Dilip I. Chandarana

• Ph.D. and M.S., Food Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 1988
• B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1979
• Senior Scientist with the National Food Processors Association (NFPA), Washington, DC; 1985-98
• Asceptic Process Authority, California Natural Products, Lathrop, CA; 1998-2001
• Vice President of Process Authority Services, Creative Research Management, Stockton, CA; 2001-2005
• Currently a member of the Institute of Food Technologists
  

Specialties:

Dr. Dilip I. Chandarana, an Engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, joined the IEH Center for Food & Pharmaceutical Process Safety (CFPPS), Inc. in November 2005 as the Vice President of Process Engineering.

He specializes in:

• Food Engineering
• Heat Transfer
• Thermal and Aseptic Processing
• Aseptic Packaging
• Regulatory Compliance
• Microbial Spoilage Diagnosis

Research:

Dr. Chandarana has made several presentations regarding his research in Food Engineering, including to the NCFST/CAPPS Workshop on Multiphase Foods hosted by Illinois in 1996; the International Conference on Food Science & Technology, Chicago, IL, in 1995; Bohlin User's group Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ in 1995; an International Symposium hosted by Paris, France regarding Aseptic processing & packaging (A U.S. perspective)National Food Processors Association Annual Convention, held in Los Angeles, CA, in 1994.
Dr. Chandarana has also been published in the Journal of Food Engineering, Food Technology, and the Journal of Food Science regarding his research in Aseptic Processing Technology.

Other:

Dr. Chandarana has extensive experience in testing a variety of aseptic processing and packaging systems, process designs, deviation handling, and spoilage investigations and diagnoses. He developed NFPA's research program in the area of aseptic processing and packaging of foods containing particles and was instrumental in developing the first successful process filing for such foods. He was NFPA's leader for high temperature rheology research where he developed NFPA's New Technologies research program. He served as a food industry consultant on new, non-thermal food preservation technologies and is an author of numerous technical publications and book chapters and has been invited to speak at industry conferences around the world. Dr. Chandarana taught several Better Process Controls Schools, Thermal Processing and Deviation Workshops and Aseptic Processing and Packaging Workshops while at NFPA.