Murat O. Balaban (Consultations)

Food Machinery Corporation, Citrus Machinery Division, Lakeland, FL, September, 1987. Supercritical Fluid Processing.

Food Machinery Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, June, 1988. Supercritical CO2 Processing.

Assisted Mr. Kenneth Frey for the evaluation of his patented invention. 1988.

Assisted ABC Research to spray dry two new products from their biotechnology research, in our pilot plant facility. 1988.

Met with alligator farmers in Meat Science Department with Dr. Leak, to discuss possibilities of using trimmed fat. As a result of our studies on the alligator lipids, a cosmetics company is buying trimmed fat from farmers. 1989.

Assisted ABC Research to supercritically extract potentially valuable compounds from dried whey, as a preliminary study. 1989.

Bioderm, Inc. Tampa, FL. 1989 and 1990. Freeze drying, sterilization and concentration.

Florida Foods, Inc., Eustis, FL. Carrot juice and aloe vera processing. 1990.

University of Missouri, Grants Review Panel member, 1991

USDA Small Business Innovation Research, National Review Panel member. 1991

Member of the operations analysis group, Singleton Seafood, Tampa, FL. 1993.

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of FMC Corporation, 1991 to 1994.

Laitram Machinery. Optimization of Cooking of Shrimp. 1998-1999

Last revised March 30, 2005