Natural Food Products and Waste Recovery

Elizabeth Carvajal-Millan, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD) in Hermosillo, Mexico, since 2005. She obtained her PhD in France at Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique à Montpellier (ENSAM), her MSc degree at CIAD, and undergraduate degree at the University of Sonora in Mexico. Her research interests are focused on biopolymers, mainly in the extraction and characterization of high-value-added polysaccharides from co-products recovered from the food industry and agriculture, especially ferulated arabinoxylans. In particular, Dr. Carvajal-Millan studies covalent arabinoxylans gels as functional systems for the food and pharmaceutical industries. Globally, Dr. Carvajal-Millan is a pioneer in in vitro and in vivo studies on covalent arabinoxylans gels as carriers for oral insulin focused on the treatment of diabetes type 1. She has published 97 refereed papers, 37 chapters in books, over 100 conference presentations, and two patent registered, with two more submitted. Abu Zahrim Yaser, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Chemical Engineering Programme, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). He obtained his PhD from Swansea University (UK), MSc from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia), and BEng from the University of Malaya (Malaysia). Dr. Zahrim’s research mainly focuses on waste processing technology, and he has been leading several projects since 2006. To date, Dr. Zahrim has published six books, 19 book chapters, 35 journals and over 50 other publications. He was the Guest Editor for a special issue of Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer). He has won several medals in innovation competitions, including a gold medal at iENA 2018, Germany. His innovation entitled "UMS Organic Compost" helps Sabah state to win the "Best State Innovation Award" at IGEM 2019. His invention, the Auto Turning Active Zone Yield Composter (Auto AZY), has been adopted by Tongod District Council, Sabah, for managing their organic waste. Dr. Zahrim has reviewed more than 80 manuscripts (based on Publons) and the Elsevier (UK) has recognized him as among the Outstanding Reviewers for Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2018). He was the co-chair for the International Symposium on Carbon and Functional Materials for Energy and Environment (C-MEE 2020). Dr. Zahrim was a visiting scientist at the University of Hull. Dr. Zahrim is a member of Institutions of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom), Board of Engineers, Malaysia and MyBIOGAS. A. K. Haghi, PhD, is the author and editor of 165 books, as well as 1000 published papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Haghi has received several grants, consulted for a number of major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. Since 1983, he served as professor at several universities. He is former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal; and is on the editorial boards of many international journals. He is also a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures (CRDCSC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PART 1: HEALTHY FOOD AND NUTRITION 1. Bovine Colostrum: Food Supplement 2. Molecular Modeling: Novel Techniques in Food and Nutrition Development 3. Informatics and Methods in Nutrition Design and Development 4. Functional Foods and Ingredients, Supplements, Nutraceuticals, and Superfoods Uses and Regulation PART 2: EXTRACTION OF ESSENTIAL COMPOUNDS 5. Non-Starch Polysaccharides Extraction from Cereal By-Products Applying Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) as Pretreatment: An Overview 6. Research Progress on Application of Celluclast® as a Processing Aid for Pectin Extraction from Kiwifruit Pomace: A Mini Review 7. Lectins from Viscum album (Mistletoe) Plants as Bioactive Compounds for Cancer Treatment 8. Study of Refractance Window Dried Shredded Carrot and Analysis of Its Physical Properties 9. Valorization of Biomass from Tea Processing 10. Maize Gelling Arabinoxylans Isolated by a Semi-Pilot Scale Procedure: Viscoelastic Properties and Microstructural Characteristics 11. Cereal Arabinoxylans Gelled Particles: Advances in Design and Applications PART 3: FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT 12. Food Waste Management: A Case Study on the Employment of Artificial Intelligence for Sorting Technique. 13. Food Wastes Management: Practice of Composting Process at the Iium Kuantan Campus 14. Challenges to Improve Quality of Life with Healthy Food, Less Food Loss, and Waste Reduction 15. UM Zero Waste Campaign (UM ZWC) Waste-to-Wealth Initiative: Promoting Circular Economy at Higher Educational Institutions 16. Bio-Compost Production from Organic Waste: A Brief Review 17. Grub Composting: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Experience for Production of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) from Food Waste 18. Buffet Style and Food Waste Segregation Practice during Orientation Week: A Preliminary Study on Foundation Students of UMS 19. Extreme Learning Machine in Laser-Assisted Machining Using Waste Palm Cooking Oil