About AIC
Board of Directors
Digvir Jayas, PEng, PAg, FAIC
Associate Vice-President (Research), Distinguished Professor
University of Manitoba
207 Administration Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2
Dr. Jayas was elected to the AIC Board of Directors in 2006 and re-elected in 2009. He is a member of the Audit and Scientific Committees.
Dr. Jayas was appointed Vice‑President (Research) at the University of Manitoba in April 2009. He is also Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair in Stored-Grain Ecosystems at the University. He served as Associate Vice-President (Research) for eight years and prio to that was Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Department Head of Biosystems Engineering. He has also served as the Interim Director for the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Professional Agrologist. He has taught courses in the areas of food engineering, finite element method, and instrumentation and controls. He conducts research in the areas of physical properties of agricultural products; modified atmosphere storage of grains, oilseeds, potatoes, and meats; mathematical modelling of biological systems; and digital image processing for grading and processing operations in the agri-food industry.
His research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through Operating and Strategic Grants and by the agri-food industry through Operating Grants and Contracts and covers a broad spectrum between basic and applied research. He has authored or co-authored over 500 technical articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings and books. He is co-editor of two books entitled “Stored-Grain Ecosystems” and “Insect Pests of Stored Products: A Global Scenario” and co-author of a book entitled “Grain Drying: Theory and Practice”. He has received professional awards from the Canadian Society of Bioengineering (CSBE), the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST), the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba (APEGM), and the Agricultural Institute of Canada. He has served as a member and chaired the Strategic Grant Selection Panel and Research Network Selection Committee of NSERC, has served on the Executive of the Genome Prairie and TRLabs, has served as President of the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers, CIFST, CSBE and APEGM. He is currently serving as a member of the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce and the Composite Innovation Centre.
Digvir S. Jayas was educated at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India; University of Manitoba, Canada; and the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
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