Students from Wichita State University’s 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 — graduate student in physics with Dr. Nick Solomey, professor of physics — was awarded $300 for best oral presentation by a grad student.
- Vee Disbro, junior; Syd Downey, junior; Melissa Hernández, senior; and Leónidas Reyes, senior — with Dr. Mary Liz Jameson, professor of biological sciences — were awarded $150 for best poster presentation from CSES.
Additionally, the following students presented their research at the annual meeting:
Oral presentations:
- Mason Moore, senior with Dr. Leland Russell, professor of biological sciences
- Tiffany Bass, graduate student with Russell
- Jonathan Folkerts, graduate student in physics
Posters:
- Daniel Reichart, senior with Solomey
- Theophilus Eshun, graduate student with Dr. Mark Schneegurt, professor of biological sciences
- Ethan Higginbotham, a recent graduate in physics and mathematics