{"id":4,"date":"2018-04-24T20:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T20:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ales-cms.ales.ualberta.ca\/roopeshsyamaladevi\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2022-01-05T01:24:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T01:24:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/roopeshsyamaladevi\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-55 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ales-cms.ales.ualberta.ca\/roopeshsyamaladevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2018\/04\/Syamaladevi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wb_top clearafter\">\n<h2 class=\"c_title\"><span id=\"dnn_ctr15941_dnnTITLE_titleLabel\" class=\"c_title_Color\">Prof. M. S. Roopesh, Ph.D<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering<br \/>\n(Food Engineering) (2012)<br \/>\nWashington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"wb_top clearafter\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color: #008000\">Sustainable Process Engineering Research to Improve Safety, Quality, &amp; Utilization of Food and Biomaterials<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #595959\">Food safety is a global concern and directly linked to the overall sustainability of food systems worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation, there are around 1.5 billion cases of foodborne illnesses around the world annually. Recent food safety issues involving low water activity and fresh foods, packaging and industrial surfaces have resulted in hundreds of product recalls, thousands of illnesses and billions of dollar losses to food industry. Currently, advanced food processing technologies are garnering considerable interest in the food industry as they show promise in improving food safety and quality. The <\/span><span style=\"color: #00923e\">Food Safety &amp; Sustainability Engineering (FSSE) Research Program <\/span>at the\u00a0University of Alberta<span style=\"color: #595959\"> focuses on <span style=\"color: #09ad5b\">sustainable process engineering <\/span>research. We are working towards developing <\/span><span style=\"color: #00923e\">advanced, green, sustainable technologies (e.g., atmospheric non-thermal plasma, high intensity light pulses emitted from LEDs, 3D printing\/additive manufacturing of food)<\/span><span style=\"color: #595959\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #00923e\"><span style=\"color: #808080\"><span style=\"color: #696666\">to improve food safety<\/span><\/span> <\/span>and overall sustainability of food systems. Despite widespread research, engineering challenges associated with processing protocol development and implementation of these technologies are not yet adequately addressed. Following are the key research areas: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Cold Plasma Applications in <\/b><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>Sustainable<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"> <\/b><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>Agriculture<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"> and Food Processing<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b style=\"color: #008000\">Pathogen and mycotoxin reduction\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Biofilms in processing environment\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Plant protein functionality\u00a0improvement<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b style=\"color: #008000\">Seed <\/b><span style=\"color: #008000\"><b>surface sterilization<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><b>G<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #008000\">ermination improvement\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b style=\"color: #008000\">Plasma activated water as a plant growth medium\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Integrated Process Development\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Processes with multiple benefits\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Treatments Using High <\/b><span style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>Intensity<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #008000;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"> Light Pulses Emitted from LEDs\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 12pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong>Wastewater Treatment<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 12pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong>3D Printing\/Additive Manufacturing of Food<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. M. 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