Full Center Proposal (Phase III) for an I/UCRC for the Center for Advanced Processing and Packaging Studies (CAPPS)
0968960 Ohio State University; Steven Schwartz 0968955 North Carolina State University; Kandivan Sandeep
CAPPS is proposing a Phase III support (third five-year period) for the Center, including support for center personnel, evaluation and research. The proposed Center is a multi-university Center comprised of the Ohio State University (lead) and North Carolina State University (NCSU).
CAPPS was initiated in 1983 as an NSF IUCRC program, and since 2003 has been operating solely with industry member support. The major objectives of the Center include: enhancing the knowledge base in developing new and novel emerging food processing/packaging technologies; conducting research to ensure the safety of implementing non-thermal and novel processing technologies within the US; addressing industrially relevant food processing and packaging problems facing the industry; and, training students and other personnel to meet the future needs of the US food processing/packaging. Although the University of California at Davis is not actively seeking support as an official site, it will remain active within the Center contributing research expertise and facilities.
CAPPS will create a program focus in food processing and packaging. With NSF and industry support, the Center anticipates that the collaborative efforts among faculty within the Center will result in advances well beyond what individual laboratories or a single institution could achieve. Participation by industry will require that fundamental advances in food processing and packaging be translated to in-house industry research or possess potential commercial applications. CAPPS will continue to retain company memberships, recruit new industry members and obtain participation from under-represented groups.
