Training Program
Training Program
Day 1– Monday, March 23, 2026
🌟Characterisation & Methods For Encapsulation🌟
Morning: 🎓 Training School lectures will take place in: DAV – David Davies Building
Registration & Welcome📍S Building Foyer
Introduction to Loughborough and the Training School📍DAV.0.28
Prof. Moataz Attallah – Dean, School of Aerospace, Automotive and Chemical Engineering (AACME) & Dr. Marijana Dragosavac – Reader in Chemical Engineering Loughborough University,🌍United KingdomLecture 1: Fluid Air – Electrostatic Spray Drying📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Audrey Maudhuit,European Director, PolarDry® Technology, Fluid Air 🌍FranceLecture 2: Interfacial Tension and Its Importance in Capsule Manufacturing 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Anna Trybala – Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University 🌍United Kingdom🔴Coffee Break & Poster Session📍S Building foyer
Lecture 3: Microfluidics for encapsulation📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Guido Bolognesi – Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry, Dept of Chemistry, University College London 🌍United KingdomLecture 4: Particle Characterisation & Mastersizer📍DAV.0.28
Steve Ward-Smith – Senior Technical Specialist at Malvern Panalytical 🌍United KingdomAfternoon
Lunch Break📍Burleigh Court 🔔We will meet again at 13:50 in the📍S Building
https://maps.lboro.ac.uk/🔔 Laboratory Demos (~40 min each) will start at 14:00 and will end 17:10. Each group will attend all 4 Demos.
Demo 1: Microfluidics for encapsulation📍Room No. S.2.01
Dr. Guido Bolognesi – Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry, Dept of Chemistry, University College London 🌍United KingdomDemo 2: Interfacial tension📍Room No. S 1.039
Dr. Anna Trybala – Lecturer in Chemical Engineering & Yalini Sadasivam – Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University 🌍United Kingdom🔴Coffee Break & Poster Session 📍S Building foyer
Demo 3: Fluid Air - Spray Drying 📍Room No. S.0.35
Dr. Audrey Maudhuit – European Director, PolarDry® Technology, Fluid Air Engineering 🌍FranceDemo 4: Mastersizer📍Room No. S.2.063
Steve Ward-Smith – Senior Technical Specialist at Malvern Panalytical 🌍United KingdomPractical assignment given to each group 📍S Building foyer
Evening
Dinner at Goodliffe’s
Goodliffe’s 📍52 Church Gate Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 1UEDay 2 – Tuesday, March 24, 2026
🌟Methods & Material For Microencapsulation🌟
Morning
Lecture 1: Fluid Bed encapsulation📍DAV.0.28
Dominik Gary – Process engineer at Glatt Group 🌍GermanyLecture 2: Electrospinning for nanofibres production: fundamentals and applications📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Elisa Mele – Reader in Biomaterials, Department of Materials, Loughborough University 🌍United Kingdom🔴Coffee Break & Poster Session 📍S Building Foyer
Lecture 3: Membrane Emulsification - From Emulsions to Particles and Capsules 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Marijana Dragosavac – Reader in Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomLecture 4: Sustainable fragrance microencapsulation and microcapsule performance characterisation 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Dan Baiocco – Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomAfternoon
Lunch Break📍Edward Herbert Building (EHB) 🔔 We will meet again at 13:50 in the 📍S Building
https://maps.lboro.ac.uk/🔔 Laboratory Demos (~40 min each) will start at 14:00 and will end 17:10. Each group will attend all 4 Demos.
Demo 1: Electrospinning for nano-fibres production: fundamentals and applications📍Room No.S.2.059
Dr. Elisa Mele – Reader in Biomaterials, Department of Materials & Annaliese Hambleton – PhD Student in Biomaterials Engineering, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomDemo 2: Membrane emulsification 📍Room No.S.2.01
David Palmer & Andrew Stonehouse – Micropore Technologies Ltd. 🌍United Kingdom🔴Coffee Break & Poster Session 📍S Building Foyer
Demo 3: Adhesion of fragrance microcapsules via a bespoke microfluidic 📍Room No. S.2.063
Dr. Dan Baiocco – Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomDemo 4: Spray Drying 📍Room No. S.0.35
Tim Coles – Bio Technical Tutor & Rod Dring – Laboratory Technician, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomWorking on assignments📍S Building Foyer
Free Evening
Day 3 – Wednesday, March 25, 2026
🌟Characterisation & Applications of Encapsulation🌟
Morning
Lecture 1: Adapting encapsulation systems for delivery of actives of various molecular weights 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Olivier Cayre – Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds 🌍United KingdomLecture 2: Sustainable polymers 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Fiona Hatton – Senior Lecturer in Polymer Chemistry, Department of Materials, Loughborough University 🌍United Kingdom🔴Coffee Break & Poster Session 📍S Building foyer
Lecture 3: Characterisation techniques for encapsulation-relevant systems📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Ignacio (Nacho) Martin-Fabiani – Senior Lecturer in Materials Science, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomLecture 4: Dual Encapsulation Strategy for Sensor Applications📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Helen Willcock – Senior Lecturer, Department of Materials, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomAfternoon
Lunch Break Edward Herbert Building (EHB) 🔔 We will meet again at 13:50 in the S Building
🔔 Laboratory Demos (~40 min each) will start at 14:00 and will end 17:10. Each group will attend all 4 Demos.
Demo 1: Zetasizer📍Room No. S.2.063
Dr. Yu-Su Chen – Field Application Scientist, Malvern Panalytical 🌍United KingdomDemo 2: Use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) in the analysis of colloidal particles— illustrating hydrodynamic vs real physical diameters 📍Room No. S.3.006
Dr. Ignacio (Nacho) Martin-Fabiani – Senior Lecturer in Materials Science, Loughborough University & Dr. Constantina Sofroniou Postdoctoral Research Associate in Functional Colloidal Coatings, Department of Material🌍United Kingdom🔴Coffee Break & 🔔Poster Removal📍S Building foyer
🔔 Poster removal during the coffee break – Room change for the final dayDemo 3: Glatt Fluid Bed encapsulation 📍Room No. S.0.35
Dominik Gary – Process engineer at Glatt Group 🌍GermanyDemo 4: Release of Dye / UV-Vis Detection 📍Room No. S.201
Dr. Nilanjan Mukherjee – Research Associate in Polymer Science (Synthesis and Characterisation),Department of Materials, Loughborough University 🌍United KingdomWork on assignments 📍S Building Foyer
Free Evening
Day 4 – Thursday, March 26, 2026
🌟Applications Of Encapsulation🌟
Morning
10 Min For Each Group To Present Practical Task Based On The Demos 📍DAV.0.28
Lecture 1: Thinking about probiotic encapsulation: what’s best for your bacteria? 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Richard Hornblow –Associate Professor in Gastrointestinal Biomedical Science, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Birmingham 🌍United Kingdom🔴Coffee Break (Room Change for Final Day) 📍Front of DAV.0.28
Lecture 2: Food and nutrition for health by advancing cultivated meat technologies that have the potential to address many of the current global challenges 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Petra Hanga – Associate Professor in Biochemical Engineering – Cellular Agriculture, University College London 🌍United KingdomLecture 3: Encapsulation within food - Pickering Emulsions for Food Applications with Emphasis on the Controlled Delivery of Actives 📍DAV.0.28
Dr. Fotis Spyropoulos – Reader in Formulation Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham 🌍United KingdomBest Poster Award, Meet the Experts, Packed Lunch & Departure 📍Front of DAV.0.28
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