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Food Process Engineering
A thought leader in Food Processing, Food Extrusion, and Food Processing Equipment, Expert is known for his experience in food process engineering -- primarily in process scale-up, process development, and troubleshooting. He has done a great deal of work in…
Total Quality Management
QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE. Expert has spent a significant portion of his career in the area of quality, quality control, and quality assurance. He has been a Quality Assurance Manager for three different industries since 1984. As such, he…
Protein Gelation and Texture; Muscle Foods and Ingredients
Expert's (pronounced La-neer, or "Tie'-ree") is an expert in surimi manufacturing and surimi products, including species, process/handling effects, and additive ingredient effects on gelling properties of surimi. Cryoprotection of muscle proteins and protein recovery during manufacturing are two recent emphases.…
Physical Chemistry of Food & Drugs
FOOD CHEMISTRY; FOOD DRYING. Expert is a recognized authority in the physical chemistry of the stability of dry and semi-moist systems including foods, drugs, and biologies. His major research areas deal with the effect of temperature and are properties of…
Flow Measurement and Metering
FLOWMETERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; METERING. Expert has devoted the majority of his career to the field of flow measurement. While this work has touched on metering products for several market areas (including gas meters, multiphase flow meters, and open channel flowmeters),…
Process Analysis & Simulation
DECAFFEINATION & OTHER SEPARATION PROCESSES; NONSOLVENT DECAFFEINATION. Expert (prefers "Expert") is a recognized authority in the field of decaffeination. He has many patents involving decaffeination, including two of the basic nonsolvent procedures (water and supercritical carbon dioxide.) In his work…
Food Microbiology, Toxicology, Preservation, and Spoilage; Yeasts; Clostridia; Botulinum Toxin
Expert's primary area of research is the study of botulinum toxin in the gram-positive pathogen Clostridium botulinum. Much of his work has been devoted to methods for the prevention of toxin formation in foods. He has also contributed to the…
Cereal Chemistry
CEREAL FOOD; CEREAL SCIENCE; WHEAT FLOUR. Expert (pronounced Hahz-nee, ) has devoted most of his career to studying how flour interacts to form baked food products. His research has involved chemical separation of the components of wheat flour and determination…
Fat Soluble Vitamins, Calcium Metabolism Disorders, Chemical Analysis Extraction, etc.
VITAMIN ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS. Expert has spent a significant portion of his career devoted to the development of analytical techniques that measure fat soluble vitamins in blood and foodstuffs. NUTRITION. With his advanced degrees in nutrition, Expert has a…
Food Engineering/Crystallization
Expert has been studying crystallization processes for the past 16 years with an emphasis on crystallization in foods. His current emphasis involves controlling crystallization (either promoting or preventing) of sugars, ice, and fats. This research involves both basic aspects of…