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FST Students Win Research Competition

Erika Bible and Allison Ricks, both seniors in Food Science and Technology, won top honors among College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) entrants in the annual UT Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement competition held on April 1st and 2nd. Each spring the University hosts an exhibition and competition for original research and creative works by its undergraduate students. Exhibits are entered in different divisions (based upon College), each of which is judged by faculty members and by professionals from the surrounding community.

Erika's research project was entitled "Comparison of methods for recovery of Salmonella from cantaloupe rinds;" her research advisor was Dr. David Golden.

Allison's project "Formulation and development of a granola-based stick for use in frozen dairy novelties" was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Marjorie Penfield.

Mark Jarrard was FST's third entrant. His project, directed by Drs. Bill Morris and Jochen Weiss, was entitled "Development of a quartz crystal microbalance system (QCM) for detection and quantification of real-time volatile compound production in the headspace of wine glasses."

FST was well-represented in the competition by
these three students. CASNR had a total of 11 entrants from various departments.