Seamus Higgins, Associate Professor & Course Director for Food Process Engineering at the University of Nottingham (#98)
Last Updated on September 30, 2024
About Seamus Higgins
Seamus Higgins is an Associate Professor & Course Director for Food Processing Engineering at the University of Nottingham. With years of food industry experience he combines his passion for a more sustainable world and novel manufacturing techniques with a new generation of process engineers at the University of Nottingham and supporting institutions.
Seamus began his career as an electrical engineer in the food industry and has worked with leading international food companies including Tongaat Hewlett, Nestle and Premier Foods. He has held lead project and senior management roles in factory development, food processing engineering and new product development and has also consulted for global food and UK companies as well as entrepreneur development and new company start-ups.
Sponsor:
- Canadian Food Innovation Network: CFIN’s Food Innovation Career Hub is a one-stop shop for food professionals, students, and employers. This community is home to anyone interested in a career in food tech or actively seeking talented employees for their food business. The Food Innovator Career Hub lets you search job openings, access original content, and connect with a growing community of food professionals and mentors.
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Timestamps
- (0:00) Introduction
- (1:40) What is the food?
- (4:50) Seamus’s food job
- (9:30) What is a food engineer
- (13:20) How Seamus got into engineering
- (19:00) Evolution of the food system
- (26:05) How food technologies have changed
- (30:00) Learning how to manage change
- (40:21) What is exciting Seamus about the industry
- (51:40) Seamus’s new book
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