Lecture brings food engineering
into focus
Food Engineering
Group 10th Seligman Lecture Glasgow, Scotland
The 10th Seligman Lecture was held on 13 July 2005 at the
World Congress of Chemical Engineering in Glasgow, Scotland.
José Miguel Aguilera, professor of food and chemical
engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
was the keynote speaker. A leading authority on food engineering
and food structure, his address, entitled ‘Food product
engineering: building the right structures’ reviewed
the history of materials science and paid tribute to the contributions
of food engineering in the field.
Hall 1 of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre was
packed to capacity for the lecture, which was introduced and
chaired by Keshavan Niranjan, chair of the SCI Food Engineering
Group and professor of food biosciences at the University
of Reading. The audience included SCI General Secretary and
Chief Executive Andrew Ladds, and the Chief Executive of the
Institution of Chemical Engineers, Trevor Evans. Andrew also
presented Professor Aguilera with a certificate for his lecture.
The Seligman Lecture is named after Richard Seligman, who
joined SCI in 1904. The Society’s Food Engineering Group
is particularly indebted to Dr Seligman and is proud to be
closely associated with the Seligman Lecture.
The Lecture is always given on a topic related in some way
to food engineering. The lecture must always be advertised
and open to the public because, like so many aspects of SCI’s
activities, communicating a positive message of the benefits
of applied science is a central concern.
Professor Aguilera began his career as a chemical and industrial
engineer at the university where he is now a professor, before
carrying out two Masters degrees and a PhD in North America.
He is also a visiting professor at various US and European
universities.
A member of the editorial board of numerous journals including
Food Science and Technology and Journal of Food Process Engineering,
Professor Aguilera has published several books and authored
over 120 research papers.
He adds the title of Seligman Lecturer 2005 to a string of
prestigious honours and awards, including 2005 recipient of
the IFT Research & Development Award, Presidency of the
International Association of Food Engineering and Food, and
the Berger Distinguished Lecture in International Food Science.
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World Congress of Chemical Engineering from SCI Messel bursar,
Matt Hutchinson.
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