Sharing technological knowledge between agricultural engineering students and university students studying food engineering

Abstract

The project aimed to share technical and scientific knowledge with high school students from the Padre André Capelli Agricultural School, precisely because of the direct and indirect contact they have with small farmers and food producers. Three fronts were planned for carrying out the activities: Engineering in Focus, Partnership Engineering and Technological Engineering. In Engineering in Focus, the relevance of Food Engineering and other Engineering disciplines for the ongoing development of society was demonstrated. In Partnership Engineering, the aim was to exchange knowledge between agricultural and university students, with the aim of transmitting this knowledge to small farmers and food producers. In Technological Engineering, several activities were carried out demonstrating ways within Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for food, with techniques for adding value to the food produced. Activities were carried out in which agricultural students were taken to the Campus Unit II of the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD) for a tour of the university and to learn about the Engineering courses, including visits to the laboratories of the School of Engineering (FAEN). Activities were also carried out in which the students were given lectures and mini-courses such as GMP, Osmotic Dehydration of Rosella and Production of Pepper Sauce by Fermentation. The activities were carried out in a didactic and playful way, allowing the participation and interaction of the agricultural students with the lecture groups. The project obtained gratifying results, demonstrating the need and possibility of maintaining a link of actions between the university and the technical school, enabling a more effective reach to the target audience.