I/UCRC for an Cooperative Partnership Initiative between CAPPS and the Institut Pertanian Bogor

连续无菌加工和包装是食品加工在过去五十年中最具革命性的发展。这项技术正在迅速取代其他已经司空见惯的标准做法。欧洲公司似乎比美国更快地采用无菌工艺。美国公司现在认识到需要进行研究以保持竞争力。作为NSF计划拨款（CDR 86-13062）的结果，无菌加工和包装研究的工业/大学合作研究中心似乎是可行的。这项为期五年的持续拨款将资助北卡罗莱纳州立大学与弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学的研究人员合作建立一个工业/大学合作研究中心，研究无菌加工和包装研究。最初的研究计划将涉及表面特性和相互作用；产品属性;非传统加工。预计9家公司将成为该中心的成员，提供每年约40万美元初始研究预算的75%。首席研究员和他的同事都是各自领域的专家，拥有运营本中心所需的经验和行业联系。该中心已与dr。Duane Bruley （CBT）和Frederick Heineken （EET）。项目经理建议向北卡罗莱纳州立大学提供为期五年的持续资助，资助方式如下：前三年75,000美元，第四年50,000美元，第五年25,000美元。建议在第一年为“支持妇女、少数民族和残疾人工程研究助理的补充资金”项目提供额外的5,000美元。在每12个月结束时，项目经理和/或跨学科研究部主管将根据一系列更新标准审查中心的进展情况，包括以下方面：(1)大学/行业互动和合作的发展程度；(2)中心支撑基础扩大的程度；(3)一个强有力的研究项目正在发展的程度。如果审查是令人满意的，计划经理将建议支持这个持续拨款的下一个时期。

Continuous aseptic processing and packaging is the most revolutionary development food processing has seen in the last fifty years. This technology is rapidly replacing other standard practices which have been commonplace. European companies appear to be incorporating aseptic processing more rapidly then in the United States. U.S. companies now recognize the need for research to maintain competitiveness. As a result of an NSF planning grant (CDR 86-13062) an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Aseptic Processing and Packaging Studies appears to be feasible and viable. This five-year continuing grant is funding the initiation of an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Aseptic Processing and Packaging Studies at North Carolina State University in collaboration with researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The initial research program will address Surface Characteristics and Interactions; Product Properties; and Non-traditional Processing. Nine companies are expected to be members of the Center providing about 75% of the approximately $400,000 per year initial research budget. The Principal Investigator and his colleagues are nationally recognized experts in their disciplines and have the experience and industrial contacts necessary to operate this Center. The Center has been coordinated with Drs. Duane Bruley (CBT) and Frederick Heineken (EET). The Program Manager recommends that the North Carolina State University be awarded a five-year continuing grant to be funded as follows: $75,000 for the first three years, $50,000 for fourth year and $25,000 for fifth year. An additional $5,000 is recommended for the "Supplemental Funding for Support of Women, Minority, and Handicapped Engineering Research Assistants" Program during the first year. Near the end of each 12-month period, the Program Manager and/or the Head of The Division of Cross-Disciplinary Research will review the progress of the Center on a number of renewal criteria, including the following: (1) extent to which university/industry interaction and collaboration is developing; (2) extent to which the support base for the center is expanding; (3) extent to which a robust research program is developing. If review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support of the next period of this continuing grant.