{"id":2,"date":"2023-10-27T22:46:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:16:00","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--style-boxed \">\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__background\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg 2240w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg 1344w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg 1792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3355\/2023\/10\/yJwr1zog-1-scaled.jpeg 173w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2240px) 100vw, 2240px\"\n\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 77% 54%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__overlay\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__inner-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__title\">Food and Biomaterials Engineering<\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">Dr. Kang Huang&#8217;s Research Group<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Labs Network Sites.\" href=\"https:\/\/wsuwp.labs.wsu.edu\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Labs Network Sites<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Kang Huang | Food and Biomaterials Engineering.\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Kang Huang | Food and Biomaterials Engineering<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tWelcome to Dr. Huang&#8217;s Group \t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<p>Our current research is in the field of <strong>Food and Biomaterials Engineering<\/strong>, particularly addressing critical challenges <em>at the food-microbe-material interface<\/em> within food and agricultural systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is carried out at the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University. For more details of the work we do, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/news\/\">News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/research\/\">Research<\/a> pages, and our resulting <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are continuously seeking passionate undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and visiting scholars to join our <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/people\/\">Team<\/a>. You can find current <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/opportunities\/\">Opportunities<\/a> in the group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We maintain a list of available equipment in our lab. 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