Food Process Engineering and Technology

Dr. Berk is a chemical engineer and food scientist with a long history of work in food engineering, including appointments as a professor at Technion IIT, MIT, and Agro-Paris and as a consultant at UNIDO, FAO, the Industries Development Corporation, and Nestle. He is the recipient of the International Association of Food and Engineering Life Achievement Award (2011), and has written 6 books (3 with Elsevier) and numerous papers and reviews. His main research interests include heat and mass transfer and kinetics of deterioration.

• 1. Physical Properties of Food Materials2. Fluid Flow3. Heat and Mass Transfer, Basic Principles4. Reaction Kinetics5. Elements of Process Control6. Size Reduction7. Mixing8. Filtration9. Centrifugation10. Membrane Processes11. Extraction12. Adsorption and Ion Exchange13. Distillation14. Crystallization and Dissolution15. Extrusion16. Spoilage and Preservation of Foods17. Thermal Processing18. Thermal Processes, Methods and Equipment19. Refrigeration, Chilling and Freezing20. Refrigeration, Equipment and Methods21. Evaporation22. Dehydration23. Freeze-Drying (Lyophilization) and Freezed Concentration24. Frying, Baking, Roasting25. Ionizing Irradiation and other Non-thermal Preservation Processes26. Food Packaging27. Cleaning, Disinfection, Sanitation