Congratulations - Agricultural Engineering Newsletter, September / October, 2002

Tracy Kamikawa and Marita Sheldon received the Undergraduate Academic Award in Biosystems Engineering. This award recognizes the top three percent of Juniors and Seniors in each department with cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 or above and Sophomores in the top one percent of their class. Tracy was awarded second place in poster presentation and Marita was awarded first place in oral presentation under the Engineering and Math category. Both topics were related to their research on biosensors.

Nazrul Islam, Biosystems Engineering Ph.D. Student, was given the Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Dr. Robert von Bernuth is his major professor.

Adam Eisele, received the Undergraduate Service Award by Dr. Thomas Wolff, Associate Dean for the College of Engineering. This award recognizes juniors and seniors who have made valuable contributions to the College of Engineering.

Maureen Beck, was chosen as the College of Engineering 2001-2002 Ambassador for Biosystems Engineering.

The A.W. Farrall Faculty Award was presented to Paul Forton, Tracy Kamikawa, Danielle McEachin and Amy Silder.

The Clarence and Thelma Hansen Scholarship was presented to Maureen Beck, Josh Brood, Aaron Kaeb and Ian Radtke.

The Agricultural Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship was presented to Katherine Anderson, James Bosserd, Matthew Gergen, Christie Sampson and Andrew Stoeckle.

The Robert E. Maddex Biosystems Engineering Distinguished Freshman Award was presented to Andrew Stoeckle.

The Howard F. and Esther L. McColly Scholarship was presented to Lindsey Dees, Kirsten Losse, Christie Sampson and Carrie Wing.

MSU took top honors at the Great Lakes Venture Quest (GLVQ) Business Plan Competition Phase I. Award presentation was held at Grand Valley State University on December 5, 2001.

The grand prize winner of $10,000 for the North Region was for Dr. Evangelyn Alocilja's technology that specializes in sensors for rapid detection of pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria. Alocilja is a Professor of Agricultural Engineering, and her graduate student, Stephen Radke, is the lead on the commercialization efforts.

Agen BioSense, the name of the business concept, deals with the development of bio-sensors that may be applied to disease-causing bacterial and biowarfare agents.

The MSU Food Product Development Team (Tausha Burns and Kerri Harris), including our BE senior design team (Maryn Zengerle, Carrie Wing, Tom Nixon, absent: Shannon Sweeney), placed 2nd (by a hair) in the Institute of Food Technologists' National Food Product Development Contest. They did an outstanding job! This contest consists of a written report, an oral presentation, a poster presentation (with rigorous questioning periods by the panel of industry judges), and product tasting.

(Unfortunately, we found out from the judges later in the week that we were running in 1st place right up to the last even, which was the product tasting. Regretfully, the product, which was express shipped frozen to California, suffered some nasty temperature abuse, and the students said that the presented product looked as bad as it had ever looked.)

In any case, the team that won (North Carolina State University) had two engineering grad students on their team, and the engineering clearly placed MSU and NCSU in a class above the rest of the competition. The good news, in terms of future competitions is that our engineering component is "institutionalized", while theirs was a function of two particular students (one of whom I previously tried to recruit to MSU from Arkansas!).

Anyway, it was a great experience for our students. I would estimate that the oral presentation was attended by well over 200 people, including a lot of industry folks. The judges were from M&M/Mars, Frito-Lay, and General Mills.

CONGRATULATIONS to the students! A round of applause for their coaches, Dean Baas, Kirk Dolan, Brad Marks and Jim Steffe

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		September / October, 2002 Congratulations College of Engineering's Academic and Service Awards Reception Tracy Kamikawa and Marita Sheldon received the Undergraduate Academic Award in Biosystems Engineering. This award recognizes the top three percent of Juniors and Seniors in each department with cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 or above and Sophomores in the top one percent of their class. Tracy was awarded second place in poster presentation and Marita was awarded first place in oral presentation under the Engineering and Math category. Both topics were related to their research on biosensors. Nazrul Islam, Biosystems Engineering Ph.D. Student, was given the Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Dr. Robert von Bernuth is his major professor. Adam Eisele, received the Undergraduate Service Award by Dr. Thomas Wolff, Associate Dean for the College of Engineering. This award recognizes juniors and seniors who have made valuable contributions to the College of Engineering. Maureen Beck, was chosen as the College of Engineering 2001-2002 Ambassador for Biosystems Engineering. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Honors Banquet The A.W. Farrall Faculty Award was presented to Paul Forton, Tracy Kamikawa, Danielle McEachin and Amy Silder. The Clarence and Thelma Hansen Scholarship was presented to Maureen Beck, Josh Brood, Aaron Kaeb and Ian Radtke. The Agricultural Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship was presented to Katherine Anderson, James Bosserd, Matthew Gergen, Christie Sampson and Andrew Stoeckle. The Robert E. Maddex Biosystems Engineering Distinguished Freshman Award was presented to Andrew Stoeckle. The George E. and Betty L. Merva Scholarship was presented to Adam Eisele. The Howard F. and Esther L. McColly Scholarship was presented to Lindsey Dees, Kirsten Losse, Christie Sampson and Carrie Wing. Great Lakes Venture Quest MSU took top honors at the Great Lakes Venture Quest (GLVQ) Business Plan Competition Phase I. Award presentation was held at Grand Valley State University on December 5, 2001. The grand prize winner of $10,000 for the North Region was for Dr. Evangelyn Alocilja's technology that specializes in sensors for rapid detection of pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria. Alocilja is a Professor of Agricultural Engineering, and her graduate student, Stephen Radke, is the lead on the commercialization efforts. Agen BioSense, the name of the business concept, deals with the development of bio-sensors that may be applied to disease-causing bacterial and biowarfare agents. MSU Places 2nd in the Nation at IFT Product Development Contest The MSU Food Product Development Team (Tausha Burns and Kerri Harris), including our BE senior design team (Maryn Zengerle, Carrie Wing, Tom Nixon, absent: Shannon Sweeney), placed 2nd (by a hair) in the Institute of Food Technologists' National Food Product Development Contest. They did an outstanding job! This contest consists of a written report, an oral presentation, a poster presentation (with rigorous questioning periods by the panel of industry judges), and product tasting. (Unfortunately, we found out from the judges later in the week that we were running in 1st place right up to the last even, which was the product tasting. Regretfully, the product, which was express shipped frozen to California, suffered some nasty temperature abuse, and the students said that the presented product looked as bad as it had ever looked.) In any case, the team that won (North Carolina State University) had two engineering grad students on their team, and the engineering clearly placed MSU and NCSU in a class above the rest of the competition. The good news, in terms of future competitions is that our engineering component is "institutionalized", while theirs was a function of two particular students (one of whom I previously tried to recruit to MSU from Arkansas!). Anyway, it was a great experience for our students. I would estimate that the oral presentation was attended by well over 200 people, including a lot of industry folks. The judges were from M&M/Mars, Frito-Lay, and General Mills. CONGRATULATIONS to the students! A round of applause for their coaches, Dean Baas, Kirk Dolan, Brad Marks and Jim Steffe Agricultural Engineering Michigan State University A.W. Farrall Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1323 (517) 355-4720 Questions or comments contact: webmaster Past Newsletters \| Agricultural Engineering Home \| Michigan State University Home October 8, 2002