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Joseph Awika

Professor

Department of Grain and Food Science

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  • Professor
    Department of Grain and Food Science
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SERVICE & ENGAGEMENT

  • SERVICE - DISCIPLINE / NATIONAL
    Council of Food Science Administrators
    1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2027
    Chair
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, OECD Strategic Collaboration for Sustainable Wheat Production: Addressing Global Challenges in the OECD
    1 Oct 2025 - 3 Oct 2025
    Valencia & Cordoba, Spain
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, Whole Grains Symposium, American Chemical Society (ACS)
    16 Aug 2025 - 21 Aug 2025
    Washington, DC
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    International Conference on the Advances in Health Benefits of Agri-Foods
    2 Oct 2024 - 4 Oct 2024
    CCARM, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • SERVICE - DISCIPLINE / NATIONAL
    American Society of Baking
    1 Jan 2024
  • AWARD / HONOR
    Dr Kate Adele Endowed Scholarship in Academic Excellence
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
    Dr Kate Adele Endowed Scholarship in Academic Excellence awarded to graduate advisee Cyprian Syeunda by the Association of Former Students – Texas A&M University for 2023–2024.
  • AWARD / HONOR
    First place – IFT Food Chemistry Division Graduate Student Research Oral competition
    1 Jan 2023
    First place in the annual Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Food Chemistry Division Graduate Student Research Oral competition.
  • SERVICE - DISCIPLINE / NATIONAL
    National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
  • AWARD / HONOR
    Professor Edward "Ed" Eugene Burns, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship in Academic Excellence
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
    Professor Edward "Ed" Eugene Burns, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship in Academic Excellence awarded to graduate advisee Cyprian Syeunda by the Department of Food Science and Technology for 2023–2024.
  • AWARD / HONOR
    Scholarship in Recognition of Academic Excellence Related to Sensory/Flavor Industry
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    Scholarship in recognition of academic excellence related to the sensory/flavor industry awarded to graduate advisee Cyprial Syeunda.
  • OTHER (PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY)
    Visiting Professor
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    Visiting Professor (Brazilian Government funded).
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, Opportunities for Cereal Grain Components to Improve Human Nutrition and Health
    16 Sep 2022 - 16 Sep 2022
    Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, USA MENSA Annual Colloquium
    5 Jul 2022 - 5 Jul 2022
    USA MENSA Annual Colloquium, Houston, Texas
  • SERVICE - DISCIPLINE / NATIONAL
    Cereal & Grains Association
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    Chair
  • SERVICE - DISCIPLINE / NATIONAL
    Institute of Food Technologists
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Plenary Speaker, IFT International Food Security Lectureship
    19 Jul 2021 - 21 Jul 2021
    Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, Texas Tech University IGCAST
    20 May 2021 - 20 May 2021
    Texas Tech University, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST)
  • AWARD / HONOR
    International Food Security Award in Honor of W.K. Kellogg and Bor S. Luh
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    International level.
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, Washington State University Nutrition & Food Science Graduate Seminar Series
    30 Sep 2020 - 30 Sep 2020
    Washington State University, Nutrition & Food Science Graduate Seminar Series
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Plenary speaker, Whole Grains Council Conference
    14 Sep 2020 - 15 Sep 2020
    Whole Grains Council Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • SERVICE - DISCIPLINE / NATIONAL
    Carbohydrate Division
    1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    Chair
  • SERVICE - DISCIPLINE / NATIONAL
    Cereal & Grains Association
    1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    Chair
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, Exploiting natural polyphenols to improve dietary quality of carbohydrates and their benefits to health symposium
    3 Nov 2019 - 5 Nov 2019
    Denver, CO, United States
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Speaker, Novel grain quality attributes, processing approaches and functional properties symposium
    3 Nov 2019 - 5 Nov 2019
    Denver, CO, United States
  • AWARD / HONOR
    Best Student Research Competition Award (Oral), 1st Place
    1 Jan 2019
    Graduate advisee Julia Brantsen received 1st Place in the American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACC International) Best Student Research Competition Awards (Oral).