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In an effort to get young people interested in STEM subjects, we will periodically host high school students from University Prep Academy High School in Detroit, who will also get to tour the drying facilities at Michigan State.
Our research team will also include several UM-Dearborn pre-engineering students. These are students who plan on entering engineering programs but are still working on meeting their introductory math and science requirements. Professor Lee and Professor Zikanov are hoping the hands-on learning from this project will help get students over the hump and into their chosen programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.
Smart Food Processing, driven by smart and digital technologies, is expected to revolutionize the food industry by making drastic improvement in yield, quality, and energy efficiency of many food processing operations. However, a widespread adoption of the smart food processing in industry will only be possible if accompanied by extensive training of the technical workforce in a new set of skills such as those for installation and maintenance of sensors and new control electronics, data collections and data management, and understanding of food processing operations.
To meet this demand, we are working with the Institute of Agricultural Technology (IAT) at Michigan State University (https://lnkd.in/gG9pekBB) to supplement their two-year certificate program in Food Processing, Technology and Safety with smart and digital technologies. More specifically, we’ve developed video lectures on Introduction to Smart Food Processing and Sensor Technologies. A separate video for a drying lab was developed to provide virtual experiences with sensors, drying process, and collection and analysis of process data. We are targeting to offer the developed modules to the IAT students in Spring of 2026. Our efforts to bring Smart Food Processing to practice via Workforce Development activities will continue.
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