Recent grants, presentations and publications by faculty in the Schmid College of Science and Technology showcase the breadth of research activity across the college. A new training grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture secured by faculty Rosalee Hellberg, Anuradha Prakash and Lilian Senger will provide more than $250,000 to support developing future leaders in
New publications for faculty in the Schmid College of Science and Technology showcase the breadth and depth of research across the college’s physics, biology education research, environmental science and policy, and food science programs. Jeremy Hsu, an assistant professor of biological sciences, has published new research on “Investigating the Influence of Assessment Question Framing on
A shopper grabbing a bag of frozen shrimp may not think to question the label or weight before tossing it into stir fry or shrimp scampi. Yet, the weight and type of shrimp they buy may not be what the label says, according to a Chapman University professor.
Monica Shukla-Belmontes was born the day her father started teaching at Chapman College, grew up playing around campus and attended an on-site pre-school for children of faculty and staff.
On August 4th, 2021, Schmid College of Science and Technology hosted the first annual Summer Research Showcase to celebrate the undergraduate students who participated in summer research programs such as SURF, SURFEES, and Schmid College Summer Interns. This was the biggest summer research cohort Schmid College has ever had. The student participants presented their research
On November 17, 2020, Chapman held the Annual State of Research and Creative Activity. This year’s event was virtual and hosted by Vice President of Research, Dr. Thomas Piechota. You can watch the event here. The event highlighted Chapman faculty and student successes and those sponsors that have contributed to the support of research and
Every fall, the National Association of Flavors and Food Ingredient Systems (NAFFS) awards two of our outstanding Food Science students each a scholarship check for $1,500. Friend of the Food Science program and NAFFS member, Patrick Imburgia, facilitates this award. This year, the NAFFS scholarship was awarded to Kayla McCormack and Michelle Jin. Schmid College
After visiting a sports medicine doctor in high school, Rachel Isaacs ’18 (M.S. ’19) was inspired to pursue a career as a physician. Entering college at Chapman as a biological sciences major, Rachel wasn’t planning to participate in research as an undergraduate because she was worried about the additional time commitment with her already full
Not even a pandemic could stand in the way of the Masters of Food Science program as they virtually celebrated the accomplishments of the Class of 2020. The Awards Night Zoom event began with a welcome from Program Director, Anuradha Prakash to the gathering of 44 students, faculty, and alumni in attendance. Other VIPs joined
Founded by the University of Queensland, Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a student competition that challenges Masters and Ph.D. students to condense hours of research and pages of text into a three-minute talk that effectively explains their research in a way that engages a non-specialist audience. After the first competition in 2008, 3MT® has expanded