• Jason Bergtold, agricultural economics; Marcellus Caldas, geography and geospatial sciences and Bala Natarajan, electrical and computer engineering, "Solar Power as a Mechanism to Strengthen Food Security, Rural Development, and Land Conservation."
• Ted Schroeder, agricultural economics, and David Renter, diagnostic medicine/pathobiology, "Kansas State University Leadership in Cattle Feeding Sustainability: Driving Economic Prosperity and GFS in the State of Kansas."
• Jessie Vipham, animal sciences and industry; Dustin Pendell, agricultural economics; and Rachel Mui, management, "Enhancing Business Strategies, Food Safety, and Economic Capacity of Small and Very-Small Meat Processors in Kansas."
• Yonghui Li, grain science and industry; Xiuzhi Sun, grain science and industry; and Weiqun Wang, nutrition dietetics and health, "The Discovery of Bioactive Antioxidants in Wheat Brans for Retarding Skin and Health aging."
• Manreet Bhullar, Food Science Institute; Ting Yang, applied and interdisciplinary studies; and Eleni Pliakoni, horticulture and natural resources, "Enhancing microbial safety of hydroponic systems with the use of ultraviolet irradiation."
• Shih-Kang Fan, mechanical and nuclear engineering; Jianfa Bai, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology; and Xiuzhi Sun, grain science and industry, "Hydrogel-based multiplex digital polymerase chain reaction on electromicrofluidics (hmdPCR-on-EMF) for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli detection."
• Ignacio Ciampitti, agronomy; Ajay Sharda, biological and agricultural engineering; and Vara Prasad, agronomy, "Experimental Prototype Farm of Tomorrow (EPFOT)."

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• Sajid Alavi, grain science and industry; Yonghui Li, grain science and industry; Martin Talavera, food, nutrition, dietetics and health: "Plant-based meat for sustainable food systems."
• Shih-Kang Fan, mechanical and nuclear engineering; Jianfa Bai, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology: "STEC POCT: Single-cell digital PCR detection of shiga toxin-producing E. coli with point-of-care digital microfluidics."
• Mithila Jugulam, agronomy; Asif Mohammad, Heartland Plant Innovations: "Development of herbicide-tolerant wheat: Valuable resource for improved weed Management in Kansas and beyond."
• Phillip Lancaster, clinical sciences; Chad Paulk, grain science and industry; Raghavendra Amachawadi, clinical sciences: "Enhancing the economic value and business viability of food waste to animal feed conversion."
• Victor Gomez Leon, animal sciences and industry; James Drouillard, animal sciences and industry: "Effect of diet supplementation with omega-3 on reproduction and milk production of lactating Holstein dairy cows."
• Eleni Pliakoni, horticulture and natural resources; Martin Talavera, food, nutrition, dietetics and health; Terry Griffin, agricultural economics: "Evaluating the effect of innovative food labeling technology on produce quality, safety and consumer acceptability."
• Prathap Parameswaran, civil engineering; Ganga Hettiarachchi, agronomy: "Leveraging the circular bioeconomy: Sustainable recovery and optimization of slow-release biofertilizers from livestock wastewater."
• Yong Cheng Shi, grain science and industry; Umut Yucel, animal sciences and industry: "Evaluating novel octenylsuccinic anhydride modified starches for emulsion and encapsulation application."
• Xiuzhi Sun, grain science and industry; Weiqun George Wang, food, nutrition, dietetics and health; John Jaeger, animal sciences and industry: "Affordable regenerative beef proteins from cattle blood waste for innovative food proteins."
• Dana Vanlandingham, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology; John Leslie, plant pathology; Stephen Higgs, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology: "Low-cost feed and low-level exposure to mycotoxins may have high-cost consequences."
• Yi Zheng, grain science and industry; Gordon Smith, grain science and industry; Yonghui Li, grain science and industry; Donghai Wang, biological and agricultural engineering: "Developing a distilled alcoholic beverage program utilizing grain sorghum associated with coproducts valorization."
• Morgan Zumbaugh, animal sciences and industry; Travis O’Quinn, animal sciences and industry: "Understanding skeletal muscle metabolism as a means to improve livestock production efficiency."

• Manreet Bhullar, horticulture and natural resources; Trevor Hefley, statistics; Terry Griffin, agricultural economics: "Application of Ultraviolet light technology to enhance the safety of agricultural water on Kansas fresh produce farms."
• Michael Chao, animal sciences and industry; Ruth Welti, biology: "Exploring the potential effect of anti-phospholipase A2 antibody to extend beef shelf-life in a beef liposome model system."
• Jonathan Dessi-Olive, architecture; Richard Todd, plant pathology; Vincent Amanor-Boadu, agricultural economics: "Sustainable Development for Rural Kansas through Fungi-based Building Materials."
• Roman Pogranichniy, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology; Chad Paulk, grain science and industry; Cassandra Jones, animal sciences and industry: "Development of an in vitro assay to assess the infectivity of viruses in animal feed."
• Kathryn Reif, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology; Qing Kang, statistics; John Jaeger, K-State Research and Extension Agricultural Research Center/animal science and industry; Emily Reppert, clinical sciences: "Evaluation of anaplasmosis on commercial beef bull breeding soundness."

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• Christer B. Aakeroy, chemistry; Ganga Hettiarachchi, agronomy: Exploring co-crystal technologies for efficient and sustainable nutrient management.
• Doina Caragea, computer science; Krishna Jagdish SV, agronomy: Performing novel high-throughput quantification of rice chalkiness using deep learning approaches.
• Edgar Chambers IV, food nutrition dietetics and health; Sarah Sexton-Bowser, agronomy, Center for Sorghum Improvement: Marketing sorghum for human food consumption.
• Ryan Hansen, chemical engineering; Tom Platt, biology: Site-specific screening and development of biofertilizer formulations for enhanced yield of corn.
• Jeongdae Im, civil engineering; Mike Brouk, animal science and industry: Eco-friendly forage management towards sustainable cattle industry.
• Sonny Lee, biology; Megan C. Niederwerder, diagnostic medicine/pathobiology: Identification of microbiome communities and core functional microbiota in healthy pigs across the stages of production.
• Raj Kumar Pal, mechanical and nuclear engineering; Kaliramesh Silveru, grain science and industry: A combined experimental and computational approach to prevent plastic contamination from gran handling equipment.
• Caterina Scoglio, electrical and computer engineering; David Amrine, Beef Cattle Institute; Don Gruenbacher, electrical and computer engineering: Increasing safety and trust in beef cattle production: a blockchain approach for sharing movement data.
• Vaishali Sharda, biological and agricultural engineering; Katherine Nelson, geography: Quantifying agricultural and social vulnerability to climate change in the Eastern Kansas River Basin to inform decision-making.
• Aleksey Sheshukov, biological and agricultural engineering; Lucas Haag, Northwest Research-Extension Center; Jonathan Aguilar, Southwest Research-Extension Center; Bill Golden, agricultural economics; Dan Devlin, Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment: Quantifying ET, water stress, and economic benefits for sustainable cotton production in Kansas.
• Valentina Trinetta, Food Science Institute, animal sciences and industry; Cassandra Jones, animal sciences and industry; Susan Rensing, gender, women and sexuality studies: The journey of salmonella enterica serotype 4, [5], 12:i:- in pork production chain: from feed to fork.

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• Umut Yucel, Animal Science; Timothy Durrett, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Valentina Trinetta, Food Science Institute/Animal Science & Industry: Sustainable and biodegradable food packaging applications using sorghum DDGS.
• Kaliramesh Siliveru, Grain Science & Industry; Suprem R. Das, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Randall Phebus, Food Science Institute: Rapid Detection and Mitigation Techniques to Prevent the Potential Risk of E. coli Contamination in the Wheat Supply Chain.
• Sarah Zukoff, Entomology; Vipan Kumar, Agronomy: Skills lost to the age of GMO’s, creating IPM Leaders to thrive in 21st century farming.
• Audrey Joslin, Geography; Jason Bergtold, Ag Economy; Marcellus Caldas, Geography: Agricultural Food Production and the Conservation Reserve Program in the Context of Wildfire: Assessing Rural Perceptions and Land Management in the U.S. Southern Plains.
• Prathap Parameswaran, Civil Engineering; Ganga Hettiarachchi, Soil and Environmental Chemistry: Closing the loop: Sustainable food production through integrated recovery of biofertilizers and water for reuse from animal waste operations.
• Sara Rosenkranz, Food, Nutrition, Dietetics & Health; Yong-Cheng Shi, Grain Science and Industry: Long-term consumption of Resistant Starch Type-4 (RS4): Implications for obesity and chronic disease.
• Donghai Wang, Biological & Agricultural Engineering; Weiqun Wang, Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health; Jason Griffin, Horticulture: Hemp: A New Crop for Nutritious Food in Kansas.
• Raghavendra Amachawadi, College of Veterinary Medicine; T.G. Nagaraja, Microbiology – Veterinary Medicine; Yonghui Li, Grain Science and Industry: Evaluation of antimicrobial activities of sorghum phenolic compounds against liver abscess-causing pathogens.
• Yonghui Li, Grain Science & Industry; Kadri Koppel, Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health: Screen and Identify Sustainable Plant-Protein Sources as Alternatives to Animal-Protein Foods.