The Processing Division Student Excellence Award recognizes graduate students presenting an outstanding oral or poster presentation within the Processing technical program at the AOCS Annual Meeting.
What does the recipient receive?
- Certificate
- Complimentary AOCS Annual Meeting Registration
- Up to US $500 travel allowance
- Complimentary Processing Division meal ticket
- Opportunity to present an award lecture at the AOCS Annual Meeting
Who is eligible?
Graduate students presenting within the Processing Division technical program at the AOCS Annual Meeting who have never received the Processing Division Student Award
How do I nominate someone?
Login to the Awards Portal to submit the following application materials.
- Complete application questions using the Awards Portal
- Letter of support from the student’s academic advisor
- At least one other letter of support from anyone familiar with the student’s academic endeavors
- University transcripts
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae
- Abstract submitted for the current year’s AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo
Most Recent Recipient
Yue Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Ozan Ciftci’s lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the department of food science and technology. Her research focuses on the upcycling and value-addition food processing through extraction, transesterification, and separation in supercritical carbon dioxide. She aims to enhance the utilization of bioactive compounds from agricultural byproducts and advance the development of sustainable, green biorefineries. Yue is an active student member of the AOCS, IFT, and Phi Tau Sigma, actively participates in leadership and voluntary activities.