Current Researchers

 

Aishwarya Badiger

Jeff Caminiti

Education:
B.Tech. in Food Engineering and Technology from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
M.S. in Food Science and Technology from The Ohio State University
Current position: PhD Candidate
Department: Food Science and Technology
Email: badiger.1@osu.edu
Research focus: Redefining milk shelf-life by establishing a volatile threshold based on consumer perception of milk spoilage: A food waste reduction approach
Favorite thing to go in Columbus: Eating at Brassica!
Education:
B.S. in Food Science and Technology from The Ohio State University
M.S. in Food Science and Technology from The Ohio State University
Current position: PhD Candidate
Department: Food Science and Technology
Email: caminiti.8@osu.edu
Research focus: Novel protein evaluation, Process design: meat production, frozen foods
Favorite thing to go in Columbus: Going to concerts! Columbus has great music venues!

 

Ivanett Z. Barreto Concepción

Holly Huellemeier

Education:
B.S in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM)
Current position: PhD Student, Graduate Research Associate
Department: Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Email: barreto.15@osu.edu
Research focus: Process Design: To identify the optimum configuration of smokehouse ventilation needed to ensure uniformity air flow, temperature, humidity and smoke concentration within the space provided for product processing.
Favorite thing to go in Columbus: Beer tasting
Education:
B.S. in Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering from The Ohio State University
Current position: PhD Candidate
Department: Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Email: huellemeier.1@osu.edu
Research focus: Fouling/Cleaning: Evaluation of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) technology as a scale-up tool for studying fouling and clean-in-place in dairy processing
Favorite thing to go in Columbus: Eating at all the amazing restaurants! (Top 3: Northstar Café, Harvest Pizzeria, Café Istanbul)

 

Veeramani Karuppuchamy

Wooju Kim

Education:
B. Tech in Agricultural Engineering from TamilNadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, India
M.S in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
Current position: PhD Student
Department: Food Science and Technology
Email: karuppuchamy.1@osu.edu
Research focus: Process design: Application of air impingement as a cleaning method in low moisture foods manufacturing facilities
Favorite thing to go in Columbus: Playing tennis ball cricket in summer; Try foods from local Indian restaurants
Education:
B.S in Food Science and Biotechnology from Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
M.S in Food Science and Biotechnology from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Current position: PhD Candidate
Department: Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Email: kim.7272@osu.edu
Research focus: Membrane filtration/Process design: Recovery of caustics from CIP wastewater and application of Forward Osmosis (FO) and Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD).
Favorite thing to go in Columbus: Drinking Soju, beer and wine! Playing Disc Golf.