Division Accomplishments/Recognition

• The Outstanding Volunteer award honors a current Division member who provided exemplary volunteer work to the Division in the current year. The 2024-2025 recipients are Karunanithy Chinnadurai and Vivek Samani.
• The Outstanding Service award honors current Division members who have demonstrated a history of service to the Division or field. The 2024-2025 recipient is Nitin Joshi.

Division Oral Competition Finalists

• First: Pragya Choudhary, Utah State University: Impact of Composition and Extent of Proteolysis on Rheological and Tribological Properties and Their Relationship With Machineability of Cheddar Cheese
• Second: Bishal Barman, Oregon State University: Assessment of Microbial Safety of Bovine Milk and Structural Alterations in Bovine Lactoferrin Powder Following Ultraviolet-C Irradiation
• Third: Tsung-Yueh Benjamin Peng, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: Structure-Properties Relationships of Whey Permeate Powders