Students from the Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Agro-Industry, Maejo University, won national awards for presenting lecture materials at the 10th National Food Engineering Conference, FENETT2024, held at Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, at the beginning of April 2024. Many educational institutions nationwide submitted works for participation. Maejo University managed to secure 2 awards, which are:

1. First Prize in Lecture Materials: "Design and Development of a Coffee Berry Seed Sorting Machine" by Mr. Anupong Khueankaew and Mr. Anucha Thonutrai, agricultural engineering students, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jaturaphat Warutthit. The coffee berry seed sorting machine is a tool designed to assist farmers in grading coffee berries. It separates premium coffee berries, which have a smoother taste and are mixed with ordinary coffee beans, more efficiently. It increases income from grading coffee berries by up to 6 times compared to manual sorting, speeding up the process by 216%.

2. Second Prize in Lecture Materials: "Analysis of Forced Air Flow Inside Gas-Ozone Cabinet for Single Fruit Lychee Using Computational Fluid Dynamics" by Mr. Anucha Pramwong and Mr. Manachai Boonkong, agricultural engineering students, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jaturaphat Warutthit. This research helps calculate the flow of ozone gas within the gas-ozone cabinet to ensure appropriate airflow through lychee packaging, maintaining consistent fruit quality and eliminating pathogens. Lychees treated with ozone gas have an extended shelf life, keeping freshness for up to 18 days and delaying the growth of fungi, making them suitable for premium, pesticide-free single-fruit lychee products as an alternative to sulfur dioxide.