Part I: Advances in food rheology 1. Interfacial rheology of food: Protein as a model food 2. Rheology and food microstructure 3. Dynamics of thixotropic liquids and time dependency 4. Rheology to tribology: Applications of tribology in studying food oral processing and texture perception 5. Large amplitude oscillatory shear measurement and Fourier-transform rheology: Application to food 6. Extensional rheology in food processing 7. Applications of rheological data in the food industry 8. Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to food rheology 9. Time-temperature superposition principles: Applicability in food and biopolymer rheology 10. Influence of dietary fibers and particle size distribution on food rheology
Part II Product specific studies in rheology 11. Rheology, microstructure, and functionality of cheese 12. Rheology and microstructure of yogurt 13. Food gels: gelling process and new applications 14. Influence of sugar substitutes in rheology of fruit gel 15. Rheology and texture of basil seed gum: A new hydrocolloid source 16. Creep>recovery and oscillatory rheology of flour-based systems 17. Rheological properties of gluten-free bread doughs and their modification: Improve bread quality 18. Rheology and rheological measurements of starch 19. Nonlinear viscoelastic rheology of wheat dough 20. Rheology of gelatin and advances in rheological measurements 21. Emulsion rheology 23. Rheology of food bigel system 24. Advances in yield stress measurements for chocolate
Jasim Ahmed, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist of Food Process Engineering at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait. He received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. (Food & Bio-Chemical Engineering) degrees from Jadavpur University, India, and Ph.D. (2000) in Food Technology from Guru Nanak Dev University, India. He previously taught at Guru Nanak Dev University, India and United Arab Emirates University, UAE. Dr. Ahmed has served as a visiting professor at McGill University, Canada, and Research Director-Biopolymer Division at Polymer Source Inc, Montreal, Canada. Structure/microstructure of food is the research focus of Dr. Ahmed. Dr. Ahmed is a professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists and Life member of Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (AFSTI), India. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers, co-edited eight books including Handbook of Food Process Design, Engineering Properties of Foods (4th edition), Starch-based Polymeric Materials and Nanocomposites: Starch Chemistry, Processing and Applications. He is one of the editors of International Journal of Food Properties, and he is on the editorial boards of several international journals. His current research focus is on Antimicrobial Biodegradable Nanaopackaging.
Santanu Basu, Ph.D., is a Researcher in the Plant Food Science Group at Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. He received his B.Tech. (Food Technology and Bio-Chemical Engineering) degree from Jadavpur University, India, M.Tech. (Dairy and Food Engineering) degree from IIT Kharagpur, India and Ph.D. from Panjab University, India. He was also recipient of Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship and worked at University of Cambridge, UK. He previously taught at Panjab University, India and NIFTEM, India. His research interests lie primarily in the area of food structure-function relationship, food rheology, food texture, and product formulation engineering. Dr. Basu is a professional member of the ISEKI-Food Association.