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Some Scientific and Technical Contributions:

                                                                       

 
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Development of experimental techniques, theory, and modeling to determine the kinetics of adsorption of proteins at interfaces

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Measurements of the steady-state distribution of emulsion droplets that correlate with shelf life

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Determination of the effects of operating parameters and formulation on coalescence rates of droplets during emulsion formation in a high-pressure homogenizer

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Construction of a phase diagram for binary mixtures of globular proteins and uncharged polymers

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Development of a rapid ELISA-based screening assay for cereal protein digestibility

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Correlation of sorghum grain microstructure with digestibility and improvement of digestibilities

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Determination of the effect of lime and calcium ion binding on starch gelatinization and pasting behavior

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Determination of the relationship of starch fine structural detail to cereal product texture

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Nondestructive determination of the sugar content of ripening fruit

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Determination of the amount of solid-like domains and the degree of solidity of food products

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Determination of polymer chain mobility in food products and its correlation with stability and mouthfeel

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Characterization of polymer substitution in modified starches

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Determination of the 3D structure of guaran and other galactomannans

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Determination of changes occurring in protein body structure and alpha-zein during cornflake processing

                                                                       

Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University,

West Lafayette, IN 47907