IFST STUDENT PRESENTATION EVENING AT SURREY UNIVERSITY

When? Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 18:00 to 21:00

Where? Lecture Theatre M (LTM), LT Block Upper Concourse, University of Surrey, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH. Indicated with a red square on the map below

How to get to LT?

Directions by road: you will arrive at the main entrance (indicated with the blue arrow) with the option to leave your car in the pay and display area indicated with the purple square. After 5pmn on weekdays a parking permit/pay-and-display ticket is not required.

If approaching from London (A3) or the M25 (Junction 10), remain on A3 until you reach the exit signed to Cathedral and university. Do not take the exit signed to Guildford.

If approaching from the A322 or A323 from Bagshot or Aldershot, at the A3 roundabout, take the exit signed to Portsmouth, and then turn off the A3 at the first exit (signed to Cathedral and the University).

If entering Guildford from Horsham (A281) or Godalming (A3100), leave the gyratory system at the exit marked Farnham (A31). After approximately 200 yards, at the mini-roundabout, take first turning into Guildford Park Road and continue along Madrid Road to The Chase for a mile. At the roundabout take the third exit, into the University entrance.

Directions by train: you will enter the main campus from southeast, as indicated with the orange arrow. Guildford is on the main line between London Waterloo and Portsmouth. Half-hourly train services run between Guildford and Waterloo, with journey times of 40 minutes (Fastest trains). From the railway station, you could reach campus by

Walking: Leave station by footbridge and rear exit. Turn right from the station along Guildford Park Road and take the second turning on the right. Follow the path through the park-and-ride car park to the campus.

Bus: ARRIVA buses (leave station by footbridge and rear exit, cross main road to bus stop) operate a regular service to the campus. Services 17, 27 and 37 run approximately every ten minutes during the day. The earliest service is at approximately 6am and the last bus is just before midnight.

What is this event about?

http://www.ifst.org/events/student-presentation-evening

Food Science students returning to their final year at Surrey University will give an insight into the experience and knowledge that they gained during their industrial placement year. They will also give presentations about their current research projects on Food Innovation & Investigation. The presentations will be followed by a buffet at which all the students will have the opportunity to talk to Surrey academics, IFST members and professionals working in food industry and food agencies.

Program:

17:45-18:00 Refreshments (LT Block Upper Concourse)

18:00-18:20 Opening talks (LTM)

18:00-18:10: “Educating and training food scientists at Surrey”. Prof Susan Lanham-New, Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences. 18:10-18:20: “Food Science at Surrey: present and future”. Dr Jonathan Brown, Programme Director of Food Science at Surrey University

18:20-19:00 Industrial placement presentations by Final year food science students (LTM)

18:20-18:30: “My placement at Sainsbury’s Head Office” by Suan Ong 18:30-18:40: “My placement at Leatherhead Food Research” by Felicia Frances 18:40-18:50: “My placement at General Mills” by Leena Sachev 18:50-19:00: “My placement at Danone” by Janjira Soh

19:00-19:50 Food Innovation project presentations by Final year food science students (LTM)

19:00-19:10: “Development of gluten-free bread” by Felicia Frances and Fay Colloff 19:10-19:20: “Do commercial yogurts contain the appropriate microbiological and nutritional content? By Constantina Oxinou and Faisal

Tailor 19:20-19:30: “Development of healthy sausages” by Victoria Hamilton and Bethany Spicer 19:30-19:40: “Development of jams lower in added-sugar” by Suan Ong and Leena Sachdev 19:40-19:50: “Making the so-called unhealthy fatty dairy products healthier” by Francesca Coventry

19:50-20:00 Closing talk on “the need for more food scientists working for industry and agencies”. (LTM) Prof George Kass, Senior Scientific Officer at EFSA, and Dr Aaron Mitchell Lett, Leatherhead Food Research.

20:00-21:00. Buffet and time for discussions (LT Block Upper Concourse)