CCMAS Course Search

Properties of fluids. Introduction to food rheology. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Fundamentals of fluid flow leading up to the Bernoulli theorem and power calculations. Fluid flow in pipes. Measurement of flow in pipes. Reynolds number and frictional dissipation and factors. Branching in pipes. Fluid machinery with special reference to pumps and fans. Thermodynamic properties of liquid and solid foods. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics as applied to phase-transition dominated processes such as contact equilibrium separations.

Evaporation, dehydration, psychometry, surface phenomena, refrigeration and freezing. Heat and mass transfer, Heat penetration within cans; factors affecting heat penetration with cans; death order of microorganisms with cans. Material and energy balance calculations, steady and unsteady conduction, free convection, forced convection and heat transfer with change of phase. Radiation heat transfer and its applications in food industry. Steady and non-steady diffusion in liquids. Mass transfer with convection and its applications in beverage industries.

Opportunity identification (sources of business opportunities in Nigeria, environmental scanning, demand and supply gap/unmet needs/market gaps/market research, unutilised resources, social and climate conditions and technology adoption gap). New business development (business planning, market research). Entrepreneurial finance (venture capital, equity finance, micro-finance, personal savings, small business investment organizations and business plan competition). Entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce (principles of marketing, customer acquisition & retention, B2B, C2C and B2C models of e-commerce, First Mover Advantage, E-commerce business models and successful e-commerce companies). Small business management/family business: Leadership & Management, basic book keeping, nature of family business and family business growth model. Negotiation and business communication (strategy and tactics of negotiation/bargaining, traditional and modern business communication methods). Opportunity discovery demonstrations (business idea generation presentations, business idea contest, brainstorming sessions, idea pitching). Technological solutions (The concept of market/customer solution, customer solution and emerging technologies, business applications of new technologies - artificial intelligence (AI), virtual/mixed reality (VR), Internet of things (IoTs), blockchain, cloud computing, renewable energy, etc. Digital business and e-commerce strategies).