Description of Positions Food Quality Assurance Laboratory The Food Quality Assurance Laboratory provides technical support and personnel to LDS Welfare Services. Students perform quality assurance tests and report any problem in product or packaging. This provides students with hands-on experience in a working lab. Students receive mentored experience in analytical equipment use, production, sanitation, quality control and record keeping. Students work on other projects as time permits. Food Sensory Laboratory The Sensory Laboratory assists companies in the food industry as well as those performing research within the NDFS Dept by conducting sensory analysis of foods. Duties are varied and typically include preparing for and working during “taste panels”. Additional opportunities are available to students who want to know more about data collection and analysis software and sensory project design and management. Students work under the direction of the lab manager and student assistant. Work hours are flexible and are often contingent upon the number of panels scheduled. These positions provide experience for students at any stage of their undergraduate career. Food Microbiology Laboratory The Micro Lab provides technical microbiological support and personnel to LDS Welfare Services, particularly to Deseret Meat. Students learn all aspects of microbial testing from making agar, agar plates to running the tests themselves. This provides students with hands-on experience in a working lab. Students follow FSIS antiseptic techniques in handling all products. Students receive mentored experience in equipment, media preparation, sampling, test analysis and proper disposal of used media. Students help with other projects as needed. Research Assistant Being a research assistant typically involves searching scientific literature as well as developing methods and performing laboratory analyses. BYU Food Science research is currently focused on studying long-term food preservation and storage. Students work under the direction of a faculty mentor and usually a graduate student. Often, work will be related to the research of a Food Science graduate student. These positions provide excellent laboratory experience, especially for students who are looking to do graduate work in Food Science or those applying to professional programs Teaching Assistant Teaching assistants (TAs) for classes grade assignments and perform other duties as specified by the instructor. Laboratory assistants prepare for and teach labs and grade assignments. Potential TAs must have taken and have excelled in the class or lab for which they are applying. NDFS 191 (F,W) - Introduction to Food Science NDFS 250 (F,W, Sp) - Essentials of Food Science NDFS 251 (F, W, Sp) - Essentials of Food Science Laboratory NDFS 350 – (W) Food Analysis NDFS 355 – (W) Food Process Engineering NDFS 355L – (W) Food Process Engineering Laboratory NDFS 361- (F) Food Microbiology Laboratory NDFS 362 – (F) Food Commodity Processing NDFS 450 – (F) Food Chemistry NDFS 464 – (W) Food Sensory Evaluation NDFS 465 – (W) Food Product Development Last Updated 3/11