Ali Ubeyitogullari, assistant professor of food engineering, was part of a group attending the Institute of Food Technologists FIRST Event and Expo in Chicago in July, and two of his graduate students placed second in presentation contests.

Food science doctoral students Arda Tuhanioglu and Sumanjot Kaur each placed second in IFT oral competition categories while Ubeyitogullari received the IFT Food Engineering Division Outstanding Volunteer Award.

Tuhanioglu was second in the Food Engineering Division with "Selective extraction of waxes from bioethanol production side-stream via supercritical carbon dioxide: Thermal characterization and modeling;" and Kaur was second in the Nutrition Division with "In vitro digestion of protein aerogels generated from defatted rice bran protein via supercritical carbon dioxide technology" presentations.

Thuy Trang Nguyen, who was a visiting M.S. student in Ubeyitogullari's Food Engineering for Health Lab, presented "Effects of 3D food printing parameters on the printability of rice protein-based formulations."

In addition, Safoura Ahmadzadeh, a post-doctoral fellow, presented "Coaxial 3D printing for encapsulating lutein into starch-zein gels: Improving stability and bioaccessibility."

Ubeyitogullari presented "A Novel 3D Food Printing Approach to Encapsulate Bioactive Compounds."

Ubeyitogullari is a member of the faculty in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science's Department of Food Science. He's also a researcher and scientist with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the U of A System Division of Agriculture.

IFT is an international, non-profit scientific society of professionals engaged in food science, food technology and related areas in academia, government and industry, with a membership of more than 15,000.  

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