Faculty Awards and News

Dr. Jim Gratzek would like to annouce the opening of the opening of the first Tetra Recart® trial facility in North America in collaboration with TetraPak, a pioneer and world-leading food processing and packaging solutions company. The collaboration aims to offer commercial testing for food companies using the Tetra Recart® packaging system. Development and production of food products will be supported with a robust network of experts using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Further, FoodPIC assists in creating strategic alliances with external engineering, marketing and technology groups to bring an idea to life from concept to research, formulation, prototyping and market launch.

 

Dr. Rakesh Singh has been awarded the 2024 IFT Distinguished Career Award in honor of Dr. Carl R. Fellers. The Distinguished Career Award honors an individual who has brought distinguished recognition to the science of food community through a career of exemplary contributions to academia, industry, government or other, through innovation in education, research, leadership and/or service to the profession. Professor Singh will receive this award during the 2024 IFT annual meeting in Chicago on July 14, 2024.

 

Dr. William Kerr and Dr. Fanbin Kong have been named Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Faculty members for the 2023-2024 academic year by UGA FST students.

 

After 38 years of dedication to the Department of Food Science and Technology, Dr. Yen-Con Hung retired in March. UGA FST is grateful for his service and wishes him the best in his retirement.