NFS 7030
Advanced Food Engineering

Course Syllabus - Fall 2011

Instructor: Subramaniam Sathivel, Ph.D.

Room 220 Ingram Hall

Phone: 225 578 0614

e-mail: ssathivel@agcenter.edu.lsu

Office hours: Monday and Thurs 8:30 AM-9:00 AM or by appointment

Credit hours: 3

Meeting Schedule: Friday: 8 AM-11AM

The objectives of the advanced food engineering course:

• To familiarize with major pilot plant equipment for the conduct of proposed research.
• A food engineering-related research project will be identified by students. The instructor will need to approve your research project.

Justification
This course provides students with necessary knowledge to understand food engineering principles by applying the concepts to design food plant and food processing systems.

Timeline for assignment

• Aug 26^th-Description of research topic
• Sep 16^th-literature review
• Sep 23^rd-Project proposal with justification and method and materials
• Oct 14^th-Preliminary results, summarized, and interpreted
• Nov 18^th-First draft of the project
• Dec 5^th -Final written report

Grading Policy:

Grade will be based on the following scale: A: 90-100%, B: 80-90%, C: 70-79, D: 60-69%, F: below 60%.

Class Format: The format will include discussions, problem solving, and information gathering, and analyses and interpretation of the research project.