{"id":17746,"date":"2019-04-18T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=17746"},"modified":"2019-04-19T11:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T15:26:02","slug":"2019-mswc-select-winning-student-poster-highlights-cellulose-based-food-packaging-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2019\/04\/18\/2019-mswc-select-winning-student-poster-highlights-cellulose-based-food-packaging-products\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 MSWC Winning Student Poster Highlight: Cellulose-based Food Packaging Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using Industry for Change: Cellulose-based Food Packaging Products
\n<\/strong>Undergraduate
\nShayla Rose Kleisinger, 91±¬ΑΟ
\nFirst Place (tie)<\/p>\n

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Shayla Rose Kleisinger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Through an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collaborative (IURC) grant from the 91±¬ΑΟ and with Diana Davis Spencer Foundation funding through the Mitchell Center\u2019s Partnership for a Sustainable Maine<\/a>\u00a0project, Shayla Rose Kleisinger is investigating how alternative food-packaging materials might both reduce plastic waste and help improve the shelf life of perishable foods.<\/p>\n

Her research focuses on the use of biomaterials such as extremely thin, plant-based (cellulose) nanofibers (a human hair is about 80,000 nanometers thick) to replace non-biodegradable plastic food packaging. The research investigation is under the guidance of Balu Nayak<\/a>, associate professor of food processing and Caitlin Howell<\/a>, assistant professor of biomedical engineering.<\/p>\n

The project is extremely relevant to understanding the feasibility of using cellulose nanofibers that\u00a0incorporate a chemically-associated layer of food-grade oil to allow for the creation of an anti-adhesive barrier that discourages bacterial growth, while remaining food-safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the future, our plan is to test the developed packaging materials with different types of food products to evaluate their shelf-life improvement and co-relate that to the reduction in food waste,\u201d notes Kleisinger.<\/p>\n

This project is one of five undergraduate research projects included in a team-based learning group advised through the interdisciplinary Materials Management team at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coordinated by Brieanne Berry, a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology and environmental policy, the group is working to connect these five research projects through a call to action from the State of Maine to consider the use of pre-existing infrastructure to combat food waste, along with the larger policy implications of the work.<\/p>\n

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