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FPEN 740: Seminar IV Provisional Thesis Findings Report

Students will present preliminary findings of their research before they submit their theses for examination. 

FPEN 730: Seminar III Thesis Progress Report

This seminar is to assess progress being made by the student on his/her thesis. 
 

FPEN 720: Seminar II Experiential Research Learning

The Experiential Research Learning (ERL) seminar is to prepare students to start an apprenticeship soon after their comprehensive examination. Students will be required to undergo practical training with Faculty in research work and present a report on their...

FPEN 712: Food Safety, Traceability and Competitiveness

The course will allow students to sharpen skills on the current issues on food safety, food regulations and traceability. The impact of engineering process and product design on food safety and traceability and applications within the Ghanaian context....

FPEN 710: Seminar I Research Proposal

All students must formally defend their research proposal to ensure that the proposed work is relevant, meaningful, viable and capable of being completed within the time frame and resource constraints. The student will prepare a document to the satisfaction...

FPEN 708: Engineering and Design in Biotechnology

The course will cover engineering applications in biotechnology for food and allied processing.  The course will review food fermentation with particular reference to liquid-state and solid-state fermentations and the design of equipment to effect these...

FPEN 707: Food Process and Product Design, Development and Evaluation

This course will highlight recent advances in food process design using modern technologies and how these can be applied to processing of Ghanaian foods. Topics to be covered will include design of equipment for upgrading and improving traditional food...

FPEN 706: Advanced Statistical Quality Control

This course will explore the concepts and practical application of advanced statistical techniques used in quality control. Topics include design and implementation of quality systems, quality trilogy, quality management tools (5 whys, root cause analysis,...

FPEN 705: Transport Phenomena

This course aims to give advanced knowledge in transport phenomena covering momentum transport (viscous flow), energy transport (heat conduction, convection and radiation) and mass transport (diffusion) in continua in food systems. Topics will include kinetic...

FPEN 704: Engineering and Microstructural Properties of Foods

The course highlights the interrelationships between structural components of food ingredients and the expressed physicochemical, sensory and textural attributes of foods. Topics will include thermodynamics and vapour-liquid equilibria; glass transitions in...

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