Virginia Tech Food Science & Technology Department@VTFoodScience

The Department of Food Science and Technology at Virginia Tech

 Blacksburg, VA
fst.vt.edu
Joined September 2018
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Congratulations to Ann Sandbrook, our Food Chemistry Lab Manager, who was recently selected as the CALS Faculty Association Ut Prosim Excellence in Service Award recipient!
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FST professor Yifan Cheng and Ph.D. student Huida Duan were recently highlighted for their work exploring sustainable packaging solutions in collaboration with the department of Chemical Engineering! Read more here ⤵️ news.vt.edu/articles/2026/08…

New research rethinks plastic from the inside out

Changing the molecular architecture – rather than chemical ingredients – can create stronger, more flexible materials with potential for sustainable packaging.

news.vt.edu
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Congratulations to Journey Yang, who has been awarded a prestigious USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture AFRI Predoctoral Fellowship! This will support her research that is focused on transforming brewery byproducts into higher value food ingredients.
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Our Food Processing Lab students got their semester off to a sweet start by visiting Hershey!
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It's almost time for classes to start and everyone is making their way back to campus! We're so excited for this fall semester ☺️
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We had a great group of undergraduate and graduate students attend the IFT FIRST event who gave presentations! Check out the list of participants below ⤵️ Madhvi Singh Lihong Yang Molly Caron Valeria Araujo Taylor Peele Jackson Schatz Alexandra Cohen Mary Claire Mea
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Don't forget to apply to join our amazing team! Learn more and apply here ⤵️ jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/biosa…
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FST students Maiev McClain and Jackson Schatz are spending their summer as R&D interns for PepsiCo at their Sabra site, working with Foodie alumni Travis Nebel '10, Lindsey Ramsey '20, and Sarah Ellington '10!
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We're looking for a Biosafety Level II Facility Manager to join our team! Learn more and apply at the link below ⤵️ jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/biosa…
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Hey recent FST grads, check out this food safety job opportunity with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services! Learn more and apply at jobs.virginia.gov
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Stay food safe this holiday weekend by keeping these tips in mind for your 4th of July celebrations!
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Dr. Yifan Chen was recently recognized as one of the winners of the 3-A SSI HyGEN Excellence Award, which honors rising stars in the field of food safety and hygienic design research!
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Please join us in congratulating our amazing faculty members who received promotions earlier this week!
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Congratulations to our outstanding graduate students who received their degrees this week!
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We have an amazing group of undergraduate students who will be receiving their degree tonight. Congratulations to all of our graduates, we are so proud of you!
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Ahead of this week's graduation ceremony, we celebrated our outstanding students at our annual award ceremony! We presented numerous scholarships and awards to our undergraduate and graduate students, a full list of winners can be seen below. fst.vt.edu/about/awards-and-…
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Good luck to all of our Foodies starting their finals today!
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This spring our Graduate Seminar students spent time focusing on how to best communicate about science! They each worked on and presented speeches addressing common food science and safety misconceptions!
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Our Food, War, and Conflict course brings together students to analyze the implications that conflict has on the food industry. Students in this class recently explored a rationing simulator, learning how difficult it can be to ration food in times of conflict.
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We had an exceptional group of students who presented at the 2026 CALS Research Summit earlier this week! We had one undergraduate student place first in the poster section, while a group of graduate students swept the top awards in their poster presentation competition🏆
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