Three food science students recently won awards in presentation contests at the recent American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting in Houston.

Faith Ouma Achieng, Abas Adekoyejo Oduola and Surabhi Wason, all graduate students in U of A’s Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, placed in various categories.

Achieng, a master’s degree student in food science, won the Outstanding Presenter award for an oral presentation on “Effect of High-Power Short-Time Microwave Heating on Inactivation of Microbes on Rough Rice.”