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 recipient is Dr. Sunil Mangalassary.

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 Dr. Melvin Pascall.

Food Packaging Development Competition

First Place Winner:

• Yidan Zhang, University of Connecticut

Second Place Winners:

• Saydul Md Safwa, University of Arkansas
• Sukanya Poddar, University of Arkansas
• Ruslan Mehadi Galib, University of Arkansas

Third Place Winner:

• Windy Yeh, Wageningen University

Division Oral Competition Finalists

• First: Jimin Kang, Korea Univeristy, College of Life Science and Biotechnology: A Nanoplatform of Dual-Modified Starch-Based Bilayer Oral Dispersible Film for Immune-Enhancing Quercetin-Zinc Complex Delivery
• Second: Zhijing Zhan, University of Maine: Food Packaging With Integrated Functions of Passive Daytime Radiation Cooling and Quality Maintenance
• Third: Sachchidanand Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India: Impact of Various Modification Techniques on Functional, Structural, and Rheological Characteristics of Elephant Foot Yam Starch for Application in pH-Based Intelligent Packaging