Established in 2013 and based in the School of Mechanical, Electrical & Process Engineering at CIT, MESSO is an academic research group primarily concerned with the advancement of knowledge in the applied mechanical and energy systems research fields. The group has expertise in mechanical, thermal and energy systems modelling and simulation, specialising in areas such as marine renewable energy technology, agricultural systems and building energy technologies. MESSO Research engage as consultant to Industry working on addressing an organisations knowledge gap in areas related to mechanical and energy systems as well as developing technology base solution to existing energy systems challenges. The group also publishes peer reviewed research in the areas of dairy processing control, demand side management optimisation, energy systems, building technology, enclosed environments, computational fluid dynamics, regression modelling, mechanistic modelling & optimisation.