Murat O. Balaban (Areas of Specialization)

Food Processing and Engineering. Specific areas of interest include :

-Application of supercritical fluids and dense phase CO₂ to food processing for the extraction of valuable materials, and for the inactivation of enzymes and reduction of microorganisms.

- Automation of the objective evaluation of food quality. This includes visual, textural and odor characteristics of foods, measured and evaluated with machine vision, force-deformation devices, various smell quantification instruments (ion specific electrodes, electronic noses, etc.) coordinated by a computer.

-Application of ohmic technology to thawing of frozen foods.

- Design, implementation and testing of computer programs in the area of food engineering.

- Application of high isostatic pressures to foods.

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Last revised January 10, 2005