Sudhir Sastry

Research Group

Research Areas (overview)

• Ohmic Heating

• Moderate Electric Field (MEF) Processing

• High Pressure Processing

• Pulsed Electric Field Processing

• Other research

Current Projects

 Quality of Foods Processed Using Selected Alternative Processing Technologies

 (electrical conductivity measurement video)

 Pathogen Inactivation in Fresh Produce by Incorporation of Sanitizers into Existing Operations within the Produce Chain

Recently Completed Projects

· CAPPS (Center for Advanced Processing and Packaging Studies), a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

· NASA-NRA Project (Reheating and Sterilization Technology for Food, Waste and Water)

· USDA National Integrated Food Safety Initiative Project (Safety of Foods Processed Using Four Alternative Processing Technologies)

· USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Project (Pressure-Assisted Thermal Processing:  Selected Physical Properties and Quality Improvement)

Research Group

Sudhir Sastry

sastry.2@osu.edu

web site

Graduate students	Postdoctoral researchers
Pitiya Kamonpatana kamonpatana.1@osu.edu USDA project	Suzanne Adams Kulshrestha kulshrestha.11@osu.edu, Curriculum Vitae
David Kasler  kasler.11@buckeyemail.osu.edu Fresh produce	Chaminda Samaranayake samaranayake.3@osu.edu, Curriculum Vitae Electrochemistry, High pressure processing
Giovana Mercali mercali.1@osu.edu Visiting Scholar	Mykola Shynkaryk m.shynkaryk@gmail.com Industry projects
Emily Kilpatrick emkilpatrick@gmail.com Mass transfer/ biofuels	Hussein Mohamed husseinm2@hotmail.com, Curriculum Vitae Industry projects

Technical Staff

    Brian Heskitt

heskitt.1@osu.edu

   Undergraduate Student Employees

    Kevin Hardy

Samantha Ward

Romel Somavat

Ken Ayotte

Soojin Jun

Chitra Kusnadi

Sarvesh Gupta

 Laleh Loghavi

 Stephen Min

 Sanjay Sarang

 Priyank Tulsiyan

In Memoriam

Prem Venkatasubramanian