Students from 萝莉社鈥檚 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences got the opportunity to demonstrate their expertise in their fields at the annual Kansas Academy of Science (KAS) and Central States Entomological Society (CSES) meetings April 4-5 at Friends University.
Among the students who presented, two groups were awarded first place honors for their research:
- Brooks Hartsock 鈥� graduate student in physics with Dr. Nick Solomey, professor of physics 鈥� gave an oral presentation on his research, 鈥淒esigning a Low-Background Solar Neutrino Detector,鈥� and was awarded $300 for best oral presentation by a grad student.
- Vee Disbro, junior; Syd Downey, junior; Melissa Hern谩ndez, senior; and Le贸nidas Reyes, senior 鈥� with Dr. Mary Liz Jameson, professor of biological sciences 鈥� presented their poster, 鈥淎ntennae Up! Can Nitrogen Addition Help Reverse Insect Herbivore Declines?鈥� and were awarded $150 for best poster presentation from CSES.
Additionally, the following students presented their research at the annual meeting:
Oral presentations
- Mason Moore 鈥� senior with Dr. Leland Russell, professor of biological sciences 鈥� presented on, 鈥淭he Influence of Above Ground Resources Versus Below Ground Resources in Limiting Post Oak Seedling Growth in Kansas Cross Timbers Woodlands鈥�
- Tiffany Bass, graduate student with Russell, presented on, 鈥淏rowsed and Confused: Relationships Between Deer Browsing Intensity, Slope Aspect and Understory Plant Communities in the Kansas Cross Timbers Woodlands鈥�
- Jonathan Folkerts, graduate student in physics, presented on, 鈥淣eutrino Solar Orbiting Laboratory: From Underground to the Stars鈥�
Posters
- Daniel Reichart, senior with Solomey, presented 鈥淪imulation of Solar Wind Charged Particle Energy Deposited and Particle Identification by Delta-E Discrimination in SNAPPY Cubsat Detector鈥�
- Theophilus Eshun 鈥� graduate student with Dr. Mark Schneegurt, professor of biological sciences 鈥� presented 鈥淪urvival of Bacteria from Spacecraft Assembly Facilities in Brines at Eutectic Conditions Relevant to Mars鈥�
- Ethan Higginbotham, a recent graduate in physics and mathematics, presented 鈥淪imulating the Shielding Needed for a Dark Matter Detector Inside of an Asteroid鈥�
Students and faculty from colleges across Kansas showcased their research at the event and were able to network with professionals in their industries.
鈥淧resenting their research at a conference like the Kansas Academy of Sciences is an extraordinary opportunity for our students and caps the applied learning experience in an impactful fashion,鈥� said Dr. David Eichhorn, interim dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 鈥淭his takes their work with 萝莉社 faculty and students and allows them to interact with professionals outside the university. I congratulate all the students from Fairmount College for representing 萝莉社 at this event.鈥�
The KAS annual meeting is held at a different college in Kansas every year. The last time 萝莉社 hosted the annual meeting was in 2012.
About 萝莉社
萝莉社 is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling more than 23,000 students between its main campus and 萝莉社 Tech, including students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. 萝莉社 and 萝莉社 Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), 萝莉社 provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students. The National Science Foundation ranked 萝莉社 No. 1 in the nation for aerospace engineering R&D, No. 2 for industry-funded engineering R&D and No. 8 overall for engineering R&D.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the 萝莉社 main campus, is one of the nation鈥檚 largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
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