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3D-printing of high-protein vegan cheese

Beschreibung

One of the emerging production platforms for food is 3D-printing. Being already implemented for meat alternatives in the industry and expected to enter domestic use with personalized production in the near future.

In this project you will combine 3D-printing with a model high-protein vegan cheese, a product the market is lacking as of right now.

Your task will be to optimize printability of the product and the printing of different geometries, e.g. cubes & slabs with changing infill patterns to vary complexity and challenge the production platform as well as your printing profile. Your work will be the basis for future research about aroma release ensuring progress in the dairy alternative sector.

Projektzeitraum
Wintersemester 2025/2026
Bewerbungszeitraum
13. bis 27.10.2025
Durchführung
nach Absprache
Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung

Due to teaching, the project should either start in October, the beginning of November or mid January.

Firstly you will learn how to make the model cheese and get an introduction to our 3D-printer. After this you will be able to make plans for the first printing trials (basic geometries) to determine the parameters for your printing profile. More complex geometries will follow from that point.

Studienfach
Biotechnologiy
Food Biotechnology
Food Science and Engineering
Food Science and Technology
Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Biotechnologie
Betreuende
Jakob Seuring
Institut
Institut für Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Biotechnologie (150) (Department of Plant-based Foods (150d))
Sprache
deutsch/englisch
Teilnehmendenanzahl
min. 1, max. 2
Arbeitsaufwand
ca. 180 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r | 6 ECTS-Punkte

Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.

 
Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
Projektart
experimentell
Lernziele

Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:

- Analyzing problems and developing scientific solutions

- Scientific work in the laboratory and pilot plant

- Familiarization with various analysis methods

- Evaluation of measurement results

 

Anmerkungen für Studierende
Schlagworte
Protein, 3D-printing, Vegan, Cheese, food technology