Publications & Patents

Publications – May 2018 to Present

  • Bergendahl, J., Zhang, H., and Stine, S.; “Enhancement of Municipal Wastewater Biosolids Drying through Interfacial Energy Modifying Amendments to Promote Uniform Agglomeration”, 9th Canadian Biosolids and Residuals Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada, Sept. 9th – 12th, 2018.
  • Kahraman, O., Pearlstein, A. J., and Feng, H.; “Ultrasound-mediated Non-equilibrium Separation of Ethanol-water Solutions Including Avoidance of the Azeotropic Bottleneck 376bs”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 30, 2018.
  • Duran-Olivencia, F., Yang, M., Farzad, M., Tilley, B., Yagoobi, J.; “Multi-Fluid Macroscopic Approach to Drying in Paper Drying”, International Drying Symposium, Valencia, Spain, September 2018.
  • Farzad, M., Yang, M., Yagoobi, J., Tilley, B.; “Drying of Moist Food Snacks with Innovative Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle”, International Drying Symposium, Valencia, Spain, September 2018.
  • Nemzer, B., Vargas, L., Xia, X., Sintara, M., Feng, H.; “Phytochemical and physical properties of blueberries, tart cherries, strawberries, and cranberries as affected by different drying methods. Food Chemistry, 262: 242-250, 2018.
  • Ozturk, O.K. and Takhar, P.S.; “The Effects of Drying on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Carrots LWT – Food Science and Technology”, 2018.
  • Kumar, D., Juneja, A. and Singh, V. , “Fermentation technology to improve productivity in dry grind corn process for bioethanol production”, Fuel Processing Technology, 173: 66-74, 2018.
  • Kahraman, O., Pearlstein, A. J., Feng, H., “Ultrasound-mediated nonequilibrium separation of ethanol-water solutions, including avoidance of the azeotropic bottleneck”, AIChE, November 2018.
  • Yundong Ren, Mucheng Li, Pratap Rao, Yuxiang Liu, “Lossy Mode Resonance based Optical Fiber-Tip Moisture Sensor in Foods,” Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress 2019 (San Jose, CA), Optical Society of America, 06/25-06/27 2019.
  • Yang, M. and Yagoobi, J., “A numerical study of liquid-vapor interface in the presence of dielectrophoretic force”, IEEE Industry Applications Society 54th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2019.
  • Farzad, M. and Yagoobi, J., “Effect of Impingement Velocity on Slot Jet and Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzles Flow Field”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, NV, November 2019.
  • Yang, M., Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B., “Enhancement of Drying Rate of Moist Porous Media with Electrohydrodynamically Assisted Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle – A Numerical Study”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, NV, November 2019.
  • Kahraman O., Malvandi A., Feng H. 2019. Drying kinetics and quality attributes of apple slices dried with a non-thermal ultrasound drying method. 2019 Annual International Meeting, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Boston, MA.
  • Kahraman O., Feng H., Malvandi A. 2019. Non-thermal ultrasonic contact drying of apple slices: drying kinetics and product quality. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists, New Orleans, LA.
  • Ozturk, O. K., and Takhar, P. S., “Selected physical and viscoelastic properties of strawberries as a function of heated-air drying conditions”, Drying Technology 37(14): 1833-1843, 2019.
  • Ozturk, O. K. and Takhar, P. S., “Physical and viscoelastic properties of carrots during drying.” Journal of Texture Studies, 51(3): 532-541, 2020.
  • Farzad, M., Yagoobi, J., “Drying of Moist Cookie Snack with Innovative Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle”, Drying Technology Journal (February 2020, in press for printed version).
  • Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B. S., “Fundamental Understanding of Removal of Liquid Thin Film Trapped between Fibers in Paper Drying Process: Microscopic Approach”, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry Journal (accepted for publication).
  • Ozturk, O. K. and P. S. Takhar (2020). “Hybrid mixture theory-based modeling of moisture transport coupled with quality changes in strawberries and carrots.” Drying Technology: 1-18. (In Press, Published Online).
  • Kreidly, N., & Padua, G. (2020, July). Non-Thermal Ultrasound Drying to Enhance the Solubility of Almond, Lentil, and Pea Proteins. Proceedings of the Institute of Food Technologist Annual Meeting and Expo (IFT) Chicago, IL.
  • Asar, M.E., Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J. “Preliminary Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Ultrasound on Paper Drying”, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industries Engineering Conference (TAPPICon), May 2021 (Virtual).
  • Mucheng Li, Mackenzie Damon, and Yuxiang Liu, “Motion-insensitive Lossy-moderesonances Optical Fiber Sensor for Relative Humidity and Moisture Contents,” in Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021 (November 1~4,2021), Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, 2021), paper JW7A.11.
  • Kapoor R., Malvandi A., Feng H., Kamruzzaman M. 2021. Real-time moisture monitoring of edible coated apple chips during hot air drying using miniature NIR spectroscopy and chemometrics, LWT Food Science and Technology.
  • Kapoor R., Feng H. 2021. Characterization of physicochemical, packing and microstructural properties of beet, blueberry, carrot and cranberry powders: the effect of drying methods, Powder Technology, 395, 290-300.
  • Hamed Jafarishad, Mucheng Li, and Yuxiang Liu, “Optical fiber strain sensor for real-time food deformation measurements in drying,” in Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021 (November 1~4,2021), Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, 2021), paper JW7A.12.
  • Asar, M.E., Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J. “Preliminary Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Ultrasound on Paper Drying”, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industries Engineering Conference (TAPPICon), May 2021 (virtual).
  • Asar, M.E. and Yagoobi, J.S. “A Numerical Study: Drying of a Fully Saturated Porous Medium With Excess Water Layers”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 2021 (Virtual).
  • Yang, M., Asar, M.E., and Yagoobi, J.S., “Experimental Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Drying Process with Dielectrophoresis Mechanism”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 2021 (virtual).
  • Abedi, F. M., Takhar, P. S., ”Stress relaxation properties of bananas during drying”, Journal of Texture Studies (In Press).
  • Yang, M. and Yagoobi, J., “Enhancement of Drying Rate of Moist Porous Media with Dielectrophoresis Mechanism”, Journal of Drying Technology, October 2021.
  • Yang, M., Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B., “Heat Transfer Enhancement of Ionic Wind Assisted Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle – A Numerical Study,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, July 2022.
  • Yang M. and Yagoobi, J., “Drying of Paper with Dielectrophoresis Mechanism’’, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Asar, M. E., Yang, E., and Yagoobi, J., “Impact of Reattachment Surface Characteristics on the Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle’s Performance”, E-Proceedings, International Drying Symposium, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B., “Experimental Study of Drying of Paper with Ultrasound Mechanism”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Rodriquez Ramirez, J., Farzad, M., Noori, Z., and Yagoobi, J., “Radial Jet Reattachment Impingement Drying of Corn Tortillas”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Yang, M. and Yagoobi, J., “Statistical Analysis of Moist Porous Media with Dielectrophoresis Mechanism”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Farzad, M., El Ferouali, H., Asar, M. E., and Yagoobi, J., “Enhancement of Drying of Food Products with Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzles in a Convective Oven with a Moving Belt”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Luis Gerardo Luna-Alanis, Youngsoo Lee (2022). Comparison of particle size and distribution span of spray dried maltodextrin using pneumatic and ultrasound mesh transducer atomization. Conference of Food Engineering (accepted).
  • Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B., “Visualization of Application of Ultrasonic Drying of Moist Porous Paper”, Album of porous Media, March 2022.
  • Asar, M. E., Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J., “Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Ultrasound on Paper Drying”, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industries Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 127-140, March 2022.
  • Amir Malvandi, Ozan Kahraman and Hao Feng, “Drying kinetics of sliced strawberries using a novel ultrasonic contact dryer”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Kapoor R, Karabulut G, Malvandi A, Feng H, “Exploring the potential of ultrasound technology for non-thermal and sustainable drying of heat-sensitive material”, 26th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, 2022.
  • Karabulut G, Kapoor R, Feng H, “Improvement of the physicochemical properties of hemp seed protein: The pH-shifting and its combination with high-pressure homogenization”, 26th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, 2022.
  • Yang, M., Luna, L., Lee, Y., and Yagoobi, J., “Spray Drying Using Novel Nozzle Design to Improve Droplet Formation for Fine Powders”, International Drying Symposium, EProceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Farzad, M., El Ferouali, H., Asar, M. E., and Yagoobi, J., “Enhancement of Drying of Food Products with Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzles in a Convective Oven with a Moving Belt”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Yang, M. and Yagoobi, J., “Statistical Analysis of Moist Porous Media with Dielectrophoresis Mechanism”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Yang M. and Yagoobi, J., “Drying of Paper with Dielectrophoresis Mechanism’’, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Asar, M. E., Yang, E., and Yagoobi, J., “Impact of Reattachment Surface Characteristics on the Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle’s Performance”, E-Proceedings, International Drying Symposium, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B., “Experimental Study of Drying of Paper with Ultrasound Mechanism”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Rodriquez Ramirez, J., Farzad, M., Noori, Z., and Yagoobi, J., “Radial Jet Reattachment Impingement Drying of Corn Tortillas”, International Drying Symposium, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 2022.
  • Mucheng Li, Christian Rossi, Yundong Ren, Hamed Jafarishad, Yuxiang Liu, “Optical Fiber Strain Sensor for Foods in Drying,” International Drying Symposium (IDS) 2022, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 26-29, 2022.
  • Yundong Ren, Mucheng Li, Christian Rossi, Pratap Rao, and Yuxiang Liu, “Measurements of Food Moisture Content During the Drying Process Using an Optical Lossy-mode-resonance Fiber-tip Sensor,” International Drying Symposium (IDS) 2022, E-Proceedings, Worcester, MA, June 26-29, 2022.
  • Kapoor R., Karabulut, G., and Feng, H., “Vitamin E delivery systems stabilized by plant-based natural biopolymers: Fabrication, stability, physiochemical properties, and rheology”, Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists, 2022.
  • Noori, Z., Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B.S., “Experimental study of paper drying with direct contact ultrasound mechanism”, Drying Technology Journal, December 2022, DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2022.2150635.
  • Asar, M.E. Yang, M., and Yagoobi, J., “Impact of Reattachment Surface Characteristics on the Flow Field Generated by Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle – A Numerical Study”, Drying Technology Journal, November 2022.
  • Asar, M.E. and Yagoobi, J., “Drying of a Fully Saturated Porous Medium with Excess Water Layers – A Numerical Study”, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, February 2023.
  • Bayati, A. and Salapaka, S., “Efficient Process Control in Drying: A Combinatorial Optimization Framework“, Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory, Minneapolis; April 2023.
  • Bhattacharjee, A. and Gnanaskandan, A., “Numerical Simulation of PARTICLE Evolution in Spray Drying Using Droplet Drying Kinetics”, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Summer Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2023.
  • Noori, Z. Yagoobi, J., and Tilley, B., “Experimental Study of Paper Drying with Direct-Contact Ultrasound Mechanism”, Drying Technology Journal (accepted for publication).
  • Zhiyang, T., Irudayaraj, J. and Lee, Y., “Characterizing Spray-Dried Powders through NIR Spectroscopy: Effect of Two Preparation Strategies for Calibration Samples and Comparison of Two Types of NIR Spectrometers.” Foods 12, 2023.
  • Rodriguez Ramirez, J., Farzad, M., Noori O’Connor, Z., and Yagoobi, J., “Radial Jet Reattachment Impingement Drying of Corn Tortillas”, Drying Technology Journal, October 2023.
  • Jafarishad, H., Li, M., Shen, Y., Takhar, P.S., and Liu, Y., “Intensity-modulated optical fibre strain sensor for continuous measurements of below-the-surface food deformation during drying,” Biosystems Engineering, Vol. 238, pp. 115-127, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2023.12.013.
  • Abedi, F.M., Liu, Y., and Takhar, P. S., “Multiscale modeling of transport mechanisms, strain, and stress in bananas during drying,” Drying Technology 42, 540-562, 2023. doi:10.1080/07373937.2023.2280912.
  • Tu, Z., Irudayaraj, J., and Lee, Y., “Characterizing Spray-Dried Powders through NIR Spectroscopy: Effect of Two Preparation Strategies for Calibration Samples and Combination of Two Types of NIR Spectrometers”, Foods Vol. 12 (3), 467, 2023.
  • Bhattacharjee, A. and Gnanaskandan, A., 2024. Modeling the evaporation and drying of two-component slurry droplets. Physics of Fluids, 36(8).
  • Martinez, K.C.C., R. Nemati, and P.S. Takhar, Micromechanical characterization of a wheat-based food material as a function of moisture content. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 2024.
  • Wang, C. and Wang, C., Atmospheric plasma pretreatment for enhanced drying of blueberry, Conference of Food Engineering, August 25-28, 2024, Seattle, Washington, United States.
  • Nemati, R. and P.S. Takhar. Non-Destructive Characterization of Wheat-Based Food Microstructure Using X-Ray Micro-Computed Tomography and Image Processing Techniques. Presented at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual International Meeting, Jul 14-17, Chicago IL. (Student received 3rd prize in Food Engineering Division’s research presentation competition), 2024.
  • Dardashti, M., Yang, M., and Yagoobi, J., “Ultrasonic-assisted Radial Jet Reattachment Atomizer, Journal of Drying Technology (accepted).
  • 69 journal and conference publications 

Patents – May 2018 to Present

  • Jamal Yagoobi and Yasmin Khakpour, “Drying with Phase-Change Material (PCM)”, U.S. Patent No. 10,119,758, (patent granted in November 2018).
  • Jamal Yagoobi and Mengqiao Yang, “Electrohydrodynamic Drying of Moist Porous Materials”, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/907,200, filed 09/27/2019 (refiled in September 2020 and September 2021 (63/246,482)).
  • Junli Liu, Hao Feng, Arne J. Pearlstein, “Multi-stage, continuous-flow ultrasound-mediated, energy-efficient separation of organic molecules from their aqueous solutions”, invention disclosure submitted in 2021.
  • Y. Liu, P. Rao, Y. Ren, and M. Li , ‘‘D-shaped Probe-like Optical Fiber Sensors,” US U.S. Utility Patent No. 11,668,873 B2 (patent granted in June 2023).
  • Jamal Yagoobi, Mengqiao Yang, Mehrnoosh Dardashti, “Novel Atomizer for Spray Drying”, U.S. Patent No. 11,872,504 (patent granted in January 2024).
  • Yuxiang Liu, Hamed Jafarishad, Mucheng Li. “Optic Fiber Strain Sensors”, U.S. Utility Patent Application Number 17669042, filed 02/10/2022
  • Jamal Yagoobi and Itamar Harris, “Laser Driven Commercial Drying”, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/554,237, filed 2/16/24.