Center of Excellence
Hands-On Engineering & Industrial Scale-Up
Our collaborative spaces provide students and researchers with the advanced tools needed for groundbreaking product formulation, safety validation, and commercial processing.
Scale-Up Infrastructure
Agro-Processing Pilot Plant
The flagship departmental pilot facility bridges benchtop science and commercial manufacturing. It allows students to operate commercial-scale food equipment, master sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOP), and optimize thermal pasteurization and canning processes.
Advanced Analytics
Graduate Research Laboratory
Dedicated advanced research hub for M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. scholars focusing on novel biomaterials, intelligent and active biodegradable packaging, encapsulation of bioactive compounds, and post-harvest shelf-life stabilization.
Food Safety & Quality
Wet Chemistry & Microbiology Laboratory
Designed for chemical proximate analysis and food microbiology experimentation. Students conduct tests for moisture, protein, ash, crude fiber, water activity, and microbial colony counting under sterile conditions.
Process Engineering & Simulation
Dry Computational & Simulation Lab
Equipped with high-performance workstations for computational fluid dynamics (CFD), process optimization algorithms, plant layout design, and kinetics of food degradation modelling.
Laboratory Safety, Training & Usage Protocols
All students, faculty researchers, and commercial clients utilizing departmental facilities must adhere to the University of Ghana Environmental Health and Safety guidelines:
Industry Partnership
Industrial Consultation & Product Testing
The Department partners with local food manufacturing enterprises, agro-processors, and regulatory agencies to offer product formulation, shelf-life testing, and pilot production runs.
Student Immersion
Practical Unit Operations
Undergraduate students performing analytical titrations and mass balance determinations in the wet laboratory.
Facility Coordination
For laboratory access schedules, equipment booking, or technician assistance: