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JOSEPH H. MACNEIL

JOSEPH H. MACNEIL

Professor Emeritus of Food Science

202 Food Science Building
University Park, PA 16802

Ph: (814) 865-5444
Email:mjjhMacneil@comcast.net

 
Education | Research Interests | Recent Publications | Selected Funding Sources


Education:

PhD., Michigan State University, Ph.D. Food Science, 1961.
M.S., Michigan State University, M.S. Poultry Marketing, 1958.
B.S., McGill University, B.S.A. Poultry Science, 1955.

 
Research Interests:
Involved in research, teaching and extension activities in the area of muscle foods. Specific areas of interest include expanded utilization of poultry, egg and fish by-product material, development of new processing techniques and technologies for efficiency, reduction of energy consumption and conservation of natural resources, sensory evaluation, quality measurement and maintenance of foods.
 
Recent Publications:

MacNeil, J. H., and Mast, M. G. 1989. Resistance to tear: An instrumental measure of the cohesive properties of muscle food products. J. Food Sci. 54:750.

Opiacha, J. O., Mast, M. G. and MacNeil, J. H. 1991. In -vitro protein digestibility of dehydrated protein extract from poultry bone residue. J. Food Sci. 56:1751.

Robillard, P. D., Harpster, H. W., MacNeil, J. H., Martin, K. S., Taylor, R. B., Pordesimo, L. O. 1992. Recycling food processing wastes in Pennsylvania. A summary report for the Ben Franklin Partnership project, Pennsylvania Food Industry Council.

Conrad, K. M., Mast, M. G. and MacNeil, J. H. 1993. Effect of vacuum evaporation of liquid egg white on foaming properties. J. Poultry Sci. 72:1779-1788.

Conrad, K. M., Mast, M. G., MacNeil, J. H. and Ball, H. R., Jr. 1993. Composition and gel-foaming properties of vacuum-evaporated liquid egg white. J. Food Sci. 58:1013-1016.

MacNeil, J. H., Conrad, K. M., Bischoff, J. K. 1993. Vacuum concentration and pellet freezing of liquid egg material. Proceedings of 5th European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat. Tours, France.

Lin, J., V. M. Puri, R. C. Anantheswaran, T. A. Fajardo and J. H. MacNeil. 1993b. Anaxisymmetric finite element model for shell eggs under rapid cooling. American Society of Agricultural Engineers Paper No. 93-3609, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Opiacha, J. O., Mast, M. G. and MacNeil, J. H. 1994. Composition of dehydrated protein extracts from poultry bone residues. J. Muscle Foods. 5:343-353.

Conrad, K. M., Mast, M. G. and MacNeil, J. H. 1994. Fatty acid composition of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fed diets containing dried waste eggs J. Aquatic Food Product Technology. Accepted 12/6/94.

Girton, A. R., MacNeil, J. H., and Anantheswaran, R. C. 1995. Factors affecting foaming during evaporation of liquid whole eggs. Proceedings of the VI European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products. Zaragoza, Spain. p.287.

McMullen, M. P., and MacNeil, J. H. 1995. Composition and functional properties of vacuum concentrated individually quick frozen (IQF) liquid whole egg pellets. Proceedings of the VI European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products. Zaragoza, Spain. p.311

Carnarius, K. M., Conrad, K. M., Mast, M. G., and MacNeil, J. H. 1996. Relationship of eggshell ultrastructure and shell strength to the soundness of shell eggs. Poultry Science. 75:656-663

 
Selected Funding Sources:
 Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce (Ben Franklin),
Iceland Seafood,
Empire Poultry

For more information contact:

Juanita Wolfe, Graduate and Undergraduate Program Contact
203 Food Science Building

University Park, PA 16802

Ph: (814) 863 8667
Email:jmw5@psu.edu

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