveira BE, PhD, CEng, MIEI, MIChemE, MIFT
Position: Head of Department
T: 353 (0)21 490 2006
F: 353 (0)21 427 0249
E: j.oliveira@ucc.ie
Biography
Career History
Jorge Oliveira was Teaching Assistant at the Catholic University of Portugal (College of Biotechnology) in Portugal between 1984 and 1989. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1989 and was Associate Professor from 1994 to 1998 at this Institution, as well as Head of Projects & Development of the Inter-University Institute of Macau in 1997-1998. He was also an invited Professor at the University of Porto, Portugal, College of Nutrition Sciences from 1994 to 1997. He was a founding Partner of "Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovaça o, S.A." (Portuguese Society for Innovation, private consultancy company) and senior business consultant at this company. He was Visiting Professor at the Department of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition, University College Cork from 1999 to 2002.
Research Interests
· Product Design Engineering.
· Cognitive-based design engineering systems.
· Kinetics of quality and safety factors in bioprocesses.
· Process modelling and optimisation.
