Center for Food Safety Engineering

Center Publications

Below are the Center publications. Use the options to the left to select the year and limit the type of publication you would like to view.

Invited Lectures and Seminars

Bashir, R. Bacterial detection on a chip. Harvard/MGH CIMIT Summer Education Series. July 16^th, 2008.

Bashir, R. Bionanoelectronic sensing on a chip. NSF-Sponsored GEM4 Summer School on Cellular and Molecular Mechanics. Urbana-Champagne, IL. June 8-19, 2009.

Bashir, R. Interfacing life sciences and engineering at the micro- and nanoscale. Invited. Nanotechnology Seminar Series. Nashville, TN. April 15^th, 2009.

Bashir, R., Liu, Y. S., Akin, D., Elibol, O. H., Reddy, J., Park, K. Interfacing silicon, biology, and medicine at the micro- and nanoscale: Opportunities and prospects. Invited. BioMEMS Topical Session at the AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition. Boston, MA. October 19-24, 2008.

Bhunia, A. K. Biosensor based methods in food safety and biosecurity applications. Keynote lecture. International Fermented Food Expo (IFFE). Jeonju, Jeonbuk, Korea. October 24-25, 2008.

Bhunia, A. K. Biosensors and bio-based methods for the separation and detection of foodborne pathogens. Plenary Talk. Rapid Methods Europe. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. January 26-28, 2009.

Bhunia, A. K. Multipathogen detection strategies using biosensors. Plenary Talk. Food Micro. Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. September 1-4, 2008.

Bhunia, A. K. Pathogen detection: From conventional to nanobiosensor approaches. Plenary talk. 49^th Annual Meeting of the Association of Microbiologist of India. Delhi, India. November 18-20, 2008.

Davis, R., Reuhs, B. L., Mauer, L. J. Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef using fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy coupled with filtration and Dynabeads assays. CFSE/USDA 10^th Annual Research Workshop. Philadelphia, PA. November 2008.

Deering, A. J., Mauer, L. J. Infrared spectroscopy applications for pathogen detection. Rapid Methods Workshop. Manhattan, KS. June 2009.

Deering, A. J., Reuhs, B. L., Mauer, L. J. Differentiation between live and dead bacterial cells using FT-IR spectroscopy and verification using quantitative PCR (qPCR). CFSE/USDA 10^th Annual Research Workshop. Philadelphia, PA. November 2008.

Ladisch, M., Bhunia, A., Bashir, R., Linton, R. Engineering of biosystems for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods-Development of a biochip. Manhattan, KS. June 18, 2008.

Ladisch, M., Bhunia, A., Bashir, R., Robinson, P., Linton, R. Bioseparation and concentration techniques used to improve food sampling. Manhattan, KS. June 24, 2009.

Linton, R., Ladisch, M., Bhunia, A. Detection and control of foodborne hazards. USDA Food Safety Meeting. Shepardstown, W.V. February, 25, 2009.

Bashir, R., BioMEMS to Bionanotechnology: State of the Art in Integrated Biochips and Future Prospects, Plenary Session II (Nov 10th): Advances in Biomaterials, Bionanotechnology, Biomimetic Systems and Tissue Engineering, AIChE 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX. (invited), (November 7-12).

Bashir, R., BioMEMS to Bionanotechnology: State of the Art in Integrated Biochips and Future Prospects, SPIE Optics East: Nanosensing: Material and Devices, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. (invited), (October 25-28, 2004).

Bashir, R., Gupta, A., Akin, D., Jang, J. Nano-mechanical Resonant Sensors for Virus Detection, Chemical and Biological Sensing with Microcantilevers, American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. (Invited), (March 21, 2005).

Bhunia, A.K., Bacterial Pathogen Detection: Micro/Nano-Technology Approaches. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Dec 21, 2005.

Bhunia, A.K., Biosensor – the next frontier in pathogen detection Auburn University, Auburn, AL. (March, 2004).

Bhunia, A.K., Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis: Intestinal Phase of Infection. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India. Dec 5, 2005.

Bhunia, A.K., Microbiology Meets Nanotechnology. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India. Dec 5, 2005.

Bhunia, A.K., Optical immunosensors and cell-based detection for Listeria monocytogenes. International Rapid Methods Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. July, 2006.

Bhunia, A.K., Pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes and its detection strategies using micro/nano sensors. Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Nov 4, 2005.

Cheng, Z.-Y., Electroactive polymers for artificial muscles and biosensors. 3M Science and Engineering Faculty Day, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, June 21, 2006.

Cheng, Z.-Y., Chin, B.A., A radically new approach to rapidly detect biological threat agent. SPIE Defense & Security, April, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2006.

Fu, L., Li, S., Zhang, K., Cheng, Z.-Y., A Novel Method for Monitoring Biological Quality of Surface Waters. 20th Annual Alabama Water Resource Conference, Orange Beach, Alabama USA, Sept. 7-8, 2006. - This poster was selected as the Best Student Poster (1st Place).

Huang, T., Chen, W., Geng, T., Gomez, R., Bashir, R., Bhunia, A., Ladisch, M.R., Fundamentals of Nanotechnology: Relationship to Food Science and Technology, Invited Lecture, Paper 45-1, at the Annual Meeting of Institute of Food Technologiests, Symposium: Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology for Food Safety and Engineering, Las Vegas, NV (July 14, 2004).

Ladisch, M., Biotechnology Industry Organization, Nanotechnology and Press-fit Microdevices, The 2nd Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, Orlando, FL (April 20, 2005).

Ladisch, M. R., "Microfluidic Characterization of Press Fit Microdevices," University of Akron, Akron, OH (October 21, 2005).

Ladisch, M. R., "Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Separation Platforms," North Carolina State University (February 3, 2006).

Ladisch, M.R., Rapid Prototyping of Purification Platforms, University of Arizona (March 1, 2005).

Ladisch, M.R., Huang, T., Armstrong, R., Mosier, N., Fundamentals of Nanotechnology in Agriculture, Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Paper 205, 229th National ACS Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA (March 17, 2005).

Li, H., Akin, D., Bashir, R., Applications of Dielectrophoretic "Tweezers" in Determining the Biological Receptor-Ligand Interaction Forces and Selectively Removing Different Species in Biochips, 46th Electronic Materials Conference, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 23-25, 2004

Li, S., Fu, L., Wang, C., Lea, S., Engelhard, M., Arey, B., Cheng, Z.-Y., Microstructure and composition of Fe-B Nanobars. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2006.

Li, S.Q., Orona, L., Fu, L.L., Cheng, Z.-Y., Development of amorphous Fe-B nanorods and nanoarray as magnetostrictive acoustic resonator for sensor applications. US ONR Workshop on Transduction Materials and Devices, State College, Pennsylvania, May 10, 2006.