Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture (CIDA) Seminar Series: "Computer-Aided Food Manufacturing"- Ashim Datta

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Location

Bill and Melinda Gates Hall 122

Description

Physics-based (as opposed to data-driven) models require many input parameters--physical, chemical and biological properties of foods. These models also generate tremendous amount of information (insight), such as temperature, moisture, pressure, microbiological growth, and texture development during food processing. Such information is extremely valuable to industry, extension, and education. Professor Datta’s project curates and develops three repositories: data and prediction equations for the vast array of physical properties of food materials, apps that can simulate food processes, and annotated videos of complex food processes. These will be crowdsourced, allowing everyone to contribute to and benefit from instant access, insight from cross-comparison of materials and processes, and to help develop further frameworks for data and practical simulations. Ashim Datta is a Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering and has been at Cornell University for the past 33 years. He specializes in mathematical (computational) modeling of food processes like frying and microwave heating, with a goal to understand these processes better (more mechanistically and quantitatively). His research group also uses this understanding to optimize the process in the context of product, process and equipment design. He leads a collaborative NIFA project on digital food manufacturing also just completed a major nationwide project on use of digital simulations in education. The Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture (CIDA), a faculty led initiative focused on creating a strong voice in the emerging area of Digital Agriculture (DA), invites Assoc. Professor Sengers to present her research for CIDA’s monthly seminar series. Live Stream: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/419930398