Graduate Students:
Nancy D. Asen
M.S. Student: Expected date of graduation Dec 2017
Project: Impact on Quinoa Variety in Processing of Food Products (Instant Porridge)
CV
Bon-Jae Gu
Current Ph.D. Student: Expected date of graduation: Dec 2018
Project: Thermo-mechanical treatment of wood fiber.
Ryan Kowalski
Current Ph.D. Student; Expected date of graduation: May 2017
Project: Extrusion processing of waxy and partial waxy wheats.
Maria Dian Pratiwi Masli
MS Student, Expected date of graduation: May 2017
Project: Value added processing of apple pomace.
CV
Siyuan Wang
Current Ph.D. Student; Expected date of graduation: May 2017
Project: Value added processing of fruit and vegetable pomace.
CV
Undergraduate Students:
Jake Blaylock
Senior, Food Science
Project: “Effects of fiber size on expansion process”
CV
Kristen Sparkman
Junior, Food Science
Internship
CV
Arianne Kreger
Senior, Food Science
Project: Inclusion of Pea Protein into Direct Expanded Extruded Products
CV
Graduated:
Nicole Aluwi
Graduated: May 2016
Master’s Thesis: Processing characteristics of Quinoa.
CV
Sravya Kallu
Graduated: August 2015
Project: Study on Surface Interactions of fiber and starch during extrusion processing.
CV
Chongjun Li
Master’s Thesis: Extrusion characteristics of different varieties of Peas.
CV
Graduated: May 2016.
Trent Millin
Graduated: July 2014.
Current Position: R&D and QA Specialist at “Valley Processing Inc.” in Sunnyside, WA.
Staff:
Cathy Blood
Events Coordinator
blood@wsu.edu
509.335.2845
Peter Gray
Research Technologist II
pmgray@wsu.edu
509.335.7608
Ilce ‘Gaby’ Medina-Meza
Adjunct Faculty
ilce.medinameza@wsu.edu
509-335-0386
Laboratory Alumni:
Nattapon Kaisangsri
Exchange Ph. D. Student from Thailand
CV
Bhim Thapa
Lab Technician
bhim.thapa@wsu.edu
Isuru Wijesekara
Post Doctorate
June 2014
CV