The Engineering & Processing Division and award program were retired.
The Engineering and Processing Division was formed in 1990 for members who have an interest in Engineering and Processing.
Mission of the Engineering & Processing Division
- Represent Cereals & Grains Association members who have an interest in the application of engineering and processing principles in cereal science.
- Provide educational opportunities to enhance cereal science via engineering and processing principles.
- Provide avenues of communication between Cereals & Grains Association and engineering societies.
- Encourage closer cooperation and communication.
The Stanley Watson Award (no longer awarded)
Established in 2001, the Stanley Watson Award is named in honor of an early corn wet-milling pioneer who started his research at the USDA during the early 1940s. Watson made substantial contributions in the improvement of the wet-milling process. The award recognizes outstanding Cereals & Grains Association members who, through the application of engineering principles, have made significant contributions in the area of cereal/grain processing.
Past Awardees:
2001: Stanley Watson
2003: Do Sup Chung
2008: Rolando Flores
2010: James D. Wideman
2012: Syed Rizvi
2019: Charles Hurburgh
2021: Girish Ganjyal
Best Student Paper Award (no longer awarded)
The Engineering and Processing Division sponsors a Best Student Paper Competition during the Cereals & Grains Association Annual Meeting. Students should submit annual meeting abstracts by the April 15th deadline and mark the appropriate check-box (E&P Division student paper competition) to be considered.
Past Awardees:
2018: Sravanthi Budaraju, University of Minnesota,
Optimization of process variables for the microwave assisted extraction of phenolic compounds from barley malt rootlets - a low value by product from brewing industry
2017: Sangeeta Mukhopadhyay, University of Arkansas,
Experimental simulation of cross-flow rice drying: effect of tempering approaches on milling yields
2016: Laura Roman, University of Valladolid, Spain,
Multi-scale starch dissembling masks the effect of a highly branched structure on the digestion rate of extruded flour
2015:
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First place: Ana Steen, Purdue University,
New insights into processing conditions for formation of soft, food-based, nanoparticle delivery systems
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Second place: Ryan Kowalski, Washington State University,
Rheoligical stability of waxy wheat flour and its potential as a unique freeze-thaw stable ingredient
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Third place: Hisfazilah Saari, Lund University,
The influence of size, shape and hydrophobicity of starch for Pickering emulsion stabilization
2014: Sangeeta Mukhopadhyay, University of Arkansas,
Impact of Rapid Moisture Adsorption on Rice Milling Yields
2013: Pavan Harshit Manepalli, Kansas State University, Mathematical modeling of flow behavior and cell structure formation during extrusion
Past Division Chairs
- 1991-92 Steve Eckhoff
- 1992-93 Ken Hsu
- 1993-94 Jim Steele
- 1994-95 Curt Weller
- 1995-96 Stephen Binder
- 1996-97 Rolando Flores
- 1997-98 Gene Fox
- 1998-99 Kent Rausch
- 1999-2000 Yujie Wang
- 2000-01 Barmack Rassi
- 2001-02 Vijay Singh
- 2002-03 Stephen Delwiche
- 2003-04 Dean Creighton
- 2004-05 Wesley Twombly
- 2005-06 Tom Pearson
- 2006-07 Jorge Morales
- 2007-08 Girish Ganjyal
- 2008-09 Hulya Dogan
- 2009-10 Sajid Alavi
- 2010-11 Rohit Jalali
- 2011-12 Buddhi Lamsal
- 2012-13 Heather Maskus
- 2013-14 Sathya Kalambur
- 2014-2015 Supriya Varma
- 2015-2016 Dilek Uzunalioglu
- 2016-2017 Sandeep Bhatnagar
- 2017-2018 Elena De La Pena
- 2018-2019 Justin French
- 2019-2020 Trent Wanamaker
- 2020-2021 Goeran Walther
