2019 PSIFT Student Achievement Awards

May 7, 2019  |  Seattle, WA

2019 Student Achievement Awards for the Puget Sound Section of the Institute of Food Technologists (PSIFT).

Awards were presented to BSE graduate students at the annual meeting for the Puget Sound IFT on May 7, 2009 at Elliot Bay Public House and Brewery (Seattle, WA).

Awards were given in 3 categories: Scholastic Achievement Award, Outstanding Student Award, and Travel Award.
PSIFT was able to give out over $14,000 in awards this year!

The annual meeting also featured presentations from Christie Tarantino-Dean, IFT CEO and Luke Stedman of Callison’s. Christie gave an update from National IFT, and Luke led the group through the process of creating great flavors.

A list of Award recipients is below:

Scholastic Achievement Award
Ga Young Shin – Masters in Biological Systems Engineering
Yuqiao Jin – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering
Ewa Pietrysiak – Ph.D. in Food Science
Pavitra Krishna Kumar – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering

Outstanding Student Award
Lauren Rooney – Junior in Food Science
Karin Thorsen – Masters in Food Science (Kansas State Univ.)
Chandrashekhar Sonar – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering
YoonKi Hong – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering
Juhi Patel – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering

Travel Award
Sumeyye Inanoglu – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering
Ashutos Parhi – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering
Yonas Gezahegn – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering
Ren Yang – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering
Jie Xu – Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering