Food Powders

Gustavo V. Barbosa-Canovas (PhD, Food Engineering), is Professor of Food Engineering and Director of the Center for Nonthermal Processing of Food (CNPF) at Washington State University, USA. Dr. Barbosa-Canovas is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Food Engineering Book Series published by Springer. Enrique Ortega-Rivas (PhD, Chemical Engineering) is a Professor of Food and Chemical Engineering at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACh), Mexico. He is a member of the Mexican Outstanding Scientific Investigators System (SNI), Visiting Professor at Washington State University and Monash University, Australia, and a Visiting Scientist at Food Science Australia. Pablo Juliano (PhD Candidate, Food Engineering) is a PhD Student of Food Engineering at Washington State University. He has received numerous awards for Research Excellence from IFT, Research and Development Associates for Food and Packaging Systems, and Washington State University. Hong Yan (PhD, Food Engineering) She is currently a Consultant for the Food Industry in North-America and China. Dr. Yan has made several contributions to the food powder domain including the development of an attrition index, the concept of "ultimate bulk density" and padding devices to reduce attrition.

• Food Powders Characterization.- Sampling.- Particle Properties.- Bulk Properties.- Production, Handling, and Processing.- Storage.- Conveying.- Size Reduction.- Size Enlargement.- Encapsulation Processes.- Mixing.- Separation and Classification.- Drying.- Undesirable Phenomena and their Relation to Processing.