MME Awards for Jamal Yagoobi & Aswin Gnanaskandan
By Victoria Birk Hill June 4, 2024
We are pleased to share that CARD director, Jamal Yagoobi, and CARD faculty member, Aswin Gnanaskandan, received WPI’s Excellence in Research in Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) Award. Featured in these photos with Jamal and Aswin is Professor Robert Hyers, MME Department Head at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. This award is presented at the end of […]
Dr. Amir Malvandi Joins CARD Leadership Team
By Victoria Birk Hill May 31, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Amir Malvandi, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), joined the CARD Leadership Team as the UIUC Site Co-Director effective May 15, 2024. You can learn more about him here. Welcome to the team, Amir. We are all looking forward to working with you at CARD!
CARD May Meeting Highlights
By Victoria Birk Hill May 20, 2024
Last week, May 15 – 17, 2024, we held our Spring Industry Advisory Board Meeting (IAB) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. It was attended by 45 registrants that included members, guests, faculty, students, and administrative staff. Our students did a great job presenting project and poster results. Members had several opportunities to meet and […]
Honoring Dr. Irfan Ahmad
By Victoria Birk Hill May 9, 2024
CHAMPAIGN – Dr. Irfan Ahmad, long-time UIUC Professor, CARD Co-Director, community member, and healthcare advocate died unexpectedly of respiratory complications Wednesday night at age 66. Dr. Ahmad was an active member of the Central Illinois community. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, and two grandsons. Irfan came to the United States […]
Stanford Research Institute Joins CARD
By Victoria Birk Hill May 8, 2024
We are pleased to share that the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) is our newest member. SRI has been tackling challenges in climate and sustainability for decades. With the addition of the SRI Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), they are even better positioned to take on one of this century’s defining challenges. A new technology from […]
Jamal Yagoobi’s Innovative Drying Technologies are in the News
By Victoria Birk Hill February 16, 2024
George F. Fuller Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and director of the Center for Advanced Research in Drying, Jamal Yagoobi, and his work, are much in the news. His expertise in “heat” – the theoretical, numerical, and experimental study of heat transfer and mass transport enhancement – has helped keep electronic equipment from overheating […]
IPG Photonics Joins CARD as Newest Member
By Victoria Birk Hill December 11, 2023
We are pleased to share that IPG Photonics has joined CARD as our newest member. IPG Photonics is the leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers and amplifiers for diverse applications in numerous markets. Diverse lines of low, medium and high-power lasers and amplifiers are used in materials processing, communications, entertainment, medical, biotechnology, scientific […]
IDS 2024 – 1st Announcement & Call for Papers
By Victoria Birk Hill November 15, 2023
The 23rd International Drying Symposium (IDS 2024), which will be organized by the School of Food Science and Technology at Jiangnan University, will be held at the Worldhotel Grand Juna Hotel in Wuxi, China, November 22-25, 2024. IDS 2024 will continue the tradition of the IDS series, founded by Prof. Arun Mujumdar in 1978, as […]
Fall IAB Meeting at WPI is Great Success
By Victoria Birk Hill October 15, 2023
The CARD Fall Industry Advisory Board Meeting (IAB) was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on October 11 – 13, 2023. It was well attended with 70+ registrants that included members and guests from industry, faculty, students, and administrative staff. The students did a great job presenting project and poster results. Members had several opportunities to […]
Prof. Yagoobi Keynote Speaker at EuroDrying 2023
By Victoria Birk Hill July 6, 2023
Professor Jamal Yagoobi, the founding director of CARD, was invited to give the keynote presentation at the EuroDrying 2023 conference held in Łódź, Poland. The 8th European Drying Conference was held July 4 – 7, 2023. The title of Jamal’s presentation was “Decarbonizing Industrial Drying – The Role of Academic Institutions.” Congratulations, Dr. Yagoobi!