Food Science news and Upcoming events

May 2009

The Food Science Club announces adjunct professor Dr. John Litchfield as the 2008-09 recipient of the Professor of the Year Award for his immense enthusiasm and dedication to the education of students. Congratulations Dr. Litchfield!

May 2009

Congratulations to Erica Baumker, a food science undergraduate, for receiving an Institute of Food Technologist’s Scholarship for 2009.

May 2009

23rd Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum

Veena Prabhakar, M.S. student, received first place in the FAES and Human Ecology Oral Competition at the 23rd Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum for her paper titled “Rapid quantification of dipicolinic acid in processed Bacillus spores using infrared spectroscopy.” Veena is advised by Luis Rodriguez-Saona. Congratulations, Veena!

April 2009

2009 CFAES Undergraduate Research Forum

Congratulations to food science undergraduate, Kurtis Feng, for placing first in the Food and Meat Science category at the recent CFAES Undergraduate Research Forum held on April 21. The title of his paper was “Vesicular stomatitis virus expressing Hepatitis E virus-like particles: A new live vaccine candidate for non-cultivable foodborne viruses.” His adviser is Jianrong Li.
 

April 2009

OARDC Research Conference

The Department of Food Science and Technology was very well represented by our graduate students at the OARDC Annual Research Conference yesterday. FST students presented 13 of the 54 posters on display – the largest number from any department.

Congratulations to the award winners.

PhD poster division:
Rockendra Gupta, 2nd place. The title of his poster was "Combined pressure temperature effects on lycopene stability and isomerization in tomato juice." Adviser is V.M. Balasubramaniam.

Gregory Hostetler, 3rd place. The title of his poster was “Effects of juice processing on anti-inflammatory flavonoids in plant foods.” Advisor is Steve Schwartz.

MS poster division:
Sarrah Hassel, 3rd place. The title of her poster was “Application of a handheld infrared sensor for monitoring the distribution of vitamins and minerals in fortified corn-based snacks.” Adviser is Luis Rodriguez-Saona.
 

April 2009

Associate Professor Bala Balasubramaniam has been elected as “Chair-elect” for IFT Nonthermal processing division (http://www.ift.org/divisions/nonthermal/objectives.html) .
In this 3-year elected leadership position Dr. Bala will serve the division as chair-elect, chair and past-chair. The division membership include scientists and engineers from industry, government and academia interested in advancement of nonthermal food preservation technologies.

 

March 2009

Ken Lee named ACE Fellow

Ken Lee, Professor of Food Science and Technology, has been named an Academic Fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) for the 2009-2010 academic year. The Academic Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in American higher education by identifying and preparing promising senior faculty and administrators for responsible positions in college and university administration. Lee was one of 38 Fellows selected in a national competition.
 

March 2009

Hua Wang receives funding from Battelle Endowment

Hua Wang, Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology, was one of five OSU faculty awarded a grant from the Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs for her research titled “Antibiotic Resistance Transmission through the Global Food Chain: Public Health Impact and Intervention Strategies.”
 

March 2009

Congratulations to OSU Graduate Student Setsuko Kamotani who is selected as recipient of the 2009 Sylvia Rowe Fellowship of the International Food Information Council. This is a highly competitive honor named after one of the nation's leading communicators of factual science based food information. Setsuko joins the DC team this June 2009.

March 2009

Congratulations to graduate student, Lizanel Felciano, for winning the Italian Packaging Technology Award 2009 for her research on "Color Changing Plastics for Food Packaging." The award includes a trip to Italy to tour packaging manufacturing companies. Lizanel is advised by Melvin Pascall.

March 2009

The Ohio Valley IFT Section is hosting a symposium titled “Functional Foods for the Health Conscious Consumer” on Thursday March 19 at the Ohio State University, Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. More information is available at http://fst.osu.edu/ovift/#Functional

March 2009

Dr. Jim Harper was recently recognized for his outstanding contributions to the development of the whey protein industry in New Zealand at the Inaugural Riddet Institute National Conference “The Future of Food” held February 16-18, 2009 at Massey University. The Wednesday session was dedicated to Dr. Harper and titled The Harper Symposium. Speakers from across the globe focused on the latest developments in dairy protein chemistry.

February 2009

Department of Food Science and Technology Seminar Series

Kimberly Livsey, Regional Retail Food Specialist, FDA, Atlanta, Georgia will present a seminar titled “Food Safety at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies” on Friday February 27 at noon in 118 Parker Food Science Bldg.
 

February 2009

OSU Reception and Mixer at 2009 IFT Annual Meeting

The Ohio State University Department of Food Science and Technology will host our first annual reception and mixer at the 2009 IFT Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. This is an IFT ticketed event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Ohio State University Mixer
Sunday June 7, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Ticket - $19.00

For more information visit web site.

January 2009

Congratulations to Ph.D. student, Yu Zhang! Yu was recently awarded a Fellowship from the OSU Center for RNA Biology for 2009 based on his outstanding research proposal. RNA Fellows receive a stipend of $25,000 plus tuition and fees. Yu works for Dr. Jianrong Li, Assistant Professor.

January 2009

Harris Award for Excellence in Food Science & Technology

The department has selected world renowned Professor Philip E. Nelson as the
2008 Harris Award for Excellence in Food Science and Technology winner. Dr.
Nelson will accept the award on February 25, 2009. A reception will take place at 3:30 pm in the lobby area of Kottman Hall, followed by Dr. Nelson's presentation at 4:30 pm in 103 Kottman Hall, "A Career with Unexpected World Impact." More information is available at link (pdf)
 

January 2009

Conference on Food Safety and Public Health Frontier:
Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance Transmission through the Food Chain
April 2-3, 2009, Washington DC

More information is available at http://fst.osu.edu/ar/
 

January 2009

CoFE Food Engineering Conference, OSU, Columbus, OH
April 6-8, 2009
Information at http://www.cofe09.org/pageview1.asp?id=386
 

December 2008

Graduate Student Success

D.D. Williamson, Louisville, Ky., has hired He Jian, Ph.D., to its Science and Innovation team. The new food science position was created to add strength to Science and Innovation efforts and manage increased demand from customers for application projects. Jian received his Ph.D. in Food Science & Technology from Ohio State Univ., where he studied anthocyanin properties with Dr. Monica Giusti.  More information at:

http://www.ddwilliamson.com/a-38-807-He-Jian,-Ph.D.-hired-in-Science-an.aspx

December 2008

FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday December 2

Dr. Linda Saif, Professor in the OSU Food Animal Health Research Program, is giving a seminar on Tuesday December 2 at noon in 118 Parker FST building. The title of her presentation is "Cruising for Noroviruses: Pig types modeling human susceptibility".

November 2008

The College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Society has announced their 2009 awards. Winners with ties to the Department of Food Science and Technology include:

2009 Distinguished Alumni Award – Charles Morr, Adjunct Professor, Food Science and Technology. Former holder of the Carl E. Haas Chair of Food Industries at Ohio State University.

2009 Young Professional Achievement Award – Kenya (Mathews) Nicholson, B.S. Food Science, Currently R&D Scientist at Rich Products.
 

November 2008

FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday November 18

Our autumn term seminar speaker for Tuesday November 18 is Lamar Hendricks, Consultant, Technical Business Solutions, Inc., Formerly Director, Regulatory Compliance, Sara Lee Foods Corp., Cincinnati, OH. The title of his presentation is “ How Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Requirements Affect Various Food Products.” The seminar will be held at noon in 118 Parker Food Science and Technology Building.

November 2008

FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday November 4

Dr. Jiyoung Lee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology and the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, is giving a seminar on Tuesday November 4 at noon in 118 Parker FST building. The title of her presentation is “Rapid Detection of Waterborne and Foodborne Pathogens.”

October 2008

FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday October 28

Dr. Monica Giusti, Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, is our seminar speaker for Tuesday October 28 at noon in 118 Parker FST building.  The title of her presentation is “Anthocyanin Pigments:  Stability, Availability, and Biotransformation in the Gastrointestinal Tract.”

October 2008

Patrick Fox, Emeritus Professor of Food Chemistry, from the Department of Food Science and Technology, University College, Cork, Ireland is presenting two seminars this week.

Monday October 20, 10 am, 118 Parker: Lactose: No longer Useless!

Tuesday October 21, noon, 118 Parker: Indigenous Enzymes in Milk

Seminars are sponsored by the Food Industries Center.
 

October 2008

Michael Mangino, Professor Emeritus, has been awarded the 2008 Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University. He was presented the award on October 10 during the J. Robert Brunner Lecture and Memorial Protein Symposium in East Lansing.

October 2008

FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday October 7

Dr. Mukund Karwe, Professor and Chair, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University will present a seminar titled “Thermal Transport in Selected Food Operations.”  The seminar will be held in 118 Parker Food Science and Technology Building at noon.

September 2008

FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday September 30

Dr. Gireesh Rajashekara, Assistant Professor, Food Animal Health Research Program will speak on
“Preharvest Food Safety and Campylobacter Colonization in Chickens.” The seminar will be held in 118 Parker Food Science and Technology Building at noon.
 

Read about research to improve the safety of fresh produce,
featuring work using ozone gas by Ahmed Yousef and Sudhir Sastry (link)
 

Dr. Jiyoung Lee, Assistant Professor, joined the Department of Food Science and Technology on September 1, 2008. Dr. Lee was hired through the Targeted Investment in Excellence Public Health Preparedness Initiative and has a joint appointment in FST (30%) and Environmental Health Sciences (70%) in the College of Public Health. Her research is in the area of environmental microbiology. Dr. Lee comes from Ann Arbor, Michigan where she worked for a biotechnology company developing rapid molecular techniques to detect pathogens in food and water.

The Ohio State University team of Ramesh Yettella (captain), Anand Subramanian, Megan Hoffer and Ashley Weatherington won the 2008 IFTSA College Bowl Competition held at the IFT Annual Meeting in New Orleans on June 30. OSU competed against teams from North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University, Cornell University, Texas A&M, University of Idaho, University of Nebraska and University of Georgia. Congratulations to our students for an outstanding performance!

IFT Graduate Paper Competition Winners

Gerald Sigua was awarded third place in the 2008 IFT Food Packaging Division Student Poster Competition. The title of his study was “Effect of high pressure, temperature and food stimulants on the mass transfer of Irganox 1076 from polyethylene films.” He is advised by Melvin Pascall.
 

Congratulations to Dr. Lynn Knipe for receiving the 2008 American Meat Science Association Distinguished Industry-Extension Service Award! He was honored at the Reciprocal Meat Conference in Gainesville, Florida on June 24. This award, sponsored by the American Meat Institute Foundation, was established in 1965 to recognize outstanding achievement in meat science extension and service to the industry.

OSU Food Science faculty, staff and students are presenting over 35 papers at the IFT Annual Meeting in New Orleans on June 29-July 1. To view a list of the presentations, please click on the word doc.

Niharika Thakwani, a graduating senior in food science, was recognized as a Top Scholar in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at the 55th Annual Recognition banquet held on May 8. This award recognizes outstanding academic achievement.

Professor David Min and former graduate student, Eunok Choe, were recognized by the editor of the Journal of Food Science for their paper entitled, "Chemistry and reactions of reactive oxygen species in foods" published in 2005 (70(9):R142-R159). This paper was the most highly cited paper in the Journal of Food Science in 2007. Eunok will receive the the Most Cited Paper Award from IFT at the Reviewers Reception during the 2008 IFT Annual Meeting. 

Graduate student Yoon-Hee Lee was awarded the 2007-08 Department of Food Science and Technology Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for her excellence in teaching. Yoon-Hee was nominated by the students in FST 601 Food Analysis.
 

Dr. Stephanie Smith was awarded the 2008 Professor Of The Year Award given annually by the Food Science Club. The recipient is selected by club officers and recognizes outstanding teaching, leadership, service, or extracurricular involvement.

Jareer Abu-Ali (Food Science, 2004) will receive the OSU William Oxley Thompson Award for superior career achievement by young alumni in September 2008. Three alumni are recognized each year. Jareer is currently the Research & Development Manager for Paramount Farms Inc.

The American Society for Microbiology Branch Lectureships Program annually selects an outstanding, scientifically diverse group of speakers who are available to participate in ASM meetings at the local and regional level. Dr. Hua Wang was selected as the lecturer for the 2008-2010 American Society for Microbiology Branch Lectureships (ASMBL, formerly Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Lectures) program.

Congratulations to Dr. V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor, for receiving the 2008 Research Award of Merit given by Gamma Sigma Delta, the honor society of agriculture and related sciences. Dr. Bala will be recognized at the Gamma Sigma Delta annual awards program on May 30 at 3 p.m. in the Ag Administration auditorium.

Taylor Wallace, PhD student in Food Science, will be awarded the 2008 IFT Campbell's Excellence in Leadership Award at the IFT Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony on June 28 in New Orleans. Congratulations, Taylor!

Several FST faculty and students have recently been elected to executive positions in IFT sections and divisions:

Ohio Valley Section
Taylor Wallace - Student Representative
Valente Alvarez - Member-at-Large
Monica Giusti - Member-at Large

Food Engineering Division
Bala Balasubramaniam - Member-at-Large
 

Congratulations to Debra Van Camp, Food Science senior, for placing second in the OSU Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Division for her poster titled "Food Transformation". She was advised by Y. Vodovotz and N. Hooker.
 

Hollis Ashman, Chief Strategist, Understanding and Insight Group from Powell, OH, has received the 2008 Meritorious Service to Students Award given by the College of Food Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for her valuable contributions to student programs. Ms. Ashman was nominated by the OSU Product Development Team and the Department of Food Science and Technology.

Dr. Jianrong Li, Assistant Professor, joins the Department of Food Science and Technology beginning May 1, 2008. Dr. Li was hired through the Targeted Investment in Excellence Public Health Preparedness Initiative and will work in the area of food safety, with a focus in virology. He has a joint appointment in FST (70%) and Environmental Health Sciences (30%) in the College of Public Health. Dr. Li comes to us from Boston where he worked as a researcher at the Harvard Medical School.
 

Michael Sharp, OARDC Fellowship
 

Food Science senior, Sandra Zurbrugg, competed in the 2008 CFAES Undergraduate Research Forum on April 23. She won third place in the Animal Science and Nutrition division for her project "Galactooligosaccharides as an alternative ingredient to improve nutritional profile of chocolate truffles." Dr. Yael Vodovotz served as her adviser. Congratulations, Sandra!

Ruth Lucius was awarded the 2008 John Litchfield Graduate Scholarship sponsored by the Ohio Valley IFT. Undergraduates, Tessa Bowman and Jenny Wu, received OVIFT 2008 Undergraduate Scholarships. The students received the awards during the Supplier's Night meeting in Cincinnati on April 17.

Dr. V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam was recently elected Secretary of the IFT Non-Thermal Processing Division. Dr. Jeff Culbertson was elected to the Chair-Elect position of the IFT Education Division.
 

Congratulations to the OSU Product Development Team! Their product (the
"FruitZicle") was selected as one of six finalists from 24 entries in this year's IFTSA Product Development Competition. The students will prepare a final proposal and participate in the competition at the IFT Annual Meeting in New Orleans in late June.

April 2008

The OSU College Bowl Team won the IFTSA Midwest Area College Bowl Competition held on April 5, 2008 in Columbus. Team members were Ramesh Yattella (captain), Anand Subramanian, Megan Hoffer and Ashley Weatherington. The OSU team competed against teams from Purdue University, University of Illinois, Michigan State University and University of Tennessee. The OSU team will move on to the national IFTSA College Bowl Competition to be held in New Orleans. Congratulations for a job well
done!
 

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