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GRANTS
| TITLE | AGENCY | BUDGET | DURATION | ROLE |
| Applications of Carbon Monoxide to Salmon | USDA-CSREES | $162,358 | 2 years, starting 2008 | Principal Investigator |
| Quality Enhancement of Coffee Beans by Acid and Enzyme Treatment | USDA TSTAR | $150,000 | 3 years, starting 2006 | Principal Investigator |
| Objective quantification of the extent of aquatic food product enhancement with carbon monoxide | Florida Sea Grant | $100,000 | 2 years, starting 2006 | Principal Investigator |
| Integrated approach to improve guava puree and Kava beverages by non-thermal dense phase CO2 pasteurization | USDA-TSTAR | $100,000 | 3 years, starting Sept. 15, 2005 | Co-Investigator |
| Institute of Tropical Food Research and Development | USDA-TSTAR | $82,415 | 3 years, starting Sept. 15, 2005 | Co-Investigator |
| Adding Value to Tropical and Sub-Tropical Botanicals | USDA-TSTAR | $98,500 | 3 years, starting Sept. 15, 2005 | Co-Investigator |
| Assessing the Use of Carbon Monoxide/Tasteless Smoke on the Safety and Quality of Seafood Products | USDA | $438,710 | 3 years, staring 2002 | Co-Investigator |
| High Pressure Dependence of Compressibility and Density of Model Food Systems | USDA | $119,688 | 2 years, staring 2002 | Principal Investigator |
| High Pressure CO2 Processing of Tropical/Subtropical Fruit Juices | USDA TSTAR | $117,209 | 3 years, staring 2002 | Principal Investigator |
| Verification of Science-Based Controls for Safe Use of Vacuum and Modified Atmosphere Packaging of Seafood | Florida Sea Grant | $75,007 | 2 years, staring 2002 | Principal Investigator |
| High Hydrostatic Pressure to Improve Quality and Safety of Seafood From Tropical/Subtropical Regions | USDA TSTAR | $96,303 | 3 years, staring 2001 | Co-Investigator |
| Continuous Prototype High Pressure CO2 System For Enzyme Inactivation and Microbial Reduction in Foods | Praxair Corporation | $50,000 | 6 months, starting 1999 | Principal Investigator |
| Minimal Processed Juices and Pre-cuts From Tropical and Subtropical Fruits | USDA TSTAR | $28,000/yr | 3 years,1997-2000 | Co-Investigator |
| Using modified atmosphere gases to improve color of tuna. | Sea Resources Intl. | $38,000 | 2 yrs,1997-1999 | Principal Investigator |
| Improvement of Automated Quality Evaluation of Shrimp using Electronic Nose. | Florida Sea Grant | $40,000 | 1 year, 1997-1998 | Principal Investigator |
| Water conservation in seafood plants by ohmic thawing | National Coastal Resources Institute | $45,000 | 1 year, 1993 | Principal Investigator |
| Training program for the use, operation and maintenance of refrigerated food storage | Florida Dept. of Education. | $28,931 | 9 months, 1993 | Co- Investigator |
| Automated quality evaluation of shrimp | Florida Sea Grant | $94,000 | 2 years, 1993-1994 | Principal Investigator |
| USDA National Needs Graduate Fellowship - Food Engineering | USDA | $108,000 | 3 years, 1993-1996 | Principal Investigator |
| Evaluation of lactic acid treatment, cryogenic freezing and depuration of Salmonella spp. in shellstock and shucked oysters collected from Suwannee regional oyster beds. | Florida Sea Grant | $24,012 | 2 years, 1991-93 | Co- Investigator |
| Computer vision applied to shrimp quality evaluation | Florida Sea Grant | $4,800 | 9 months, 1991-1992 | Principal Investigator |
| Evaluation of ohmic heating to thaw frozen shrimp blocks. | Florida Sea Grant | $1,500 | 1 year, 1991 | Principal Investigator |
| Extraction of lipids and cholesterol from ground beef by supercritical CO2 for low cholesterol, low fat emulsions. | Lykes Brothers, Inc. Plant City, FL | $50,000 | 1 year, 1990-91 | Co- Investigator |
| On-line evaluation of process deviations for continuous retorts. | Food Machinery Corp. Santa Clara, CA | $19,200 | 1 year, 1990-91 | Co- Investigator |
| Non-thermal processing of orange juice | Food Machinery Corp. Santa Clara, CA | $73,729 | 2 years, 1988-90. | Principal Investigator |
| Further evaluation of alligator meat as a wholesome product. | American Alligator Farmers Assoc. Dover, FL | $18,500 | 1 year, 1987-88 | Co- Investigator |
| Supercritical extraction of lipids from algae. | Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation, Tampa, FL | $5,000 | 1 year, 1986-87 | Principal Investigator |