This engineering elective course will introduce computational modeling, digital twins, and heat and mass transfer in porous media, in a product and process design context in the food industry. Emphasis is on universal engineering frameworks describing food transformations during processing. Carefully prepared material makes you well prepared for the course if you have taken heat transfer and fluid flow. We will cover the modeling steps of problem formulation, implementation in a state-of-the-art software, validation, and report writing, and you will choose your own modeling project to apply these steps. This unique content is of much interest in food manufacturing and captures our group’s 30-year research.

The hybrid instruction mode should make it easier on your schedule, as we meet only Fridays. Assessment is based on a project, quizzes, and class participation. Graduate students will have more advanced content and a more demanding project. Content can be adjusted based on your specific interest. See attached syllabus and reach out to professor Datta at akd1@cornell.edu.

Syllabus-BEE 4630/6630: Digital Food Physics and Engineering