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 […]
April 5, 2016 “Even though Green Esters didn’t win one of the top prizes, they were still incredible competitors and your department should be proud.” – Emily Willeman, Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, Foster School of Business, University of Washington March 31, 2016 In January, a team of researchers in Dr. Shulin Chen’s Bioprocessing & Bioproducts Engineering Lab earned […]
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 […]
We extend our warmest congratulations to Ellen Bornhorst, PhD candidate studying under guidance of Dr. Juming Tang! Ellen won the PhD-level CAHNRS Three Minute Thesis Competition on March 4. Ellen will be participating in WSU-wide competition on March 22. [more about event]
Food science and technology matters. Professionals in the field improve availability, nutrition, and safety of the world’s food supply. They bring scientific and technological innovation to an increasingly global marketplace. They give back to the community through teaching and leadership.
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 […]
January 2016, CAHNRS blog Farming of the future will be data-driven, and Washington State University is helping shape that future. As the world population grows and demands on our natural resources increase, producing more food more efficiently is a top global priority. Converging that need with advancements in robotics, sensors, satellites and data analysis puts agriculture […]
JANUARY 25, 2016, by ALYSSA PATRICK An assistant professor and extension specialist in WSU’s Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS), Lav works with farmers and researchers across disciplines to solve agricultural problems. He also partners with companies like Yamaha and Digital Harvest to test solutions happening in the lab with existing technologies, or […]
Discovery advances biowaste-to-jet fuel research By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have figured out a way to successfully convert a common wood byproduct into hydrocarbon molecules that could be used as jet fuel. [read full article] Treated with care: Analyzing a new pre-treatment process for biofuel production […]
Congratulations to Dr. Hanwu Lei and his group members and co-authors who won “Best Paper Award 2015” from Bioresource Technology. The published paper “A review of catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenols from biomass pyrolysis” appears among the ten top cited papers contributing to the Bioresource Technology 2014 Impact Factor, receiving 31 citations (Web of Science) during […]