Mr. Xavier-Martin Miranda. Employee of SPRI for 23 years, in dual capacity as laboratory technician from 1989-1995 and office worker responsible for all SPRI accounts and purchasing, from 1995 to the present. A total of twenty-six years in retail management and bookkeeping experience before and during employment with SPRI. Familiarly with all of SPRI's specialized wet chemistry methods. He is currently administering the SPRI Office, Assistant to the Comptroller and responsible for preparing SPRI Financial Statements, Payroll, Budgets, SPRI Conference Coordinator for organizing SPRI Board and Committee meetings and SPRI Conferences. He also manages the SPRI Library and maintains the SPRI Web Site.

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Publications:

Composition of the Soluble, Nondialyzable components in Raw Cane Sugar, M.A. Godshall, E.J. Roberts and X.M. Miranda. Journal of Food Processing Preservation 25 (2001) 323-335

Membrane Separation Chemistry in Sugar Processing applications, J.R. Vercellotti, M.A. Clarke, M.A. Godshall, R.S. Blanco, X.M. Miranda, A.K. Kelly and F.W. Desimone. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, Savannah, Georgia, USA, March 1998.

Color and odor in beet sugar manufacture and storage, M.A. Clarke, M.A. Godshall, R.S. Blanco and X.M. Miranda. L'Industria Saccarifera Italiana, vol. 90 (1997), No.6, pp 187-196.

Changes in soft sugars on storage, M.A. Godshall and X.M. Miranda. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 1996.

A preliminary study on the effect of sugarcane leaves and mud on color in sugarcane juice, B.L. Legendre, M.A. Godshall and X.M. Miranda. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 1996.

Moisture determination by new instrumental techniques, M.A. Godshall and X.M. Miranda. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 1996.

Starch, polysaccharide and proanthocyanidin in Louisiana sugarcane varieties, M.A. Godshall, B.L. Legendre, M.A. Clarke, X.M. Miranda and R.S. Blanco. Sugar Cane, 1996, No.5, pp. 13-17.

Mositure Determination by New Instrumental Techniques, M.A. Godshall and X.M. Miranda. Presented at the Sugar Industry Technologists, Inc., Conference, La Romana, Dominican Republic, May 1995.

Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy as a Monitor for Low Purity Streams, M.A. Clarke, L.A. Edye, X.M. Miranda and C.V. Scott. Presented at the Sugar Industry Technologists' Annual Meeting, La Rominican Republic, May 1995.

Fiber in Sugarcane and Bagasse, M.A. Clarke, B.L. Legendre, L.A. Edye, R.S. Blanco, X.M. Miranda and A.K. Kelly. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, Helsinki, Finland, August 1994.

A New Infrared Drier for White, Raw, Soft and Powdered Sugars, X.M. Miranda, M.A. Godshall and M.A. Clarke. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, Helsinki, Finland, August 1994.

Starch, polysaccharide and leucoanthocyanin pigments in sugarcane varieties grown in Louisiana, M.A. Godshall, M.A. Clarke, X.M. Miranda, R.S. Blanco, and B.L. Legendre. Journal Amer. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol, 1993, 13:109 (Abstract)

Near infra-red (NIR) analysis in sugar factories, M.A. Clarke, L.A. Edye, C.V. Scott, X.M. Miranda and C. McDonald-Lewis. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, September 1992.

Comparison of refinery decolorization systems, M.A. Godshall, M.A. Clarke, X.M. Miranda and R.S. Blanco. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, September 1992.

Polysaccharides of beet and cane sugar: A process report, M.A. Clarke, J.M. de Bruijn, E.J. Roberts, M.A. Godshall, R.S. Blanco and X.M. Miranda. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, September 1992.

Gel permeation chromatographic compositional studies of high molecular weight carbohydrate material in cane sugar processing, M.A. Godshall, E.J. Roberts, M.A. Clarke, X.M. Miranda and R.S. Blanco, 16th Internat. Carb. Symp., Paris, France, 1992, p. 653 (Abstract)

Color development in beet sugar on storage, M.A. Clarke, M.A. Godshall, R.S. Blanco, and X.M. Miranda, Proc. CITS, 1992, p. 6, Bratislava, Slovakia Socialist Rep., June 1992

The polysaccharides of sugarbeet, M.A. Clarke, E.J. Roberts, M.A. Godshall, and X.M. Miranda, Proc. 19th CITS, 1991, pp. 321-332, Cambridge, UK, June 1991,

Colour Balance and Colour Removal in the Raw Sugar Factory, M.A. Clarke, M.A. Godshall, R.S. Blanco, X.M. Miranda, N.T. To and C.D. Dooley. Presented at ISSCT Workshop, Durban, South Africa, June 1991.

Color and Odor in Beet Sugar Manufacture and Storage, M.A. Clarke, M.A. Godshall, R.S. Blanco and X.M. Miranda. Presented at Irish Sugar Technical Conference, Killarney, Ireland, June 1991.

Polysaccharide and colorant: A progress report, M.A. Clarke, M.A. Godshall and SPRI Group. Presented at the Conference on Sugar Processing Research, San Francisco, California, USA, May29-June 1, 1990.

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