Hunter, Jean B
Associate Professorresearch
primary investigator of
- BRINE ANALYSIS AND ERSATZ DEVELOPMENT FOR EBDS PHASE II: NASA SUBCONTRACT PROPOSAL | Research Grant
- CLOSED LOOP WASTE PROCESSING DRYER (DRYER) | Research Grant
- ENHANCED BRINE DRYING SYSTEM (EBDS) | Research Grant
research areas
- agricultural biotechnology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biological and environmental engineering | collaborative research area (CALS)
- food science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- horticultural sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- science education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- waste management | collaborative research area (CALS)
domestic geographic focus
- New York State | state
submitted impact statement
- Waste processing and water recovery in space | 2007 Impact statement
- Closed Air Loop Dryer for Waste Processing in Space | 2006 Impact statement
- Closed Air Loop Dryer for Waste Processing in Space | 2005 Impact statement
- Cornell/Orbitec dryer system: closed air loop dryer for waste processing in space | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Biological and Environmental Engineering | graduate field
- Food Science and Technology | graduate field
teaching
teaches
- BEE 3680 - Biotechnology Applications: Animal Bioreactors (MWF 03:35:PM-04:25:PM) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 4970 - Individual Study in Biological and Environmental Engineering (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 5951 - Master of Engineering Design Project (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 6970 - Graduate Individual Study in Biological and Environmental Engineering (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BEE 2220 - Bioengineering Thermodynamics and Kinetics (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
- BEE 5952 - Master of Engr Design Project (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BEE 6970 - Graduate Individual Study in Biological and Environmental Engineering (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BEE 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BEE 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BEE 4640 - Bioseparation Processes (MWF 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | fall 2008 class
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Eng. Sci., Columbia University, 1987
- M.S.Ch.E., Columbia University, 1982
- B.S.Ch.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976
professional background
- Procter and Gamble
- General Foods (developed manufacturing processes for new food products)
- Cornell Faculty, 1985-present
featured in
- What to do with rotten, smelly garbage when the nearest dumpster is 100 million miles away | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
Butanol Recovery from Acetone-Butanol Fermentation of Acid Whey Permeate by Gas Stripping, M. Howeler and J.B. Hunter. Presented at AIChE 1994 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 13-18, 1994 (Paper 21g).
The role of an NAD-independent lactate dehydrogenase and acetate in the utilization of lactate by Clostridium acetobutylicum P262, F. Diez-Gonzalez, J.B. Russell and J.B. Hunter. Archives of Microbiology 164, 36-42. (1995).
In Focus and On the Move: Prospects for Electrophoresis in the Food Industry, J.B. Hunter. In Bioseparation Processes in Food, eds. S.S.R. Rizvi and R. Singh. Marcel Dekker, 1995.
Public Service Learning for Cornell Engineering Students, J.B. Hunter. Presented at ASEE Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB, Canada, June 21-25, 1994.
Production of extracellular protease by immobilized and free cells of Flavobacterium sp. R23, A.S. Zahran, G. Zayed and J.B. Hunter, Milchwissenschaft 48(1) 18-21 (1993).
Butanol production from acid whey permeate in a two-stage fermentation system: Effect of the cell recycle ratio, F. Diez-Gonzalez and J.B. Hunter: Proceedings of the 1992 Food Industry Environmental Conference, Atlanta, GA 11/92.
Bioconversion of whey permeate to butanol, J. B. Hunter and F. Diez-Gonzalez, presented at 1991 Annual Meeting of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Chicago, IL, 12/91 (ASAE Paper 91-6510).
Countercurrent Electrochromatography: The Focussing Window, C.B. Chidambara Raj and J.B. Hunter, Bioprocess Engineering 8, 121-128 (1992).
Analysis of Joule heating in electrophoretic processes, C. B. Chidambara Raj and J.B. Hunter, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 18(6), 843-852 (1991).
Ethanol production from salt whey using free and agarose-immobilized yeasts, G. Zayed and J.B. Hunter, Milchwissenschaft 46(1), 1-7 (1991).
A population balance model of enzymatic lysis of microbial cells, J.A. Asenjo and J.B. Hunter, in Proceedings of the 5th European Congress on Biotechnology, eds. C. Christiansen, L. Munck and J. Villadsen. Munksgaard, Copenhagen.Vol 1, pp. 267-270 (1991).
Enzyme processing of cabbage brine: effect on sauerkraut quality, A.T. Hirzel and J.B. Hunter, presented at 1990 Annual Meeting of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chicago, IL 11/90 (Paper 286g).
Butanol production from acid whey permeate by fermentation, I. Ahmed, G. Zayed and J.B. Hunter, presented at 1990 Summer Meeting of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Columbus, OH, 6/90 (ASAE Paper 90-6021).
Enzyme processing of cabbage brine for improved sauerkraut, A.T. Hirzel and J.B. Hunter, presented at 1990 Summer Meeting of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Columbus, OH, 6/90 (ASAE Paper 90-6046).
Modeling and applications of downstream processing: A survey of innovative strategies, J.F. Hamel and J.B. Hunter, in Downstream processing and bioseparations: Recovery and purification of biological products, eds. J.F. Hamel, J.B. Hunter and S.K. Sikdar, 1990 (ACS Symposium Series 419, 1-37).
A population balance model of enzymatic lysis of microbial cells, J.B. Hunter and J.A. Asenjo, Biotech. Bioeng. 35, 31-42 (1990).