Department of Food Engineering
Department of Food Engineering has identified as one of the most important Engineering programs in the country. It is the youngest science-based Engineering profession which has been cultivated quickly and gets great attention in the country.
Food Engineering Program aims to train autonomous professionals with the values and professional competencies to apply Scientific, Technological and Engineering knowledge to design industrial food processes, upgrade existing classical production methods, develop food products, design and manage quality systems from the perspective of sustainable social development.
Graduates are trained to write up, design and execute engineering projects related to the food and beverage industries. This is all focused on the higher productivity, greater economic benefits, taking into account food security and respect for the environment.
Program Description
Food engineering profession is unique among other engineering professions. All engineering profession (including food engineering) use and manipulate mathematics, physics, and engineering art to solve technical problems in a safe and economical fashion. In addition, Food engineering includes the vast application of other disciplines such as food chemistry, physics, microbiology and nutrition in order to manufacture and distribute food products for the common good of our society. This makes the scope of Food Engineering much broader discipline.
In Ethiopia, the age of the profession in food is not more than 15 years. Its practice is not well developed and recognized in the country. However, Food Engineering is very important to handled agriculture produces and processed them to value added food products that are needed by consumers and have stable shelf life. Even though, much work has been left to be done ahead, it is obvious that Food engineering and food engineers have indispensable role in realizing the industrial development of the country.
Rationale, Objectives, Outcome of the Program
Program Rationale
Now a day, food processing industries get great recognition in Ethiopia as a high-priority area. Inorder to achieve the expected returns on investment through good quality and right value addition, application of technology and Engineering has become imperative, leading to an unprecedented demand for scientists, technologists, Engineers and other professionals who can manage the emerging challenges of the food processing industry effectively.
Objective
To satisfy the country’s need for highly qualified trained Food Engineers to meet the demands of the country in academia, research, industry, governmental and non-governmental organizations to support development efforts of the country.
Program Outcome
Food Engineering professionals are equipped with professional knowledge and skill in the area and are able to employ modern technology extensively to produce and analyze food products, design food process and plant, simulate and test how a machine or food system operates, generate specifications for foods, machinery, or packaging, monitor product quality, safety, and control process efficiency.
Programs Detail
Research Supervisors
Dr. Habtamu Fekadu (PhD)
Associate Professor
Dr. Wondu Garoma (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Head of Department
Tamirat Endale Geleta
Food Processing & Processing Engineering Department Head
Phone Number: +251913252026
Email: endale24@gmail.com