CARD Team Visits Enercon
By Victoria Birk Hill July 9, 2025
The CARD team working on the plasma project (Professor Jamal Yagoobi of WPI and Professor Yi-Chang Wang and graduate student Yanyao Yu of Illinois) along with Drs. Sheyla Ramsay of PepsiCo and Matthew Janas of Kraft Heinz visited Enercon company located at Germantown, Wisconsin on July 1st. They were hosted by Wilson Lee of Enercon, […]
Wadud Ahmed Successfully Defends His PhD
By Victoria Birk Hill July 2, 2025
We are pleased to share that on April 10, 2025 CARD researcher and UIUC student, Wadud Ahmed, successfully defended his PhD entitled, “Application of Spectral Techniques and Machine Learning for Fertility, Mortality, Sex, and Structural Evaluation of Eggs”. His research focused on applied near-infrared spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging for the non-destructive evaluation of eggs, aiming […]
Hamed Jafarishad Successfully Defends His PhD Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill June 27, 2025
On June 16, 2025, WPI researcher Hamed Jafarishad successfully defended his PhD dissertation, titled “Optical Fiber Strain Sensors and Sensing Systems for Measuring Large Deformations in Soft Materials, Demonstrated on Food Samples During Drying.” His research focused on advancing below-the-surface, distributed, and large strain measurements in soft materials, with food drying as a primary application. […]
Yao Shen Successfully Defends PhD
By Victoria Birk Hill June 7, 2025
On June 05, 2025, WPI researcher Yao Shen successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “Specialty Fiber Probes for Light-Matter Interactions and Their Applications in Physical, Chemical, and Biomedical Research.” His research focused on designing and developing miniaturized fiber-based optical systems for advanced sensing and surgical applications. Specifically, Yao’s work included the development of fiber-optical tweezers for […]
CARD May 2025 Student Poster Winners
By Victoria Birk Hill June 3, 2025
We are pleased to announce the winners of CARD’s May 2025 poster competition that was held at CARD’s Industry Advisory Board meeting, May 28-30, 2025 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL. 1st Place: Anurag Bhattacharjee, WPI – “A CFD-Based Numerical Tool to Predict Particle Characteristics in Spray Drying”. 2nd Place tie: Mucheng Li, WPI […]
CARD Spring IAB Meeting
By Victoria Birk Hill June 2, 2025
On May 28-30, 2025 the CARD Spring Industry Advisory Board Meeting (IAB) was held at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It was attended by 50+ registrants that included IAB members, guests, faculty, students, and administrative staff. Our students did an impressive job presenting project and poster results. Members had several opportunities to meet and discuss CARD’s […]
CARD Hosts Successful AI Symposium Exploring Real-World Impact and Innovation
By Victoria Birk Hill June 2, 2025
On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, the Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD), an NSF IUCRC, hosted the “AI-Powered Innovation: From Fundamentals to Real-World Impact Symposium” at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois campus. The event, held from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM, attracted strong attendance from stakeholders in the […]
CARD Leadership Visits Kraft Heinz R&D Headquarters
By Victoria Birk Hill May 28, 2025
As part of the benefits in CARD membership, the CARD leadership team and select faculty members visited Kraft Heinz R&D Headquarters located in Glenview, IL on May 27, 2025. The CARD team and Kraft Heinz participants had a productive meeting where they reviewed current CARD projects in detail along with other technical topics of interest […]
Itamar Harris Successfully Defends Dissertation Proposal
By Victoria Birk Hill May 2, 2025
We are pleased to share that Itamar Harris, PhD candidate at CARD, WPI, successfully presented her PhD dissertation proposal on April 30, 2025. Her proposed dissertation is titled, “Drying and Heating of Moist Porous Media with Laser Technology: A Fundamental and Applied Study”. Itamar’s committee members consisted of her advisor, Professor Jamal Yagoobi, and […]
Itamar Harris Selected as Winner of WPI’s 17th Annual Sustainability Competition
By Victoria Birk Hill April 22, 2025
We are delighted to announce that PhD candidate Itamar Harris, under the guidance of Dr. Jamal Yagoobi, was selected as the winner of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s 17th Annual Sustainability Project Competition. Harris presented her project, “Laser Technology for Sustainable Industrial Drying, Baking, and Dehydration,” emphasizing the potential of laser technology to drive decarbonization and accelerate […]