Annual Research Symposium Winners
Dakota State University’s Annual Research Symposium* allows faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to present research and scholarly activity to a large audience. The Symposium includes poster and presentation sessions by students and faculty from all academic disciplines. It also encourages interdisciplinary discourse, fostering enlightenment and discussion about a broad range of exciting research topics in a variety of different fields.
*COVID-19 has delayed our annual symposium and awards.
Undergraduate
Impact of Social Networks on the Spread of Disease
- Student Researcher: Alexis VanderWilt
- Faculty Mentors: Mark Spanier, PhD, and Jeffery Palmer, PhD
Computer Modeling of the Projectile Trajectory Through Fluid
- Student Researcher: Samuel Drummond
- Faculty Mentor: J.A. Maloney, PhD
Mastermind with a Deceptive Code-Maker
- Student Researcher: Madison Krell
- Faculty Mentor: Mark Spanier, PhD
Graduate
Smart Agriculture Beyond Industry: Analyzing the Future of Agriculture through Social Media Insights
- Student Researcher: Martinson Ofori
- Faculty Mentor: Omar El-Gayar, PhD
Effectiveness of Transfer Learning on Medical Image Classification Using Chest X-Ray 14 Dataset
- Student Researcher: James Boit
- Faculty Mentor: David Zeng, PhD
Understanding the Influence of Digital Divide and Socio-Economic Factors on the Prevalence of Diabetes
- Student Researcher: Loknath Sai Ambati
- Faculty Mentor: Omar El-Gayar, PhD, and Nevine Nawar, PhD
Undergraduate Research
Assessment of Multiple Solvents for Extraction and Direct GC-MS Determination of the Phytochemical Inventory of Mother-in-Law's Tongue (Sansevieria spp.) Extrafolier Nectar Droplets
- Student Researcher: Hope Juntunen
- Faculty Mentor: Michael Gaylor, PhD
Queuing Theory: Designing a Better Line
- Student Researchers: Emily Ortmann, Laura Schuck
- Faculty Mentor: Mark Spanier, PhD
Impact of Instructional Intervention on 7th Grade Mathematics Students Understanding of Proportional Relationships
- Student Researcher: Jessica Dawson
- Faculty Mentor: Kevin Smith, PhD