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FDSC Home > FDSC Faculty > Ruben Morawicki

Education

• PhD: Pennsylvania State University, Food Science
• MS: State University of New York at Buffalo, Industrial Engineering
• BS:Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Argentina, Chemical Engineering

Courses Taught

• FDSC 3103 (PDF) : Principles of Food Processing

Research Emphasis

Current research focuses on Green Food Processing with emphasis on the development of technologies that minimize the environmental impact of food processing plants and create sustainable practices for the food industry.  

Some research interests are:
• Sustainability in food production
• Green technologies applied to food processing and packaging
• Replacement of energy intensive processes by alternative technologies
• Utilization of co-products from the food industry and agricultural commodities to generate value-added products
• Use of waste streams to produce or isolate valuable compounds or fuel

Publications

• Morawicki RO, Beelman RB. 2008. Study of the Biosynthesis of 1-Octen-3-ol Using a Crude Homogenate of Agaricus bisporus in a Bioreactor. Journal of Food Science March 2008 (73)3: C135.

• Morawicki RO, Beelman RB, and Peterson DG.  2005.  Recovery and Purification of 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic Acid Enzymatically Produced Using a Crude Homogenate of Agaricus bisporus. Journal of Food Science October 2005 (70)8.

• Morawicki RO, Beelman RB, Peterson DG, and Demirci A.  2005.  Biosynthesis of 1-octen-3-ol and 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid using a crude homogenate of Agaricus bisporus: Reaction Scale Up. Journal of Food Science June/July 2005 (70)5.

• Morawicki RO, Beelman RB, Peterson DG, and Ziegler GR.  2005.  Biosynthesis of 1-octen-3-ol and 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid using a homogenate of Agaricus bisporus. Optimization of the Reaction: Kinetic Factors. Process Biochemistry.  40:131-37.

• Morawicki RO. 2002. Biosynthesis of 1-octen-3-ol and 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid: Optimization of the reaction, Scale Up and Recovery.  Doctoral Dissertation. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.