Project Updates	PIs	Lead site
Ultrasonic Non-Thermal Drying of Wet Bio-Polymeric Materials	Hao Feng	Illinois
Fundamental Understanding of Rapid Air Drying of Paper Tissues	Burt Tilley and Jamal Yagoobi	WPI
Wireless Passive MEMS Sensor for in situ Continuous Temperature and Moisture Sensing	Logan Liu	Illinois
Tip-based Optical Fiber Sensors for Continuous, In-situ Measurements of Trapped Moisture and Pressure	Pratap Rao and Shawn Liu	WPI
Ultrasound-mediated Ethanol Dewatering/Dehydration	Hao Feng	Illinois
Enhancement of Municipal Wastewater Biosolids Drying through Interfacial Energy Modifying Amendments to Promote Uniform Agglomeration	John Bergendahl	WPI
Spray Drying of Hygroscopic Materials Using an Encapsulation Strategy Through Three-fluid Nozzle	Youngsoo Lee	Illinois
An Investigation of the Role of Area, Scale, and Hierarchical Surface Topography in Wetting and Drying of Stochastically Patterned Surfaces	Robert Daniello and Christopher Brown	WPI
Solving Coupled Non-Fickian Moisture Transport and Quality-Kinetics Model for Improving the Quality and Nutritional Attributes of Selected Fruits and Vegetables during Drying	Pawan Takhar	Illinois
Enhancement of Drying Rate of Moist Porous Media with Electric Field	Jamal Yagoobi	WPI
Enhancement of Heat and Mass Transfer with Innovative Impinging Jet Nozzles	Jamal Yagoobi	WPI
Reducing Water Use in Corn Ethanol Process by Efficient High Solids Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation	Vijay Singh	Illinois