Dr. Ragab Khir is an Associate Professor of Food Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, and Project Scientist at Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA.
Dr. Khir research interests are focusing on developing infrared radiation (IR) heating technologies for food processing that has promising merits including improved product quality and safety, increasing energy and processing efficiency, and reducing water and chemical usage, improving consistency and accuracy of rice milling appraisals, and characterizing properties of food products. He has led research to demonstrate and commercialize the newly developed IR food processing technologies for improved food healthfulness, quality, and safety while saving energy and water during food processing.
Dr. Khir has authored and co-authored more than 140 publications, including books, book chapters, technical reports, proceeding papers and posters, and peer-reviewed articles published and cited in internationally recognized and peer-reviewed journals. He has presented his achievements as a plenary session speaker at many international conferences and as invited speakers at many occasions. He has made significant contribution in the research and development of new food and agricultural processing and postharvest technologies for producing nutritious, healthy and safe foods. He has received the Technology Transfer Award in 2017 from Federal Laboratory Consortium for his outstanding commercialization success in developing and commercial implementation of new infrared heating technologies. He also received 2018 Research and Development Award from IFT for his outstanding contributions to the profession and accomplishments to advance food science and the food industry. Dr. Khir is a member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), International Commission of Agricultural Engineers (CIGR), and Egyptian Society of Agricultural Engineering.