Innovator Profile
Jiajia Chen
Professor, Department of Food Science, UTIA, UT Knoxville
Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2015. Dr. Chen’s current food engineering research program mainly focuses on developing multiphysics and multi-scale modeling of food processes for improving food quality and safety. Dr. Chen’s research program helps the food industry in developing and adopting novel and improved food processing technologies to manufacture nutritious, high-quality, and safe food products.
Available Technologies
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Thermoelectric-Base Heat Exchanging Technology for Fluid Foods and Beverage Pasteurization (TESS)
Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed a Pasteurization System which reduces energy use over HTST systems by removing hot/cold wate ... (read more)

Contact Information
UTRF Multi-Campus Office
UT Tower, Suite 961A
Physical Address:
400 W. Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37902
Postal Address:
505 Summer Place
Knoxville, TN 37902