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The Chen Lab – Food Engineering

Chen’s Food Engineering research program focuses on developing multiphysics modeling- and machine learning-based tools to advance food manufacturing.

Research areas include:

  • Microwave processing
  • Radiofrequency processing
  • Cultivated meat production
  • Decarbonization of food processes
Microwave oven cavity
Oven cavity mesh
Multiphysics coupling

Multiphysics modeling of microwave heating process

Integration of mechanistic modeling and machine learning

Smart microwave system with heating performance recognition and dynamic control

Particle tracing in a stirred tank bioreactor
Rocking bed bioreactor

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