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Innovations in Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Food preservation has existed since time immemorial with techniques that focused on prolonging shelf-life of food products. The current challenge, though, is to preserve food in terms of loss of nutrients, texture, and sensorial characteristics along with prolonging its shelf-life. This new volume, Nonthermal Light-Based Technologies in Food Processing, explores and provides in-depth knowledge and understanding of current and emerging light-based technologies and their application in food processing. This book also introduces the role of nonthermal technology for novel food product development. CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editors: C. K. Sunil, PhD Associate Professor (Food Engineering), Department of Food Engineering and Centre of Excellence for Grain Sciences, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management-Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), Tamil Nadu, India C. K. Sunil, PhD, is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Centre of Excellence for Grain Sciences at the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management-Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), Tamil Nadu, India. He has over 20 years of teaching, research, and industry experience. He has published scientific papers, book chapters and books in peer-reviewed journals, books and international publishers. At present, he is working on processing of millet, design and development of processing machinery, application of novel thermal and nonthermal technologies, and valorization of processing waste. He teaches in different areas of food processing/food engineering, such as unit operations, introduction to food processing, advances in food processing, processing of cereals, pulses and oilseeds, thermal and non-thermal processing of foods, etc. He also serves as a peer reviewer for several international journals and is also a member of different professional bodies. Preeti Birwal, PhD Scientist, Department of Processing and Food Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Preeti Birwal, PhD, is working as a Scientist in the Department of Processing and Food Engineering at the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She is currently working in nonthermal food preservation, fermented beverages, food packaging, and technology of millet-based beer. She has served at Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India, as a member of the board of examiners and placements. She has participated at several national and international conferences and seminars and has delivered lectures as a resource person on doubling farmers’ income through dairy technology in training sponsored by the Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Dr. Birwal has published research papers, edited books, book chapters, popular articles, conference papers, abstracts, and editorial opinions. She is advising several MTech scholars in food technology and has successfully guided postgraduate students for their dissertation work. She also serves as an external examiner for various Indian state agricultural universities and as an editor and reviewer of several journals. Dr. Birwal has been named outstanding reviewer of the month by the online journal Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science. Megh R. Goyal, PhD Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Senior Technical Editor, Biomedical Engineering and Agricultural Science, Apple Academic Press, Inc. Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico and was proclaimed as the “Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century” by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 52 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 100 books R. Mahendran, PhD Professor and Head, Centre of Excellence in Nonthermal Processing, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management–Thanjavur, India R. Mahendran, PhD, is currently Professor and Head of the Centre of Excellence in Nonthermal Processing at the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management-Thanjavur, India. His research focus includes cold plasma applications on agri-food, food structure shape transformation, and novel nonthermal processing on food systems. Dr. Mahendran has authored over 100 publications in reputed journals, popular articles, and book chapters. He has been awarded with the Dr. V. Subrahmanyan Best Scientist Award for the year 2021 for his outstanding research contributions. He is the fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers. Dr. Mahendran is also a life member of many professional bodies in his field. He also serves as guest editor, editorial board member, and reviewer for reputed food processing journals. He completed his BTech in Chemical Engineering and MTech in Industrial Biotechnology from SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu and PhD in Food Process Engineering from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India. |
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