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First Place Award – Poster presentation at IFT

Ozan Kahraman, a PhD student in Dr. Feng’s lab at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, received 1st place award from Non-thermal Division for his poster presentation at Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting held on June 2-5, 2019 in New Orleans. His poster was entitled: “Non-thermal ultrasonic contact drying of apple slices – drying kinetics […]

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Dr. Jamal Yagoobi receives Hans Tropper Memorial Lecture Award

Dr. Jamal Yagoobi, CARD Director, was given the Hans Tropper Memorial Lecture Award for his lecture entitled “Transport of Heat and Mass with Electrical Field – from Earth to Space”. This award was presented at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids at the University of Roma, Rome, Italy, June 23-27, 2019.

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11th Annual Sustainability Project Competition at WPI

Zahra Noori, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Jamal Yagoobi’s lab at WPI tied for first place with her poster/project at the 11 th Annual Sustainability Project Competition at WPI. Her poster/project was entitled “Fundamental Understanding of Bound Water Removal in Paper Drying Process: Microscopic Approach” (advisors: Dr. Jamal Yagoobi and Dr. Burt Tilley).

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New Chair and Co-Chair of CARD Industry Advisory Board

Sheyla Ramsay, PepsiCo, has stepped down as Chair of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) for CARD. We thank Sheyla for her hard work as Chair, and her dedication to CARD! Gagan Mongia, Hershey’s, has stepped up from Co-Chair to Chair of the IAB, and Wei Yang, Mondelez International, has stepped into the position of Co-Chair. […]

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