The general managements of INRAE and Institut Agro Rennes-Angers have acted on the principle of the LIA FOOD PRINT between Soochow University (28th Chinese university, ARWU 2017) and UMR STLO (Rennes) and UMET (Villeneuve d'Ascq), thus contributing to the sought-after development of partnerships with China.

This collaboration was initiated in 2010 between Prof. Romain Jeantet (UMR STLO) and Prof. Xiao Dong Chen, from the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Soochow University, who also holds an Honorary Doctorate from Institut Agro Rennes-Angers.
    
Initially focused on the drying of dairy products and bacteria, the research now includes the study of fouling and cleaning of exchangers, new mixer concepts and digestion modeling.

FOOD engineering for nutrition and health: Phenomena Related to INTerfaces 2 (2025-2030)

Fouling and cleaning

• Understand and model the initiation and growth of equipment fouling in various operations (heat treatments, evaporation)
• Strategies to limit fouling 
• Tailored cleaning / disinfection cycles

Digestion and nutrition 

• Development, optimization and validation of physiologically relevant digestion models
• Understand and simulate the biomechanics component (gastric digestion, oral process)
• Gradually incorporate the intestinal phase 
   

 

A LIA is a research project carried out by two or more laboratories, at least one of which is international.