Expertise

Area(s) of Specialization:

  • Food engineering, extrusion processing of food and feed, rheology, food microstructure imaging and structure texture relationships

Dr. Alavi's research interests lie in food engineering and more specifically in the areas of extrusion processing of food and feed materials, rheology, food microstructure imaging, and structure - texture relationships.

Dr. Alavi's teaching interests include graduate and undergraduate level courses in Extrusion Processing.  


Subject area:

  • Cereal Science, Chemistry, and Processing 
Communities
Food Science and Technology
Degrees
PhD, Cornell University, Food Science and Food Engineering, 2002
MS, Pennsylvania State University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 1997
BS, Indian Institute of Technology, India , Agricultural Engineering, 1995