Mehrnoush Famil Dardashti Successfully Defends PhD
By Victoria Birk Hill December 16, 2024
We are pleased to share that CARD researcher and WPI student, Mehrnoush Famil Dardashti, successfully defended her PhD entitled, “Misting of Liquid and Dehydration of Moist Porous Media with Direct and Airborne Ultrasonic Wave – a Fundamental and Applied Study” on December 9th, 2024. Her research combines a fundamental understanding of ultrasonic atomization and integration […]
CARD Student Poster Winners – October 2024
By Victoria Birk Hill October 30, 2024
We are pleased to announce the following winners of CARD’s Fall 2024 poster competition that was held at CARD’s Industry Advisory Board meeting, October 9-11, 2024 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. Featured left to right are Hanshen Yu (honorable mention), Ocean Monjur (2nd place), Mana Masrouri (1st place), Yanyao Yu (3rd place). 1st Place: […]
CARD Researcher Completes Internship at Kerry Group
By Victoria Birk Hill October 8, 2024
Anurag Bhattacharjee, a 4th year PhD student at WPI, recently completed a summer internship with Kerry Group, a global leader in food and beverage solutions. The internship was made possible with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), which provided funding for the opportunity. During the internship (June 3rd to August 16th, 2024), Anurag […]
Ramin Nemati Earns 3rd Place at IFT FIRST
By Victoria Birk Hill July 23, 2024
We are delighted to share that CARD researcher, Ramin Nemati, a PhD student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, placed 3rd at IFT FIRST, the largest global food science and innovation expo. The event was held in Chicago, IL, July 13 – 16, 2024. He presented his work on “Non-Destructive Characterization of Wheat-Based Food Microstructure […]
Valerie Wang Successfully Defends Master Thesis
By Victoria Birk Hill July 17, 2024
We are delighted to share that Chenxin (Valerie) Wang, a master’s student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), advised by Dr. Yi-Cheng Wang, has successfully defended her master’s thesis titled “Potential Energy-Saving and Quality Benefits of Plasma Pretreatment: A Case Study of Blueberry Drying.” Her research focused on applying plasma to enhance blueberry […]
CARD Student Poster Winners – May 2024
By Victoria Birk Hill May 28, 2024
Featured left to right are Siyuan Chen (honorable mention), Ocean Monjur (3rd place), Itamar Harris (3rd place), Ramin Nemati (2nd place) and Mucheng Li (1st place). We are pleased to announce the following winners of CARD’s May 2024 poster competition that was held at CARD’s Industry Advisory Board meeting, May 15 – 17, 2024 at […]
Jacob Bouchard Successfully Defends PhD
By Victoria Birk Hill January 7, 2024
We are pleased to share that CARD researcher and WPI student, Jacob Bouchard, successfully defended his PhD entitled, “MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF WATER IN POROUS MEDIA USING MILLIMETER-WAVE AND TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY” on December 4th, 2023. His work primarily dealt with the development of a novel non-contact moisture sensor for the Smart Dryer test bed. His […]
CARD’s Itamar Harris Awarded Mondelez Internship
By Victoria Birk Hill November 6, 2023
Itamar Harris, a Ph.D. student of Professor Jamal Yagoobi at WPI and a Fulbright Fellow from Panama, was awarded an internship by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to work at Mondelez International from June 19 to September 29, 2023. Itamar Harris worked with the R&D team in East Hanover, NJ, under the supervision of Dr. […]
CARD Student Poster Winners – October 2023
By Victoria Birk Hill October 27, 2023
We are pleased to announce the following winners of CARD’s October 2023 poster competition that was held at CARD’s industry advisory board meeting, October 11 – 13, 2023. 1st Place: Itamar Harris, WPI – “Enhancement of Drying of Moist Porous Media with Phase Change Material” 2nd Place: Mucheng Li, WPI – “Optical Fiber Noses for […]
CARD Researchers Present at EuroDrying 2023
By Victoria Birk Hill July 13, 2023
CARD researcher and WPI student, Jacob Bouchard, along with his advisor, Dr. Douglas Petkie, were invited to present at the EuroDrying 2023 conference held in Łódź, Poland earlier this month. The title of their work was “Investigation of Effective Medium Theories in the Far Infrared for Pulp and Paper Applications.” CARD founding director, Dr. Jamal […]