Academic Program
• Integral Valorization of Bio-Production (2008-2012)
Students earn standard credits for courses taken as part of this program. Students should consult with their major professor about coursework taken during this program and how those courses fit into the student's program of study. Courses taken at the University of Arkansas are preferably courses that are not available at the student's home institution.
Food Science Course Descriptions (PDF)
Research Opportunities
UA Faculty Interests and Information
UA Application Requirements
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UA Catalog of Studies
• EU-US Curriculum on Integral Valorization of Bio-Production
Production of safe food and developing renewable bioresources for materials and energy are becoming areas of vital transatlantic interest in bio-based economies. There is increasing concern about the effect of these activities on the global environment, and there has been a significant growing effort to relieve these pressures by focusing on the total agri-production chain involved in the production of safe, quality food and the effective use of the renewable co-products of these activities. A more efficient use of materials, waste minimization and especially integral valorization must be integrated into biosystem management and biomaterial use. Integral valorization must be the basic concept driving the design of new processes for food, biomaterials and bio-energy production to achieve sustainable development. This will necessitate the optimal utilization of all co-products and waste streams. The conversion of bio-products into food and non-food materials using by sequential extraction of valuable components is the principle of biorefining and is an important means to efficently use biomaterials with minimal impact on the environment.
The objectives of this project “Integral Valorization of Bio-production” are:
1) joint curriculum development
2) graduate student mobility
3) teaching staff mobility
4) teaching material
5) dissemination of major findings.
A proposed graduate course will provide a novel interdisciplinary approach involving topics such as primary bioproduction, food technology and engineering, chemical and biochemical transformation of natural resources, quality and safety of food products, biomaterials and bio-energy. The mobility program will provide students the choice of selecting courses or conducting a research project, or a combination of courses and research. The study period will be five months, and six students from the EU and six from the United States will participate in the mobility scheme each year. A common signed memorandum of understanding by all partners facilitates student and faculty mobility and guarantees tuition fee waivers at host institutions. Education and research findings will be disseminated at through publications and presentations at scientific and education meetings and through courses taught.
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Research Opportunities (projects and participants)
1) Biorenewables
Transition to Biofuels
• Forest Feedstocks Conversion -- Pelkki, Carrier
• Portable, Small Volume Biomass Conversion System -- Sadaka, Costello
• Animal Fat Pretreatments and Other Conversions -- Carrier, Clausen,
.. Popp, Morawicki, Wang
Feedstocks Production and Harvesting
• Non Oilseeds Crops -- West, Burgos, Bacon, Oliver, TeBeest,
.. Milus, Bluhm, Lee
• Oilseed Crops -- Slaton, Bacon, Chen, Scott, Purcell, Burgos,
.. Oliver, Rupe, Rothrock, Kirkpatrick
• Forest Feedstocks -- Pelkki, Schuler, Stuhlinger, Liechty
• Manure and Animal Wastes -- Costello, Sadaka, VanDevender
• Algae -- Matlock, Costello
• Economics -- M.Popp, Watkins, Nalley, Thompson
• Environment -- Sharpley, Daniels, Wiedenmann
.. (other contributors -- Ford, Saraswat, VanDevender,
.. Lang, Hirrel, Purcell, West, Philipp, Brye)
• Harvesting -- Pelkki, Sadaka, CostelloEducation
• Policy -- Riley, M.Popp
• Conversion Technologies -- Sadaka
• Feedstock Production -- Bacon, Kluender (CSES, FRC)
• Pest Control -- Wiedenmann, Cartwright (Ento, PLPA)
• Environment -- Wiedenmann, Sharpley, Daniels (ETF)
• Machine Performance -- Wardlow, JohnsonCo-Products and Alternative Uses
• Livestock Feeds -- Coffey, Beck, Kellogg,Maxwell
• Poultry Feeds -- Waldroup, Watkins
• Industrial Products -- Carrier
• Forest Co-Products -- Pelkki, Patterson
• Food and Pharmaceuticals -- Proctor, Wang, Hettiarachchy,
.. Devareddy, Howard, King2) Food
• Acidified/fermented vegetable quality and biochemistry -- Ricke
• Natural Antioxidants -- Howard
• Food Processing -- Morawicki
• Extremophile biocatalysis and molecular biological engineering
.. for higher value products from renewable resources -- Ricke
• Horticultural growth media from rice hulls and poultry waste -- Evans
• Biomass fermentation and pilot plant operations -- Ricke
• Protein chemistry and functionality, natural antioxidant plant extracts,
.. pre- and pro-biotics and value added product development -- Hettiarachchy
• Sensory analysis, texture and rheology evaluation -- Meullenet
• Grape processing -- Morris
• Lipid chemistry and rice hull utilization -- Proctor
• Rice processing -- Siebenmorgen
• Carbohydrate chemistry -- Wang
Students will work with major professors in their home country and Dr. Andrew Proctor at the University of Arkansas (U of A) to secure travel plans and funding.
While at the U of A, international students may live on or off campus. See http://studyabroad.uark.edu/315.htm for more information.
Student support services and tutors will be available to students while they are attending the U of A.
For more information about Fayetteville, Arkansas, visit Access Fayetteville.
How to Apply
EU students should complete the application process at the home institution. Also check the Application Requirements on the University of Arkansas Office of Study Abroad and International Exchange Web site.
On acceptance, the student should contact:
- Dr. Andrew Proctor (aproctor@uark.edu) with information regarding their acceptance into the program and areas of research interests.
- Ms. Dede Long (dslong@uark.edu) at the U of A Office of Study Abroad and International Exchange who will ask for relevant information to be admitted to the university.