Dr. John Fitzpatrick is a Senior Lecturer in Process & Chemical Engineering since 2008. Education: • PhD in Agricultural Engineering (Bioprocess Engineering) 1992 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA • Master of Science in Food Engineering 1988 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA • Bachelor of Engineering in Agricultural & Food Engineering 1986 University College Dublin• Master of Science in Integrated Environmental Management 2013 University of Bath, UK.• Master of Arts in Teaching & Learning for Higher Education 2008 University College Cork• Diploma in Environmental Science and Social Policy 1997 University College Cork Employment:• Senior Lecturer Dept. of Process & Chemical Engineering, University College Cork October 2008 - present• College Lecturer Dept. of Process & Chemical Engineering, University College Cork November 1995 – September 2008• Post-Doctoral Researcher Dept. of Agricultural & Food Engineering, University College Dublin May - October 1995• Research Officer - Food Engineer National Dairy Products Research Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork January 1993 - April 1995

My areas of research can be broadly categorised as follows: 1) Particle and Powder Technology: Dairy / food powder technology; Powder flowability & caking; Powder rehydration; Particle breakage; Dry powder mixing; Crystallisation. 2) Sustainability, Environment & Energy: Life cycle assessment / carbon footprinting; Ecological limits; Forest wood energy; Superheated steam drying; Energy & oxygen transfer. 3) Bioprocess Engineering: Bioreactor engineering; Protein separations. 4) Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: Sustainability & engineering education; Programme learning outcomes.