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Current Research Focus   I   Representative Completed Projects

 

        Current Research Focus

         Food Engineering with emphasis on food safety and quality

         High pressure processing- Food Sterilization and Pasteurization

         Kinetic models for food safety and quality

         Properties of food materials under pressure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Representative Completed Projects   

  • Combined pressure-thermal inactivation of selected surrogate spores
  • Properties of food materials (example thermal conductivity and heat of compression)  under pressure
  • Combined pressure-temperature effects on packaging material
  • Recommended guidelines on laboratory practices for conducting high-pressure experiments
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes inactivation by PEF
  • Testing protocol for electronic sensors used as temperature references