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  1. Towards improving farmers livelihood in Nigeria using food price forecasting

    Article • Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  2. Ecological hotspots across the global citrus supply chain: A comprehensive life cycle assessment

    Article • Environmental Challenges, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  3. Towards improving farmers livelihood in Nigeria using food price forecasting

    Article • September 2025, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  4. 6G Sustainability: Prospective Business Models

    Article • September 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  5. Evaluating the role of training data origin for country-scale cropland mapping in data-scarce regions: A case study of Nigeria

    Article • ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  6. Enhancing postharvest storage in low- and middle-income countries: Evaluation of the passive evaporative cooling blanket for fruits and vegetables

    Article • July 2025, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  7. A Cooling Atlas for preserving fruit and vegetables in low- and middle-income countries

    Article • Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  8. To what extent does pre-harvest variability affect chilling injury susceptibility of citrus postharvest?

    Article • Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  9. Hyperspectral imaging for detection of macronutrients retained in glutinous rice under different drying conditions

    Article • Current Research in Food Science, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  10. Ecological hotspots of the journey of a South African citrus fruit

    Article • December 2024, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  11. To what extent does pre-harvest variability affect chilling injury susceptibility of citrus postharvest?

    Article • December 2024, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  12. Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant: Operators Manual

    Article • December 2024, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  13. A Cooling Atlas for preserving fruit and vegetables in low- and middle-income countries

    Article • November 2024, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  14. Towards economic, nutritional, and environmental sustainability for small-scale farming businesses using a mobile-powered impact dashboard

    Article • Science Talks, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  15. Production area and climate as predisposing factors in the development of chilling injury of citrus fruit

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, July 2024, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  16. Digital replica to unveil the impact of growing conditions on orange postharvest quality

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  17. Digital twins to quantify the impact of growing variability on the harvest quality of orange

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, May 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  18. Energy-saving discharge needle shape for electrohydrodynamic airflow generation

    Article • Journal of Electrostatics, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  19. Parboiled Rice Processing Method, Rice Quality, Health Benefits, Environment, and Future Perspectives: A Review

    Article • Agriculture, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  20. Bottlenecks in Nigeria's fresh food supply chain: What is the way forward?

    Article • Trends in Food Science & Technology, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  21. An in-silico proof-of-concept of electrohydrodynamic air amplifier for low-energy airflow generation

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  22. Electrohydrodynamic air amplifier for low-energy airflow generation—An experimental proof-of-concept

    Article • Frontiers in Energy Efficiency, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  23. A GIS-based interactive map enabling data-driven decision-making in Nigeria's food supply chain

    Article • MethodsX, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  24. Physics-driven digital twins to quantify the impact of pre- and postharvest variability on the end quality evolution of orange fruit

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  25. Impact of pre-treatment methods on the drying kinetics, product quality, and energy consumption of electrohydrodynamic drying of biological materials

    Article • October 2022, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  26. Optimizing the postharvest supply chain of imported fresh produce with physics-based digital twins

    Article • Journal of Food Engineering, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  27. Electrohydrodynamic air amplifier for low-energy airflow generation - experimental proof-of-concept

    Article • August 2022, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  28. An in-silico proof-of-concept of electrohydrodynamic air amplifier for low-energy airflow generation

    Article • June 2022, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  29. Evaporative coolers for postharvest storage: where to best use them and how well do they work?

    Article • May 2022, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  30. Scalable electrohydrodynamic drying configuration for dehydrating biological materials at industrial scale

    Article • May 2022, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  31. Combining experiments and mechanistic modeling to compare ventilated packaging types for strawberries from farm to retailer

    Article • April 2022, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  32. Solution roadmap to reduce food loss along your postharvest supply chain from farm to retail

    Article • April 2022, Open Engineering Inc

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  33. How much do process parameters affect the residual quality attributes of dried fruits and vegetables for convective drying?

    Article • Food and Bioproducts Processing, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  34. Mapping the postharvest life of imported fruits from packhouse to retail stores using physics-based digital twins

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  35. Technological advances in postharvest management of food grains

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  36. Dehydration mechanisms in electrohydrodynamic drying of plant-based foods

    Article • Food and Bioproducts Processing, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  37. Scaling-up electrohydrodynamic drying for energy-efficient food drying via physics-based simulations

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  38. Prediction of the ripening stages of papayas using discriminant analysis and support vector machine algorithms

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, November 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  39. Special Issue “Advances in Postharvest Process Systems”

    Article • Processes, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  40. Electrohydrodynamic drying: Can we scale‐up the technology to make dried fruits and vegetables more nutritious and appealing?

    Article • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  41. To wrap or to not wrap cucumbers?

    Article • July 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  42. Finite Element Method for Freezing and Thawing Industrial Food Processes

    Article • Foods, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  43. Digital twins are coming: Will we need them in supply chains of fresh horticultural produce?

    Article • Trends in Food Science & Technology, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  44. The Effectiveness of Different Household Storage Strategies and Plant-Based Preservatives for Dehulled and Sun-Dried Breadfruit Seeds

    Article • Processes, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  45. Finite Element Modelling for Predicting the Puncture Responses in Papayas

    Article • Foods, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  46. Effects of ultrasound pretreatments on the drying kinetics of yellow cassava during convective hot air drying

    Article • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  47. Electrohydrodynamic drying: Can we scale-up the technology to make dried fruits and vegetables more nutritious and appealing?

    Article • December 2020, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  48. Digital twins are coming: Will we need them in supply chains of fresh horticultural produce?

    Article • December 2020, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  49. The future of digital twins for drying

    Article • Drying Technology, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  50. Recent Advances in Reducing Food Losses in the Supply Chain of Fresh Agricultural Produce

    Article • Processes, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  51. Nigeria’s Energy deficit: The challenges and Eco- friendly approach in reducing the energy gap

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  52. A fully coupled multiphase model for infrared‐convective drying of sweet potato

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  53. RGB imaging for monitoring quality parameters of sweet potato during drying

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, June 2020, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  54. Response surface optimization of Bambara nut kernel yield as affected by speed of rotation, and impeller configurations

    Article • Scientific African, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  55. Laser-Based imaging for Cocoa Pods Maturity Detection

    Article • Food and Bioprocess Technology, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  56. Determination of drying kinetics, some physical, and antioxidant properties of papaya seeds undergoing microwave vacuum drying

    Article • Journal of Food Process Engineering, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  57. The effectiveness of combined infrared and hot-air drying strategies for sweet potato

    Article • Journal of Food Engineering, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  58. Experimental studies and mathematical simulation of intermittent infrared and convective drying of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)

    Article • Food and Bioproducts Processing, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  59. Numerical modeling of radiative heat and mass transfer for sweet potato during drying

    Article • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  60. Modelling of coupled heat and mass transfer for combined infrared and hot-air drying of sweet potato

    Article • Journal of Food Engineering, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  61. Combination of computer vision and backscattering imaging for predicting the moisture content and colour changes of sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas L.) during drying

    Article • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  62. Evaluation of Chilling Injury in Mangoes Using Multispectral Imaging

    Article • Journal of Food Science, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  63. Modelling the mid-infrared drying of sweet potato: kinetics, mass and heat transfer parameters, and energy consumption

    Article • Heat and Mass Transfer, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  64. Investigating the influence of novel drying methods on sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.): Kinetics, energy consumption, color, and microstructure

    Article • Journal of Food Process Engineering, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  65. Mechanization of Agricultural Production in Developing Countries

    Article • March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  66. Effects of ultrasound pretreatments on the kinetics of moisture loss and oil uptake during deep fat frying of sweet potato ( Ipomea batatas )

    Article • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  67. Non-thermal hybrid drying of fruits and vegetables: A review of current technologies

    Article • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  68. Combined digital and backscattering imaging to monitor the shrinkage of sweet potato during drying

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  69. Application of pretreatment methods on agricultural products prior to frying: a review

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  70. Early detection of diseases in plant tissue using spectroscopy – applications and limitations

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude, AL-FADHL Al-KHALED

  71. Optical method for the detection of moisture content of pumpkin during drying

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2017, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  72. Design and fabrication of a direct passive solar dryer for tilapia fish filets

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2017, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  73. Microwave drying of germinated corn and its effect on phytochemical properties

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude, Oraporn Bualuang

  74. Energy Analysis of the Direct and Indirect Solar Drying System

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  75. Recent advances of novel thermal combined hot air drying of agricultural crops

    Article • Trends in Food Science & Technology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  76. Mechanisation of large-scale agricultural fields in developing countries - a review

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  77. Modeling the Thin-Layer Drying of Fruits and Vegetables: A Review

    Article • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude, Nazmi Nawi

  78. Modelling Effective Moisture Diffusivity of Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Slices under Convective Hot Air Drying Condition

    Article • International Journal of Food Engineering, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  79. Development of a Solar Powered Evaporative Cooling Storage System for Tropical Fruits and Vegetables

    Article • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr William Adebisi Olosunde, Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  80. A Preliminary Study: Kinetic Model of Drying Process of Pumpkins (Cucurbita Moschata) in a Convective Hot Air Dryer

    Article • Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude

  81. Estimation of Solar Radiation for Crop Drying in Uyo, Nigeria Using a Mathematical Model

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, September 2013, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr. Daniel I. Onwude