Food Engineering

$11M funds food safety center, tech transfer to markets

March 30, 2016 | WSU News, by Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciencesand Alyssa Patrick, Office of Economic Development PULLMAN, Wash. – Consumer demand for safe, high quality, additive-free packaged foods is on the rise. Washington State University is advancing toward meeting this demand thanks to two recent investments in innovative […]

SURCA 2016

PULLMAN, Wash.—At Washington State University’s largest-ever Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) on March 28, 52 of the 231 students presenting just over 200 posters landed a total of 46 awards, announced Shelley Pressley, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, event host. The awards total $10,300. There were 20 crimson awards (the […]

WSU Faculty wins IFT Achievement Award

Congratulations to BSE faculty member, Shyam Sablani, the 2016 recipient of the Marcel Loncin Research Prize. The Marcel Loncin Research Prize, given every other year, was first awarded in 1994. It honors and provides research funding to an IFT member or nonmember scientist or engineer conducting basic chemistry/physics/engineering research applied to food processing and improvement of […]

Research for specialty crops boosted by $1.7 million

by Sylvia Kantor, CAHNRS News PULLMAN, Wash. – More than $1.7 million was awarded to Washington State University for specialty crop research including berries, potatoes, grapes, tree fruit, onions, carrots and Christmas trees, the Washington State Department of Agriculture announced today. WSU received grants for 10 of the 24 projects funded through the 2015 U.S. […]

Congratulations PSIFT Scholarship Winners

Six students from BSE were awarded a PSIFT Scholarship this year. The Puget Sound IFT Scholarship Committee has selected Scholarship winners.  This was a tough year, we had our highest number of applicants and many very deserving students.  The Committee spent hours reading applications and supporting documents to make the decision. The awards will be […]

Congratulations, Regents Professor!

Dear CAHNRS Faculty and Staff Colleagues: On behalf of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences I take great pride in congratulating our own Professor Juming Tang for his promotion to the rank of Regents Professor and Scientist in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering effective July 1, 2014. The promotion to Regents Professor recognizes […]