Food Science & Technology: Personnel

Yen-Con Hung

Description of Research Interests

• Determination and modeling of pathogen survival associated with seafood and poultry cooked by microwave ovens
• High temperature and high pressure pasteurization for elimination of Salmonella and Listeria in liquid egg products
• Modeling of beef patty cooking
• Development of and optimization of combined processing technologies to preserve foods
• Development of treatments using electrolyzed oxidizing water to kill foodborne pathogens on produce, meat and poultry
• Improved processing technologies to increase cowpea utilization and improve nutrition
• Modeling heat and mass transfer during cryogenic freezing for system and food quality optimization
• Studies on the food cold chain
• CA storage for shelf-life extension
• Development of a value-added process for the retention of crispness in breaded shrimp
• High-speed laser-based fruit and vegetable maturity and texture measuring systems
• Using X-ray for on-line nondestructive sorting of watercore apples

Recent Chapters and Selected Publications

• Tanaka, F., T. Uchino, D. Hamanaka, G.G.Atungulu, and Y.-C. Hung.  2008.  Dielectric properties of mirin in the microwave frequency range.  J. Food Eng.  89:435-440. 

• Jarrard, M. Jr., Y.-C. Hung, K. McWatters, and R.D. Phillips.  2008. Application of attrition-milled soy flour in a beverage application.  J. Food Proc. Eng. (Published online Aug. 19, 2008).

• Huang, Y.-R., Y.-C. Hung, S.-Y. Hsu, Y.-W. Huang and D.-F. Hwang.  2007.  Application of electrolyzed oxidizing water in the food industry.  Food Control 19:329-334.

• Kim, C., and Y.-C. Hung.  2007.  Development of a response surface model of an electrostatic spray system and its contributing parameters.  Transactions of the ASABE 50(2): 583-590.

• Jarrard, M. Jr., Y.-C. Hung, K. McWatters, and R.D. Phillips.  2007. Effect of milling and preparation method on the physical properties and quality of moin-moin (steamed paste).  Journal of Food Science.  72(5):E243-248.

• Jarrard, M. Jr. and Y.-C. Hung.  2007.  Milling of cowpea flour using cyclone assisted milling.  Applied Eng. Agric. 23:785-792.

• Jarrard, M. Jr., Y.-C. Hung, K. McWatters, and R.D. Phillips.  2007. Application of attrition-milled soy flour in a beverage application.  J. Food Proc. Eng.

• Hung, Y.-C. and K. Morita.  2007.  Application of cyclone-assisted milling on modified legume flour for use in food preparation.  Proceedings of the 2007 International Food Machinery & Technology Exhibition.  Tokyo, Japan.  June 5-8, 2007.  Pp: 146-153.

• Su, Y., C. Liu and Y.-C. Hung.  2007.  Electrolyzed water: principles and applications.  In “New biocides Development: The Combined Approach of Chemistry and Microbiology.”  Ed: P. Zhu.  American Chemical Society.  Washington, DC.  Pp. 309-322.

• Hung, Y.-C.  2007.  Whole bean soymilk, a value-added product, made from lipoxygenase-free soybeans.

• Hung, Y.-C. and K. Morita.  2007.  Application of cyclone-assisted milling on modified legume flour for use in food preparation.  Proceedings of the 2007 International Food Machinery & Technology Exhibition.  Tokyo, Japan.  June 5-8, 2007.  Pp: 146-153.

• Su, Y., C. Liu and Y.-C. Hung.  2007.  Electrolyzed water: principles and applications.  In “New biocides Development: The Combined Approach of Chemistry and Microbiology.”  Ed: P. Zhu.  American Chemical Society.  Washington, DC.  Pp. 309-322.

• Hung, Y.-C.  2007.  Whole bean soymilk, a value-added product, made from lipoxygenase-free soybeans.  Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Refrigeration.  Beijing, China.  Aug. 21-26, 2007.  Pp. 113. (In CD)

• Hung, Y.C.  2007.  Applications and opportunities of acidic denkaisui in the United States.  2007 annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Functional Water.  Osaka, Japan.  Dec. 7-8, 2007, p. 38.

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