Cornell University Biological and Environmental Engineering

• Vita

Recognitions and Activities

• Michael Tien ’72 Excellence in Teaching Award (2005), College of Engineering, Cornell University.
• Paper Award for the top papers of engineering merit (1988) from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
• Award of Excellence for the best Ph.D. dissertation (1986) from the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
• External Examiner, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1999.
• Panel member, USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program (2 years).
• Panel member, FDA funded project to the Institute of Food Technologists entitled, "How to Quantify the Destruction Kinetics of Alternative Processing Technologies," 1998.
• Invited presentations, noted under Publications.
• Five students received the Best Paper Award from the Food Engineering Division of the IFT (S. Geedipalli, 2004; J. Zhang, 2002; H. Zhang, 1998; H. Ni, 1996; M. Chamchong; 1996).

Activities

• Associate Editor, Transactions of the ASABE
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Food Properties

Institute of Food Technologists

Previous Chair of the Food Engineering Division; Panel Member in special projects; Symposia organizer and Session Chair

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Member of Various Committees; Session organizer and chair

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Session Organizer and chair

Institute of Biological Engineering

Member, Session organizer

USDA Regional Project NC 1023

Member, Chair in the past