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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.

Undergraduate

Research Poster Awards

This new award for 2023-2024 honors the exceptional undergraduate researchers who showcased their work at the annual Research Symposium. Each recipient has demonstrated exemplary dedication, creativity, and scholarly rigor in their research endeavors. The awards were selected by a faculty committee, recognizing the outstanding contributions these students have made to their respective fields.

  • First Place: Carter Gordan
  • Second Place: Ephrata Yared Feyissa 
  • Third Place: Jonah Worden

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