Conference Agenda

ID: 114 / Poster: 1
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing
Keywords: Camellia sinensis, L-theanine, caffeine, HPLC, DPPH

Comparative effects of Freeze-drying and spray drying applied to tea-based extracts during storage on antioxidant activity, L-theanine and caffeine levels

Mina Allameh, Valérie Orsat

McGill University, Canada

ID: 123 / Poster: 2
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering, Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Badger claw, Furrow opener, CFD-DEM, Model, Calibration.

Optimal design of bionic furrow opener for paddy field based on CFD-DEM coupling method

Zhenyu Tang¹, Hao Gong¹, Ying Chen², Long Qi¹

¹College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510642, People’s Republic of China; ²Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5V6, Canada

ID: 124 / Poster: 3
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing
Keywords: Frying, Texture, Fracture, Scaling, Singularity spectra, Rényi spectra.

Multifractal analysis of meat-analog based coated fried foods texture profile

Md. Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan, Nushrat Yeasmen, Michael Ngadi

McGill University, Canada

ID: 132 / Poster: 4
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing
Keywords: Sea algae, Green extraction, DPPH radical scavenging activity, Total phenolic contents, Response surface methodology

Effect of Different extraction Technologies on the Antioxidant Changes of Algae

KYEONG HWAN HWANG¹, CHANGHEON LEE¹, SU MIN KIM², HYERYEONG CHO², DAEUNG YU^1,2

¹Interdisciplinary Program in Senior Human Ecology, Major in Food and Nutrition, Changwon National University; ²Department of Food and Nutrition, Changwon National University

ID: 134 / Poster: 5
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Climate Change, Environment
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Streamflow Prediction.

A Comparative Evaluation of Streamflow Prediction Using the SWAT Model and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in the Upper Humber River Watershed in Boreal Climate.

Kamal Islam, Lakshman Galagedara, Joseph Daraio, Mumtaz Cheema, Gabriela Sabau

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

ID: 136 / Poster: 6
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering
Keywords: Canola fibre, fibre properties, mechanical damage, threshing.

The effect of combining and baling on the textile properties of fibre extracted from canola stems

Md Shamim Reza¹, Danny Mann², Jason Morrison³, Mashiur Rahman⁴

¹University of Manitoba, Canada; ²University of Manitoba, Canada; ³University of Manitoba, Canada; ⁴University of Manitoba, Canada

ID: 142 / Poster: 7
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Other
Keywords: GC-MS/MS, Brominated Flame Retardants, Food safety, Liquid foods, Method validation

Simultaneous GC-MS/MS Method for Brominated Flame Retardants in Liquid foods

Sung Bum Son¹, Ji Woo Kim¹, Jun Seong Kwon¹, Sung-Hwan Eom¹, Hyung Min Kim², Yong Seok Choi³, Dong Kyu Lee⁴, Sang Beom Han⁴, Kyung Tae Kim¹

¹Department of Food Science and Technology, Dong-Eui University, Busan 47340, South Korea; ²College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea; ³College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam 31116, South Korea; ⁴College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea

ID: 145 / Poster: 9
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering
Keywords: online detection; corn moisture; double capacitors; simulation optimization; temperature compensation; porosity

The Design and Experimentation of a Corn Moisture Detection Device Based on Double Capacitors

Changjie Han, Yurong Wang, Zhai Shi, Yang Xu, Shilong Qiu, Hanping Mao

School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, China, People's Republic of

ID: 164 / Poster: 10
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Climate Change
Keywords: single cell protein (SCP), hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria, carbon capture and utilization, food security

Aerobic fermentation of CO2 by hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria: a circular economy toward food security

Hannah Ysabel Lubi, Warren Blunt

University of Manitoba

ID: 166 / Poster: 11
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Environment
Keywords: Biopolymer, Microbial, Flax Oil, Renewable, Compostable

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers from flax oil

Ben Martens, Warren Blunt

University of Manitoba, Canada

ID: 167 / Poster: 12
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Waste Management
Keywords: Bioconversion, Sustainability, Rhamnolipids, Nanoparticles

Bioprocess development for production of bio-based surfactants from agri-food resources

Makary Nasser, Malvika Sharma, Rahul Islam Barbhuiya, Ashutosh Singh, Guneet Kaur

University of Guelph, Canada

ID: 171 / Poster: 13
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Other
Keywords: NIR, dyes, concentration, cover factor, PCA, PLS-DA

Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Classification of Near-Infrared (NIR) Dyed Cotton Fabrics for Military Uniforms.

Camryn Rae McMillan, Muhammad Mudassir Arif Chaudry, Mashiur Rahman, Jitendra Paliwal

University of Manitoba Biosystems Department

ID: 178 / Poster: 14
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Waste Management
Keywords: Fungal mycelium biomaterials, Submerged fermentation, Sustainability, Bioeconomy, Tailored material properties.

Valorization of agri-food residues into vegan leather and packaging material using fungi

Malvika Sharma¹, Loong-Tak Lim², Guneet Kaur¹

¹School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada; ²Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Canada

ID: 184 / Poster: 15
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Waste Management
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Agri-Food, Waste valorization, Sustainability, Extraction, Green synthesis

Development and application of a co-precipitation green synthesis model for inorganic nanoparticles utilizing agri-food waste: A sustainable approach for the agri-food sector

Charles Wroblewski¹, Rahul Islam Barbhuiya¹, Sivaranjani Palanisamy Ravikumar¹, Gopu Raveendran Nair², Abdallah Elsayed¹, Ashutosh Singh¹

¹University of Guelph, Canada; ²University of Illinois at Urbane-Champaign, United States

ID: 185 / Poster: 16
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Waste Management, Environment
Keywords: anaerobic digestion, digestate, manure management, water quality, greenhouse gas emissions

A circular solution to manure management: Can biodigesters improve water quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

Nettie Wallace¹, Juliane Mai², Ushnik Mukherjee¹, Brian Grant³, Ward Smith³, Nandita Basu^1,2

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada; ²Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada; ³Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

ID: 186 / Poster: 17
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Agriculture Engineering
Keywords: Food and Bioprocessing, Meat alternatives, Non-destructive food quality, Smart Sensing, Shelf-life estimation

Shelf-life assessment of plant-based meat prototypes through on-package spectral imaging and spectra-based kinetic models

Thirukumaran Ramesh, Logesh Dhanapal, Chyngyz Erkinbaev

University of Manitoba, Canada

ID: 187 / Poster: 18
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering, Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Precision agriculture, Variable rate application, Individual nozzle control, flow control valves

Flow regulation in agricultural boom sprayers with individual nozzle control for spot application

Humphrey H Maambo, Ahmad Al-Mallahi, Travis J Esau

Dalhousie University, Canada

ID: 192 / Poster: 19
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Waste Management, Environment
Keywords: ammonia, measurement, aerodynamic, efficiency

Development of a Sampler for measurement of Ammonia Emissions During Manure Fertilization

Angela Trivino¹, Patrick Brassard², Stéphane Godbout², Vijaya Raghavan¹

¹McGill University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Bioresource Engineering; ²Institut de Recherche et Développement en Agroenvironnement -IRDA

ID: 193 / Poster: 20
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Waste Management
Keywords: Nanocellulose, Packaging, Biodegradable, Shelf life

Development and application of nanocellulose-based sustainable nanocomposites for food packaging

SIVARANJANI PALANISAMY RAVIKUMAR¹, RAHUL ISLAM BARBHUIYA¹, CHARLES WROBLEWSKI¹, FATEMEH NAYERI¹, MALVIKA SHARMA¹, GOPU RAVEENDRAN NAIR², PRASAD DAGGUPATI¹, ASHUTOSH SINGH¹

¹School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; ²Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign II, 61801, United States

ID: 211 / Poster: 21
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering
Keywords: Antimicrobial, Antioxidants, Film development, Polypropylene, Nanotechnology

Properties of Polypropylene Nanocomposite Packaging Films with Antimicrobial and Antioxidative Properties

Humeera Tazeen¹, N Vardharaju², C Igathinathane¹, Talha Tufaique¹, Astina Joice¹

¹North Dakota State University, United States of America; ²Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

ID: 231 / Poster: 23
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering, Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Deep learning, machine vision, crop protection, precision agriculture, digital technologies

Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Flower Bud Stage Determination Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Patrick J. Hennessy¹, Travis J. Esau¹, Arnold W. Schumann², Qamar U. Zaman¹, Aitazaz A. Farooque³, Scott N. White⁴

¹Department of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada; ²Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, USA; ³School of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, St. Peters Bay, PE, Canada; ⁴Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada

ID: 235 / Poster: 24
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Water and Soil Management, Precision Agriculture
Keywords: EMI depth inversion, GPR depth slices, geophysical techniques, integration, stratigraphy

Soil Profile Investigation with Integrated Ground-penetrating Radar and Electromagnetic Induction Techniques

Sashini Pathirana¹, Lakshman Galagedara¹, Sébastien Lambot², Mumtaz Cheema¹, Manokararajah Krishnapillai¹

¹Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; ²Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

ID: 240 / Poster: 25
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Water and Soil Management, Agriculture Engineering
Keywords: Soil-Plant Interactions, Discrete Element Method (DEM), Agricultural Engineering, Simulation Methods, Environmental Sustainability

Review on DEM Simulation of Soil-Plant Interactions: Challenges and Opportunities

Yuyuan Tian^1,2, Bob Zeng²

¹South China Agricultural University, China; ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls, USA

ID: 249 / Poster: 26
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Waste Management, Environment
Keywords: Canola fibre, water footprints, GHG emission, retting, retting machine

Why should engineers be intrigued by canola fibre?

Sazia Binta Alam, Deepika Ghimire, MD. Ariful Hasan Soikot, Patrick Seale, MD Nazmus Shakib, Sheikh Raihan Shawan, Md Shadhin, Mashiur Rahman

University of Manitoba, Canada

ID: 250 / Poster: 27
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Climate Change, Waste Management
Keywords: Compost, cardboard, organic waste, climate change

Can cardboard replace woodchips as bulking agent in a northern Compost Biovator?

Joe Ackerman

University of Manitoba, Canada

ID: 259 / Poster: 28
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing
Keywords: Plant proteins, TribPlant proteins, Tribo-electrostatic separation, Dry fractionation, Food engineering.

Pulse Fractionation: Dry and Sustainable Approach

Ganapathy Subramanian Meenakshi Sundaram, Tolu Emiola-Sadiq, Lifeng Zhang, Venkatesh Meda

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

ID: 261 / Poster: 29
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Bioenergy
Keywords: Mechanical retting, flax fibers, bio-based materials, fiber extraction, retting process.

Evaluating The Viability of Mechanical Processes for Flax Fiber Retting

Uduak Edet¹, Aduragbemi Ajabe², Weng Zhong¹, Sprenger Charley², Gary Bergen², Doan Van³

¹Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB Canada; ²Prairies Agricultural Machinery Institute, Portage la Prairie, MB Canada; ³Manitoba Agriculture, Winnipeg MB Canada

ID: 265 / Poster: 30
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing, Environment
Keywords: Canola Fiber, Utilization of biomass, Bio-composites, Individualization, Fiber property.

Multifaceted Optimization of Canola Fiber Individualization for Enhanced Textile and Bio-composite Performance

Smita Rani Debnath, Mashiur Rahman

University of Manitoba, Canada

ID: 271 / Poster: 31
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Food and Bioprocessing
Keywords: green synthesis, nanoparticles, sustainability, food quality, food packaging

Plant extract-mediated synthesis of selenium nanoparticles and their application for antimicrobial food packaging

Aleksandra Bushueva¹, Charles Wroblewski¹, Rahul Islam Barbhuiya¹, Sivaranjani Palanisamy Ravikumar¹, Gopu Raveendran Nair², Ashutosh Singh¹, Abdallah Elsayed¹

¹School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; ²Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbane-Champaign IL, 61801, United States

ID: 273 / Poster: 32
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Precision Agriculture
Keywords: GAN, ML, NDVI, Drone, RGB

Nature’s Palette: AI Transforms RGB Drone Imagery into Advanced Vegetation Maps

Yuvraj Singh Gill, Hassan Afzaal, Aitazaz A. Farooque

University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

ID: 274 / Poster: 33
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Precision Agriculture, Automation, Robotics, Deep learning, Artificial Intelligence

AgriScout: Revolutionizing Sustainable Agriculture with Autonomous Precision Robotics

Charanpreet Singh¹, Gurjit Randhawa², Aitazaz A. Farooque^1,3, Andrew Fraser¹, Yuvraj Gill¹

¹Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, UPEI; ²School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, UPEI; ³School of Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI

ID: 275 / Poster: 34
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering, Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Herbicide, Spot application, Granular, Blueberry, Mechanization

Evaluation of a Novel Precision Spot Applicator for Spot Specific Treatment of Hair Fescue (Festuca filiformis) in Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.)

Craig MacEachern¹, Travis Esau¹, Qamar Zaman¹, Scott White¹, Aitazaz Farooque²

¹Dalhousie University, Canada; ²University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

ID: 276 / Poster: 35
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering, Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Image generation, DALLE 2, dataset augmentation, computer vision

Optimizing Data Collection Requirements of Image-Based Machine Learning Models for Improved Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Ripeness Detection

Connor C. Mullins, Travis J. Esau, Qamar U. Zaman

Department of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University

ID: 277 / Poster: 36
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Climate Change, Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Wild blueberry quality, temperature, harvesting methods, bruising, fruit quality, farm profitability

Optimal Temperature Range and Time of Harvest to Optimize Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait) Fruit Quality for the Fresh Market

Muhammad Umair Asif

Dalhousie University, Canada

ID: 278 / Poster: 37
Regular submission (POSTER)
Topics: Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Sustainable agriculture, Soil health, Organic fertilizers, Greenhouse gas emissions, Li-Cor Soil gas Flux system and Li-Cor Portable photosynthesis system

Effect of Sugar Kelp (Saccharina Latissima) on Potato (Solanum Tuberosum) Yield, Soil Health, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Arishma Khan¹, Travis Esau¹, Gurpreet Selopal¹, Kuljeet Grewal²

¹Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus, Canada; ²University Of Prince Edward Island, Canada