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Food engineering and food science and technology: Forward-looking journey to future new horizons
Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies ( IF 6.6 ) Pub Date : 2018-03-07 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2018.03.001
I. Sam Saguy , Yrjö H. Roos , Eli Cohen

The overall objectives of this study were to assess the status of Food Engineering (FE), Food Science and Technology (FS&T) and related fields using a global web-survey and included: identifying the major challenges and opportunities; and making specific recommendations for future possible paradigm shifts. Respondents from academia, private research institutes, industry, government, consulting and others sectors participated. The most important topics selected were: ‘Innovation/open innovation,’ ‘Broad education and multidisciplinary capabilities,’ ‘Career development & prospects,’ and ‘Applied research.’ Lowest importance were ‘Basic science’ and ‘Salary.’ Highest possible impact on FE and FS&T future curricula were: ‘Food safety, waste reduction/management’ and ‘Environmental impact, food sustainability and security.’ Overwhelming majority (>68%) indicated that FE or FS&T should be integrated with other existing/evolving academic program. Principal component analysis yielded 3-new variables, offering insights on the relationships between geographical education location and sustainability, innovation and employability. The competitive landscape calls for reshaping of the domains vision.

Industrial relevance

•: Basic research and salary were selected by the respondents to have a very low importance. Enhancing applied research, agility, attractiveness of the field and strengthen research relevance and collaboration with industry are required.
•: Both government/state and food industry financial support is a clear indication of the significant role they play in the innovation ecosystem collaboration.
•: Significant difference between North America & Canada and Europe on addressing innovation, soft skills and employability offer new insights on enhancing utilization of innovation, science, technology and impact.
•: Innovation and open innovation offer FE and FS&T unique new horizons for spearheading change and opportunities to alleviate typical industrial and academic conservativeness and risk aversion.

中文翻译：

食品工程与食品科学与技术：通往未来新视野的前瞻性旅程

这项研究的总体目标是使用全球网络调查来评估食品工程（FE），食品科学与技术（FS＆T）和相关领域的状况，其中包括：确定主要挑战和机遇；并为将来可能发生的范式转变提出具体建议。来自学术界，私人研究机构，工业，政府，咨询和其他部门的受访者参加了会议。选择的最重要的主题是：“创新/开放式创新”，“广泛的教育和多学科能力”，“职业发展与前景”和“应用研究”。重要性最低的是“基础科学”和“薪水”。对FE和FS＆T未来课程的最大影响是：“食品安全，废物减少/管理”和“环境影响，食品可持续性和安全性”。'绝大多数（> 68％）表示，FE或FS＆T应该与其他现有/正在发展的学术计划整合。主成分分析产生了3个新变量，提供了有关地理教育位置与可持续性，创新和就业能力之间关系的见解。竞争格局要求重塑领域愿景。