Past Students and Their Research

• BS: Department of Chemical Engineering, Drexel University
• Research area: High flux infrared heat transfer

• BS: Department of Food Science, Rutgers University
• Research area: High pressure processing of human milk

• BS: Department of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion, Haifa, Israel
• Research area: Mathematical modeling of high flux infrared heat transfer
• Coadvised with Dr. Kevin M. Keener.

• Analysis of radiant heating to produce an alternative frying process
• Coadvisor with Dr. Kevin M. Keener.
• Currently a Process Engineer with Wyeth Vaccines, Sanford, NC

• Cryogenic CO2 cooling of shell eggs
• Coadvisor with Dr. Kevin M. Keener.
• Currently Assistant Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, LSU

• The effect of cooling rate and formulation on the melt characteristics of processed cheese.
• Coadvisor with Dr. Christopher H. Daubert.
• Currently at General Mills

• Use of Ablation Heat Transfer for determination of Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in Holding Tubes.
• Coadvisor with Dr. K.P. Sandeep.
• Currently a Technical Services Scientist with Wyeth Vaccines, Sanford, NC

• Thermal processing of tuna: Finite element analysis of thermal processing of tuna.
• Coadvisor with Dr. S. Andrew Hale.
• Currently at NFPA, Washington, DC

• USDA National Needs Fellow
• Thermal processing of tuna: Factors affecting yield and quality.
• Currently Assistant Professor of Food Science, LSU

• High temperature rheology of dairy based fluids.
• Coadvisor with Dr. Christopher H. Daubert.
• Currently a Process Engineer with CRB Consulting Engineers, Inc. Cary, NC

• Determination and analysis of convective heat transfer rates during immersion frying.
• Currently with General Mills, Inc.

• Coadvisor with Dr. Mike Boyett, BAE, NCSU.
• Validation and modeling of horizontal ventilation facilities for postharvest handling of sweetpotatoes.
• Currently with Conagra

• Digital video image analysis for determination of residence times of particles flowing in round conduit systems.
• Currently Research Assistant Professor, NC State University.

• Validation and refinement of the Equivalent Point Method used in the study of thermal processing.
• Currently at Conagra

• Thesis Title: Heat sealing of packages and the effects of seal contamination on heat seal integrity.
• Currently at Sealed Air Corp., Duncan, SC

• Coadvisor with Dr. S. Andrew Hale, BAE, NCSU.
• Thesis Title: Design of a commercial scale retort for improved thermal processing of the atlantic blue crab utilizing vacuum injection of steam.
• Currently at General Mills

• Development of new techniques for the thermal processing of blue crabs.
• 1996 IFT Abstract

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