Research

Earlier this month, ASABE announced the winners for this year’s 2019 AE50 awards. Among them is the SAUNA Food Waste Nutrition Conversion System produced by Treasure8 of San Francisco. Sponsored by ASABE’s Resource Magazine, the AE50 awards are given to top innovative products sold in the previous year.

The Biological and Agricultural Engineering department at UC Davis welcomed guests from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UC San Diego during a two day workshop October 16th-17th made possible by funding from the Global Incentive Fund (GIF).  The joint workshop was an opportunity to learn more about the current trends in gasification, biofuels, and synthesis gas (syngas).

Professor David  Slaughter's brainchild Smart Farm is getting media attention -- most recently from the Davis  Enterprise. Read the feature article by Andy Fell on their website here.

Congratulations to CE Specialist Dr. Irwin Donis-Gonzalez and Adjunct Professor Dr. Kurt Kornbluth, who are both on the team that was awarded a $790,000 Seeding Solutions grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), a nonprofit established in the 2014 Farm Bill with bipartisan congressional support.  The team is tasked with revolutionizing the food processing industry -- they will test new technology to improve the drying methods used in food production.