Student Competition Winners & Finalists, 1999

Winners of the following student competitions were announced during the IFT Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill., in July. Descriptions of the competitions are available through the IFT e-XPRESS fax-back service (phone 800-234-0270).

Undergraduate Research Paper Competition
Sponsored by the IFT Student Association, Phi Tau Sigma Honorary Society, and Taco Bell. 1st place, Shonodeep Modak, Mississippi State U.; 2nd place, Susan Key, U. of Tennessee; 3rd place, Rebecca Montville, Rutgers U. Shown from left are Key, Montville, Jessica Gurry (runnerup from Louisiana State U.), Hannah Osborn (runnerup from U. of Maine), and Colleen M. Kubitz of U. of Wisconsin-Madison (competition chair)

Graduate Research Paper Competition
Sponsored by the IFT Student Association, Phi Tau Sigma, and Procter & Gamble Co. 1st Place, Vineet Singh Gill, Kansas State U.; 2nd Place, Cynthia Dawn Zook, U. of Minnesota; 3rd Place, Indrani Sengupta-Deo, Rutgers U. Shown from left are Gill, Zook, Sengupta-Deo, Lawrence Tong (runnerup from U. of Massachusetts), Preyatudsaney Pachaiyo (runnerup from U. of Massachusetts), Jian Yang (runnerup from Washington State U.), and Jeannette Quinn of Rutgers U. (competition chair)

Biotechnology Division Oral Competition
1st Place, Young-Jun Choi, McGill U.; 2nd Place, Pervin Basaran, Cornell U.; 3rd Place, P.M. Irwin, Iowa State U. Shown from left are Choi, Basaran, and Jennylynd James of Boskovich Farms (competition chair)

Biotechnology Division Poster Competition
1st Place, Zuoxing Zheng, U. of Massachusetts; 2nd Place, Y. Mao, Purdue U.; 3rd Place, Rocharakl Raksakulthai, U. of California–Davis. Shown from left are Zheng, Raksakulthai, and Jennylynd James of Boskovich Farms (competition chair)

Carbohydrate Division Competition
1st Place, Yong-Ro Kim, Purdue U.; 2nd Place, Y.Y. Li, Chinese U. of Hong Kong. Shown from left are Kim and Don Thompson of Pennsylvania State U. (competition chair)

Manfred Kroger Dairy Foods Division Competition
1st Place, Bongkosh Vardhanabhuti, North Carolina State U.; 2nd Place, Maurice E. Pitesky, Cal Poly State U.; 3rd Place, Brian W. Barnes, U. of Georgia. Shown from left are Barnes, Arzu Cagri (runnerup from Michigan State U.), Stacy Kimmel of McCormick & Co. (competition chair), and Manfred Kroger of Pennsylvania State U. (Division representative)

Food Chemistry Division Competition
1st Place, Praphan Pinisirodon, U. of Wisconsin- Madison; 2nd Place, Thomas Niedoborski, U. of Illinois; 3rd Place, Lawrence Tong, U. of Massachusetts. Shown from left are Pinisirodom, Niedoborski, Tong, and Shridar Sathe of Florida State U. (competition chair)

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Food Engineering Division
Winners, Mithukaumar Dhanasekharan, Rutgers U., and Ciara Garbolino, Pennsylvania State U. Shown from left are Dhanasekharan, Garbolino, Gustavo Barbosa-Cánovas of Washington State U. (competition chair), and Kumar Mallikarjunan of Virginia Tech (jury committee member)

Food Laws & Regulations Division Competition
Winner, Diane C. Cabelof, Wayne State U.

Z. John Ordal Food Microbiology Division Oral Paper Competition
1st Place, Cecilia A. Golnazarian, U. of Vermont; 2nd Place, Todd M. Silk, U. of Vermont; 3rd Place, Alicia Orta-Ramirez, Michigan State U. Shown from left are Golnazarian, Silk, Orta-Ramirez, and Donald Kautter Jr. of the Food and Drug Administration (competition chair)

John C. Ayres Food Microbiology Division Poster Competition
1st Place, Marlene E. Janes, U. of Arkansas; 2nd Place, L. Lotte Dock, Purdue U.; 3rd Place, N. Chikthimmah, Pennsylvania State U. Shown from left are James, Dock, and Donald Kautter Jr. of FDA (competition chair)

Fruit & Vegetable Products Division Poster Competition
1st Place, Jose Candace Jackson, Michigan State U.; 2nd Place, Rosa Arias, Rutgers; 3rd Place, Rosa Buesher, U. of Arkansas. Shown from left are Jackson, Arias, and Al Bushway of U. of Maine (competition chair)

Muscle Foods Division Competition
1st Place, Vineet Singh Gill, Kansas State U.; 2nd Place, Juan C. Ramirez-Suarez, U. of Kentucky; 3rd Place, Shenglan Zhang, U. of California-Davis. Shown from left are Gill, Ramirez-Suarez, Zhang, Sarah Smith of Michigan State U. (competition chair), and Fred Bender of Rhodia (sponsor representative)

Nutrition Division Competition
1st Place, Martha Verghese, Alabama A&M U.; 2nd Place, Hyung-Sook Kim, Seoul National U., Korea; 3rd Place, David Cai, Purdue U.

Product Development Division Poster Competition
1st place, Margarita M.C. Vieira, U. Catolica Portuguesa; 2nd place, Anu Srireddy, Oklahoma State U.; 3rd place, F. Mancini, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Shown from left are Vieira, and Michele Perchonok of Riviana Foods (Division chair)

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Seafood Technology Division
1st Place, Diego A. Luzuriaga, U. of Florida; 2nd Place, Margaret A. Schwertner, U. of Washington; 3rd Place, Mark P. Richards, U. of Massachusetts. Shown from left are Schwertner, Richards, and Eileen Le-Blanc of Prince Edward Island Food Technology Center (competition chair)

Rose Marie Pangborn Sensory Evaluation Division Competition
1st Place, Ann-Marie Allison, Kansas State U.; 2nd Place, Shue Wang, Oregon State U.; 3rd Place, Christina Edwards Van Muijen, Oregon State U. Shown from left are Allison and Michelle Claassen of Peryam & Kroll (competition chair)

Toxicology & Safety Evaluation Division Competition
1st Place, Lingyun Chen, U. of Georgia; 2nd Place, Ipek Goktepe, Louisiana State U. Shown from left are Chen, Goktepe, and Julie Nordlee of U. of Nebraska (Division chair)

George F. Stewart International Division Research Paper Competition
1st Place, Aaron F. Gonzalez-Cordova, Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarollo, Mexico; 2nd Place, Eun Sun Hwang, Michigan State U.

Chapter-of-the-Year Competition
Sponsored by the IFT Student Association and General Mills, Inc. 1st Place, North Carolina State U.; 2nd Place, Rutgers U.; 3rd Place, U. of Wisconsin-Madison. Shown is Erica Balmer, president of the NCSU Food Science Club, receiving the Chapter of the Year award from IFT President Bruce Stillings

College Bowl Competition
Sponsored by the IFT Student Association and General Mills, Inc. 1st Place, Rutgers U.; 2nd Place, U. of Minnesota. Shown from left are Rutgers team members Jeannette Quinn (alternate), Natalie Pitchford, Jennifer Mei, Reema Puri, and Connie Shih; not shown is alternate Kristine Simon

Product Development Competition
Sponsored by the IFT Student Association and M&M/Mars, Inc. 1st Place, Purdue U., for Soy-Pro high-protein breakfast cereal; 2nd Place, Cornell U., for Sweet Spots frozen dessert; 3rd Place, U. of Minnesota, for Sunrise Sippin’ Duos frozen breakfast food. Shown from left are Purdue team members Atina Biehle, Jonathon Gray, Laura Zimmer (captain), and Nicholas Rozzi; not shown are team members Avery Solco and Aaron Davis

by NEIL H. MERMELSTEIN
Senior Editor