Richard Dempster Ph.D. - Director, Product and Technological Development, American Institute of Baking • Joined AIB: February 2001 • Education: BS Agriculture, Kansas State University, 1977; MS Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University, 1994; Ph.D. Engineering, Kansas State University, 2000 • Experience: Over 12 years with USDA, ARS, Grain Marketing and Production Research Center. Main responsibilities included: Development of machine vision algorithms for the identification of various defects in wheat and corn. Developed method to size wheat starch globals using machine vision. Developed method for objective determination of vitreousness in wheat. Over 6 years in the grain production and handling area. • Achievements: Co-author of numerous publications and multiple superior performance awards. Alpha Epsilon Honor Society • Memberships: IEEE, AACC