Academic Distinctions
- (2020) Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Award for Best Paper in
Protein and Co-Products in the category of engineering/technology
American Oil Chemists’ Society
- (2018) International Travel Award
Office of International Programs, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- (2018) Career Development Award
Office of Faculty Affairs, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- (2018) Scholarly Materials and Research Equipment Award
Office of Research, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- (2017) Faculty Summer Research Award
Office of Research, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Society
Institute of Food Technologists
American Oil Chemist Society
American Chemical Society
Selected Publications
Sekhon, J. K., Rosentrater, K. A., Jung, S., & Wang, T. (2019). Nutrient Enhancement of Corn Distillers Dried Grains by Addition of Coproducts of the Enzyme‐Assisted Aqueous Extraction Process of Soybeans in Corn Fermentation. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 96(9), 1047-1057.*
Cheng, M.H., Rosentrater, K.A., Sekhon, J., Wang, T., Jung, S. and Johnson, L.A. (2019). Economic Feasibility of Soybean Oil Production by Enzyme-Assisted Aqueous Extraction Processing. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 12(3), 539-550.
Trivedi, M., Patel, K., Itokazu, H., Huynh, N. A., Kovalenko, M., Nirenberg, G., Miller, V., Fridman, A., Fridman G., Lahne, L., Sekhon, J. K. (2019). Enhancing shelf life of bananas by using atmospheric pressure pulsed cold plasma treatment of the storage atmosphere. Plasma Medicine, 9(1), 23-38.
Shah, U., Ranieri, P., Zhou, Y., Schauer, C. L., Miller, V., Fridman, G., Sekhon, J. K. (2018). Effects of cold plasma treatments on spot-inoculated Escherichia coli O157: H7 and quality of baby kale (Brassica oleracea) leaves. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 57, 102104, 1-8.
Sekhon, J. K., Wang, T., Jung, S., Rosentrater, K. A., & Johnson, L. A. (2018). Effect of co-products of enzyme- assisted aqueous extraction of soybeans, enzymes, and surfactant on oil recovery from integrated corn-soy fermentation. Journal of Industrial Crops and Products, 121, 441-451.
*Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Award for Best Paper 2020 in Protein and Co-Products in the category of engineering/technology American Oil Chemists’ Society
Research Interests
Value added processing, upcycling food waste, bioactives, Sub/supercritical fluid processing
Specialization
- Value Added Processing
- Co-Product Utilization
- Process Development
- Food Chemistry
- Effect of processing on quality of food products
- STEM Higher Education