Expertise Statement

Teaching Duties

• Applied Mechanics
• Solid Mechanics 
• Engineering Science 
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Technology
• Maths for Technologists 

Research Interests

•  Biosystems Engineering

Professional Memberships

• CIGR
• ASABE

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Publications

• Norton, T., Cullen, P.J. (2010)   (2010) Ozone for contact surface sanitization in Ozone in Food Processing, C. O'Donnell, B.K. Tiwari , P.J. Cullen, and Rip G. Rice (eds). Wiley UK (in press)
• Norton T., Grant, J., Fallon R., Sun D-W. (2010) Optimising the ventilation configuration of naturally ventilated livestock buildings for improved indoor environmental homogeneity Buildings and Environment 45 (4):983-988
• Norton T., Grant, J., Fallon R., Sun D-W. (2010) Improving the representation of thermal boundary conditions of livestock during CFD modelling of the indoor environment' Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 73 (1):17-36.
• Norton T., Grant, J., Fallon R., Sun D-W. (2010) A computational fluid dynamics study of air mixing in a naturally ventilated livestock building with different porous eave opening conditions' Biosystems Engineering 106 (2):125-137
• Norton, T, Misiewicz P   (2010) Ozone for Process Water Treatment Ozone in Food Processing, C. O'Donnell, B.K. Tiwari , P.J. Cullen, and Rip G. Rice (eds). Wiley UK (in press)
• Norton, T, Tiwari, B.K. (2010) HACCP, TQM and GMP in the food industry. Jasim Ahmed (eds). Handbook of Food Process Design. UK: Wiley. (in press)
• Tiwari, B., Norton, T, Brennan, C. (2010) Ozone for food grain processing industry International Conference on Food Technology, IICPT, Thanjavur, India October 2010
• Norton, T., Tiwari, B.K., Sun, D-W (2010) Advances in the use of computational fluid dynamics in thermal processing' Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (in press)
• Norton, T., Sun, D-W. (2010) CFD: an innovative and effective design tool for the food industry Food Engineering at Interfaces USA, Springer Press.
• Norton. T.; Tiwari, B.  (2010) Aiding the understanding of novel freezing technology through numerical modelling with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Computer Applications in Engineering Education (in press)
• Norton, T., Sun, D-W. (2009) Simulation of high pressure freezing processes by enthalpy method' Journal of Food Engineering 91(2): 260-268
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R. and Sun, D-W. (2009) Assessing the ventilation performance of a naturally ventilated livestock building with different eave opening conditions Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 71(1):7-21
• Norton, T., Sun, D-W. (2009) Computational fluid dynamics in thermal processing Engineering Aspects of Thermal Processing USA, CRC Press
• Norton T., Grant, J., Fallon R., Sun D-W. (2009) Assessing the ventilation effectiveness of naturally ventilated livestock buildings under wind dominated conditions using computational fluid dynamics Biosystems Engineering 103 (1):78-99
• Norton, T., & Sun, D-W. (2008) Recent advances in the use of high pressure processing as an effective technology in the food industry Food and Bioprocess Technology 1(1):2-34
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R. and Sun, D-W. (2008) A computational fluid dynamics approach to predicting the ventilation efficiency and thermal comfort in naturally ventilated livestock buildings International Conference on Agricultural Engineering (AgEng2008) Hersonissos - Crete, Greece
• Norton, T., Sun, D-W., Grant, J., Fallon, R., Dodd, V. (2007) The use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model and design agricultural buildings' Bioresource Technology 98, 12: 2386-2414
• Norton, T., Sun, D-W. (2007) An overview of CFD applications in the food industry Computational Fluid Dynamics in Food Processing USA, CRC Press
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R. and Sun, D-W. (2007) Towards a decision support system to improve the design of livestock  buildings as a function of the local environment Making Science Work on the Farm: A Workshop on Decision Support Systems for Irish Agriculture Teagasc, Ireland
• Norton, T., Sun, D-W. (2006) Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD) - An Effective and Efficient Design and Analysis Tool for the Food Industry: A Review' Trends in Food Science and Technology 17(11): 600-620
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R. and Sun, D-W. (2006) Towards an optimally ventilated calf house (b) isothermal optimisation with computational fluid dynamics Agricultural Research Forum Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R. and Sun, D-W. (2006) Towards an Optimally Ventilated Calf House (a) Predesign Evaluation Agricultural Research Forum Agricultural Research Forum Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R. and Sun, D-W. and Dodd, V.A. (2005) Ensuring the accurate prediction of airflow patterns in a climatic calf house by CFD EFITA/WCCA Joint Congress on IT in Agriculture
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R., Lenehan, J.J., and Sun, D-W. (2005) Qualitative and quantitative assessment of airflow within and around a naturally ventilated calf house using computational fluid dynamics Agricultural Research Forum Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland
• Norton, T., Grant, J., Fallon, R. and Sun, D-W. (2004) Analysis of the efficiency of natural ventilation in a climatic calf house using computational fluid dynamics 2004 CIGR International Conference Beijing, China

Additional Information

• Member of IMECHE Food Engineering Committee
• Editor: Innovative Science Magazine (www.innovative-science.com)
• Guest editor: Special Issue on CFD in Agri-Food industry: in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (currently in development)
• Reviewer for a number of SCI listed Journals

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