Engr. Richelle Mae Mendoza - Olpot is a faculty member of the Department of Agricultural and FoodEngineering. She specialized in food process engineering, importation procedures and incoterms and purchasing and supply chain. Engr. Mendoza - Olpot presented her study entitled "Development of Fabricated Laboratory Scale Extruder Machine for the Production if Rice-Like Grains from Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Dough" on World Conference on Applied Science Engineering and Technology last October 27, 2021.
The main focus of her research work is to provide solution to malnutrition and food insecurity for the identified communities together with the UPLB - IHNF. The machine helps increase the cassava starch based rice like grains production from 100 grams per day by manual operation to 10 kilograms per day. The the overall performance test of the machine showed an impressive results. Engr. Mendoza - Olpot's work was in line to the continuous commitment of the department to conduct innovative researches and extend assistance towards the bridging of gaps and solution of problems related to agricultural and biosystems engineering.
