School of Engineering Faculty

Gauri S. Mittal Ph.D., P.Eng
gmittal@uoguelph.ca
Room 2344
Telephone: 519 824-4120 ext:52431

• Detection of glass pieces in glass containers filled with food (solid or liquid): An ultrasonic prototype for the detection of foreign bodies in beverage containers was developed by extensive signal processing techniques.
• Food sterilization using high voltage electric pulses: Many break-throughs at Guelph made this process suitable for commercialization, and placed my group at the front worldwide in this area. One US patent was granted.
• Edible and biodegradable packaging for meat products, cookies and leafy vegetables is being developed to replace expanded polystyrene.
• Neural network for process design: Many neural networks (ANN) were successfully developed to design complex food processing operations.
• Modelling food processes: Work was conducted on pan frying (single and double) of hamburgers (frozen, unfrozen), new vacuum deep-fat frying process, and Radio frequency cooking of meat products.
• Neutraceutical extraction: Lycopene from tomato waste and polyphenols from grape waste were investigated.
• Robotics for packaging (with Prof.: Abdullah: Two robots were simultaneously used to handle flexible packaging materials.

• ENGG*6110 Food and Bioprocess engineering
• ENGG*6160 Advanced food engineering

• ENGG*2660 Biological engineering systems I
• ENGG*2400 Engineering systems analysis
• ENGG*3830 Bioprocess engineering
• ENGG*4300 Food processing engineering design