News

2025

April 2025

  • Arda won second place in Industrial Oil Products Division poster competition. Congrats Arda!
  • Suman has been selected as a finalist to compete in the final round of Protein and Co-products division student poster competition. Congrats Suman!
  • Dr. Ali received 2025 Graduate and Professional Student Congress Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award. Congrats Dr. Ali!
  • Suman received 2025 Graduate-Professional Student Congress Excellence in Research Award. Congrats Suman!
  • Arda and Suman received National Scholar award, and Dr. Ali received Outstanding Mentor award from office of Nationally Competitive Awards. Congrats to all!
  • Suman won first place presenting her research in Academic Poster Competition held by Graduate Society of Women Engineers. Congrats Suman!
  • Arda received AOCS 2025 Industrial Oil Products Division Student Excellence Award. Congrats Arda!
  • Suman received AOCS Honored Student Award. Congrats Suman!
  • Suman won 1st place in Speedy Science Competition organized by UMN Phi Tau Sigma Chapter. Congrats Suman!
  • Suman received GPSC Tiffany Marcantonio Research Grant for the 2024–2025 academic year. Congrats Suman!

March 2025

  • Suman has been selected as a Top 5 finalists to compete for Speedy Science Competition. Congrats Suman!

February 2025

  • Arda won Student Achievement Scholarship from Phi Tau Sigma, The Honor Society of Food Science and Technology. Congrats Arda!

January 2025

  • Suman received James H. White Doctoral Fellowship. Congrats Suman!
  • Arda received FDSC Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Student. Congrats Arda!

2024

December 2024

  • Arda passed his candidacy exam. Congrats Arda!

October 2024

  • Suman has been selected in Top 20 students out of 50 for 2nd round of 3MT competition. Congrats Suman!

July 2024

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari received the Early Career Accomplishment Award from Phi Tau Sigma, the honor society of food science and technology. Congrats Dr. Ubeyitogullari!
  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari was recognized with the IFT Food Engineering Division Outstanding Volunteer Award at IFT FIRST in Chicago. Congrats Dr. Ubeyitogullari!
  • Nafisa successfully defended her thesis titled “Effect of a novel drying method based on supercritical carbon dioxide on the physicochemical properties of sorghum proteins”. Congratulations! Best wishes for great success ahead.
  • Gabriel and Suman received CoFE’24 Student Travel Award. Congrats to both!
  • Suman won second place in IFT Nutrition Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Suman!
  • Arda won second place in IFT Food Engineering Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Arda!
  • Arda received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Travel grant ($1000) to attend 2024 IFT FIRST annual event & expo. Congrats, Arda!
  • Suman received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Travel grant ($1000) to attend Conference of Food Engineering 2024. Congrats, Suman!

May 2024

  • Sorour, a post-doc from Iran started working in Food Engineering for Health Lab. Welcome Sorour!
  • Arda has been selected to compete in the finalist round of the IFT Food Engineering Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Arda!
  • Dr Ali Ubeyitogullari, Sumanjot Kaur, and Dr Jingyi Chen received Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award for their groundbreaking work in Sustainable Food Technology. Congratulations to all! Read their research, Formation of nanoporous aerogels from defatted rice bran via supercritical carbon dioxide drying, here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3FB00069A
  • Suman won third place in Terry Siebenmorgen Rice Research Poster Competition at 2024 Rice Processing Program Industry Alliance Meeting. Congrats Suman!
  • Que-Anh, a PhD student started working in Food Engineering for Health Lab. Welcome Que-Anh!
  • Suman has been selected to compete in the finalist round of the IFT Nutrition Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Suman!
  • Suman received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Travel grant ($1000) to attend 2024 IFT FIRST annual event & expo. Congrats, Suman!
  • Arda won first place and audience choice award in AOCS processing division poster competition. Congrats Arda!
  • Suman received Health & Nutrition Student Excellence Award at AOCS annual meeting. Congrats Suman!
  • Nafisa has been selected as a finalist to compete in the final round of Protein and Co-products division student poster competition. Congrats Nafisa!

April 2024

  • Suman received George Roy Hayes, Jr. Endowed Fellowship award. Congrats Suman!
  • Suman has been selected to compete in the semi-finalist round of the IFT Nutrition Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Suman!

February 2024

  • Nafisa received Master/Educational Specialist Student Travel Grant ($700). Congrats Nafisa!
  • Suman and Arda received Doctoral Student Presentation Travel Grant and International Travel Supplement ($3100). Congrats Suman and Arda!
  • Arda won the 2nd place in Phi Tau Sigma research competition. Congrats Arda!

January 2024

  • Buse Dogan, a visiting scholar from Turkey, started working in Food Engineering for Health Lab. Welcome Buse!

2023

December 2023

  • Suman, Arda, and Safoura has been selected as a finalist to compete in Phi Tau Sigma research competition. Congrats all!

November 2023

  • Safoura delivered a talk “An innovative 3D printing approach for encapsulating lutein into dual-layered starch-ethylcellulose/zein gels” in AIChE conference.
  • Arda received first place for innovative and impactful student research award in Agri-food innovation summit 2023. Congrats Arda!
  • Suman received innovative and impactful student research award in Agri-food innovation summit 2023. Congrats Suman!

July 2023

  • Suman successfully defended her thesis titled “Generating Health-Promoting Bioactive Compounds and Nanoporous Materials from Rice Processing Byproducts via Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Technology”. Congratulations! Best wishes for great success ahead.
  • Gabriel Laquete De Barros, a visiting scholar from University Federal de Pelotas, started working in Food Engineering for Health Lab. Welcome Gabriel!

June 2023

  • Matthias won the 2nd place in the IFT Carbohydrate Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats, Matthias!
  • Suman won the 1st place in the IFT Sustainable Food Systems Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats, Suman!

May 2023

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari delivered a talk titled “Enhancing the stability of lutein via an innovative encapsulation approach based on 3D food printing” at the 2023 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo.
  • Arda received the 2023 Jogue, Inc. Scholarship ($2,000) from the Society of Flavor Chemists (SFC), and the SFC covered his travel costs to present at the SFC conference. Congrats Arda!
  • Suman received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Travel grant. Congrats, Suman!
  • Arda received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Travel grant. Congrats, Arda!
  • Suman has been selected as a finalist to compete at the IFT Sustainable Food Systems Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Suman!

April 2023

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari featured by Division of Agriculture University of Arkansas. Research Uses Nanotechnology to Boost Dietary Value of 3D Printed Foods
  • Matthias has been selected as a finalist at the IFT Carbohydrate Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Matthias!
  • Arda has been selected as a finalist to compete at the IFT Product Development Division Graduate Student Oral Competition. Congrats Arda!
  • Arda received AOCS Honored Student Award. Congrats Arda!
  • Suman received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Travel grant. Congrats, Suman!
  • Arda won 1st place in the General Group AOCS student eposter and pitch competition. Congrats, Arda!
  • Suman won 1st place in the Protein and Co-Products Group AOCS student eposter and pitch competition. Congrats, Suman!
  • Arda presented his paper titles “Extraction of high-value lipids and phenolic compounds from sorghum bran via a sequential supercritical carbon dioxide approach” in 2023 GPSC Spring Research Colloquium.
  • Suman presented her paper titled “Extraction of phenolic compounds from rice husk via ethanol-water-modified supercritical carbon dioxide” in 2023 GPSC Spring Research Colloquium.

March 2023

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari featured in behind the discovery by Division of Agriculture University of Arkansas. Enhancing Food Systems
  • Arda has been selected as a finalist at the General Group AOCS student eposter and pitch competition. Congrats Arda!
  • Suman has been selected as a finalist at Protein and Co-Products Group AOCS student eposter and pitch competition. Congrats Suman!
  • Taylor Clary successfully defended her thesis titled “Upcycling Imperfect Broccoli and Carrot to Healthy Snacks using an Innovative 3D Food Printing Approach”. Congratulations! Best wishes for great success ahead.

February 2023

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari gave 9 sessions of chocolate making tour.

January 2023

  • Trang Nguyen joined the Lab as visiting scholar from the University of Applied Science, Weihenstephan – Triesdorf. Welcome, Trang!

2022

December 2022

  • Safoura Ahmadzadeh presented a poster titled “Developing starch-based delivery systems using an innovative based on 3D printing approach” at the FOODIE Conference 2022 in California.
  • Safoura received a foundation grant from FOODIE conference (Food Innovation $ Engineering Conference). Congrats Safoura!

November 2022

  • Angel Sagardui successfully defended her thesis titled “Synthesis and Characterization of Aerogels from Cellulose-Starch Mixtures for Advanced Packaging Applications”. Congratulations! Best wishes for great success ahead.

September 2022

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari delivered a talk titled “Fabrication of starch-based delivery systems using an innovative approach based on 3D food printing” at the Conference of Food Engineering (CoFE) 2022 in Raleigh, NC.
  • Sumanjot Kaur presented a poster titled “Generating health-promoting bioactive compounds and nanoporous materials from rice processing byproducts via supercritical carbon dioxide technology” at the Conference of Food Engineering (CoFE) 2022 in Raleigh, NC.

August 2022

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari delivered a talk titled “A Novel 3D Food Printing Approach to Generate Micronutrient Delivery Systems” at the NNCI Nano + Additive Manufacturing Summit in Louisville, KY.

July 2022

  • Arda Tuhanioglu won the 1st place in the IFT Sustainable Food Systems Division Oral Competition. Congrats, Arda!
  • Angel Sagardui has been awarded the Honors College Research Grant. Congrats, Angel!

June 2022

  • Dr. Ubeyitogullari attended Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH.
  • Taylor received the Bumpers College Undergraduate Research and Creative Project grant. Congrats, Taylor!
  • Valentine successfully defended her master’s thesis and graduated. Congrats, Valentine!

May 2022

  • Arda Tuhanioglu received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Tiffany Marcantonio Research grant. Congratulations, Arda!

April 2022

  • Sumanjot Kaur won the 2nd place in the poster competition held by the Institute of Food Technologists Ozark Section (OIFT) and Food Science Club. Congratulations, Sumanjot!
  • Taylor Clary won the 1st place in the poster competition held by the Institute of Food Technologists Ozark Section (OIFT) and Food Science Club. Congratulations, Taylor!
  • Taylor Clary has been awarded the Honors College Research Grant. Congrats, Taylor!

March 2022

  • Arda’s technical research abstract has been selected as a finalist to compete at the Graduate Student Oral Competition at IFT FIRST. Congrats, Arda!

February 2022

  • Sumanjot Kaur received the Graduate Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Tiffany Marcantonio Research grant. Congratulations, Sumanjot!

2021

December 2021

  • Safoura delivered a talk on ” “Generation of porous starch particles using 3D food printing technology” in FOODIE conference.

October 2021

  • Valentine Barbara J Rysenaer has successfully completed her research at the University of Arkansas. Congratulations! Best wishes for great success ahead.

August 2021

  • Arda Tuhanioglu has started his doctoral research with Food Engineering for Health Lab.
  • Sumanjot Kaur has started her master’s program with Food Engineering for Health Lab.
  • Valentine Barbara J Rysenaer, a visiting scholar from Ghent University, started working in Food Engineering for Health Lab.