Sudhir Sastry Research Group Web Page

Research Areas

· Ohmic Heating

· Moderate Electric Field (MEF) Processing

· High Pressure Processing

· Pulsed Electric Field Processing

Current Activities and 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

Graduate Students

    Sarvesh Gupta

    Laleh Loghavi

    Stephen Min

    Sanjay Sarang

    Priyank Tulsiyan

    Romel Somavat

    Chitra Kusnadi

Postdoctoral Researchers

    Soojin Jun

    Chaminda Samaranayake

Technical Staff

    Brian Heskitt

    Ken Ayotte

Group Photograph

Standing: L-R.  Raghu Ramaswamy, Chaminda Samaranayake, Soojin Jun, Brian Heskitt, Sarvesh Gupta, Sanjay Sarang, Priyank Tulsiyan.  Seated L-R.  Stephen Min, Sudhir Sastry, Laleh Loghavi, Ken Ayotte