NSF Convergence Accelerator Track J Phase 2: Dairy NutriSols - Catalyzing technology adoption to promote food and nutrition security

NSF 融合加速器轨道 J 第 2 阶段：乳制品 NutriSols - 促进技术采用，促进食品和营养安全

• 批准号: 2345069
• 负责人: Owen McDougal
• 金额: $ 499.98万
• 依托单位: Boise State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-12-15 至 2026-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345069&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Convergence; Accelerator; Track; Phase

Population growth, climate change and humanitarian crises are increasing rates of food and nutrition insecurity across the globe. Milk is a nutrient dense powerhouse that can be transformed into myriad products to address this critical challenge. Current dairy production practices are rate limited and suffer from traditional, inefficient processing methods. Through this Phase 2 Convergence Accelerator, the Dairy NutriSols consortium will catalyze the adoption of pioneering software and advanced manufacturing technologies to increase production capacity of high-quality nutritious dairy products and ingredients. Specifically, Dairy NutriSols will accelerate industry adoption of automated artificial intelligence, chemometric software, pulsed electric field and extruder technologies, and integrate sustainable upcycling practices. These innovations can be adopted across various food manufacturing sectors and promise to promote novel, shelf-stable, nutrient-dense, and accessible products for people throughout the human life cycle, from infants to seniors.The multi-disciplinary Dairy NutriSols consortium will leverage their convergence science expertise to modernize dairy processing. Additionally, Dairy NutriSols’ will inspire and educate the next generation of workers to strengthen a resilient domestic food manufacturing sector. The Dairy NutriSols consortium utilizes use-inspired practices to demonstrate and deploy innovative, practical, and sustainable solutions for the dairy industry that produce high-quality products at a larger scale and lower cost. Project objectives include: (1) development of chemometric software for real-time monitoring of dairy proteins throughout a processing facility, (2) integration of pulsed electric field technology to improve protein spray drying efficiency, (3) enhanced ingredient functionality and new product development through extrusion technology, (4) upcycling of by-products to reduce waste, and (5) workforce technical skill training to generate enthusiasm for youth and create professional development opportunities for adults who are currently working or want to obtain positions in the dairy manufacturing industry. Before the end of Phase 2, milestones will expand to include prototype adoption by additional dairy process stakeholders to improve rates of domestic and global nutrition security.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

人口增长、气候变化和人道主义危机正在加剧全球范围内的粮食和营养不安全状况。牛奶是一种营养丰富的能源，可以转化为多种产品来应对这一严峻挑战。目前的乳制品生产方式受到传统的限制。通过第二阶段融合加速器，Dairy NutriSols 联盟将促进采用领先的软件和先进的制造技术，以提高高品质营养乳制品和配料的生产能力。 Dairy NutriSols 将加速行业采用自动化人工智能、化学软件、脉冲电场和挤出机技术，并整合可持续的升级回收实践，这些创新可在各个食品制造领域采用，并有望推广新颖、货架稳定、营养丰富的产品。以及为从婴儿到老年人的整个人类生命周期的人们提供的产品。多学科的 Dairy NutriSols 联盟将利用其融合科学专业知识实现乳制品加工现代化。 NutriSols 将激励和教育下一代工人，以加强具有弹性的国内食品制造行业。 NutriSols 乳制品联盟利用以使用为灵感的实践，为乳制品行业展示和部署创新、实用和可持续的解决方案，生产高质量的产品。项目目标包括：(1) 开发用于实时监测整个加工设施的乳制品蛋白质的化学计量软件，(2) 集成脉冲电场技术以提高蛋白质喷雾干燥效率，(3) ) 增强成分通过挤压技术进行功能和新产品开发，(4) 副产品升级改造以减少浪费，(5) 劳动力技术技能培训，激发年轻人的热情，并为正在工作或想要获得职位的成年人创造职业发展机会在第二阶段结束之前，里程碑将扩大到包括其他乳制品工艺利益相关者采用原型，以提高国内和全球营养安全率。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持。利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。