Bioprocessing and Food Emphasis
Processing of agricultural and biological materials yields
many important products, from foods to pharmaceuticals. In
this emphasis, you prepare for careers to design or develop:
- systems for processing, storing, and distributing food
and agricultural products.
- processes to recover and purify products such as proteins
produced through biotechnology.
- processes to make products such as biodegradable plastics
from biological materials.
- new food products as a member of a team of food scientists
and marketing specialists.
- systems to ensure food safety and quality.
- systems for automatic sensing and control of processes
to manufacture food products and other biomaterials.
Our graduates have been employed by
AMEC, Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
Frito-Lay
General Mills, Inc.
Hormel
Jerome Foods
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
The Pillsbury Co.
Salaries start at $40,000-$45,000.
|