Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering

The Definitive Reference for Food Scientists & Engineers

• Completely revised and thoroughly updated
• Many new entries written by top experts
• Expanded coverage by 40 percent
• 375 illustrations
• 100 tables

• Applies engineering concepts and principles to production agriculture, including the design of machinery and structures used and the management of water required for these operations
• Gives specific attention to crop production, including the harvesting, storage, and handling of major and minor crops
• Focuses on animal production, including all aspects requiring engineering inputs
• Covers food handling, storage, processing, packaging, and distribution, with specific emphasis on the design of facilities, equipment, and processes needed to deliver safe and high-quality food products to the consumer
• Addresses unique processes associated with the preservation of foods, using thermal processes, refrigeration, dehydration, and similar processes
• Explores the more basic engineering concepts associated with biological systems
• Presents the common fundamentals that have evolved with other biological systems, including those in the environment and in humans

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DENNIS R. HELDMAN is currently Principal, Heldman Associates in San Marcos, California. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor at the University of California-Davis and Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri. Previously, Heldman has been Director of the Cooperative Research and Development Program at the Center for Advanced Food Technology and Professor of Food Process Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

The author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of numerous professional publications, including the Handbook of Food Engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.), he is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, the Institute of Biological Engineering, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the American Association of Cereal Chemists, among other organizations. Professor Heldman currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Council for the World Food Logistics Organization.