Penn State

Thomas H. Colledge

Assistant Professor of Engineering Design
The Pennsylvania State University

Mailing Address
213 Hammond Building
 University Park, PA 16802
Office
213 Hammond Building
Phone
814-863-1527
Fax
814-863-7229
E-Mail
Also:
Faculty AdvisorEngineers for a Sustainable World
 Editor-in-Chief—International eJournal for Service Learning in Engineering

Portable milk drying apparatus

University of Technology, Jamaica

Due to extreme competition form the European Union and from the United States, the dairy industry in Jamaica has been severely impacted. The number of dairy farms has decreased from 3000 to 400 farms in a little over 12 years. In an attempt to salvage some market share, the Penn State and UTech students were asked to examine possible methods of drying milk to powder using a low-cost, portable, and safe system that could be transported to the individual farms and implemented.

updated: 30 January 2005