H E L P I N G I N D U S T R Y I N N O VA T E
Industry Partnership Program
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ®
Enhancing our quality of life through wine, brewing and food sciences
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
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More than $684 million in research funding in 2011 •
16th in the nation in university research •
and development expenditures***
Our researchers lead the nation in extramural •
funding in agricultural sciences.
UC Davis leads the world
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.
Academic colleges
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences caes.ucdavis.eduCollege of Biological Sciences
biosci.ucdavis.edu
College of Engineering engineering.ucdavis.edu College of Letters and Science ls.ucdavis.edu
Professional schools
School of EducationSchool of Law School of Medicine
School of Veterinary Medicine Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Graduate School of Management
Napa
Lake Tahoe
Yosemite
Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Francisco
* Thomson Reuters ScienceWatch ** U.S. News and World Report 2011 *** National Science Foundation
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-of-the-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.
The Robert Mondavi Institute leads
in innovation and partnership
Dan Flynn, executive director of the UC Davis Olive Center, discusses the center's goals with Mercedes Fernandez of the International Olive Council.
Napa
Lake Tahoe
Yosemite
Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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
Two departments—a singular vision
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
The Department of Viticulture and Enology
The Department of
Food Science and Technology
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
And a rich network of programs and resources
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.
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.
In 2013, the Department of Viticulture and Enology will open the 8,000-square-foot Jess S. Jackson Sus-tainable Winery Building. It will enable the winery to become the first self-sustainable, zero-carbon, energy-positive 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.
Self-sustaining in water and energy
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.
Benefits of being industry partners
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.
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 •
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.
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 multi-disciplinary centers and institutes. Senior executives will be invited to meet with top UC Davis leadership in a private setting.
Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science
392 Old Davis Road; Room 1027 Sensory Building Davis, CA 95616
(530) 754-6349 tel (530) 752-7080 fax
RobertMondaviInstitute.ucdavis.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
For more information about the
Industry Partners Program, please contact Clare Hasler-Lewis, Executive Director.
