Three WSU students awarded cash prizes at 14th Annual Capitol Research Summit
The WSU winners were Mostafa Hasan of the Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering Department (advisor: Esra Buyuktahtakin), for an improved decision-making algorithm for choosing breast cancer treatment; Alicia Keow of the Electrical Engineering Department (advisor: Zheng Chen), for an improved mechanism for storing solar energy; and Kelsay Gardiepy of the Elliott School of Communication (advisor: Deborah Ballard-Reisch), for a media analysis of the February 2016 shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston, which highlighted ways rural communities can better support themselves in maintaining identity and culture in the face of national scrutiny.
Other projects presented at CGRS by WSU students included
- improvements in the design of drug-eluting stents by mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Mahmood al Bashir; a program for veterans and emergency first responders to help each other overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by psychology Ph.D. Dan Clifford;
- research in biomarkers for earlier detection of ovarian cancer by biology master's candidate Lipilekha Mukherjee;
- an analysis of Kansas schools' lunch and snack guidelines to determine best practices by physician assistant master's candidate Erin Sawyers;
- improved cube satellite control mechanisms for precision agriculture by aerospace engineering Ph.D. candidate Akshay Reddy Tummala;
- an analysis of Wichita's formal and informal public transportation systems by public administration master's candidate Mercy Umeri.
For more information about CGRS, or to read the abstracts of all CGRS participants' research, go to http://www.wichita.edu/cgrs