The College of Engineering Awards Ceremony was held on April 24 and our graduate students were representing us well!

l to r: Jinsha Li, Soo Ha, Department Head Bernie Engel, Gabe Wilfong, Samaneh Saadat

Samaneh Saadat received the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Scholarship

Jinsha Li received the 2018 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award

Soo Jung  Ha and Gabe Wilfong each received the College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Magoon Award

Other grad student awards:

Malithi Wickramathilaka was nominated by the College of Agriculture for the Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award

Stuart Smith received the Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award

ABE Outstanding Master's Student is Marisol Pantoja Otero

ABE Outstanding PhD Student is Sushant Mehan

Billsland Dissertation Fellowships - Naagarajan Narayanan, Emma Brace, and Sanoar Rahman

Incoming Student Fellowships: Danielle Winter, Doctoral Fellowship; Nate Brown and Tae Sup Lee, Ross Fellowships; and Jennifer Stevens, Andrews Fellowship

ABE GSA Board 2017-18 smoothly finished their term on April 11, 2018, and new officers were elected during the election that evening. The former board was successful in bringing many new activities to bridge the gap between undergraduates, graduate,s and visiting scholars. The seminar on reducing the indifferences in research groups, cookouts, movie night, and presentations from deans and senior administration are just a few of the events held in the ABE Building. The new board is in full swing and filled with enthusiasm to serve the graduate community in ABE. The old and new roster can be seen below (outgoing officers in parenthesis):

President - Sarah Daly (Sushant Mehan)
Vice President - Diana Ramirez (Lawrence Sekaluvu)
Secretary - Grace Baldwin (Logan Readnour)
Treasurer - Isis Chagas (Mohamed Aboelnour)
PGSG Senator - Valeria Mijares (Ahmed Hashem)
Professional Development Chairs - Alyssa Christoffer, Jeff Fiechter (Sarah Daly, Josept Revuelta)
Social Chairs - Jonathan Mills, Aaron Etienne (Johann Vera, Marisol, Mayo)
Recruitment Chairs - Gabe Wilfong, Jonathan Overton (Gabe Wilfong, Amanda Locker)

SPRING FEST A SUCCESS : BALLOON ACTIVITY HIT A HOME RUN

April 14, 2018: ABE Graduate Student Association 2017-18 planned the Spring Fest activities to showcase various activities for the people in the community. The activities included the robotic arm, popcorn, a coloring activity, and balloon activity (which was the favorite).The long queue lasted all day and there was still a line at closing time.  Jonathan Mills with his creativity stole the show when he artistically drew sketches on balloons. Wishing you all a happy Spring.

Gabriella Mendes Candido de Oliveira, Gnana Prasuna Denam, and Margaret L. Hegwood wrote the Program of the Month article for the IFT Food Engineering Division newsletter published on April 27. Thank you for portraying us so positively!