Industry Partnership Program

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1 HELPING INDUSTRY INNOVATE Industry Partnership Program UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Enhancing our quality of life through wine, brewing and food sciences

2 UC Davis leads the world in agricultural sciences * Thomson Reuters ScienceWatch ** U.S. News and World Report 2011 *** National Science Foundation 1st nationally in research on agricultural sciences; food science and nutrition; plant and animal sciences; environment/ecology; and soil science * ** 9th among top public universities nationwide More than $684 million in research funding in th in the nation in university research and development expenditures *** Our researchers lead the nation in extramural funding in agricultural sciences. UC Davis is a large and diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research. Today the campus includes more than 32,000 students, 2,500 faculty, 21,000 staff, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers including the UC Davis Olive Center, the Foods for Health Institute, the California Institute for Food and Agricultural Research, the Agricultural Sustainability Institute, and the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security. Napa Sacramento Lake Tahoe Academic colleges Professional schools College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences caes.ucdavis.edu School of Education School of Law San Francisco Yosemite College of Biological Sciences biosci.ucdavis.edu School of Medicine School of Veterinary Medicine College of Engineering engineering.ucdavis.edu College of Letters and Science ls.ucdavis.edu Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Graduate School of Management Los Angeles

3 The Robert Mondavi Institute leads in innovation and partnership Robert Mondavi s vision was to provide UC Davis a prestigious forum for collaboration between the departments of Viticulture and Enology, and Food Science and Technology. This vision was realized in 2008 with the completion of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science a129,000 sq. ft. state-ofthe-art research and teaching complex which now houses these two renowned academic units under one roof for the first time. The Robert Mondavi Institute Industry Partnership Program was established to forge a strong, working partnership between leading wine, beer, dairy and other food and beverage companies and UC Davis, furthering dialog between industry and researchers, and keeping the university at the forefront of the needs of industry. Dan Flynn, executive director of the UC Davis Olive Center, discusses the center's goals with Mercedes Fernandez of the International Olive Council.

4 Two departments a singular vision Global innovators in university-based research, teaching and outreach in food and beverage sciences, the achievements of the departments housed in the RMI are enormous. The Department of Viticulture and Enology Department of Viticulture and Enology bringing in grapes from the harvest. Left to right: Dave Block, department chair; Roger Boulton, Professor; and Andy Waterhouse, Professor and Chair Emeritus. The Department of Food Science and Technology The most productive wine and grape research organization in the world. New rootstocks developed with resistance to fanleaf degeneration, nematode complexes, phylloxera and salinity New yeast strains created that cannot produce the defect, hydrogen sulfide Introduced sterile filtration to the California wine industry Developed the first standardized lexicon for wine, the Wine Aroma Wheel Credited with re-starting the California wine industry after Prohibition The leading food science program in the nation. Instrumental in the development of the processed fruit and vegetable industry in California Most published and cited U.S. research university in food science Particular strength in fruits and vegetables, brewing, food safety and measurement, health impact of foods, food engineering and processing, beverages Students at work in the Anheuser-Busch/InBev Brewery And a rich network of programs and resources World-class sensory and consumer science facilities Biotechnology program UC Davis Genome Center Western Human Nutrition Research Center State-of-the-art food safety and measurement facility

5 At the forefront of sustainability The Robert Mondavi Institute facilities are a working model for the most advanced theory and practice of sustainable production in the food and beverage industries, enabling Industry Partners to manage the challenges of the future. The world's first and only LEED Platinum food and beverage production facilities In January 2011, the Robert Mondavi Institute dedicated the Teaching and Research Winery and the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory. This 34,000-square-foot teaching and research complex is the only facility of its kind in the world to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification, the highest rating for environmental design and construction awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council. The facility was financed entirely by private philanthropy no state or federal funds were used. Self-sustaining in water and energy In 2013, the Department of Viticulture and Enology will open the 8,000-square-foot Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building. It will enable the winery to become the first self-sustainable, zero-carbon, energypositive teaching and research facility in the world. The $4 million building was made possible by a $3 million pledge from the late Jess Jackson and his wife, Barbara Banke, co-founder and proprietor of Jackson Family Wines. The building will include 10 dedicated, modular spaces containing equipment for various processes including high-purity filtration of rainwater that can be used for cleaning; 90 percent of the water and chemicals from each winery cleaning cycle will be captured and processed for future use in the complex, eventually being used as many as 10 times. In addition, the building will sequester carbon dioxide captured from all fermentations in the winery and convert it into calcium carbonate. The building also will produce chilled water using an icemaker powered by electricity from solar panels and will be equipped to generate hydrogen gas by electrolysis and produce nighttime energy using a hydrogen fuel cell. The building is designed so that each of these systems can be removed and replaced with a newer model, making it an evolving test-bed and demonstration site, said Professor Roger Boulton, the visionary behind the building.

6 Benefits of being industry partners Streamlined access to world-class research facilities Through the dedicated services of the IPP relations manager, your company will have access to Robert Mondavi Institute LEED Platinum facilities: Teaching and Research Winery Anheuser-Busch/InBev Brewery Food Science and Technology Pilot Plant Milk Processing Laboratory Connect with key faculty We'll be your guide, efficiently assembling a team to suit your company's needs. You'll have targeted introductions to a wide range of faculty and staff at UC Davis from numerous centers, institutes and departments. Disciplines include, but are not limited to, food science, viticulture and enology, brewing science, sensory science, biotechnology, genomics, nutrition, business, economics, engineering, and human and veterinary medicine.

7 An industry network like no other Exclusive annual meetings for Industry Partners will provide an opportunity for your company to network with other Industry Partners as well as faculty, staff across campus, and multidisciplinary centers and institutes. Senior executives will be invited to meet with top UC Davis leadership in a private setting. Engage top students Industry Partners will have facilitated introductions and interactions with UC Davis graduate students, the industry leaders of tomorrow, including unique recruiting opportunities. Partners will also have the opportunity to name a graduate fellow in their company's name. Expert access to information The UC Davis Library is ranked among the top research libraries in North America, with more than 3 million volumes. Partners get customized document retrieval from this world class collection provided by a member of the UC Davis staff. The agricultural sciences collections in Shields Library UC Davis are the most comprehensive in California and among top tier nationally. Consolidated database of research abstracts presented at scientific meetings and other symposia Partners-only website RMI publications Industry Partner recognition Industry Partners will be prominently recognized at conferences and symposia, on the RMI website, in the RMI Annual Report and in other published materials.

8 Industry Partnership Program HELPING INDUSTRY INNOVATE For more information about the Industry Partners Program, please contact Clare Hasler-Lewis, Executive Director. Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science 392 Old Davis Road; Room 1027 Sensory Building Davis, CA (530) tel (530) fax UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RobertMondaviInstitute.ucdavis.edu