Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, most undergraduate chemical engineering courses have transitioned online. Asynchronous online courses often leave students feeling overwhelmed and...
We describe a new class developed at U.C. Davis titled "The Design of Coffee," which serves as a nonmathematical introduction to chemical engineering as illustrated by the process of roasting and...
William Ristenpart is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and the founding director of the Coffee Center at the University of California Davis. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and did his postdoctoral research at Harvard University.
In 2012, Prof. Ristenpart co-developed ECH 1, “The Design of Coffee,” which is now the most popular elective general education course on campus. His research expertise is in complex transport phenomena, with current research topics including nanoparticle electrokinetics, airborne disease transmission, and extraction dynamics of coffee....Read more
Hiroshi Izui is General Manager at Biosolution Labs. of Research Institute for Bioscience Products & Fine Chemicals of AJINOMOTO CO., INC., which is one of the largest food company in Japan and also largest manufacturer of amino acids in the world.
He received his master’s degree of agriculture from Kyoto University in 1992, and joined AJINOMOTO CO., INC. as a researcher of microbiology. He worked for amino acid fermentation and developed novel glutamic acid fermentation strains and process as a team leader of the project. He...Read more
