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Institute for
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NDSU Experts List for Promoting the Growth
of ND Food Industry
Submitted to ND Food Processors Association for Dissemination
May 3, 2002
Summarized by Dr. Sam Chang
NDSU Value-added Processing Center
701-231-7485
E-mail: Kow.chang@ndsu.nodak.edu
Cereals and Foods: Quality, Processing and Product Development
Dr. Monisha Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Carbohydrate research, Improving quality of Hard
Red Spring wheat-based products, including bakery goods and noodle products.
Specific Current Research Projects
1. Genetic basis for wheat starch quality, including modified starches, as it
affects pasting and textural characteristics in processed foods.
2. Defining quality requirements for existing products (bread, noodles and
pasta) and exploring other niche markets (frozen dough/noodles, par-baked
products).
3. Effect of amylose-amylopectin ratio on end-use quality. Identifying and
establishing feasibility of end-use products for waxy wheat genotypes.
4. Starch - protein interaction in a dough system.
Phone and fax: 707-231-7737 (work), 701-231-7723 (fax)
E-mail: monisha.bhattacharya@ndsu.edu
Dr. Sam K. C. Chang, Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Food chemistry, value-added processing, nutrition
of legumes (soybeans, navy, pinto beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas, etc) and
other northern crops including sunflower, sugarbeet, and carrots. Flavor and
sensory evaluation, nutrient analysis, fermentation, tofu, soymilk, natto,
tempeh, soysauce, yuba, meat analog, canning, carotenes, pectin and protein
extraction. Current projects:
1. Evaluating soybean quality for tofu and soymilk making as affected by .
2. Assessing the isoflavone content of soybeans.
3. Assessing the role of soybean in human health.
4. Evaluating processing methods for creating products from dry edible peas
and beans.
Phone: 701-231-7485 Fax: 701-231-6536
E-mail: kow.chang@ndsu.edu
Dr. Clifford Hall, Assistant Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Lipids and nutraceuticals, Flax, Echinacea. Current
Research projects:
1. Isolation and purification of nutraceuticals (i.e. phytochemicals) from
traditional and non-traditional food plants.
2. The role of processing in assessing chemical and structural stability of
nutraceuticals.
3. Natural and Synthetic antioxidants: structure modification and mechanistic
investigation.
4. Assessing flaxseed as a part of functional food system.
Phone: 701-231-6359
Fax: 701-231-6536
E-mail: clifford.Hall@ndsu.edu
Dr. Khalil Khan, Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Proteins and electrophoresis, wheat variety
identification. Edible bean extrusion. Current Projects include
1. Structure-function relationship of wheat proteins to bread and pasta
making quality.
2. Cereal variety identification through biochemical techniques.
3. Development of pea and lentil extruded snack products.
Phone: 701-231-7729
Fax: 701-231-7723
E-mail: Khalil.khan@ndsu.edu
Dr. Frank Manthey, Assistant Professor
Expertise: Durum wheat, pasta making. Current projects include
1. Evaluating factors that affect pasta quality and processing (such as
flaxseed as a part of pasta systems).
2. Evaluating agronomic practices that affect Durum wheat quality.
3. Assessing the relationship between chemical components of Durum wheat and
Durum wheat quality.
4. Improving Durum wheat flour quality via milling processes.
Phone:701-231-6536
Fax: 701-231-7723
E-mail: Frank.Manthey@ndsu.edu
Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, Associate Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Bioprocessing, enzymes, food processing and
chemistry. CurrentResearch projects include
1. Use of microorganisms and/or enzymes in the production of foods or food
ingredients.
2. Utilization of agriculture residues in the development of food
ingredients.
3. Utilization of flaxseed in animal and human functional food systems.
4. Malt quality as affected by mold growth.
Phone: 701-231-8218
Fax: 701-231-6536
E-mail: Jurgen.Schwarz@ndsu.edu
Dr. Paul Schwarz, Associate Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Malting and brewing of barley. Current projects
include
1. Malt quality as affected by mold growth.
2. Lipid oxidation during malting and brewing.
3. Arabinoxylans in malt and beer.
Phone: 701-231-7732
Fax: 701-231-7723
E-mail: Paul.Schwarz@ndsu.edu
Dr. Martin J. Marchello, Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Research interests are both basic and applied with
a broad focus on quality, leanness, and nutrient composition of meat and the
relationship of meat science to human health and safety.
Phone: 701-231-7682
Fax: 701-231-7590
E-mail: martin.marchello@ndsu.edu
Dr. J.W. Schroeder, Dairy Specialist
Expertise/interest areas: Dairy production and industry
Phone / Audix: 701.231.7663.
FAX: 701.231.7590.
Cellular: 701.799.4684.
E-mail: jw.schroeder@ndsu.edu
(or)
Homepage: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/dairy
.
Dr. Catherine Logue, Assistant Professor
Dr. Charlene Wolf-Hall, Assistant Professor Food and Agricultural Engineering
Dr. Kenneth J. Hellevang, Professor
Suranjan Panigrahi, Associate
professor
Dr. Dennis Wiesenborn, Professor Dr. Dennis Gordon, Professor
Dr. Julie Garden-Robinson, Assistant Professor Applied
Economics, Marketing and Business
Dr. Cheryl DeVuyst, Assistant Professor Dr. Pat Berglund, Director Dr. Jay Leitch, Dean Institute of Business and Industry
Development
Kathleen Tweeten, Director Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives
Dr. Bill Nelson, Director
Go to: IBID
Web Home Page
Expertise/interest areas: Food safety - food microbiology and foodborne
pathogens of human concern
PH. 231-7692
FAX 231-7514
E-mail: catherine.logue@ndsu.edu
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/nolan/cmbid/cathy.htm
Expertise/interest areas: Microbiology, fugal toxins, food safety. Current
projects include
1. Assessing microbial levels and methods to reduce microbial levels in raw
produce.
2. Study of molds and mycotoxins in foods and methods to control or eliminate
them.
3. Assessment of intrinsic factors on the safety of preserved foods.
4. Evaluation of changes in cattle diets on the safety of ground beef.
5. Evaluating production methods, for edible mushrooms, using different
agricultural residues.
Phone: 701-231-6387
Fax: 701-231-7514
E-mail: Charlene.Hall@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas:
Post Harvest Engineering , Grain Drying, Storage, and Handling, Vegetable
Storage, Structures Engineering Building Environment, Indoor Air Quality
Current Research: Dry Edible Bean Handling, Drying & Storage
Phone: 701.231.7243
Fax: 701.231.1008
email: kenneth.hellevang@ndsu.edu
Web: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/personnel/hellevang.htm
Vita: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/personnel/hellevang_vita.htm
Expertise/interest areas/examples of work/equipment/facility:
Identification, development and adapt ion of non-destructive and advanced
sensors and sensing techniques for quality evaluation, inspection, and control.
Use of computer-based advanced information technologies and sensors for
automation and process control of different operations.
Previous work include the development of computer vision and sensors systems
for quality evaluation of french fries, edible beans, and non-contact dynamic
determination of protein content of grains, sugar content of sugar beets.
Current work involves the development and evaluation of use of electronic nose
for food quality and safety.
Bio-imaging and sensing center has state-of the-art infrastructure and
equipment for computer vision systems, spectroscopic systems, GC-MS, video
cameras, optical systems, electro-mechanical components, lenses, computers,
computer programming languages, other intelligent tools such neural networks,
image processing/analysis software etc.
Tel 701 231 7270 and fax 701 231 1008
E-mail: suranjan.panigrahi@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas: Food Engineering, ingredient extraction, and
oilseeds. Current projects include
1. Development of prototype processes for new foods and food ingredients.
2. Processing of flaxseed, crambe, amaranth, and other specialty oilseed
crops,
especially optimizing the preparation of oilseeds for improved expeller
pressing.
3. Processing flaxseed for lignans, especially by mechanical means.
4. Refining, fractionation and conversion of fats and oils from plants.
Phone: 701-231-7277
Fax: 701-231-1008
E-mail: dennis.wiesenborn@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas: Nutrition, dietary fiber, minerals metabolisms.
Current Research projects
1. Role of foods as chemicals in contributing to human nutrition, bodily
functions and health.
2. Specific interest in non-digestible and non-absorbable carbohydrates
(i.e., dietary fiber) and their chemical, physical and physiological properties.
3. Nutrient bioavailability and interactions.
4. Role of food components as part of functional food systems.
Phone: 701-231-9438
Fax: 701-231-7723
E-mail: Dennis.Gordon@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas: nutrition extension, nutritional labeling, HACCP
and Food Sanitation.
Phone: 701-231-7187
E-mail: julie.garden-robinson@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas: Food Marketing, Consumer Demand, Agribusiness
Finance
Phone: 701-231-8000
E-mail: cheryl.devuyst@ndsu.edu
Dr. Cole Gustafson, Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Agribusiness finance impact analysis, feasibility
analysis.
Phone: 701-231-7096
E-mail: cole.gustafson@ndsu.edu
Dr. Larry Leistritz, Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Cooperatives, impact assessment, feasibility
analysis
Phone: 701-231-7455
E-mail: Larry.leistritz@ndsu.edu
Dr. William Nganje, Assistant Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Food Safety, agribusiness finance,
Phone: 701-231-7459
E-mail: william.nganje@ndsu.edu
Mr. Tim Petry, Associate Professor
Expertise/interest areas: livestock value-added, feasibility analyses.
Phone: 701-231-7469
E-mail: tim.petry@ndsu.eduu
Dr. Cheryl Wachenheim, Assistant Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Livestock value-added, input markets
Phone: 701-231-7452
E-mail: cheryl.wachenheim@ndsu.edu
Dr. Bill Wilson, Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Grain marketing and trade, transportation
Phone: 701-231-7472
E-mail: bill.wilson@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas: Promotion of grain trade internationally.
Value-added processing. Have pilot scale processing of pasta, extrusion, milling
Phone: 701-231-7736
E-mail: pat.berglund@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas: Teaching and research related to business
development
Phone: 701-23-7577
E-mail: jay.leitch@ndsu.edu
Dr. Bahman Bahrami, Professor and Chair
Expertise/interest areas: Business, economy and marketing
Phone: 701-231-8349
E-mail: Bahman.bahrami@ndsu.edu
Dr. Joseph Jones, Associate Professor
Expertise/interest areas: Marketing
Phone: 701-231-7690
E-mail: joseph.jones@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest areas: development of business and industry, engineering,
marketing
Phone: 701328-9718
E-mail: kathleen.tweeten@ndsu.edu
Expertise/interest: Cooperatives, marketing studies, feasibility analysis,
training programs
Phone: 701-231-1016
Website: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/qbcc/
For Assistance -- Contact:
Kathleen Tweeten, Director
NDSU
Center for Community Vitality
Institute
for Business and Industry Development (IBID)
2718 Gateway Ave., Suite 104
Bismarck, ND 58503
701-328-9718
701-328-9721 fax)
kathleen.tweeten@ndsu.edu