Jamal Yagoobi’s Innovative Drying Technologies are in the News
By Victoria Birk Hill February 16, 2024
George F. Fuller Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and director of the Center for Advanced Research in Drying, Jamal Yagoobi, and his work, are much in the news. His expertise in “heat” – the theoretical, numerical, and experimental study of heat transfer and mass transport enhancement – has helped keep electronic equipment from overheating […]
UNISCRAP Joins CARD as Newest Member
By Victoria Birk Hill February 5, 2024
We are pleased to share that UNISCRAP has joined CARD as our newest member. UNISCRAP is a waste treatment company specializing in RVM Recycling systems, Clean Energy, Solar, Waste to Resource, and Composting Technologies. UNISCRAP has offices in Greece, United States, India, Uganda, and their plan is to grow to 50 countries under the […]
IPG Photonics Joins CARD as Newest Member
By Victoria Birk Hill December 11, 2023
We are pleased to share that IPG Photonics has joined CARD as our newest member. IPG Photonics is the leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers and amplifiers for diverse applications in numerous markets. Diverse lines of low, medium and high-power lasers and amplifiers are used in materials processing, communications, entertainment, medical, biotechnology, scientific […]
IDS 2024 – 1st Announcement & Call for Papers
By Victoria Birk Hill November 15, 2023
The 23rd International Drying Symposium (IDS 2024), which will be organized by the School of Food Science and Technology at Jiangnan University, will be held at the Worldhotel Grand Juna Hotel in Wuxi, China, November 22-25, 2024. IDS 2024 will continue the tradition of the IDS series, founded by Prof. Arun Mujumdar in 1978, as […]
Fall IAB Meeting at WPI is Great Success
By Victoria Birk Hill October 15, 2023
The CARD Fall Industry Advisory Board Meeting (IAB) was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on October 11 – 13, 2023. It was well attended with 70+ registrants that included members and guests from industry, faculty, students, and administrative staff. The students did a great job presenting project and poster results. Members had several opportunities to […]
Prof. Yagoobi Keynote Speaker at EuroDrying 2023
By Victoria Birk Hill July 6, 2023
Professor Jamal Yagoobi, the founding director of CARD, was invited to give the keynote presentation at the EuroDrying 2023 conference held in Łódź, Poland. The 8th European Drying Conference was held July 4 – 7, 2023. The title of Jamal’s presentation was “Decarbonizing Industrial Drying – The Role of Academic Institutions.” Congratulations, Dr. Yagoobi!
CARD Spring IAB Meeting a Success
By Victoria Birk Hill May 25, 2023
Last week, May 18 – 19, 2023, we held our Spring Industry Advisory Board Meeting (IAB) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It was well attended with 60+ registrants that included members, guests, faculty, students, and administrative staff. The students did a great job presenting project and poster results. Members had several opportunities to meet […]
CARD Researchers Present at Workshop on Control and Game Theory
By Victoria Birk Hill April 27, 2023
We are pleased to share that Professor Srinivasa Salapaka ,and his student, Alisina Bayati, both of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, were invited to present papers at the 9th Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory held at the University of Minnesota April 22-23, 2023 in Minneapolis. Srinivasa (left) presented a paper titled: “Parameterized Sequential […]
Dr. Petros Sofronis to be Keynote Speaker at May Meeting
By Victoria Birk Hill April 24, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Petros Sofronis of the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research at Kyushu University in Japan will be the Keynote Speaker at the CARD Spring IAB Meeting on May 18, 2023. Professor Sofronis’ research focuses […]
Lee & Yagoobi Present at Reckitt Benckiser Conference
By Victoria Birk Hill April 18, 2023
Professors Youngsoo Lee (left) and Jamal Yagoobi (below) presented information on behalf of The Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD) at the Reckitt Benckiser (RB) Global Powder Network International Conference on April 12, 2023. The conference was joined by RB employees from around the world. The topics of the professor’s discussions were: “Application of […]