- We are pleased to announce the 2024 OSU FST Hall of Distinction:
Mr. David Klamfoth, industry leader with Carnation Company and Nestle
Dr. Phillip Minerich, industry leader with Hormel Foods
Mr. Donald Mount, industry leader with Wyandot Snacks
These 2024 recipients were recognized during a celebration event held on campus October 18th. Click here for more information about the inductees and a photo album of the event. - Congratulations to Dr. Chris Simons on receiving the 2024 Peryam Award during the Society of Sensory Professional conference. The award recognizes the outstanding contributions of professionals in the applied sensory science field.
- Congratulations to Food Science and Technology alum Dr. Abigail Snyder ’12 BS, who was named a recipient of the Young Professional Achievement Award as part of the CFAES Alumni Awards. She currently serves as Associate Professor of Food Science at Cornell University. Dr. Snyder was recognized at the recent CFAES Alumni Awards event during OSU Homecoming weekend.
- Food Business Management student Nikolas Harris and his brother Ian placed 1st at the BOSS (best of student startups) Space Ventures competition at the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship. They received a $10,000 prize which will be used as seed money to launch their startup. The brothers founded Spaero Systems and invented a solution named SWAN that can prevent mold growth and disinfect surfaces in a spacecraft.
- This semester we celebrated our department’s 2024-2025 scholarship recipients at a dinner with students, families, and guests. Department Chair Dr. Martha Belury welcomed everyone while representatives from department clubs and organizations shared information about their groups and how to get involved. This year, our department awarded just under $200,000 in academic scholarships to undergraduate students in the department. Click here for a photo album of the event.
- Dr. Monica Giusti presented ‘Novel Development on the Potential Application of Pyranoanthocyanin as Colorants’ at the World Congress on Polyphenols Applications that took place in Milan, Italy.
- Dr. Ahmed Yousef spoke with Food & Wine about food safety and heat-resistant bacteria in microwaves.
- Dr. Jiyoung Lee presented “Cyanotoxin inhalation can trigger immune responses in lung and gut microbiome dysbiosis via lung-gut axis” at the International Human Microbiome Consortium Congress. Recent MS grad Minseung Kim presented “The Influence of the Environment on Human Breastmilk and Infant Gut Microbiome Composition.”
- Sharing the Flavor podcast recently hosted Dr. Chris Simons and they explored the importance of environment and the role it plays in sensory. You can listen to the podcast here: Sensory Science with Dr. Chris Simons.
- The Ohio Valley Institute of Food Technologists (OVIFT) held a poster competition for students during their Autumn OVIFT Expo event. Congratulations to the following students who placed: Ariel Kuo (1st), Irene Wang and Aaron Wiedemer (tie for 2nd) and Rinky Ghosh (honorable mention).
- Congratulations to Amanda Adams, who has received the JT ‘Stubby’ Parker Endowed Chair in Dairy Foods Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Sponsored by the American Dairy Association Mideast, the purpose of this one-year (three semester) internship is to provide an opportunity to an outstanding undergraduate student who has expressed interest and professional potential in the dairy industry. Amanda is a junior and participates in our FoodSURE undergraduate research program. She is advised by Dr. Rafael Jimenez-Flores and mentored by MS student Celeste Miller.
- Several faculty and students attended the Society of Food Engineering’s Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. FST graduate students who presented their research included Chih-Chun (Ariel) Kuo, Kartik Verma, Liz Astorga-Oquendo, Shruthy Seshadrinathan, Veeramani Karuppuchamy, and Research Associate Sai Guduru. Ana Maria Velasquez Giraldo placed first in the poster competition and is a Food Engineering PhD student advised by Dr. Osvaldo Campanella. Dr. Bala Balasubramaniam served as the co-chair for the “High Pressure Processing” session and Dr. Osvaldo Campanella was the session co-chair for “Food Materials Science” and gave an oral presentation. In addition, Veeramani Karuppuchamy was awarded a Seligman Travel Bursary which he used to attend the conference.
- Several publications have recently been published that involve our faculty and their labs:
“Lipidomics unveils changes in oxidised lipids in human breast milk by high-pressure processing” (Bala Balasubramaniam, Sai Guduru)
“Infrared Thermal Image Processing Technique for Evaluating Superheated Steam as a Dry Sanitation Method” (Bala Balasubramaniam)
“Beneficial effects of linoleic acid on cardiometabolic health: an update” (Martha Belury)
“The One Health Threat of Treated Wastewater Discharge in Urban Ohio Rivers: Implications for Surface Water and Fish Gut Microbiome and Resistome” (Jiyoung Lee)
“The role of TRPA1 and TRPV1 in the perception of astringency” (Chris Simons) - On September 24 – 27, the Food Industries Center’s offered the Better Process Control School, with lectures from Dr. Valente Alvarez, Dr. Sheryl Barringer, Dr. Osvaldo Campanella, Matt Papic, Steven Simmons, and expert industry collaborators. Daily lectures were offered in microbiology, acidified and low-acid foods, container closures and handling, thermal processing, and recordkeeping. This course satisfies the training requirements specified in both the FDA and USDA regulations designed to prevent public health hazards in low-acid and acidified low-acid canned foods.
- On October 17 – 18, the Food Industries Center offered a customized, onsite Better Process Control School for Bobbie (Heath, OH). Dr. Valente Alvarez, Steven Simmons, and industry experts trained employees in thermal processing of aseptic foods.
- The Food Industries Center held the Cleaning and Sanitation Basics + Advanced CIP Workshop on October 22 – 24, which included multiple hands-on sessions to increase technical knowledge through applied training. Instructors from the department included Dr. Valente Alvarez, Dr. V.M. Balasubramaniam, Dr. Ahmed Yousef, Steven Simmons, Gary Wenneker and Shruthy Seshadrinathan, in addition to expert speakers from industry and academia.
- The department's 2024 Autumn Seminar Series schedule can be found here. The seminars take place from 4:00 -5:00 pm in the Parker Food Science and Technology Building room 118 each week and are open to the public.
Upcoming Events
November 6 FST Department Seminar - Student Presentations
Mehr Un Nisa, Irene Wang
4-5 pm Parker Food Science Room 118
November 13 FST Department Seminar
Susana Teixeira, PhD
Research Associate Professor, University of Delaware and Guest Researcher at the NIST Center for Neutron Research
4-5 pm Parker Food Science Room 118
November 20 FST Department Seminar – Writing Effective Research Manuscripts
Faculty Panel – Dr.’s Bala Balasubramaniam, Martha Belury. Osvaldo Campanella, Rafael Jimenez-Flores, and Ahmed Yousef
4-5 pm Parker Food Science Room 118
December 4 FST Department Seminar – Student Presentation
Joel Borcherding
4-5 pm Parker Food Science Room 118
March 4-7, 2025 Food Industries Center Training Course
Better Process Control School (Hybrid)
https://go.osu.edu/bpcs
