Research projects

Innovative products, processes and packaging


Consumption-dynamic structural design
Project Manager: Gunnar Hall

Enzycoat II – Enzymes embedded in barrier coatings for active and intelligent packaging
Project Manager: Tim Nielsen

Consumer Food Choice – How, Why and When?
Project Manager: Annika Åström

SP exSPerience
Project Manager: Britt Rahm

PowTech ITN, Integrating Research training in particle & powder technology to deliver efficient products with high functionality
Project Manager: Lilia Ahrné

Cereal protein foams for materials and foods
Project Manager: Mats Stading

The VINN Excellence Center: Supramolecu-lar biomaterials – Structure dynamics and properties
http://www.chalmers.se/chem/sumo-en/
Project Manager: Niklas Lorén, Anne-Marie Hermansson

Micro-PIV for mass transport in supramolecular biomaterials
Project Manager: Kristin Sott, Niklas Lorén, Anne-Marie Hermansson

FRAP with Binding for mass transport in supramolecular biomaterials
Project Manager: Erich Schuster, Niklas Lorén
Virtual design
Project Manager: Katarina Logg, Niklas Lorén

COATIM - Development of Antibiofilm Coatings for Implants
Project Manager: Annika Krona
Viscoelasticity, microstructure and molecular properties of cereal protein melts
Project Manager: Diana Gómez Martínez, Mats Stading

New hierarchical model materials with nano cellulose fibres as the main component
Project Manager: Diana Gómez Martínez, Anne-Marie Hermansson, Mats Stading

SOFT Microscopy Center
Project Manager: Niklas Lorén, Annika Altskär, Camilla Öhgren, Anne-Marie Hermansson

Traditional Grains Network
Project Manager: Mats Stading

Berry power
Project Manager: Camilla Öhgren

GreenFooDec: Novel and advanced decontamination technologies for high quality preservation and microbial decontamination of herbs & spices
Project Manager: Sven Isaksson

HighTech Europe – European network for integrating novel technologies for food processing.
http://www.hightech.eu/
Project Manager: Emma Holtz

Track_Fast – Training requirements and careers for knowledge-based food science and technology in Europe
Project Manager: Erik Wahnström

FoodManufuture – a Conceptual Design Study to provide the basis for decision making for a European Food Manufacturing Research Infrastructure.
Project Manager: Evelina Tibäck, Lilia Ahrné

ProPraline – Structure and processing for high-quality chocolate pralines
http://projekt.sik.se/propraline/
Project Manager: Lilia Ahrné

Tasty and healthy sour-dough breads and new energy-efficient technology
Project Manager: Birgitta Raaholt

Processing of berry products
Project Manager: Roger Uddstål.

Extraction of health-promoting substances from berries
Project Manager: Roger Uddstål, Camilla Öhgren, Lovisa Eliasson

The application of innovative fundamental food-structure-property relationships to the design of foods for health, wellness and pleasure (FA COST Action FA1001 )
Project Manager: Lilia Ahrné

Mechanical properties of vegetable
materials
Project Manager: Evelina Tibäck


PhD Projects

Drying kinetic of drops and agglomerates: analysis and modeling
PhD Student: Loredana Malafronte
Supervisor: Lilia Ahrné

Homogeneous dry mixing of powders
PhD Student: Pooja Shenoy
Supervisor: Lilia Ahrné

Formation of thin-layer, biopolymer structures for controlled barrier properties
PhD Student: Helene Andersson
Supervisor: Mats Stading

New methods for extensional rheology
PhD Student: Magda Nyström
Supervisor: Mats Stading



Sustainable and Efficient Production


Heat pumps in the dairy industry
Project Manager: Lars Hamberg

Energy-efficient baking using combined technologies – microwaves and infrared radiation
Project Manager: Birgitta Raaholt

Energy-efficient and continous microwave heating of liquid foods
Project Manager: Birgitta Raaholt

Infrared processing
Project Manager: Emma Holtz

COST Action: A European Network for mitigating bacterial colonization and persistence on foods and food processing environments.
Project Manager: Maria Lövenklev

Biological control of Listeria monocytogenes in fresh fish in MAP packaging
Project Manager: Maria Lövenklev

Microbial evaluation of Pastair’s cold pasteurization process.
Project Manager: Pernilla Arinder

Innovation against infection
Project Manager: Pernilla Arinder

Storage-limiting factors
Project Manager: Klara Båth

HortiBioPack – Development of an innovative, biodegradable packaging system to improve shelf life, quality and safety of high-value sensitive horticultural fresh produce
Project Manager: Tim Nielsen

Image analysis as a tool for experimental work in rape seed
Project Manager: Niklas Lorén

RenewFuncBarr – Renewable functional barriers
Project Manager: Mats Stading, Tim Nielsen

Impact of processing conditions and product composition on growth of Clostridium spp. in processed cheese
Project Manager: Klara Båth, Elisabeth Borch

Ultrasound measurements for efficient and environmentally friendly production
Project Manager: Johan Wiklund

Development of value-adding concepts for animal by-products
Project Manager: Lars Hamberg

Fouling och cleaning
Project Manager: Lars Hamberg

PRESERF – Processing Raw Materials into Excellent and Sustainable End products while Remaining Fresh
Project Manager: Karin Östergren

LC-Impact. Development and application of environmental Life Cycle Impact assessment methods for improved sustainability characterization of technologies.
Project Manager: Ulf Sonesson

Environmental impact and resource use efficiency of selected food production chains in Norway – a life cycle analysis (LCA) approach.
Project Manager: Ulf Sonesson

Improved sustainability of decisions within fisheries management supported by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Project Manager: Friederike Ziegler

A model for how to implement Lean Production on Swedish Dairy farms
Project Manager: Karin Östergren

Cleaning technology in high-temperature food processing – from fundamental understanding to sustainable and safe food processing
Project Manager: Johan Wiklund, Niklas Lorén

Sustainable grain production by continuous improvements and Lean production
Project Manager: Barbro Sundström

Food Port
Project Manager: Gustaf Zettergren

Improved resource efficiency by increased use of by-products and wastage from the dairy industry – a step towards sustainable food production
Project Manager: Katarina Lorentzon

SENSE – Harmonised Environmental Sustainability in the European Food Chain
Project Manager: Birgit Landquist

CANTogether – Crops and Animals Together
Project Manager: Christel Cederberg

FUSIONS – Food use for social innovation by optimizing waste prevention
Project Manager: Karin Östergren

WhiteFish – Automated and differentiated calculation of sustainability for cod and haddock products
Project Manager: Friederike Ziegler

Paths to a sustainable food sector
Project Manager: Ulf Sonesson

F3 – Biofuels and land use in Sweden – An overview of land use change effects
Project Manager: Christel Cederberg

Livsstrat 2020 – A Strategic research and innovation agenda for the food sector
Project Manager: Ulf Sonesson

Fahre – Food and health research in Europe
Project Manager: Lilia Ahrné

ECOefficient BIOdegradable Composite Advanced Packaging
Project Manager: Lilia Ahrné

Characerisation of complex oral biofilm
Project Manager: Maria Lövenklev

Storage limiting factors
Project Manager: Klara Båth

Reduced food wastage using dynamic best-before date
Project Manager: Klara Båth


PhD Projects
Improved sustainability of decisions within fisheries management concerning selectivity supported by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
http://www.sik.se/archive/dokument/Hornborg_en.pdf
PhD Student: Sara Hornborg
Supervisor: Friederike Ziegler

Improved sustainability of decisions within fisheries management concerning no take zones supported by LCA
PhD Student: Andreas Emanuelsson
Supervisor: Friederike Ziegler

Cleaning Technology for High Temperature Food Processing
PhD Student: Carin Hagsten
Supervisor: Lars Hamberg, Johan Wiklund, Niklas Lorén