Dr. REGINA BASUMATARY

Goal-oriented researcher with experience in product development in Food and Beverage Industry. Forward-thinking when reviewing project requirements to determine precise solutions. Composed professional when working under tight schedules and limited budgets to achieve innovative designs meeting and exceeding objectives.

• ASLT Testing for Snack foods. McGill University, Canada. (1st Oct 2023 - Present)
• Development of an ultrasound-steam process for microbial surface decontamination, enzyme inactivation and heat transfer enhancement. (PhD Thesis- 2018 to 2023)
• Process validation of Industrial Sterilization unit for meat processing. Toronto, Canada. (2022)
• Studying the thermal behavior of Instant Pot during the process at different temperature with wireless thermal data logger. McGill University, Canada. (2018-2019)
• Development of an Instant Curry Manufacturing Process for Prawn Curry. Haryana,India. (2016)
• Development of a low-cost method to monitor rennet coagulation using ultrasonic flaw detector. Kansas State University, USA. (2015)

• Won 3rd Prize in Poster presentation at ASABE NABEC section meeting held on July 31st -August 3rd,2022 Edgewood Maryland, USA. “Evaluation of ultrasound – steam and ultrasound -water process for enhancement of heat transfer to products packaged in flexible containers to improve product quality.”
• Won 3rd prize in 2020 IFTPS Charles R. Stumbo Student Paper Competition.“Ultrasound-steam combination process for microbial decontamination and heat transfer enhancement: Overview and Concept Testing”.

References available upon request.

• Basumatary R, and Ramaswamy HS. 2023. “Developing ultrasound-steam and ultrasound - water processes for pasteurizing acid and acidified foods in flexible pouches.” Poster Presentation in IFT FIRST 2023 July 16th -July 19th, 2023, Chicago, Illinois at McCormick Place Convention Center.
• Basumatary R, and Ramaswamy HS. 2023. “Ultrasound -Steam combination process for surface microbial decontamination of vegetables.” Oral presentation in 2023 Canadian Food Summit-CIFST National Conference (7th June 2023 -9th June 2023, RBC Place, London Ontario).
• Basumatary R, Bastakoti M, and Ramaswamy HS. 2022. “Evaluation of ultrasound – steam and ultrasound -water process for enhancement of heat transfer to products packaged in flexible containers to improve product quality.” Poster presentation in ASABE NABEC Section Meeting July 31st -August 3rd, Edgewood Maryland, USA. Won 3rd Prize.
• Basumatary R, and Ramaswamy HS. 2022. Ultrasound-Steam Treatment Process for Surface Microbial Decontamination and Enzyme Inactivation of vegetables. Oral Presentation in RITA-CTAQ precompetitive co-creation network, Technology Transfer Workshop (May 16th, 2022, Château Vaudreuil, Quebec.)
• Basumatary R, Vantankhah H, Dwivedi M, John D, and Ramaswamy HS. 2020. “Ultrasound-steam combination process for microbial decontamination and heat transfer enhancement: Overview and Concept Testing”. Poster presentation in IFTPS Annual Meeting in San Antonio (March 3-5, 2020). Won 3rd prize in 2020 IFTPS Charles R. Stumbo Student Paper Competition.
• Basumatary R, Vantankhah H, and Ramaswamy HS. 2019. “Evaluation of heating characteristics of porous materials in the presence of steam and sound combinations”. Poster presentation in ASABE NABEC Section Meeting June 15th-June 19th, Quebec City, Canada

• Basumatary R, Vatankhah H, Dwivedi M, John D, Ramaswamy HS. Ultrasound-steam combination process for microbial decontamination and heat transfer enhancement. J Food Process Eng. 2020; e13367. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.13367
• Basumatary R, Ramaswamy HS. Ultrasound enhanced steam and hot water pasteurization of pineapple and apple slices in flexible pouches. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-023-02334-4