IMPI's 44th Annual Symposium

Denver, Colorado, USA

July 14-16, 2010

2010 Program Planning Committee

IMPI invites the foremost researchers, experts and authors in the industry to submit papers in all areas of research, development, manufacture, specification and use of microwave and radio frequency energy systems.

SUBMISSION: Proposals for podium and poster presentations must be emailed or faxed to our office prior to March 15, 2010. Submit your 300-word abstract using this fillable PDF form or Word Document for expedited processing. Complete Call for Papers with instructions may be downloaded here.

PROCEEDINGS: Participants may submit a 4-6 page summary paper for publication in the Symposium Proceedings (ISSN 0832-7832), which will be published in July 2010.

LOCATION: Denver is the capital of Colorado, in the USA. The city and its surrounding area boast breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains, outdoor venues and a wide range of cultural activities. The symposium will be held in the heart of downtown at the Hotel Curtis, two short blocks from shopping, dining, entertainment and culture.

2010 IMPI Symposium Committee

Program Co-Chair: Juming Tang, Professor
Biological Systems Engineering
Washington State University
+1 509-335-2140
jtang@wsu.edu

Program Co-Chair: Samir Trabelsi, Ph.D.
US Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Center
Samir.Trabelsi@ARS.USDA.GOV

Area 1. Food Applications

Chair: Lihan Huang, Research Food Technologist
USDA Agricultural Research Service
+1 215-233-6552
Lihan.huang@ars.usda.gov

Amy Lawson, Senior Product Performance Technician
General Mills-Baking Division
amy.lawson@genmills.com

Steve Vlock, Manager of Quality
ConAgra
Steve.vlock@conagrafoods.com

Lisa Johnson, Product Performance Scientist
General Mills
Lisa.johnson@genmills.com

Tammie Lively, Research Scientist
Nestle
Tammie.lively@us.nestle.com

Mawele Shamaila, Research Scientist
Nestle
Mawele.shamaila@rdsn.nestle.com

Area 2. Food/Agricultural Processing and Bio-Energy

Chair: Dorin Boldor, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
LSU Agricultural Center and Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 7762
dboldor@agcenter.lsu.edu

Samir Trabelsi, Research Scientist
USDA ARS, Athens, GA 30605
Samir.Trabelsi@ARS.USDA.GOV

Shaojin Wang, Research Assistant Professor
Biological Systems Engineering
Washington State University
Shaojin_wang@wsu.edu

Pedro Fito, Director
Institute of Food Engineering for Development
pfito@tal.upv.es

Area 3. General industrial applications and system designs (including simulation)

Ben Wilson, Sales manager
PSC, INC
+1 216-531-3375
bwilson@pscrfheat.com

Neal Cooper, Principle
Formative Solutions
Neal.cooper@formativesolutionsllc.com

Paolo Veronesi, Ph. D
Facolta' di Ingegneria Universita' degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
paolo.veronesi@unimore.it

Jean-Paul Bernard, Directeur General
Sairem S.A.S
commercial@sairem.com

Robert F. Schiffmann, President
R.F. Schiffmann Associates
microwaves@juno.com

Area 4. Material processing

Chair: Gary Del Regno, Alfred University
N.Y.S. College of Ceramics
607-871-2084
delregge@afred.edu

Area 5. Chemistry and other novel applications

Chair: Satoshi Horikoshi, Associate Professor
Tokyo University of Science
Research Institute for Science and Technology
+81 4-7122-1659
E-mail: horikosi@rs.noda.tus.ac.jp

Rajender Varma, Chemist
US EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory
+1 513-487-2701
Varma.Rajendar@epa.gov