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2020 FST Student Research Presentation Competition

2020 FST Research Competition

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2020 Poster Competition was transitioned online. Students recorded a research presentation video and then submitted it to judges online. Despite the last minute format change, the competition went on and many submissions were received! Below are the results of the 2020 FST Student Research Presentation Competition. 

2020 Awardees

1st Place 

  • Qing Jin - "Cascading Processing of Grape Pomace for the Production of Oil, Polyphenols, Lignin, Biofuels, and Biochar"

 

2nd Place 

  • Michael Hughes- "Investigating the Influence of Garlic Extracts on the Biosynthesis of the Gut Microbial Metabolite TMAO"

 

3rd Place

  • Cameron Bardsley - "Temporal Distribution and Characterization of Listeria Monocytogenes and Listeria Species in a Produce Packinghouse"

Winner

  • Inayat Batish - "Developing Novel Media for Cell Culture"

1st Place 

  • Kyle Adie - "Color Differences in Edamame Resulting from Genotype and Changing Harvest Conditions"

 

2nd Place 

  • Katy Lobeda - "Production of Antioxidant Peptides from Crab Processing Waste"

1st Place

  • Parker Hall, Benjamin Kouzel, Victoria Lee - "The Effect of Tea Type, Sugar Level, and Fermentation Temperature on Sensory Descriptive Analysis of Kombucha"

 

2nd Place

  • Connor Guarniere, Christin Croal, Jazz Colson - "What Sensory Attributes are Most Important to Consumers?"