Thanks to all who attended the seminar by Jeff Korengel on the state of food and food manufacturing in the U.S.
Jeff is working closely with us to put together a pre-proposal for the Dept. of Commerce call for Manufacturing Innovation Institute proposals. Other people helping from here in the university include Rolando Flores (Food Science), Ronnie Green, David Jones, Mark Riley and Curt Weller. We have reached out to the Nebraska community college system and the Department of Economic Development. Our colleagues in California (UC-Davis) and Georgia (Georgia Tech) are doing the same.
Regardless of the success of this particular submission, the hope is that we will continue to build a major public-private partnership that will give us a broader context for future research proposals (from anti-microbial materials and coatings, to bio and automation sensors, controls, robotics, data analytics, thermal processes, multiphase flows, etc.).
His powerpoint presentation can be found at the link below.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/t9os