He is currently a professor of food and biosystems engineering at UCD, Ireland. He has been the project leader for a long time and has undertaken a series of major scientific research projects of the European Union and the Irish government. He has published more than 700 high-level papers in world-famous magazines and international conferences, and published 4 monographs/kloc-0, among which more than 350 papers have been included in SCI (H index =54), and nearly 100 SCI papers have been published in cooperation with China. Especially, the papers on computer vision, vacuum cooling and CFD simulation have become classic references for other researchers. According to the ranking of global agricultural scientists published by Thomson Reuters on 20th1July 10, there are 2,554 scientists in the world among the "most cited scientists" in agricultural science 1%, among which Professor Sun Dawen is among the best, ranking among the top 3 in the world1. In 20 10, he was gloriously elected as an academician of the Royal Irish Academy of Sciences, which was regarded as Ireland's highest honor and achievement peak. Li Yuanchao, then member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee and director of the Organization Department of the Central Committee, and now vice president of the State, specially entrusted the Central Organization Department to send a congratulatory letter, praising Sun Dawen for "winning glory for Chinese children" and "making great efforts and making important contributions to promoting the development of food science and technology in China and cultivating young talents". Li Haifeng, director of the the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, also sent a congratulatory letter, saying that "this is not only your personal honor, but also the glory and pride of all overseas Chinese!" In the same year, he was elected as the chairman of the International Committee on Agriculture and biosystems engineering (CIGR), which is known as the "Olympics" of agricultural engineering. His term of office started from 20 1 1 year 1 month, and he took over as the chairman from 20 13. 20 1 1 was elected as an academician of the European Academy of Humanities and Natural Sciences (Academia Europaea), which was the first time that a Chinese scientist in Europe was elected as an academician of the Academy, and Sun Dawen became the first Chinese in European history to have an academician of the two academies.
He won CIGR Outstanding Award in 2000 and 2006, AFST(I) Academician Award in 2007, CIGR Achievement Award in 2008 and CIGR Academician Award in 20 10. In 2004, he was awarded the "Food Engineer of the Year Award" by the Royal Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 2010 At the end of February, 152 Chinese media in 32 countries were rated as "Top Ten News Figures of Overseas Chinese in 2065 438+00". 2010 At the end of February, 152 Chinese media in 32 countries were rated as "Top Ten News Figures of Overseas Chinese in 2065 438+00". 20 13 In March, it was awarded the 20 12-20 13 "The World is Beautiful Because of You" by more than ten influential Chinese media in Phoenix Satellite TV and China News Service, and received the award on the same stage as Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan, Shenzhou 9 flight crew and other award-winning individuals and groups. 20 13 in may, he was awarded the frozen food foundation frozen research award by the international food protection association (IAFP), becoming the first scientist outside the United States to win this famous award.
He is a member of the Royal Institution of Agricultural Engineers and the Irish Institution of Engineers. At the same time, he also held the post of "Food and Bio-processing Technology" with the impact factor of 4. 1 15 in 2065438. Springer), editor-in-chief of international journals, Modern Food Engineering (CRC Press/Taylor &; Francis) is the editor-in-chief of a series of books, the editor-in-chief of many international journals included in SCI, the consultant professor or visiting professor of more than a dozen universities such as Zhejiang University, Harbin Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiaotong University, and has been invited to be the chairman of large-scale international academic conferences, the keynote speaker of important international academic conferences, and the judge of specially invited projects such as the European Union Framework Plan, the American Natural Science Foundation and the Canadian Natural Science and Engineering Research Council.