You are warmly invited to join us in person for the next Advanced Food Innovation Centre Research Seminar, which will take place on Thursday 13 November at the AFIC facility in Attercliffe.
10:00-10:30 Dr Shengke Zhi: Decarbonising Industry: The Role of Carbon Capture Technologies
Dr Shengke Zhi is a Client Director at AtkinsRéalis, based in Manchester, where he leads strategic client engagement within the Complex Projects team. With a background in engineering and a strong track record in delivering complex infrastructure and energy projects, Shengke is deeply involved in advancing industrial decarbonisation initiatives across the UK. He is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) at Sheffield Hallam University – an award hosted by Dr Hongwei Zhang as Academic Champion from 2025 to 2028.
The week commencing 10 November marks SHU’s Sustainability Action Week, so we are especially delighted to feature a presentation focused on sustainability and decarbonisation in industry.
10:30-11:00 Sabina Laveglia: Advancing Rice Quality Assessment through Hyperspectral Imaging and Chemometric Modelling
Sabina is a PhD student in Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences at the University of Basilicata, Italy. Until recently, she was a visiting student at AFIC supervised by Dr Hongwei Zhang and focussing on the application of non-destructive advanced techniques and machine learning/chemometric models to assess food quality, with an emphasis on cereals and rice.