The 2025 Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol features up to 40 students from all Kansas Board of Regents institutions, including five from Wichita State.
Students, faculty, Kansas Board of Regents members, state lawmakers and members of the public are invited to visit the Capitol Rotunda from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 to view the students’ presentations.
Student presenters from WSU:
- Sejun Moon
Major: Computer science
Project title: “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach for Robot Teaming in Mars Exploration”
Faculty mentor: Dr. Fujian Yan, assistant teaching professor, School of Computing
- Diego Fuentealba
Major: Aerospace engineering
Project title: “Robust and Scalable Quantum Repeaters using Machine Learning”
Faculty mentors: Dr. James Steck, professor, Department of Aero Space Engineering; and Dr. Elizabeth Behrman, professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
- Daniel Reichart
Major: Aerospace engineering and physics
Project title: “Simulation of Solar Wind Charged Particle Energy Deposited and Particle Identification by ΔE-E Discrimination in the SNAPPY Cubesat Detector”
Faculty mentor: Dr. Nickolas Solomey, professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
- Lille Nightingale
Major: Dance
Project title: “Embodied Research on the Physical and Emotional Challenges Wildebeests Face While Migrating”
Faculty mentors: Denise Celestin, professor; Cheyla Clawson Chandler, director for the School of Performing Arts and associate professor; Mina Estrada, assistant professor; Sabrina Vasquez, senior educator; School of Performing Arts
- Anna Brake
Major: Honors Baccalaureate, concentration in biology and public health sciences, second major in biology
Project title: “Increasing Obstetrics Care Access in Rural and Underserved Areas: The Effect of Health Literacy Levels and Age on Fetal Monitoring Device Acceptability”
Faculty mentor: Dr. Nikki Keene Woods, interim chair and professor, Department of Public Health Sciences.
For questions about the 2025 Research Days at the Capital, contact Dr. Michael Birzer, director of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Hub, at michael.birzer@wichita.edu
