● Development of Combined Continuous-Flow Microwave and Pulsed Ohmic Heating Technologies for Rapid and Uniform Heating of Multiphase Foods (PI, USDA, AFRI)

● Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Biosensing of Foodborne Pathogens in Foods (PI, UH, Catalyst Fund)

● Innovative Nanoparticulate Surface Coating Technology to Minimize Fouling and Electrochemical Reactions during Tropical Juice Pasteurization (PI, USDA, T-STAR)

● Pasteurization of Kava Juice suing a Novel Continuous Flow Dual Magnetron Microwave System (PI, USDA, ARS)

● Detection of E. coli O157:H7 using a Nanoneedle Probe Biosensor (PI, USDA, Hatch and Supplemental Fund)

● Reheating and sterilization technology for food, waste and water (NASA)
● Innovative hydrophobic surface treatment technology for food processing (USDA- CSREES, SBIR)
● Minimizing milk fouling in plate heat exchangers (California Institute for Energy Efficiency (CIEE))
● Post-harvest dairy product safety (USDA)
● Design of selective IR heating system for food components (USDA, Penn State Center for Food Manufacturing)
● Microwave-assisted extraction system (Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery)

Peer-reviewed Publications

2011

41. Won Choi, Loc T. Nguyen, Seung Hyun Lee, and Soojin Jun, 2011, A Microwave and Ohmic Combination Heater for Uniform Heating of Liquid-Particle Food Mixture, Journal of Food Science (Submitted)

40. Natthakan Rungraeng, Yun-Chul Cho, and Soojin Jun, 2011, Polytetrafluoroethylene-based Carbon Nanotube Coating for Milk Fouling Reduction in Plate Heat Exchanger, LWT (Submitted)  

39. Seung Hyun Lee and Soojin Jun, 2011, Electrophoresis Induced Breakdown of Cellular Structures in Taro Skins for Enhancement of Sugar Release, Transactions of the ASABE 54(3): 1041-1047  

38. Sungkyun Kim, Lin Lu, Jaehyun Chung, Kyong-Hoon Lee, Yong Li, and Soojin Jun , 2011, A Microwire Sensor for rapid detection of Escherichia coli K-12 in Fresh Produce, Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies (In Press)

2010

37. Jun Wang, Sungkyun Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Yong Soo Kim, Qing X. Li, and Soojin Jun, 2010, Rapid Quantification of Escherichia coli K-12 internalized in Baby Spinach Using Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, International Journal of Food Microbiology 144(1): 147-151 

36. Jun Wang, Michael Kliks, Soojin Jun , and Qing X Li, 2010, Residues of Organochlorine Pesticides in Honeys from Different Geographic Regions, Food Research International 43: 2329-2334

35. Il Kyu Cho, Sungkyun Kim, Harpreet K Khurana, Qing X Li, and Soojin Jun, 2010, Quantification of trans fatty acids content in French fries of local food services using Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Food Chemistry 125(3): 1121-1125

34. Jun Wang, Michael Kliks, Soojin Jun , and Qing X Li, 2010, Residues of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Honeys from Different Geographic Regions, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58(6): 3495-3501   

33. Jun Wang, Wei Yue Qu, Soojin Jun , Harry C. Bittenbender, Qing X. Li, 2010, Rapid Determination of Six Kavalactones in Kava Root and Stem Samples Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis in Comparison with Gas Chromatography, Analytical Methods  2: 492-498

32. JaeYong Shim, Seung Hyun Lee, and Soojin Jun , 2010, Modeling of Ohmic Heating Patterns of Multiphase Food Products using computational fluid dynamics codes, Journal of Food Engineering 99(2): 136-141

2009

31. Jun Wang, Michael Kliks, Soojin Jun , Mel Jackson, and Qing X Li, 2009, Rapid Analysis of Glucose, Fructose, Sucrose, and Maltose in Honeys with Different Floral Sources and Geographical Regions using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Food Science 75(2): C208-C214  

30. Jun Wang, Michael Kliks, Weiyue Qu, Soojin Jun , Gongyi Shi, and Qing X Li, 2009, Rapid Determination of the Geographical Origin of Honey Based on Protein Fingerprinting and Barcoding Using MALDI TOF MS, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57:10081-10088  

29. Jun Wang, Soojin Jun , and Qing X Li, 2009, Rapid Analysis of Melamine Content in Powdered and Liquid Milk Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Food Science and Biotechnology 18(5): 1199-1203  

28. Jun Wang, Soojin Jun, H.C. Bittenbender, Loren Gautz, and Qing X. Li, 2009, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Kona Coffee Authentication, Journal of Food Science 74(5): C385-C391  

27. Sudhir K. Sastry, Soojin Jun, Romel Somavat, Chaminda Samaranayake, Ahmed Yousef, and Ram B. Pandita, 2009, Heating and Sterilization Technology for Long-duration Space Missions Transport Processes in a Reusable Package, Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1161: 562–569  

2008

26. Harpreet Kaur Khurana, Jae Yong Shim, Soojin Jun, Il Kyu Cho and Qing X. Li, 2008, Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy coupled with Multivariate Analysis for Measurement of Acesulfame-K in Diet Foods, Journal of Food Science 73(5): c426-c431
25. Harpreet Kaur Khurana, Il Kyu Cho, Soojin Jun, Jae Yong Shim, and Qing X. Li, 2008, Application of Multi Bounce Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for Rapid Determination of Aspartame in Soft Drinks, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 56: 778-789
24. Harpreet Kaur Khurana, Soojin Jun, Il Kyu Cho, and Qing X. Li, 2008, Rapid Determination of Sugars in Commercial Fruit Yogurts and Yogurt Drinks using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis, Applied Agricultural Engineering 24(5): 631-636
23. Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Soojin Jun, Joseph Irudayaraj, and Ali Demirci, 2008, Efficacy of Infrared Heat Treatment for Inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus in Milk, Journal of Food Process Engineering 31(6): 798-816
22. Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Harpreet Kaur Khurana, Soojin Jun, Joseph Irudayaraj and Ali Demirci, 2008, Infrared Heating in Food Processing: An Overview, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 7(1):2-13

2007
21. Soojin Jun, Sudhir Sastry, and Chaminda Samaranayake, 2007, Migration of Electrode Components during Ohmic Heating of Foods in Retort Pouches, Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 8(2): 237-243
20. Soojin Jun and Sudhir Sastry, 2007, Reusable Pouch Development for Long Term Space Mission: 3D Ohmic Model for Verification of Sterility Efficacy, Journal of Food Engineering 80(4): 1199-1205
19. Soojin Jun, Chenxu Yu, and Joseph Irudayaraj, 2006, Food Processing Methods, 5.17. Systems Analysis and Modeling in Food and Agriculture, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)

2006
18. Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, 2006, Potential Milk Fouling Area in Plate Heat Exchangers, Food Engineering Progress 10(1): 6-13
17. Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, 2006, A 2D dynamic model for fouling performance of plate heat exchangers, Journal of Food Engineering 75:364-374
 

1998-2005

16. Soojin Jun and Sudhir Sastry, 2005, Modeling and Optimizing of Pulsed Ohmic Heating of Foods inside the Flexible Package, Journal of Food Process Engineering 28: 417-436

15. Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, 2005, 3D Fouling Model of Plate Heat Exchangers using Computational Fluid Dynamics, International Journal of Dairy Technology 58(4):214-224
14. Soojin Jun and Sudhir Sastry, 2005, Reheating and Sterilization Technology for Food, Waste and Water: Design and Development Considerations for Package and Enclosure, International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), July 2005, Rome, Italy (In Press)
13. Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, 2005, Fouling Model for Heat Exchangers in Food Processing: A Review, Journal of Food Process Engineering 28: 1-34
12. Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, 2004, Development of interactive computational model of temperature and moisture distributions of microwaved foods, Applied Engineering in Agriculture 20(5): 677-682
11. Soojin Jun and Joseph Irudayaraj, 2004, Explore the Mechanism of Selective Infrared Heating on Disinfection of Fungal Spores, Applied Engineering in Agriculture 20(4): 481-485
10. Soojin Jun, V. M. Puri, and R. F. Roberts, 2003, A dynamic model for thermal performance of plate heat exchangers, Transactions of the ASAE 47(1): 213-222
9. Soojin Jun and Joseph Irudayaraj, 2003, Selective Far Infrared Heating System - Design and Evaluation (Part I), Journal of Drying Technology 21(1):51-67
8. Soojin Jun and Joseph Irudayaraj, 2003, Selective Far Infrared Heating - Spectral Manipulation (Part II), Journal of Drying Technology 21(1):69-82
7. Soojin Jun and Joseph Irudayaraj, 2003, A Dynamic Fungal Inactivation Approach using Selective Infrared Heating, Transactions of the ASAE 46(5):1407-1412.
6. S. Jun, J. Irudayaraj, A. Demirci, and D. Geiser, 2003, Pulsed UV-light Treatment of Corn meal for Inactivation of Aspergillus niger Spores, International Journal of Food Science and Technology 38:1-6
5. R. Ranjan, J. Irudayaraj and S. Jun, 2002, Simulation of Infrared Drying Process, Journal of Drying Technology 20(2):363-379
4. R. Ranjan, J. Irudayaraj, and S. Jun, 2002, Simulation of Three-Dimensional Infrared Drying using a set of Three-coupled Equations by the Control Volume method, Transactions of the ASAE 45(5): 1661-1668
3. Ranjan, R., J. Irudayaraj and S. Jun, 2001, A Three-Dimensional Control Volume Approach to Modeling Heat and Mass Transfer in Foods Materials, Transactions of the ASAE 44(6): 1975-1982
2. Jun S.J. and Chun J.K., 1998, Design of U-column Microwave-Assisted Extraction System and its Application to Pigment Extraction from Food, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 76 (C4): 231-236
1. Soo-Jin Jun, Tae Wha Moon and Jae-Kun Chun, 1998, Flow Characteristics in Packed bed of Cape Jasmine powders in U-column Microwave Assisted Extraction System, Food Engineering Progress, 2(1): 55 – 62

Book Chapters

● Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Soojin Jun, Joseph Irudayaraj and Ali Demirci, 2010, Chapter 1, Fundamentals and theory of infrared radiation, In: Infrared Heating for Food and Agricultural Processing, edited by zhongli Pan, CRC Press

● Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Harpreet Kaur Khurana, Soojin Jun, Joseph Irudayaraj and Ali Demirci, 2008, Chapter 5, Infrared Radiation for Food Processing, In: Food Processing Operations and Modeling: Design and Analysis, CRC Press

● Soojin Jun and Sudhir Sastry, 2008, Chapter 6, Modeling of Ohmic Heating of Foods, In: Food Processing Operations and Modeling: Design and Analysis, CRC Press

● Sundar Balasubramanian, Virendra M Puri and Soojin Jun, 2008, Chapter 9, Fouling Model for Heat Exchangers, In: Food Processing Operations and Modeling: Design and Analysis, CRC Press

● Soojin Jun, Chenxu Yu, and Joseph Irudayaraj, 2006, Food Processing Methods, 5.17. Systems Analysis and Modeling in Food and Agriculture, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)

● Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, 2006, Chapter 17 - Plate Heat Exchanger: Thermal and Fouling Analysis, In: CFD Thermal and Fouling Analysis for Plate Heat Exchangers, CRC Press

Conferences

Poster presentations

- Soojin Jun, Hongfei He, Jae Yong Shim, Geun Woo Park, Chin N. Lee, Yong Li, 2008, Pulsed ohmic heating for milk pasteurization, The 2008 IFT Annual Meeting, June 29-July 2, 2008, New Orleans, LA (095-02)
- Jae Yong Shim, Harpreet K Khurana, Il Kyu Cho, Qing X Li, and Soojin Jun, 2008, Attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy coupled with multivariate analysis for measurement of acesulfame-K in diet foods, The 2008 IFT Annual Meeting, June 29-July 2, 2008, New Orleans, LA (094-04)
- Jae Yong Shim and Soojin Jun, 2008, Modeling of Ohmic Heating Patterns of Multi-phase Food Products Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes, The 75th Annual Meeting of Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (KSFST), June 18-20, Kwangjoo, Korea
- Soojin Jun, Yong Soo Kim, Linda Cox, and Alvin Huang, Study on the potential of retort pouches for adding value to less desirable cuts of beef, The 2007 IFT Annual Meeting, July 29-Aug 1, 2007, Chicago, Michigan (096-42)
- Romel Somavat, Luis Rodriguez-Romo, Ahmed Yousef, and Soojin Jun, Ohmic sterilization inside a pouch made up of multilayered laminate for NASA’s long duration space mission, The 2007 IFT Annual Meeting, July 29-Aug 1, 2007, Chicago, Michigan (096-29)
- Harpreet Kaur Khurana, Soojin Jun, and Suresh Kumar Kanawjia, Utilization of exopolysaccharide producing strain (EPS+) of Lactococcus lactis as biostabilizer for manufacture of superior quality dahi (traditional Indian set fermented milk product), The 2007 IFT Annual Meeting, July 29-Aug 1, 2007, Chicago, Michigan (046-02)
- Soojin Jun, R. Ranjan, J. Elkind, D. Barthalomew and J. Irudayaraj, Monitoring chemical and microbial status using surface plasmon resonance based on biosensor, 94th Annual international meeting of ASAE, July 29-Aug 1, 2001, Sacramento, California
- J. Irudayaraj and S. J. Jun, Automated Infrared system for selective heating of food, 93rd Annual International meeting of ASAE, July 9-12, 2000, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 

Oral presentations

- Soojin Jun and Sudhir Sastry, Reusable Pouch Development for Long Term Space Mission: Thermal Distribution in 3D and Food Contamination for Ohmically Treated Pouches, 2005 AICHE Annual Meeting, October 30-November 4, 2005, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, 3D Milk Fouling Model of Plate Heat Exchangers using Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20, 2005, Tampa, Florida
- Soojin Jun, Brian Heskitt, Sudhir Sastry, Ritesh Mahna, Joseph Marcy, and Michele Perchonok, Modeling and optimization of pulsed ohmic heating of foods within a flexible package, The 2005 IFT Annual Meeting, July 16-20, 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Hatice Ozlem Ozden, Soojin Jun, and V. M. Puri, Sensitivity analysis of plate heat exchangers using FLUENT, 2004 NABEC conference, June 27-30, University Park, Pennsylvania.
- Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, Fouling performance of plate heat exchangers using a 2D dynamic model, 2004 NABEC conference, June 27-30, University Park, Pennsylvania.
- Soojin Jun and V. M. Puri, Dynamic modeling of thermal performance of multichannel plate heat exchangers, 2003 ASAE Annual International Meeting, July 27-30, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Soojin Jun and Joseph Irudayaraj, Exploring a selective heating technique for food components using Infrared radiation, The 2002 IFT Annual Meeting, June 15 -19, 2002, Anaheim, California
- Soojin Jun and Joseph Irudayaraj, Exploring the disinfection of fungal spores in corn meal using selective IR heating technique, The 2002 IFT Annual Meeting, June 15 -19, 2002, Anaheim, California
- S. Jun and J. Irudayaraj, Exploring the concept of selective heating of food powders, Fine powder processing 2001 - An international conference on Fine grinding, Oct 1-3, 2001, The Pennsylvania State University
- J. Irudayaraj and S. Jun, Design of selective heating system for food using Far infrared radiation, Conference on Technologies for the new millennium in commemoration of the 53rd anniversary of Research & Development Associates for military food and packaging systems, Inc. Fall ’99 meeting, Nov 1-2, 1999, Pittsburgh, PA
- S. Jun and Joseph Irudayaraj, Design of selective heating system for food using Far infrared radiation, At meeting of The Center for Food Manufacturing (CFM), Jun., 2001

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