
department news
Matt Staswiewicz, Biosystems
undergraduate and current engineering research intern, gave an oral
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists
titled:
"Modeling the effect of prior thermal history on the thermal
inactivation rate of Salmonella in turkey"
The meeting was held in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 17 - 20, 2005
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Rochelle Lee Vecchio, Biosystems
undergraduate, was the 2005 recipient of the Paul Girton Food Engineering
Scholarship for $2,500 from the International Association of Food Industry
Suppliers Foundation. In addition to the award, a travel grant will
be made for Rochelle to attend the Worldwide Food Expo 2005, Chicago,
Illinois. Congratulations Rochelle!
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Amanda Herzog, Biosystems undergraduate,
attended the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) conference in Atlanta
Georgia. Her abstract of the research was accepted allowing her to create
and present a poster. While there, Amanda said she met some famous
scientists. She was inspired and is excited to get back to the lab so
that she will be able to present at next year's conference!
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Michigan State Horticultural Society and the Michigan Cherry Committee
has awarded Dr. Dan Guyer for his proposed
project "Integrating Cherry Cooling
and Water Resource Management"
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National Science Foundation has
awarded Dr. Evangelyn C. Alocilja and Dr. Mohanty and Dr. Tarabara for
their proposed project entitled "NANOSCALE DESIGN OF AQUEOUS CARBON
NANOTUBE-REINFORCED MOLECULAR TRANSDUCERS FOR BIOSENSORS”
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Simon Davies, Specialist, left the Department
of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering as of June 30, 2005. He will
be pursuing other opportunities at McMaster University in Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada. His wife, Susan Masten, will be the Associate Dean
of the College of Engineering. Best of Luck Simon!
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