Spring 2023 Student Poster Competition Winners
By Victoria Birk Hill May 25, 2023
At our May, CARD Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting, the following students were awarded certificates in the poster competition. 1st Place: Yao Shen 2nd Place: Anurag Bhattacharjee 3rd Place: Luis Luna Honorable Mention: Hanshen Yu (not featured) Congratulations to the winners […]
Fidele Abedi Earns Postdoc Appointment at UC Davis
By Victoria Birk Hill May 1, 2023
We are pleased to share that Fidele Abedi has earned a Postdoctoral Scholar Employee appointment at the University of California, Davis in the Food Science and Technology Department. Previously, Fidele was one of Dr. Pawan Takhar’s students (University of Illinois) and very involved in CARD’s research projects. Congratulations, Fidele!
Stan Tu Successfully Defends Master’s Thesis
By Victoria Birk Hill April 17, 2023
We are so pleased to share that CARD researcher, Stan Tu of the University of Illinois, successfully defended his Master’s thesis “CHARACTERIZATION OF SPRAY DRIED POWDERS BY NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY” on February 23, 2023. His advisor was Dr. Youngsoo Lee of the University of Illinois.
Ragya Kapoor Successfully Defends Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill April 13, 2023
We are happy to announce that Ragya Kapoor, a researcher at CARD and a student at the University of Illinois-Urbana champaign, has successfully defended her dissertation titled “Vitamin E-loaded, Ultrasound-dried Microcapsules Stabilized by Modified Pea Protein Isolate”. Her advisor was Dr. Hao Feng. Congratulations, Ragya!
Zahra Noori O’Connor Wins 1st Prize at WPI Competition
By Victoria Birk Hill April 13, 2023
The annual Graduate Research Innovation Exchange (GRIE) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a poster celebration and competition that highlights the breadth, diversity, and quality of WPI’s graduate research. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Dean of Graduate Studies, it is a two-part event consisting of an Open Research Celebration and Finals […]
Massachusetts Clean Energy Research Presentations
By Victoria Birk Hill March 20, 2023
On March 15, 2023, nine students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) provided nine research presentations to Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MASS CEC). This research is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD) and MASS CEC, a member of CARD since 2016. MASS CEC eagerly sponsors the day for WPI’s students. The presentations […]
Zahra Noori O’Connor Successfully Defends PhD Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill February 16, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Zahra Noori O’Connor recently, and successfully, defended her PhD dissertation. Many industrial and university members joined for her presentation. The title of her thesis is “Fundamental Understanding of Removal of Water from a Moist Porous Medium in the Absence and Presence of Ultrasound Mechanism”. She is a graduate of […]
Fidele Abedi Successfully Defends Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill February 8, 2023
We are so pleased to announce that Fidele Abedi successfully defended his dissertation on January 26, 2023. The title of his thesis is “Multiscale Modeling of Transport Mechanisms, Strain, and Stress in Food Products Subjected to Drying.” His advisor at the University of Illinois was Dr. Pawan Takhar. Congratulations, Dr. Abedi!
Drying of Porous Medium with Excess Water
By Victoria Birk Hill December 13, 2022
In a recently published article in the ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, researcher Elif Asar and Prof. Jamal Yagoobi discuss the new drying model that was developed to numerically study porous media with excess water and extend previous drying models’ capabilities. The name of the article is “Drying of a Fully Saturated Porous […]
Ultrasonic Drying Applied to Paper Drying
By Victoria Birk Hill December 12, 2022
We are pleased to share our latest publication in Drying Technology. It’s called “Experimental Study of Paper Drying with Direct-Contact Ultrasound Mechanism”. The authors are Zahra Noori O’Connor, Dr. Jamal Yagoobi, and Dr. Burt Tilley. For the first time, ultrasonic drying is applied to paper drying and it provides basic understanding of this application. The […]