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Paul B McNulty

Paul B McNulty BE MSc PhD (born 1940) is an Irish Engineer, Food Scientist, Writer and Emeritus Professor of Biosystems and Food Engineering at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Early Life

Paul B McNulty was born in 1940 in Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland. He was educated in Carlow CBS (1944-48), St Patrick’s National School, Castlebar (1948-52), St Gerald’s College, Castlebar (1952-53) and Dominican College Newbridge (1953-57).

Following a clerkship in the Bank of Ireland (1957-61), he studied Agricultural and Food Engineering at University College Dublin (1961-65) where he was also co-founder and 1st Auditor of Forum, University Society (1963-1964). He was also the founder and 1st Editor of The Anvil (engineering magazine, 1964-1965.) During this time, he experienced farm research at Teagasc, Carlow; German agriculture at the Vogt farm, Gochsen, near Heilbronn; and German technology at International Harvester, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester, Nuess am Rhein, both summer placements organised by IAESTE< https://iaeste.org/>. Following graduation, he served a one-year internship in the food industry at Ballyclough Co-Operative Ltd (now Dairygold < https://www.dairygold.ie/>) in Mallow and also at Teagasc < https://www.teagasc.ie/contact/offices/moorepark-teagasc-food-research-centre/>, Moorepark, Fermoy.

Postgraduate studies followed at The Ohio State University, Columbus (MSc, Dairy Technology, 1966-68) including a thesis Flow characteristics of reconstituted low heat non-fat dry milks of various concentrations supervised by J L Blaisdell and W J Harper <https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/68426826_W_J_Harper>. Doctoral studies in Food Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (1968-72) included a thesis Factors affecting flavor release and uptake in O/W emulsions funded by Alina Szczesniak <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Surmacka_Szczesniak>, General Foods and supervised by Marcus Karel <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcus_Karel>.

Academic Career

McNulty has specialized in the application of engineering and food science to the production, processing and marketing of food and food products. To that end, he joined the academic staff in Agricultural Engineering at University College Dublin in 1972. He was appointed to the Chair of Agricultural Engineering in 1979 and was Head of the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering (1980-2003) and of its successor, the Department of Biosystems Engineering until his retirement in 2005. During his tenure, the discipline expanded into a world-class research programme underpinned by Irish and EU funding. He has also fostered collaborative teaching and research programmes arising from visitations to cognate disciplines in Ethiopia, Libya and Tanzania.

Since retirement, he has acted as associate Editor of Food and Bioprocess Technology <https://link.springer.com/journal/11947>, a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer, New York (2009-present). He has also extended his intellectual horizon by writing on genealogical and historical issues.

Prizes and Awards

Awarded Fulbright Travel Grant to support postgraduate studies in the USA, 1966, 1972.

Awarded plaque and cheque for $100 for presenting the best scientific paper in Dairy Manufacturing at 63rd Annual Meeting, American Dairy Science Association, Columbus, Ohio, June 1968.

Royal Dublin Society Extension Lectures on Agricultural Engineering topics, 1975-1982.

Visiting Research Fellowship Award by the late Nuri Mohsenin <https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/centredaily/obituary.aspx?pid=189237334> at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1976.

American Society of Agricultural Engineering Paper Award (1981) for a contribution of exceptional merit ‘Mechanical and Physical Properties of Grasses,’ Trans. ASAE, 23: 816-821.

President, CIGR (International Commission on Agricultural Engineering <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Commission_of_Agricultural_and_Biosystems_Engineering>), 1989-1991.

Associate Editor, Food and Bioprocess Technology, Springer, New York, 2009 – present.

Professional Activities

Founder and first Chairman of the Agricultural (now Biosystems and Food Engineering) Division, Institution of Engineers of Ireland (now Engineers Ireland), 1977-1982.

Chairman, Organising Committee, Sixth International Conference for the Mechanisation of Field Experiments at St. Patricks, Drumcondra, Ireland, July 9-13, 1984.

Chairman, Gas Technical Standards Committee, SC6A, Use of LPG Fuel in Motor Vehicles, NASI (National Standards Authority of Ireland, Dublin.)

External Reviewer, Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, Assessment of Publications, 2002.

Extern Reviewer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Assessment of Publications, 2008.

Professional Societies

Chartered Member and Fellow, The Institution of Engineers of Ireland (now Engineers Ireland).

50-Year-Member of The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Fellow, Institute of Food Science and Technology of Ireland.

European Engineer, FEANI (European Federation of National Engineering Associations).

Member, The Institute of Food Technologists (USA).

Founder Member and Fellow, The Irish Academy of Engineering.

Books

AgriFood (now Biosystems and Food) Engineering Research Review, <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261504457_Agrifood_Engineering_Research_Review_5>, University College Dublin (annual publication), Founder and Chief Editor, 1996-2008 with Nicholas Holden <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-holden-67b39717/>.

Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, UNESCO, 1998-2002, Section 5.11, ‘Agricultural Mechanisation and Automation,' <http://www.eolss.net/Sample-Chapters/C10/E5-11-00-00.pdf> Honorary theme editor with Patrick Grace <https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/72561721_Patrick_M_Grace>.

Genealogy of the Anglo-Norman Lynches who Settled in Galway, 2013, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genealogy-Anglo-Norman-Lynches-settled-Galway/dp/1492810592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1551259916&sr=8-1&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty> Spellbound by Sibella, 2013, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spellbound-Sibella-Paul-B-McNulty/dp/1492195219/ref=sr_1_7_twi_pap_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550831364&sr=8-7&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty>

A Rebel Romance, 2014, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rebel-Romance-Paul-B-McNulty/dp/1484128842/ref=sr_1_9_twi_pap_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550831688&sr=8-9&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty>.

The Abduction of Anne O'Donel, 2014, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abduction-Anne-ODonel-Paul-McNulty/dp/1499389310/ref=sr_1_12_twi_pap_2ie=UTF8&qid=1550833374&sr=8-12&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty>

A Story of the Bodkin Murders, 2015, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Bodkin-Murders-Paul-McNulty/dp/1512111546/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1550826737&sr=8-4&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty>

Letters to the Editor: Food & Food-Related Issues, 2016, ISBN-10:150080763X.

Spellbound by Sibella: A Stage Play, 2017, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spellbound-Sibella-Stage-Paul-McNulty/dp/1506084176/ref=sr_1_14_twi_pap_1ie=UTF8&qid=1550835139&sr=8-14&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty>

1798: A Rebel Romance: A Stage Play, 2018, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/1798-Rebel-Romance-Stage-Play/dp/1533689946/ref=sr_1_6_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550829696&sr=8-6&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty>

A Girl Called May: (with appendices), 2018, <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Called-May-appendices/dp/1986754669/ref=sr_1_3_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550825649&sr=8-3&keywords=paul+b+mcnulty>.

Trial of Young John: A Stage Play, 2019, ISBN-10:1534657061.

An Irish Jesuit in Australia: Eustace Boylan SJ, 2019, ISBN: 9781729456514 (in press.)

Publications

Research Gate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Mcnulty2>, 141 research items.

Academia <https://ucd.academia.edu/PaulMcNulty>, 6 papers, 8 books, 14 drafts, 5 talks.

Review of Royal Books & Holy Orders: Essays in Medieval Christianity, Bloomsbury, 2018, Eamon Duffy, commissioned by Edward Walsh, editor of the South-Eastern Catholic History, the journal of the Essex Recusant Society <https://www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/diocese/archives/>(in press).

Community Activities

In addition to his academic activity, McNulty has authored about one hundred ‘Letters to the Editor,’ from 1984 through 2003 in Irish newspapers, on food-related topics with follow-on articles and radio/TV interviews as published in 2016. Most notable was his influence in persuading the Irish Government in 1984 to extend the remit of its Department of Agriculture to include Food in its portfolio with a view to stimulate the now dynamic Irish Food industry. Also notable was his participation in the Move-the-Mountain movement which persuaded the Irish Government to encourage the World Food Programme <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Programme> to use more efficient measures to alleviate famine. He also contributed to the debates on biotechnology, energy, health and safety, and population growth.

Director, SUCCES, Southside Union of Caring Communities Enterprise Society, Dublin 14, 1987.

Executive Member, Irish Council of the European Movement, 1988-91.

Founder Member, Move-the-Mountain Movement, Ireland, 1985-95.

Irish Anti-Apartheid, Movement.

Dublin Friends, Badminton Club.

Fianna Fáil, Laurence Sweeney Cumann, Dublin 14.

Replacement MEP in the European Parliament for Dublin, 1984-1989-1994.