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Student
1999-2000 Officers:
Chair: Ravi Chibbar
Program Chair 2000: Amy Stockwell
Program Chair 2001: Jan Willem van der Kamp
Secretary/Treasurer: Francis Webster
Student Representative: Scott Bean
Award Committee Chair/Past Chair: Peter Shewry
Newsletter Co Editors: Anne Bridges
Members at Large:
Hanping Guan
Jon Lightner
Awards:
Bruce Wasserman Young Investigator Award: Dr. John Skerritt, CSIRO, Canberra
Student Travel Fund Awards:
Scott
Bean, Kansas State University
Supatcharee
Netrphan, Plant Biotechnol. Inst., Saskatoon
1999-2000 Officers:
Chair: Pam White
Chair-elect: Don Thompson
Program Chair: Mohamed Obanni
Secretary/Treasurer: David Mauro
Engineering & Processing Division
1999-2000 Officers:
Chair: Yujie Wang
Chair-elect: Barmack Rassi
Secretary-Treasurer: Vijay Singh
Awards:
Student Travel Awards:
Maria Cristina Dias Paes - Colorado State University
Jenny Wahjudi - University of Illinois
Other News:
2000 Symposium "Drying, Puffing & Toasting in Cereal Processing" received the most first choice votes by division members. We also discussed topics for 2001 and beyond, membership status, Division support of AACC Nominees for National Office and discussed the possibility of creating a new award.
Flavor & Food Ingredients Division
1999-2000 Officers:
Chair: Carolyn Smith
Advisory Chair: Franny Hildabrand
Treasurer: Bob Langan
Secretary: Liz Knight
Awards:
The Flavor & Food Ingredients Division honored travel grant recipients Rama Rengarajan of Kansas State University, Janet Genzer Adams of Texas A&M University, and Juntanee Uriyapongson of Oklahoma State University. All attended the division meeting and gave a brief overview of their research. Each had a paper in the poster session.
Other News:
The division voted to change their name from "Flavor & Additives Division" to "Flavor & Food Ingredients Division". The division voted to maintain their commitments of a $1000 per year contribution to the scholarship fund and the $200 per year contribution to the student travel fund. It was decided that if adequate funds were available at the time of the annual contribution that the division would contribute an additional $800 to the student travel fund. In addition, the division will offer reduced price students tickets to its function and business meeting at the AACC 2000.
1999-2000 Officers:
Chair: Theresa Cogswell
Past Chair: Brian Walker
Chair Elect: Virgil Smail
Secretary: Pat McClusky
Treasurer: Tim Aschbrenner
Advisory Board:
Wendy Erickson
John Fontana
Brad Seabourn
Karen Siffring,
Jim Beever
Steve Piland
Student Advisory Board:
Brooke Boice
Awards:
1999 - Myron Baustien Award - Dean Barry
2000 - Halverson Award - Bert D’Appolonia
1999 - 2000 Officers:
Chair: DeAnn Liska
Chair-elect: Talwinder Kahlon
Secretary/Treasurer: Neal Hammond
1999 - 2000 Officers:
Chair: Frances M. DuPont, USDA-ARS
Chair Elect: Finlay MacRitchie, Kansas State University, Grain Science
Secretary/Treasurer: John Skerritt, Australian Center for International Agricultural Research
Awards:
Symposium Travel Grants:
Domenico Lafiandra
Michel Lauriere
Colin Wrigley
John SkerrittStudent Travel Grants:
Mingsheng Peng, University of Saskatchewan
Hee-Young Koh, Washington State University
Other News:
The division is sponsoring a contest for students to design a logo for the Protein Division with a $100 cash prize for the winner.
The division is also sponsoring the annual best student paper award for a presentation in either the Protein Division Symposium or Protein Technical Sessions.
Officers for 1999-2000:
Chair: Rebecca Miller
Vice Chair: Susan Sun
Secretary/Treasurer: Jeff Byars
Members-at-Large:
Jozef Kokini
Peter Pesek
Awards:
Rheology Division Young Scientist Award: John Brent
Isydore Hlynka Best Student Paper Award: Nancy Edwards
Student Travel Awards:
Julia DesRochers, Kansas State University
Ling Lee, Michigan State University
Officers for 1999-2000:
Chair: Terry Siebenmorgen
Vice Chair: Rolfe Bryant
Secretary/Treasurer: Christine Bergman
Member-at-Large: Christine Negm
Newsletter Editor: Cheryl Earp
Awards:
Student Travel Awards:
Pathama Chatakanonda, University of Massachusetts
Ana Maria Ibanez Carranza, University of California, Davis
Other News:
The Rice Division sponsored a symposium "Innovations in Enhancing and Measuring Rice Quality". Details of this symposium were submitted at the AACC convention.
Officers for 1999-2000:
Chair: Mui Lin Cheong
Vice Chair: Frank Meinhold
Secretary: Yizhi Meng
Treasurer: Adrianna Heywood
Awards:
68 students from 15 American and 7 International Universities qualified for the Student Travel Awards. Presenters were each awarded $150, while attendees were each awarded $100. These awards were presented to the students by Dr. Okkyung Chung, Student Travel Grant Program Chair; along with Mr. Marvin Willyard, Treasurer of the AACC Manhattan Section.
Other News:
The business meeting was conducted by Brinda Govindarajan, Chair of the AACCSD 1998-1999. After opening statements, Dr. Fred Hegele, President of AACC, was introduced. He presented Ms. Govindarajan with a certificate on behalf of the Board, thanking her for her outstanding work for the division during the past year. Dr. Julie Jones, President-elect of AACC was also introduced. She encouraged the students to take the initiative to start networking and building good friendships in the process, especially at these annual meetings. Dr. Bill Atwell, Chair of the AACC Foundation was also present and he spoke on the scholarship distribution process.
Ms. Govindarajan presented her 1998-1999 synopsis and announced the official Mission Statement of the Student Division. Amendments to the by-laws were voted on and none were opposed to adopting the changes.
Certificates were given out to the 9 university representatives for the 1998-1999, for their help in the student division. Certificates of appreciation were also given to the 1998-1999 committee: Pamela Hunt (Vice Chair); Mui Lin Cheong (Secretary); and Pamela Lawson (Treasurer).
Ms. Govindarajan introduced Mui Lin Cheong, Chair of the Student Division 1999-2000. Also introduced was the incoming committee: Frank Meinhold, Yizhi Meng, and Adrianna Heywood.
On Monday night the student social was held at Ivar’s Acres of Clams Restaurant, a quaint restaurant with a scenic view of Seattle. The students were treated to a delicious meal of fresh seafood and good conversation.
The Student Division would especially like to thank Dr. Okkyung Chung for making the travel awards available to so many students. We would also like to thank the individuals and corporate sponsors who supported the travel awards, the silent auction, and the Division in its activities.
We would also like to encourage fellow students to step forward to assist the Student Division and create a strong network between AACC and their Universities.
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