1997 Best Student Presentation Awards
Viticulture
Imed Dami (Major Professor: Cecil Stushnoff, Colorado State
University, Orchard Mesa Research Center, Ft. Collins, CO)
Delay of Bud Break and Deacclimation in Grapevines to
Overcome Spring Frost
Viticulture
Darek Trowbridge (Major Professor: Keith Striegler, California
State University, Fresno)
Initial Effect of Production System on Vegetative Growth,
Yield, Fruit Composition, and Wine Quality of Syrah Grapevines
Grown in the San Joaquin Valley
Viticulture
Matthew Heil (Major Professor: Keith Striegler, California State
University, Fresno)
Effect of Training System and Pruning Severity on the Growth,
Yield, and Fruit Composition of Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet
Sauvignon Grapevines Grown in the Central Coast Region of
California
Enology
Thomas J. Evans (Major Professor: Susan E. Ebeler, University of
California, Davis)
Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) for Quantitative Analysis
of Volatile Compounds in Wine
Enology
Kathryn C. Weiss (Major Professor: Linda F. Bisson, University of
California, Davis)
Analysis of Wine Proteins by Matrix-Assisted laser
Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Enology
Craig Mitrakul (Major Professor: Thomas Henick-Kling, Cornell
University, Geneva, NY)
Identification of Brettanomyces/Dekkera Yeasts from
California Wines