Research Events

Undergraduate Research Seminar | Beacom 213

• 4 p.m. Presenter: Professor Mike Ham

Data Analytics Competition | East Hall 100

• 12 p.m. Check-in for teams/advisors
• 1 p.m. Welcome
• 1:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker
• 2:20 p.m. Competition begins
• 3 p.m. Networking break
• 3:15 p.m. Competition resumes
• 4:10 p.m. Sanford Health comments
• 4:30 p.m. Awards & Closing Remarks

Doctoral Residents arrive on campus!

• 8:30 a.m. Check-in, TCB Auditorium (203)
• 9:00 a.m. Welcome, TCB Auditorium (203)
• 9:45 a.m. Doctoral sessions commence. KML 201 and MadLabs® 112
  Learn more about the doctoral sessions.
• 6 p.m. DSU Advancement Dinner (Doctoral Residents and invited guests only)

• 9 a.m. Meet the Faculty session in TCB Auditorium (203)
• 10 a.m. Programming continues in MadLabs® 112 and KML 201
• 11:45 a.m. Paulson Center lunch, Dakota Prairie Playhouse
  (Doctoral Residents and invited guests only)
  Featuring Governor’s Giant Vision Winner Will Cromarty of Kirkwall, Inc.
• 1:15 p.m. Programming continues in MadLabs® 112 and KML 201
  Learn more about the programming on the Ph.D Residency page.
• 5:30 p.m. Dinner and drinks at Gaylen’s Popcorn

Afternoon classes suspended, faculty bringing students to Research Symposium

• 9 a.m. Doctoral programming in MadLabs® 112 and KML 201
• 12:30 p.m. Posters and presentations in Beacom Collab. space and BIT Classrooms (ends at 2:30 p.m.)
• 2:30-3 p.m. Networking break with snacks
• 3 p.m. Keynote speaker: Dennis Eger, U.S. Army Senior Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Advisor, Beacom Collaboration space

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Upcoming Sessions

Poster Session – Feb. 11^th at 12PM, MadLabs® Briefing Room (112) 

In this session, RED staff will introduce a new template for presenters of research posters to use as they prepare for DSU’s annual Research Symposium during Research Week in March and/or for other external research events. Student participation encouraged. Audience: Basic 

Fourth AI in Research Session – Feb. 25^th at 12PM, MadLabs ® Briefing Room (112) 

Librarian Abbie Steuhm continues this series of sessions on how to effectively use AI in your research with our Integrating AI into Research Series! Session 4 will explain new journal submission requirements regarding AI and what to do when you have used AI in your research process. Audience: intermediate 

Wildcard Proposal Development Session – April 10^th at 2:30PM, location TBA 

Associate VP for Research & Economic Development Pete Hoesing will facilitate a proposal development session on a topic crowdsourced from faculty in consultation with the VPR and the RED team. Audience: Intermediate 

Spring schedule coming soon!

Join us for Research Rising, a series where speakers from outside of DSU join us to share their insights and experiences to inspire DSU's researchers to reach new hights. 

Quantum Entanglement Microscopy

Friday, February 28
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
MadLabs® Briefing Room 112

Dr. Gerardo Ortiz

In 2022, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized groundbreaking experiments demonstrating quantum entanglement’s role in secure information transfer, quantum computing, and sensing. This talk explores “spooky action at a distance,” a phenomenon that intrigued Einstein and led to John Bell’s inequality. We will then delve into Quantum Entanglement Microscopy, a novel approach using entangled particles like neutrons to probe the entanglement of matter itself. By tuning the entanglement properties of these probes, we can access the quantum nature of materials, offering new opportunities to advance our understanding and manipulation of the physical world.

This talk is open to all audiences who seek to learn more about Quantum Information Science and Technology. DSU is grateful for support for this guest lecture from NSF Award #2418937.

The Undergraduate Research Seminar is a forum for undergraduate students to present their research, gaining valuable presentation and professional communication experience in the process.  Faculty who work with undergraduates on research projects, or who have research projects for undergraduate students to work on, will also present in the undergraduate research seminar. 

The seminar is held on Mondays from 4 to 5 pm in Beacom 213 for the Spring 2025 semester. 

Spring 2025 Seminar Dates and Speakers

January 27^th: Kanthi Narukonda - How to find a research question.
February 10^th: Justin Schroeder – Ranking College Football Teams
February 24^th:  Richard Wicklein – Cops and Robbers
March 3^rd: Bill Bendix - Foreign Policy: Hawks vs Doves
March 17^th: Michael Ham
March 24^th: Emme Josko (there is time in this session for one more student)
March 31^st: Basbo Ayelazono and Vanessa Ocansey – session full
April 7^th:
April 14^th: Kylie Borchert (there is time in this session for one more student)
April 28^th: Amélie Steins and Kierra Miller – session full