Seamus Higgins is the Associate Professor & Course Director for Food Process 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 process 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.

🔍 Episode Highlights:

Understanding the concept of food
Evolution of the food system
Adapting to change management
Exploring the role of a food engineer

Show Notes

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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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