LAB. OF MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY
cod. 1010440

Academic year 2022/23
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Corrado SCIANCALEPORE
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
Abilità informatiche e telematiche
Type of training activity
More
45 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
At the end of the course, the student shall have acquired the main knowledge related to the skills in testing and characterization of packaging components.

SKILLS
The student shall be able to make informed choices in the selection of the many packaging options available today. The student shall be able to use the acquired knowledge to analyse and process numerical data, to support the relative decision-making choices.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
Upon passing the exam, the student should have developed the ability to critically evaluate the analytical data of the mechanical behaviour of a material to predict its behaviour on site, as well as the ability to interpret the data of acceptance controls of a material to be employed.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Upon passing the exam, the student should have gained enough ownership of language, at least as far as the specific technical and chemical terminology of the teaching is concerned.

LEARNING ABILITY
The students who have attended the course will be able to deepen their knowledge of food packaging materials, through the autonomous consultation of specialized texts, scientific or popular magazines, even outside of the topics dealt with strictly in class. The possible final seminar activities will have the aim of introducing the student to the most recent developments in terms of research in the field of materials applied to food packaging: the student should have acquired the basic knowledge and skills of the discipline to face, in the future, an autonomous deepening of these aspects.

Prerequisites

Course unit content

EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ON CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. Chemical structure, characteristics and resistance of materials.
EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. Thermal properties. Optical properties. Mechanical properties. Density
EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ON THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF MATERIALS. Glass and ceramics. Cellulosic materials. Paper and cardboard. Cellophane - Regenerated Cellulose. Plastics. Metallic materials

Full programme

EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ON CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. Determination of the chemical structure, characteristics and resistance of materials through numerical exercises and practical instrumental acquisitions.
EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. Determination of thermal properties, optical properties, mechanical properties and density through numerical exercises and practical instrumental acquisitions.
EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ON THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF MATERIALS. Glass and ceramics. Cellulosic materials. Paper and cardboard. Cellophane - Regenerated Cellulose. Plastics. Metallic materials

Bibliography

Suggested textbooks:
Luciano Piergiovanni, Sara Limbo “Food Packaging Materials” Springer-Verlag Italia, 2010.

Teaching methods

Individual and group practical exercises on course topics covered in class.
Instrumental workshops on selected topics.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination consists in 3 alphanumeric questions concerning the topics covered by the Course.

Other information

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

Toll-free number: 800 904 084
E. segreteria.farmacia@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Dr. Donatella Lombardini
E. didattica.farmacia@unipr.it

Course President

Prof. Tommaso Ganino
T. +39 0521 905597
E. tommaso.ganino@unipr.it

Deputy course president

Prof. Davide Menozzi

T. +39 0521 032519
E. davide.menozzi@unipr.it

Guidance delegate

Prof. Eleonora Carini
T. +39 0521 906520
E. eleonora.carini@unipr.it

University tutors

Prof. Tommaso Ganino
T. +39 0521 905597
E. tommaso.ganino@unipr.it

Prof. Eleonora Carini
T. +39 0521 906520
E. eleonora.carini@unipr.it

International student mobility committee

Members

Quality assurance manager

Prof. Giovanni Sogari
T. +39 0521 906545
E. giovanni.sogari@unipr.it

Contact person for students with disabilities, SLD or from vulnerable groups

Prof.ssa Marilena Musci
T. +39 0521 906525
E. marilena.musci@unipr.it

Tutor students

You can find the list of Tutor student on this page