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Engineering Safer, Smarter & More Sustainable Food Systems<\/div>\t\t\t\t
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The Food & Biomaterials Engineering Lab at Washington State University develops engineering solutions for safer, higher-quality, and more sustainable food systems. Our research integrates biomaterials and biointerface engineering<\/strong>, AI-enabled imaging and spectral analytics<\/strong>, and energy-efficient high-performance processing<\/strong> to address challenges at the interface of food, materials, and microbes<\/strong> within agricultural and food systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our mission is to transform food and agricultural systems toward a resilient, sustainable, and healthy future through innovations in biomaterials, artificial intelligence, and high-performance processing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research at a Glance<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Biomaterials & Biointerface Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

for microbial control and food protection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We engineer functional biomaterials, delivery systems, coatings, and interfaces for microbial control, food protection, and sustainable food and agricultural applications.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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AI-Enabled Imaging & Spectral Analytics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

for process verification and hazard detection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We integrate hyperspectral and spectral imaging with machine learning and advanced analytics for process verification, quality assessment, and rapid detection of microbial and chemical hazards.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Energy-Efficient & High-Performance Processing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

for valorizing food and agricultural waste streams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We develop energy-efficient and high-performance processing technologies to convert food and agricultural waste streams into value-added materials and products, supporting resource efficiency and sustainable food systems.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The Food & Biomaterials Engineering Lab at Washington State University develops engineering solutions for safer, higher-quality, and more sustainable food systems. Our research integrates biomaterials and biointerface engineering, AI-enabled imaging and spectral analytics, and energy-efficient high-performance processing to address challenges at the interface of food, materials, and microbes within agricultural and food systems. Our Mission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34146,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/huang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}