14^th Food Engineering Conference

Biography

Professor Cleland is Head of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology at Massey University, New Zealand. His research interests are industrial refrigeration, energy efficiency and food processing. He is an Honorary Member of the Science and Technology Council of the International Institute of Refrigeration and the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Heating, and a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers, the Institution of Professional Engineers of NZ, the Institute of Refrigerating, Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers of NZ and the NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology. He is a Board member of the MacDiarmid Institute, the NZ Robotics Charitable Trust and the Manawatu Cricket Association.

Research Interest

Professor Cleland undertakes fundamental & applied research relevant to industrial refrigeration, food processing, energy efficiency, sustainability & heat pump technologies. A common outcome has been simple, yet accurate, methods to optimise the design & operation of food refrigeration & processing systems. Improved environmental performance, particularly energy efficiency, has also been sought