Food Science (1988-2015)

Professor McCarthy retired in 2015. 

Degree

Ph. D. University of California, Davis, 1987

Research

Professor McCarthy applied engineering principles to evaluate and predict food properties to ensure that quality is enhanced through processing and shelf life. This work focused on the use of experimental evaluation and mathematical analysis of flow behavior and mass transfer, with an emphasis on rheology, moisture and lipid transport and mixing. 

Extension of Knowledge Activities 

• FST 50 - Introduction to Food Preservation
• FST 109 - Principles of Quality Assurance in Food Processing
• FST 110L - Food Processing Laboratory
• EBS 130 - Modeling of Dynamic Processes in Biological Systems
• EBS 231 - Mass Transfer in Food and Biological Systems