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Events & Visitors: 2002
Soybean
Processing and Utilization
for Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan Course |
| December 3-13, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
NSRL, INTSOY, USDA Cochran |
| Participants |
USDA Cochran sponsored industry representatives from Turkmenistan
and Kazakhstan |
| Purpose |
Provide training on soybean processing and utilization |
| Product
Development of Soy Foods Course |
| October 9-14, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
NSRL, WISHH, INTSOY, ICSF |
| Participants |
PVO Representatives from developing countries, International
University staff, NSRL staff, WISHH Consultants |
| Purpose |
Provide training on how to use various soy products in developing
countries. |
| ASA
Preferred Customer Team |
| September 16- 26, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
American Soybean Association, United Soybean
Board, Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA |
| Participants |
Company Representatives from China and Taiwan |
| Purpose |
Host a team of Preferred Customers to the US to learn the
differential advantages of the US in soybean exports and to re-confirm
US farmers’ ability to produce quality soybeans and to fund research
aimed at improving oil and protein content. |
 Soy2002:
9th Biennial Conference of the
Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean |
| August 11-14, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
Monsanto, Pioneer a Dupont Company, ISPOB,
USB, IDOA, Blackwell Scientific, NSRL, Department of Crop Sciences, Office
of Research |
| Participants |
Soybean Researchers from around the world |
| Applications
of Soy in Meat Short Course |
| June 10-14, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
NSRL, INTSOY, ICSF, WISHH, USDA Cochran |
| Participants |
International Food
Company Representatives |
| Purpose |
Provide training to food company representatives on how
to use soy products in meat applications |
| WISHH Midwest
Private Voluntary Organizations Workshop |
| May 8-10, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
NSRL and World Initiative for Soybeans in Human
Health (WISHH) |
| Participants |
Representatives of Private Voluntary Organizations, USDA,
soybean industry and producer groups, NSRL staff, and WISHH consultants. |
| Purpose |
To familiarize participants with soybean production, processing,
and food applications. |
| Soy Flavor
Workshop : Sensory and Instrumental Methods |
| April 16, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
Illinois Center for Soy Foods |
| Participants |
Keith Cadwallader; Department of Food Sciences and Human
Nutrition
Karen Chapman-Novakofski; Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition
Barbara Klein; Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition
Soo-Yeun Lee; Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition
Jim Painter; Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition
Attendees included representatives of leading and international food manufacturers
and soybean processors |
| Purpose |
Provide training to food technologists, scientists, researchers,
and dieticians in sensory issues in product development, flavor analysis,
effect of aging on human sensory perception, and acceptibility of soy foods
in food service |
Biotechnology
Team, Pulmuone Company Limited:
Dr. Tae Rahk Kim, Head of the Pulmuone R&D
Center
Dr. Tae Seok Kim, General Manager of the Pulmuone R&D Center |
| March 27, 2002 |
| Sponsoring Organizations |
The Research Park at the University of Illinois |
| Participants |
Karen Bender; Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Keith Cadwallader; Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition
Janet Eakman; The Research Park at the University of Illinois
Ted Hymowitz; Department of Crop Sciences
Pradeep Khanna; National Soybean Research Laboratory
Randy Nelson; USDA/ARS
Jim Pettigrew; Department of Animal Sciences
Keith Singletary; Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition
Steve Sonka; National Soybean Research Laboratory
Lila Vodkin; Department of Crop Sciences |
| Purpose |
Pulmuone Company Limited is a Korean company that produces
and sells fresh and health foods such as soybean curd, greens and noodles,
and health supplements and cosmetics. The firm is considering establishing
a U.S. R&D center at the University of Illinois. Dr. Tae Rahk
Kim and Dr. Tae Seok Kim visited NSRL as part of a daylong visit to the
University of Illinois and the College of ACES. NSRL hosted
visits with ACES research faculty and our Korean visitors to talk about
soybean research being done at the University of Illinois. |
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