Past Events

Title:  Data driven food safety management - The Dubai Model Speaker: Bobby Krishna, Senior Food Safety Specialist, Food Safety Department, Dubai Municipality

Examining Committee Dr. Paul Spagnuolo, Chair Dr. Lisa Duizer, Advisor Dr. Amy Bowen, Co-Advisor Dr. Gisele LaPointe, Department Member TITLE: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SENSORY, CONSUMER, VOLATILE, AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSES AND THEIR IMPACT ON FLAVOR IN HIGH-QUALITY APPLES

Examining Committee Dr. Donald Mercer, Chair Dr. Shai Barbut, Advisor Dr. Leonardo Susta, Co-Advisor Dr. Ira Mandell, Department Member TITLE: MYOPATHIES IN FILLETS FROM FAST GROWING CANADIAN CHICKEN: DETECTION, TEXTURE, AND MITIGATION USING FOOD ADDITIVES

Examining Committee Dr. Keith Warriner, Chair Dr. Loong-Tak Lim, Advisor Dr. Alejandro Marngoni, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Maria Corradini, Department Member Dr. Christine Moresoli, University of Waterloo, External Examiner TITLE: INVESTIGATIONS OF COLORIMETRIC INDICATOR SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION OF AMINES/TERPENES IN INTELLIGENT FOOD PACKAGING

Examining Committee Dr. Iris Joye, Chair Dr. Alejandro Marangoni, Advisor Dr. Erica Pensini, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Douglas Goff, Department Member Dr. Supratim Ghosh, University of Saskatchewan, External Examiner TITLE: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICLE-FILLED POLYMER GELS

Examining Committee Dr. Michael Rogers, Chair Dr. Loong-Tak Lim, Advisor Dr. Cynthia Scott-Dupree, Co-Advisor Dr. Paul Spagnuolo, Department Member Dr. Tamer Uyar, Cornell University, External Examiner TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF ETHYL FORMATE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE PACKAGING AND INSECT FUMIGATION APPLICATIONS THROUGH PRECURSOR AND ELECTROSPINNING TECHNOLOGIES

Examining Committee Dr. Massimo Marcone, Chair Dr. Lisa Duizer, Advisor Dr. Iris Joye, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Donald Mercer, Department Member TITLE: BRIDGING THE FIBRE GAP: USING PAR-BAKED BREAD TO IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL AWARENESS AND CONSUMPTION OF DIETARY FIBRE IN ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

EXAMINING COMMITTEE: Dr. Keith Warriner, Chair Dr. Shai Barbut, Advisor Dr. Benjamin Bohrer, Co-Advisor Dr. Alejandro Marangoni, Department Member TITLE: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF MODIFIED CELLULOSES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN REDUCED-FAT PROCESSED MEAT SYSTEMS

Examining Committee Dr. Massimo Marcone, Chair Dr. Loong-Tak Lim, Advisor Dr. Youbin Zheng, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Donald Mercer, Department Member TITLE: EFFECTS OF PHOTOPERIODS, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, AND BLACK LIQUOR SUPPLEMENT ON SINIGRIN CONCENTRATION AND MYROSINASE ACTIVITY IN  BRASSICACEAE MICROGREENS 

Examining Committee Dr. Iris Joye, Chair Dr. Michael Rogers, Advisor Dr. Amanda Wright, Co-Advisor Dr. Maria Corradini, Department Member TITLE: LIPID CRYSTALLINITY IN O/W EMULSIONS ALTERS IN VITRO LIPID DIGESTION KINETICS