Awards & Honors
Virginia Tech has established a legacy of innovation and excellence in its educational programs.
The Department of Food Science and Technology stands out as a testament to this tradition, combining cutting-edge research with comprehensive educational offerings, as recognized in international rankings and reflected by the success of our students. We aim to be a premiere educational institution across the spectrum of food science disciplines.
Awards by Year
- ASI and Show Me Food Safety Scholarship Award, Cyril Ayuk Etaka
- Celebrating Innovation Award, Joell Eifert and Brian Wiersema
- Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award, Herbert Bruce
- Center for Communicating Science Faculty Nutshell Games, Most Views on YouTube, Can Eating Blue Catfish Save the Chesapeake?, Katheryn Parraga-Estrada
- Center for Produce Safety Professional Development Program Award, Alyssa Rosenbaum
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Employee of the Year, Hengjian Wang
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Graduate Teaching Scholar Assistantship, Tuan Le
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Doctoral Student, Claire Murphy
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Senior, McKenna Helder
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Transfer Student, Sara Beth Davidson
- Graduate School Mentor of the Month, July, Joe Eifert
- Graduate Student Association Travel Fund Program Award, Alyssa Rosenbaum
- International Association for Food Protection, 2023 Student Travel Scholarship, Cyril Ayuk Etaka
- International Association for Food Protection Student Professional Development Group T-Shirt Competition Winner, Alyssa Rosenbaum
- Institute of Food Technologists Student Research Competition, Food Packaging Division, 3rd place, Zane Xu
- National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure Image Contest, Most Stunning, Surfing the Nano Seas, Yillin Li
- New Holland Young Research Award, Haibo Huang
- New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Yifan Cheng
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellowship, Bhaswati Chowdhury
- Phi Tau Sigma Founders' Scholarship, Xueqian Su
- Phi Tau Sigma Lifetime Member Tribute, Qing Jin
- Phi Tau Sigma Student Achievement Scholarship, Rebekah Miller
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Winter Conference Poster Competition, 1st Place, Cyril Ayuk Etaka, Tuan Le, Kim Waterman, Alexis Hamilton, Dan Weller, and Laura Strawn
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Professional Development Conference, Applied Research Poster Competition, 1st Place, Laura Strawn
- Virginia Tech CALS, Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Claire Murphy
- Virginia Tech Food Science and Technology, Outstanding First-Year Graduate Student, Alyssa Rosenbaum
- Virginia Tech Food Science and Technology, Extra Mile Award, Claire Murphy
- Institute of Food Technologists, 2024 Student Hackathon, Carbohydrate Division, 2nd Place, Bhaswati Chowdhury and Journey Yang
- Institute of Food Technologists, Feeding Tomorrow Fund Scholarship, Bhaswati Chowdhury
- Institute of Food Technologists, Ruth Patrcik Travel Grant, Bhaswati Chowdhury
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Professional Development Conference, Agent-Specialist Partnership Poster Competition, 2nd Place, Laura Strawn
Student Success Metrics
100%
Post-graduation Job Placement Rate
90%
Students who complete experiential learning opportunities
60%+
Students with a 3.0 GPA or above
FST Awards and Accomplishments
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Annual Poster Competition WinnersEach spring, the Department of Food Science and Technology hosts a poster competition to allow graduate and undergraduate students to showcase their research, fine tune their presentations for external competitions and win cash prizes.
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Annual FST Scholarship Awards RecipientsThe FST annual awards banquet — a departmental tradition that stretches back over 20 years — aims to recognize individual achievements, celebrate students who are on the cusp of graduating, and give everyone the chance to come together one last time before another generation of food science students is sent out into the world to do great things.
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