Program Overview

Food Industry Training Unit

The Food Industry Training Unit offers a range of courses and training programs for professionals in the food industry. One of the courses offered is the Food Process Engineering Principles workshop.

About the Course

The Food Process Engineering Principles workshop is a 2-day online course that covers the engineering principles of food processing. The course is designed for technical, quality, and marketing managers, production staff, quality assurance personnel, product developers, and R&D personnel.

Course Objectives

The course aims to provide participants with a solid grasp of food process engineering principles, including:

• Engineering units and mass balances
• The physics of process fluids
• Rheological analysis of food
• Principles of heat transfer
• Thermal process analysis
• Evaporation, membrane, and drying technology
• Powder flow and dissolution science
• Food engineering tools of the future

Course Benefits

Participants will benefit from:

• Knowledge exchange with leading academic and industry practitioners
• Perspectives gleaned from operations in the UK and overseas
• Gaining a solid grasp of food process engineering principles
• Improving confidence in dealing with engineering problems and calculations
• Performing heat and mass balances on processes
• Understanding the effects of heat on microbial inactivation, enzymes, and chemical reactions

Trainers

The course is led by Dr. Mike Lewis, a renowned expert in food science and technology, and Dr. Seamus (James) A O'Mahony, a lecturer in food science at University College Cork.

Digital Badge Award

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be awarded a digital badge, which can be used to support their CV and e-portfolio.

Registration

The cost of the course is 450 per participant, and partial funding may be available for eligible participants.

Other Relevant Courses

Other courses offered by the Food Industry Training Unit include:

• Food Safety and Quality Audits - A Practical Approach
• Thermal Processing
• Ice-Cream Science and Technology
• Cheese Science and Technology

University College Cork

University College Cork is a registered charity with the Charities Regulatory Authority. The university offers a range of academic programs, research opportunities, and industry partnerships.

Contact Information

For further information, please contact Rachel Delaney, Programme Manager, Food Industry Training Unit, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, University College Cork.

Updated

The course information was last updated on 24 July 2025.