Josip Simunovic
Area(s) of Expertise
- Continuous flow thermal processing – foods and beverages
- Continuous flow microwave heating, pasteurization, sterilization of foods and biomaterials
- Development and implementation of particle flow monitoring and validation equipment, tools and software for continuous flow sterilization processes of multiphase / particle-containing foods packaged in aseptic packaging
- Development and commercialization of novel, advanced continuous flow sterilization processes (multiphase aseptic processing using conventional, continuous-flow microwave and continuous-flow ohmic thermal pasteurization and sterilization)
- Development and testing of thermo-sensitive sensors and implants for evaluation, recording and validation of advanced thermal sterilization – in pack/batch and continuous flow/aseptic
Achievements
- 12 U.S., 40 International Patents
- Developed technology bases for 4 start-up companies
- Technologies lead to new product introductions in North America and Europe
- 1981-1983. Fulbright Scholar
- 1983. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- 1983. Gamma Sigma Delta The Honor Society of Agriculture
- 1999. North Carolina State University: Kenneth R. Keller Award for Excellence in Research
- 2000. Phi Tau Sigma The Honor Society for Food Science
- 2007, 2009, 2011. National Science Foundation: IUCRC Compendium of Industry Nominated
- Technology Breakthroughs: Continuous Flow Microwave Sterilization
- 2008. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers: FPSA/FPEI FOOD ENGINEERING AWARD
- 2009. Institute of Food Technologists: FOOD TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- 2010. USDA / ARS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD
- 2012. Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists: MARVIN TUNG ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- 2012. North Carolina State University: INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
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Education
Ph.D, Food Science, North Carolina State University (1998)
M.S., Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida (1983)
B.S., Food Technology , University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1978)