Biosystems and Food Engineering Research Review 26

The Twenty Sixth Annual Research Review describes the ongoing research programme in the School of Biosystems and Food Engineering at University College Dublin over the academic year 2020/21, from the collective research body within the school comprising our academic staff, technical staff, research staff and our early stage researchers totalling over 130 researchers (15 academic staff, 1 technician, 15 postdoctoral researchers and over 100 post-graduates). A copy of this book is available to download from the UCD Research Repository at: http:// researchrepository.ucd.ie. The research programme covers two main focal areas: Food and Process Engineering as well as Energy and the Environment. Each of these areas is divided into sub-themes as indicated in the Table of Contents, which also includes the name of the research scholar (in bold); the title of the research and the nature of the research programme.