Dr. Yang attended the 2025 IAFP Annual Meeting and presented the team's recent work on low-moisture food safety, titled:"Influence of Ascorbic Acid on the Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella spp. and Enterococcus faecium under High-Temperature, Low-Humidity Environment".

The abastract was selected for the finalist of student competition but notification email was not received and the student, Rajesh, did not attend the meeting. Sigh~

Dr. Yang was invited to visit the manufacturing facility of NPIC (Pet treat) to dicuss about potential collaborations to strengthen Food Safety and Quality control. It’s inspiring to see a rapidly growing pet treat manufacturer place Food Safety at the heart of its operations. 

Dr. Yang and ZDC Tech propose to create a novel high-temperature humidity sensor for food industrial applications in a harsh environment at high temperatures up to 300 °C. The overall goal of this project is to create a durable solid-state humidity sensor and calibration methods for the food industry for high-temperature food processing control and monitoring.

Dr. Yang's Group Attended the COFE' 24 conference in Seattle, WA

The following presentations were given in this conference:

•     Yang, R. & Tang J. (2024). Developing thermal control of Salmonella in food drying and roasting processes using predictive models. Conference of Food Engineering (CoFE) 2024 (Invited Session Presentation).

•    Dangal, R., Boyapati, T., Muthukumarappan, K., and Yang, R. (2024). Measuring the thermal death kinetics of Salmonella Enteritidis and Enterococcus faecium in finish drying conditions at constant temperatures and humidities. Conference of Food Engineering (CoFE) 2024.

•    Boyapati, T., Dangal, R., Muthukumarappan, K., and Yang, R. (2024). Evaluating the Thermal and Nonthermal Effects of Cold Plasma Activated Water in Inactivation of Salmonella Spp. and Enterococcus faecium. Conference of Food Engineering (CoFE) 2024.