Nathan Undergraduate Research Experience Award
Past recipients
2024-2025
Josiah Quinlan
Senior in biological and agriculutrual engineering
Research area: Decision-making in public health emergencies involving multiple independent entities. I examine how organizations manage supply chain operations and explore the role of collaboration in improving outcomes and reducing costs.
Riley Byrd
Senior in industrial and manufacturing systems and engineering
Research area: Using piezometers to test water quality on the Kansas and Big Blue rivers. The piezometers collect isolated samples of the water flowing within the riverbed to establish water quality conditions before and after the Water Injection Dredging Project (WID). The WID will take place on the Tuttle Creek Lake in spring 2025.
2022-2023
Andrew Eells
Senior in computer science
Research project title: “Using Ontology Design Patterns for Knowledge Graph Contruction and Integration"
2021-2022
Brayden Pankaskie
Senior in computer science
Research project title: “Using LSTMs for Deep Deductive RDFS Reasoning"
2019-2020
Sydney Cantrell
Senior in biological systems engineering
Research project title: “Method development for identification of critical plant-derived impurities and their impacts in downstream processing”
2018-2019
Olivia Peiffer
Junior in chemical engineering
Research project title: "Boron Neutron Capture Therapy"
2017-2018
Audrey Anderson
Senior in chemical engineering
Research project title: "Light-Responsive Surface Polymers for Pathogen Capture and Release"
Berkley White
Senior in biological and agricultural engineering
Research project title: "Protein Recovery Using Novel Microalgae Biorefining Process"
2015-2016
Kseniya Sheshukova
Junior in biological and agricultural engineering
Research project title: "Purification of Recombinant Human Serum Albumin from Transgenic Rice"
2014-2015
Jacob Ehrlich
Junior in computer science
Research project title: "A Combinator-Based Approach to Functional Genetic Programming"
2012-2013
Alexander Van Dyke
Senior in mechanical and nuclear engineering
Research Project Title: “Investigation of Frost Formation on Mixed Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces”
2011-2012
Levi DeLissa
Junior in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering
Research Project Title: “Modeling Power Purchasing and Distribution”
2010-2011
Marshall Frey
Senior in architectural engineering and construction science
Research Project Title: “Integrated Project Delivery and Lean Construction: The Expansion of Construction Project Delivery and Management Methods”
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