Course Syllabus
Fall 2011
- Meeting Time: Friday: 8 AM-11AM
- Number of Credits: 3
- Instructor: Subramaniam Sathivel
- Office: 220 Ingram Hall
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Office hours: Monday and Thurs 8:30 AM-9:00 AM or by appointment
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E.mail: ssathivel@agcenter.lsu.edu
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Phone: (225)-578-0614
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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.
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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.
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Timeline for assignment
- Aug 26th-Description of research topic
- Sep 16th-literature review
- Sep 23rd-Project proposal with justification and method and materials
- Oct 14th-Preliminary results, summarized, and interpreted
- Nov 18th-First draft of the project
- Dec 5th -Final written report
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Grading Policy:
| Written project report | 80 % |
| Pilot plan and lab activities | 20 % |
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.