Mohamad El-Abiad, from Beirut, Lebanon graduated from the American University of Beirut in July 1998 with a B.E. in Civil Engineering. He continued his graduate studies at the Lebanese American University and received his MBA with emphasis in Management in September 2002. He has been involved in the food industry since 2000 when he started working for a French company engaged in manufacturing food flavorings located in Paris, France.  His job focused on sales and marketing of food flavorings in the Middle East region covering all Arab countries.  Mohamad is a graduate student in Dr. Campanella's lab.    

Dhananjay Pai is a MS student working in the area of rheology in extrusion systems.  He joined the department in Fall 2006, being awarded a Ross Fellowship. Dhananjay completed his B. Chem. Tech with specialization in Food Technology & Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai, India, in May 2006 and joined the Department of Food Science at Purdue in August 2006.  He is currently working with Dr. Osvaldo Campanella and Dr. Bruce Hamaker as co-advisors. His project involves the investigation of the effect of melt rheology on the extrusion of high fiber products that contain modified dietary fiber.

Azalenah Shah is working in the area of Food Nanotechnology. She earned her B.S Degree in Chemical Engineering from Anna University, India in May 2007 and joined  Dr. Campanella’s lab Fall of 2007 to pursue her MS in Agriculture & Biological Engineering. She is currently working with Dr. Campanella and Dr. Hamaker on a USDA funded Research Project.  Her Research involves investigating the Rheology of a novel nanoscale three component self-assembling food particle.