Module manager: Aleks Ponjavic
Email: A.Ponjavic@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
Completion of year 2 of a BSc programme
| FOOD5001M | Digital Tools for Food Solutions |
FOOD3011
This module is approved as an Elective
This module introduces a modelling tool used to simulate and simulate and analyse food processing techniques. You will learn how to use software like Comsol Multiphysics and Computer Aided Design to explore how heat and fluids move through food. These skills are valuable for designing safer, more efficient food products and processes
You will learn how digital simulations can help solve real-world food production challenges. Through hands-on lab sessions, you will explore how to use Comsol Multiphysics to design and test food processing systems.
On successful completion of the module you will:
SSLO1: Research and specify a problem in physical heat transfer that can be solved using COMSOL. Plan and present how this will be implemented in practice, while answering questions related to the proposed solution.
SSLO2: Demonstrate awareness of how mathematical and computational models are used to address real problems in food processing.
SSLO3: Describe a physical heat transfer problem in food production, sharing the associated mathematical model you used and presenting your results.
On successful completion of the module you will:
SKLO1: Apply enhanced numeracy and mathematical modelling skills and become familiar with advanced modelling software Comsol Multiphysics including computer aided design elements.
SKLO2: Organisation and Communication skills
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Practical | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Private study hours | 68 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 32 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
Computer sessions give weekly formative feedback in class relating to student project and model. Each student will receive one-to-one discussion of their project idea and modelling approach. Assessment of the oral presentation of the Technical Outline will provide direct feedback on student progress.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Coursework | 20 |
| Coursework | Coursework | 80 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 30/04/2026
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