**The Use of Vibration Principles to Characterize the Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials**

Osvaldo H. Campanella1, Hartono Sumali2,

Behic Mert3 and Bhavesh Patel1

*1Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department and Whistler Carbohydrate Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 3Department of Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 1,2USA 3Turkey* 
