Food Process Engineering

Food process engineering within the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) encompasses the design of materials, processes, and equipment used in producing food, pharmaceuticals, and biochemicals. Research topics include: Bioprocessing of Materials to Food, Chemicals, and Pharmaceuticals; Bioseparations; Chemical Synthesis of Lipid-Carbohydrate Polymers; Computer-Aided Process Design; Continuous Fermentors; Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Precipitation of Proteins Using Polyethylene Glycol; Extrusion; Food Emulsions; Magnetic Resonance Detection of Quality in Agricultural Materials & Food Products; Measurement of Grain Storability; Quality Physical Properties of Biomaterials; and Rheology; and Transport and Interfacial Phenomena in Biological Systems.

Faculty

R.P. Kingsly Ambrose

Teresa Carvajal

Carlos Corvalan

Klein Ileleji

Michael Ladisch

Nathan Mosier

Ganesan Narsimhan

Martin Okos

Bernard Tao

Abstracts From Recent Graduate Student Research

• Effects of Moisture and Temperature on Strength of Pharmaceutical Incipient Tablets
  Ndamba, Tona - MS, Purdue University, 2007 (Okos)
• Exploring Alternative Bioconjugation Methods for Covalent Linkage of DNA and Peptides
  Kahn, Jen - MS, Purdue University, 2012 (Tao)
• Characterization of operating parameters for a mini-extruder used for processing of soybeans
  Patrick, Sven - MS, Purdue University, 2012 (Okos)
• Using x-ray imaging to determine density of foods
  Kelkar, Shivangi - PhD, Purdue University, 2012 (Okos)
• A Study of Ethanol Impact on Xylose Fermentation in S. cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST)
  Athmanathan, Arun - MSE, Purdue University, 2008 (Mosier)
• Effect of Acetic Acid under Controlled pH Conditions on the Co-fermentation of Glucose and Xylose by S. cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST)
  Casey, Elizabeth R. - MS, Purdue University, 2008 (Mosier)
• Axisymmetric Free-Surface Flows of Non-Newtonian Fluids with Surfactants: a Direct Numerical Simulation Study
  Xue, Zhengjun - PhD, Purdue University, 2008 (Corvalan)
• An Evaluation of Extrusion Parameters and Application to the Scaling of Extruders
  Penner, Amy L. - MS, Purdue University, 2008 (Okos)
• Cumulative Effects of Propagation, Fermentation Media, and Inoculum Size on the Fermentation and Economic Performance of Glucose and Xylose Co-Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A (LNH-ST)
  Schumm, John J. - MS, Purdue University, 2009 (Mosier)
• Evaluating Energy Efficient Strategies and Product Quality for Distillers' Dried Grains with Solubles in Dry-Grint Ethanol Plants
  Lan, Tian - MS, Purdue University, 2011 (Ileleji)
• Development of a Starch-Based Mussel-Mimetic Adhesive Polymer
  Kozlowski, Jeff de - MS, Purdue University, 2013 (Tao)
• The granulometric heterogeneity of distillers dried grain with solubles and its effect on the bulk physical and chemical properties
  Clementson, Clairmont L. - PhD, Purdue University, 2010 (Ileleji)
• Harvest Logistics and Economics of Sweet Sorghum Crop for Fuel Ethanol, Grain Feed, and Bioproducts Under Midwest Conditions
  Serbin, Isaac P. - MS, Purdue University, 2011 (Ileleji)
• Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emission from biomass storage
  Emery, Isaac - MS, Purdue University, 2013 (Mosier)
• Analysis of Calcium Metabolism in Biological Systems using Different Model-Based Approaches
  Wang-Hee, Lee - PhD, Purdue University, 2011 (Okos)
• Conformational Changes of an Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1 on Silica Surface: Molecular Dynamics and Circular Dichroism Studies
  Chang, Hector - MS, Purdue University, 2012 (Narsimhan)
• Flow Mechanics of Switchgrass Bulk Solid in Hoppers under Gravity Discharge
  Ogden, Cedric A. - PhD, Purdue University, 2010 (Ileleji)
• Mechanistic methods in modeling the compact properties of viscoelastic pharmaceutical and food powders
  Pai, Dhananjay A. - PhD, Purdue University, 2012 (Okos)
• Mathematical Modeling of Moisture Sorption Isotherms and Effective Diffusivities of the Coconut
  Nelson III, Louis V. - MS, Purdue University, 2007 (Okos)
• The Effect of Processing Parameters on Oil Extraction
  Wijaya, Yunita - MS, Purdue University, 2007 (Okos)
• Characterization of Cell Wall Deconstruction Induced by Aqueous Pretreatment and Enzyme Hydrolysis
  Zeng, Meijuan - PhD, Purdue University, 2007 (Ladisch)
• Drum Agglomeration of Corn Stover and Corn Products from Bioprocessing
  Li, Yi - MS, Purdue University, 2013 (Ileleji)
• A Metabolic Approach for Increasing Lipid Storage in Yarrowia Lipolytica Grown on Glycerol
  Hodgman, Charles E. - MS, Purdue University, 2009 (Tao)

Our Food Process Engineering Faculty are involved in a number of projects including:

• Osvaldo Campanella - Development of nutritious and high quality cereal based foods optimizing processing, ingredients and raw materials selection
• Carlos Corvalan - Computational Food Engineering Science
• Carlos Corvalan - Mitigation of emissions of agricultural air pollutants by understanding and reducing the formation of satellite drops
• Ganesan Narsimhan - Colloidal Phenomena in Food and Bioprocessing
• Bernard Tao - Value-added products from agricultural commodities
• Bernard Tao - The Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy