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Description of Research Interests
Dr. Manjeet Chinnan is a Professor of Food Engineering at
the University of Georgia. His area of expertise is in food
process engineering. He is internationally recognized authority
on the processing, handling, and storage of cereal legumes,
peanuts, fruits, and vegetables.
He has 500
publications to his credit including 130 refereed research
articles and is recipient of more than $8 million dollars
in research grants as PI or Co-PI. He is Fellow of the Institute
of Food Technologist (IFT) and recipient of the 2007 Bor S.
Luh International Award given by IFT.
His research interests are:
Food process and product development optimization using mathematical
and statistical modeling techniques including Response Surface
Methodology.
Modeling deep-fat frying operations, regenerating abused frying
oil, measuring quality of fried foods and frying oil. Characterizing
plastic and edible films for fresh and processed foods.
Microencapsulation and spray drying of phenolic and antioxidant
compounds derived from plant materials.
Publications
(in PDF format)
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