Pawan Singh Takhar

Professor Pawan Singh Takhar holds dual appointments in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. His research bridges food engineering principles with biological material science.

His research focuses on moisture transport phenomena, glass transition in food systems, and pore-scale modeling of food microstructures. Key areas include frying technology, drying processes, and antimicrobial treatments using advanced computational methods. His work combines hybrid mixture theory with experimental validation through techniques like X-ray microtomography and NMR imaging.

Analysis of his 76 research outputs reveals strong emphasis on food microstructure characterization (52% fingerprint weight), transport mechanisms (49%), and moisture dynamics (58%). His recent publications demonstrate increasing integration of computational modeling with experimental food engineering, particularly in pore-scale antimicrobial gas flow and real-time deformation monitoring during drying processes.

Professor Takhar collaborates extensively with researchers across food safety, flavor chemistry, and agricultural engineering domains. His work has significant implications for improving food preservation techniques, reducing oil content in fried foods, and developing non-destructive quality assessment methods.