Brian Freeland
Dr.

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Dr. Brian Freeland completed his degree in Mechatronic Engineering in 2005, MSc in Mechanical with Bioprocessing Engineering in 2009 and PhD in 2020. His PhD work surrounds process control and optimisation in the field of Nanotechnology. He has worked for several years in the Laboratory of integrated Bioprocessing, DCU applying PAT tools to control and optimise Bioprocesses. He has several years’ experience working as an automation engineer in the biopharmaceutical and aerospace inertial sensor industries.
He received a post of Lecturer of Bioprocess Engineering in the School of Biotechnology in 2015 and Assistant Professor of Bioprocess Engineering in 2020. He is also a principle investigator in the Advanced Processing Technology Research Centre at DCU. Currently his main research interests are PAT, bioprocess control, automation and Nanoparticle production via Pulsed Laser Ablation.
Dr. Brian Freeland completed his degree in Mechatronic Engineering in 2005, MSc in Mechanical with Bioprocessing Engineering in 2009 and PhD in 2020. His PhD work surrounds process control and optimisation in the field of Nanotechnology. He has worked for several years in the Laboratory of integrated Bioprocessing, DCU applying PAT tools to control and optimise Bioprocesses. He has several years’ experience working as an automation engineer in the biopharmaceutical and aerospace inertial sensor industries.
He received a post of Lecturer of Bioprocess Engineering in the School of Biotechnology in 2015 and Assistant Professor of Bioprocess Engineering in 2020. He is also a principle investigator in the Advanced Processing Technology Research Centre at DCU. Currently his main research interests are PAT, bioprocess control, automation and Nanoparticle production via Pulsed Laser Ablation.
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Brian Freeland, Eanna McCarthy, Sithara Sreenilayam, Greg Foley and Dermot Brabazon (2021) 'Pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) for nanoparticle generation' In: Laser Micro- and Nano-Scale Processing, Fundamentals and applications. UK : IOP Publishing. [Link] [DOI] | |
2017 | Freeland B.;Ahad I.;Foley G.;Brabazon D. (2017) 'Advanced characterisation techniques for nanostructures' In: Micro and Nanomanufacturing. [DOI] | |
2017 | Brian Freeland, Inam Ul Ahad, Greg Foley & Dermot Brabazon (2017) 'Micro and Nanomanufacturing' In: Advanced Characterisation Techniques for Nanostructures. UK : Elsevier. | |
2017 | Freeland, Brian and Ahad, Inam Ul and Foley, Greg and Brabazon, Dermot (2017) 'Advanced characterisation techniques for nanostructures' In: : Springer International Publishing. | |
2013 | Marison, I;Hennessy, S;Foley, R;Schuler, M;Sivaprakasam, S;Freeland, B (2013) 'The Choice of Suitable Online Analytical Techniques and Data Processing for Monitoring of Bioprocesses' In: MEASUREMENT, MONITORING, MODELLING AND CONTROL OF BIOPROCESSES. BERLIN : SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. [DOI] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Donnelly, D, Blanchard, L, Dabros, M, O’Hara, S, Brabazon, D Foley, G and 4 Freeland, B (2021) 'A High-Density Yeast Propagation System for Brewery Yeast'. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, 80 . | |
2021 | Kottelat, J.; Freeland, B.; Dabros, M (2021) 'Novel Strategy for the Calorimetry-Based Control of Fed-Batch Cultivations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae'. Advanced Manufacturing Processes, 9 (723). [Link] https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9040723 | |
2021 | Brian Freeland, Ronan McCann, Paul O’Neill, Sithara Sreenilayam, Manuel Tiefenthaler, Michal Dabros, Mandy Juillerat, Greg Foley & Dermot Brabazon (2021) 'Real-time monitoring and control for high-efficiency autonomous laser fabrication of silicon nanoparticle colloids'. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-06772-6 | |
2021 | Cian Hughes, Ronán M McCann, Brian Freeland, Dermot Brabazon (2021) 'Electrochemical and chronoamperometry assessment of nano‑gold sensor surfaces produced via novel laser fabrication methods'. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 880 . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114813 | |
2020 | Brignoli, Y;Freeland, B;Cunningham, D;Dabros, M (2020) 'Control of Specific Growth Rate in Fed-Batch Bioprocesses: Novel Controller Design for Improved Noise Management'. Processes, 8 . [DOI] | |
2020 | Freeland B.;McCann R.;Alkan G.;Friedrich B.;Foley G.;Brabazon D. (2020) 'Stable nano-silver colloid production via Laser Ablation Synthesis in Solution (LASiS) under laminar recirculatory flow'. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, . [DOI] | |
2015 | Tassinari B.;Conaghan S.;Freeland B.;Marison I. (2015) 'Application of Turbidity Meters for the Quantitative Analysis of Flocculation in a Jar Test Apparatus'. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 141 (9). [DOI] | |
2012 | Schuler M.;Sivaprakasam S.;Freeland B.;Hama A.;Hughes K.;Marison I. (2012) 'Investigation of the potential of biocalorimetry as a process analytical technology (PAT) tool for monitoring and control of Crabtree-negative yeast cultures'. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 93 (2):575-584. [DOI] |
Conference Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Sithara Sreenilayam Pavithran, Ronan McCann, Éanna McCarthy, Brian Freeland, Karsten Fleischer, Stephen Goodnick, Stuart Bowden, Christiana Honsberg and Dermot Brabazon (2021) ESAFORM 2021 24th International Conference on Material Forming Silver and Copper nano-colloid generation via Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid: Recirculation nanoparticle production mode [Link] | |
2020 | Freeland B.;McCann R.;Foley G.;Brabazon D. (2020) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering High-efficiency generation of nanomaterials via laser ablation synthesis in solution with in-situ diagnostics for closed-loop control [DOI] | |
2020 | Brian Freeland; Ronan McCann; Greg Foley; Dermot Brabazon (2020) Proc. SPIE 11269, Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials XVII High-efficiency generation of nanomaterials via laser ablation synthesis in solution with in-situ diagnostics for closed-loop control San Francisco, California, United States, [Link] https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545878 | |
2019 | B Freeland1, 2, 3, R McCann1, 2 (a), P.O’Neill1, 2, K Bagga1, 2, G Foley3 and D Brabazon1 (2019) 22nd Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium Flow-regime and laser wavelength optimization of Silicon Nanoparticle fabrication via laser ablation synthesis in solution (LASiS) Belfast, University of Ulster, 17/04/2019- 18/04/2019 | |
2009 | Brian Freeland, Sumsun Naher, Greg Foley and Dermot Brabazon (2009) EdTech 2009 The use of virtual learning environments to aid teaching of heat transfer and Artificial Neural Network modelling in Bioprocess Engineering | |
2008 | Development of a heat transfer and artificial neural networks teaching laboratory practical for biotechnology students Freeland, Brian and Naher, Sumsun and Foley, Greg and Brabazon, Dermot (2008) International Symposium for Engineering Education Development of a heat transfer and artificial neural networks teaching laboratory practical for biotechnology students Dublin City University, [Link] | |
2007 | Brian Freeland, John M. Tobin and Greg Foley (2007) International Symposium for Engineering Education A PROJECT AND COMPETITION TO DESIGN AND BUILD A SIMPLE HEAT EXCHANGER Dublin City University, Ireland, [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Online Article
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | B Freeland, R McCann, K Bagga, P O'Neill, G Foley, D Brabazon (2017) Advantages of the 180° Frequency Power Spectrum (FPS) Method in DLS. ELEA [Link] |
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Research Interests
Applying Process Analytical Technology (PAT) tools to understand and control complex systems including Bioprocessing & nano fabrication. Using On-line spectroscopy, Biocalorimetry, Gas Analysis, soft-sensors & ANN.
Nanotechnology: Fabrication of Nanoparticles via Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids (PLAL).
Control and optimisation of high cell density microbial bioprocesses.
Industrial automation, Beckhoff Automation, LabView & laser machining.
Nanotechnology: Fabrication of Nanoparticles via Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids (PLAL).
Control and optimisation of high cell density microbial bioprocesses.
Industrial automation, Beckhoff Automation, LabView & laser machining.