The university industry cooperation in doctoral studies

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1 The university industry cooperation in doctoral studies Presentation: 31 January 2012 Dr. RASA SVOBŪNĖ

2 Curriculum vitae in a nutshell Place / Date Rasa Svobūnė was born in Finished Varena Secondary School Studies at Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology (Technological Science, Chemical engineering, 05T) Technologist in JSC Naujasis Nevezis Doctoral studies at Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology (Technological Science, Chemical engineering, 05T) Research work at Department of Food Science and Technology of University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Austria). ITEA 2-2

3 The partners : guidance/supervision Place / Date Academic supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Gražina Juodeikienė Industrial supervisor: Dr. Romualdas Grikštas (Production Manager) ITEA 2-3

4 Co-supervision arrangements Place / Date University Industry Lectures Exams Lab work Meetings Scientific work Industrial work Research product Results ITEA 2-4

5 Why a PhD when you already have a full time job? Place / Date New situation in the Lithuanian food industry. To enhance a career development opportunities. To build up a network of contacts outside industry. To get the opportunity to obtain a PhD (important for myself). ITEA 2-5

6 Join Stock Company NAUJASIS NEVĖŽIS Naujasis Nevėžis is a producer of breakfast cereals and other cereal snacks, using wholesome and natural products. Place / Date The company s main areas of development include the production of new products and quality improvement of the existing products. Naujasis Nevėžis applies the technology of extrusion, which allows it to retain unchanged nutrients in raw materials. The other oneness of chips is that for producing chips use not only potato cereals, but also grain cereals, such as wheat, corn and oats. Owing to it, the product is enriched by wider range of nutrients. ITEA 2-6

7 Funding and money flow Place / Date 1 3 ME 2 1. Payment of monthly salary % of my budget went to research work % funding my conferences, a placement in the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna (Austria). ITEA 2-7

8 Objects of investigation - Local cereal raw materials such as rye and buckwheat open perspectives: increase of the extruded product assortment; the development of new raw materials for food industry. Place / Date Rye - Usually wheat products (in mixtures with import raw materials corn and rice) are processed in JS company Naujasis Nevezis by extrusion. Buckwheat ITEA 2-8

9 Introduction Cereals, at the base of the food pyramid, are the cornerstone of healthy eating. Place / Date The interest of consumers to consume healthier food products with a lower content of calories such as cereal snacks and breakfast cereals produced by extrusion has been increased. Diet Food Pyramid Cereal foods are major sources of dietary fibre g/ dietary fiber ITEA 2-9

10 Introduction Place / Date Technique looks simple but the processes in extrusion technology are complicated ITEA 2-10

11 Benefits for the company Place / Date High-quality research with close collaboration with university Bringing highly qualified work force and scientific know-how Bringing cutting-edge research, enabling exploitation of results ITEA 2-11

12 New perspective in production for company Place / Date BREAD-MAKING CONFECTIONARY FEED MEAT BEVERAGES ITEA 2-12

13 New classification of extruded products for company Place / Date Cereal snacks Breakfast cereal semi manufactured products ITEA 2-13

14 Benefits for academic partner Place / Date Collaboration with the industry Interesting research topic Scientific novelty Knowledge in extrusion cooking ITEA 2-14

15 Benefits for me Place / Date Get the opportunity to obtain a PhD Increase a personal market value More options in career development Networking in wider environments ITEA 2-15

16 Dissemination of results Place / Date 9 conferences: Lithuania, Austria, Croatia 5 publications: international and domestic scientific journals; 2 seminars in production scale ITEA 2-16

17 Thank you for your attention Place / Date ITEA 2-17