Food Engineer

Sunil Kumar

Contact: 617-***-****

Pullman, WA 99163 ******.*****@*****.***

QUALIFICATION

Experienced biotech professional with M.S. (Food Engineering) & B.S. (Biotechnology).

Successfully managed & accomplished range of cross-technology projects in food & biotechnology.

Attained facts of basic HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point).

Attained Certificate of Attainment “Implementing SQF 1000, 2000 Systems” through SQF Institute.

Attained Certificate of Completion “Implementing SQF 2000 Systems Course” through SQF-FMI.

Attained Certificate of GMP’s for Food Plant Employees & Statistical Process Control (In Progress).

Executed Thermal processing, Spray drying, Raspberry powder development, Microbiological, Physical & Chemical study/analysis.

Attained Dairy products basics and evaluation of products.

A team member with good interpersonal, negotiation, computer and communication skills.

ACADEMIA

M.S. in Food Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (2011)

B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering, Maharshi Dayanand University, India (2007)

Diploma in Computer (Three Year), Haryana State Board of Technical Education, India (2003)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant (M.S.), Washington State University (Jan. 2009 – Present)

Studying Inactivation kinetics of Blue Mold/E. Coli Inactivation of Pear (fruit) through UV-C Technology. Conducting microbiological, chemical assays & studying effect of UV-C treatment on surface morphology (ESEM), texture, color along with ascorbic acid.

Thermal Degradation Kinetics of Anthocyanins in Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) puree/juice with/without seed at different pH levels.

Development and Physiochemical Properties of Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) Powder, Encapsulation with Gum Arabic Using Spray Drying Technology.

Texture Profile Analysis of Frozen/Thawed Rice Subjected to Temperature Fluctuations.

Thermal processing (canning) of kidney beans, asparagus, tomato puree, salmon fish, etc.

Team Leader (B.S.), Career Institute of Technology & Management, India (2006 – 2008)

Commercial Production of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus spp.) and standardization of production.

Managed production of same edible fungi in the green house for commercial purposes.

Mycoremediation of heavy metal namely Nickel & Cobalt.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

HI-TECH Laboratories Limited, Intern Faridabad, India (2007)

Sterility test of food such as milk product.

Testing raw material, intermediate products and finished pharmaceutical/food goods for effective quality control and assurance results using microbiological, chemical analysis through pharmacopoeias guidelines.

Worked as trainee in quality control lab.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Summer Intern Gurgaon, India (2005)

Production of a protein to test the efficacy of a drug (Microbiological techniques).

Gene cloning through microbiological techniques.

WORKSHOP’S & CERTIFICATE’S

Certificate in Statistical Process Control (In Progress) (2011)

Certificate of Attainment “Implementing SQF 2000 Systems”, SQF Institute (2011)

Certificate of Completion “Implementing SQF 2000 Systems Course”, SQF-FMI (2011)

GMPs for Food Plant Employees, AIB International (2011)

GAP (Good Agriculture Practices), Washington State University (2010)

Basic Food Microbiology Short Course focused on food safety, WSU (2009)

Basic HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point), WSU (2008)

National Training Course on Mushroom Production Technology for Entrepreneurs, National Research Centre for Mushroom (Indian Council of Agriculture Research), Solan (Himachal), India. (2008)

INDUSTRIAL FIELD TRIPS

SIMPLOT CO., WA

Explored frozen French fries processing lines (Raw Potatoes to Frozen French Fries) with the guidance of production and quality assurance managers.

National Frozen Foods Co., WA

frozen food producer from farm to freezer, explored source, preparation, and packaging vegetables, processing lines for vegetables like corn, carrot, green peas etc.

Vita Milk Plant, India

Explored regional milk processing plant, collection, processing, storage and milk products production etc.

Superior Industries Limited, India

Overview of one of the many beer production reactors at the company from biomass and yeast feed to quality control and then bottling and packaging.

Overview of regular instruction and teaching classes for workers regarding the various processes involved and explaining various time limits and deadlines effectively.

PUBLICATION IN JOURNALS

Kumar, S., Syamaladevi, R., Sablani, S. S., Powers, J., Tang, J. 2011. Thermal Degradation Kinetics of Anthocyanins in Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus). Journal of Food Engineering. (Submitted)

Kumar, S., Syamaladevi, R., Dhawan, S., Sablani, S. S. 2011. Effect of Spray Drying on Anthcoyanin and other properties of Red Raspberry powder. Journal of Food Engineering. (In Progress)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Cultural program coordinator, Indian Student Association, WSU. (2010- 2011)

Active member of Food Engineering Club & Washington State University Cricket Club (WSUCC).

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