Areas of Specialization

• Energy from Renewable Bioresources

• Control of Dynamic Systems

• Process Modeling and Simulation

• Microwave Heating

Current Research

• Development of sustainable and environment friendly technologies to utilize renewable bioresources for economically viable production of fuels and value added coproducts

• Control of biological and ecological systems

• Process modeling, simulation and analysis.

Selected Publications

• Murthy, G.S., Townsend, D.E., Meerdink, G.L., Bargren, G.L., Tumbleson, M.E., and Singh, V.  2005.  Effect of aflatoxin B1 on dry grind ethanol process.  Cereal Chem. 82:302-304

• Murthy, G.S., Rausch, K.D., Johnston, D.B., Tumbleson, M.E., and Singh, V.  2006.  Effect of dry and wet fractionation technologies on fermentation characteristics in dry grind corn processing.  Cereal Chem. 83:455-459

• Murthy, G.S., Singh, V., Johnston, D.B., Rausch, K.D., and Tumbleson, M.E.  2006. Improvement in fermentation characteristics of degermed corn flour by lipid supplementation.  J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 33:655-660.