Introduction

Food process engineering is a multidisciplinary field which combines and applies principles of science and engineering to food. Food process engineers provide the technological knowledge transfer essential to the cost-effective production and commercialization of food products and services.

Food process engineers are employed in food processing, food machinery, packaging, and ingredient manufacturing firms. Abundant Opportunities lies for the food process engineer in the areas of design and build food processing plants, Food Multi-National Companies, consulting firms, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and health-care firms also employ food engineers.

In the College of Food Science and Technology, Pulivendula, the Department of Food Process Engineering offers 10 Courses to the Under Graduate Students of B.Tech. (Food Tech.). The syllabus is as per the recommendations of V Deans committee of Indian Council of Agriclture Research (ICAR). The courses are as follows.

Sl. No	Course Title	Course No.	Credit Hours	Year and Semester
1.	Food Thermodynamics	FDPE 121	3 (2+1)	I Year II Semester
2.	Post-Harvest Engineering	FDPE 122	3 (2+1)	I Year II Semester
3.	Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing	FDPE 221	3 (2+1)	II Year I Semester
4.	Unit Operations of Food Processing – I	FDPE 222	3 (2+1)	II Year I Semester
5.	Unit Operations of Food Processing – II	FDPE 223	3 (2+1)	II Year II Semester
6.	Food Refrigeration and Cold Chain	FDPE 224	3 (2+1)	II Year II Semester
7.	Food Processing Equipment Design	FDPE 321	3 (2+1)	III Year I Semester
8.	Food Storage Engineering	FDPE 322	3 (2+1)	III Year I Semester
9.	Instrumentation and Process Control in Food Industry	FDPE 323	3 (2+1)	III Year II Semester
10.	Food Plant Layout and Utilities	FDPE 421	3 (2+1)	IV Year I Semester
		Total	30 (20+10)

laboratories at the College

• Food Process Engineering lab
• Food packaging lab
• Workshop Technology lab
• Basic electrical & electronics lab
• Engineering drawing lab

Important Instruments