Graduate Research Achievement Day
A celebration of research, scholarship, and creative activities.
The Graduate Research Achievement Day (or GRAD, for short) is a one-day celebration of our graduate students' work over the past academic year. Students will present their work in a poster-format and judged by faculty. Cash prizes are awarded to those students whose work and presentation are deemed best.
Who
All graduate students, full time or part time, from all disciplines and all colleges are encouraged to apply.
This can include students engaged in research, scholarship and creative works through theses, dissertations, non-thesis projects and independent studies or who have conducted substantial research as part of coursework are encouraged to present their work at GRAD, no matter what point they are at in their graduate program. This includes students who are on campus as well as those who are pursuing their studies online.
So that means you.
Read the GRAD submission guidelines and apply to be a part of this year's event.
GRAD 2019 Award Winners
Engineering
1st Place – Kaylee Smith, Chemical Engineering
2nd Place – Jiselle Thornby, Chemical Engineering
3rd Place – Joseph Allen (Jr), Biomedical Engineering
Natural Sciences
1st Place – Morgen Burke, Earth System Science & Policy
2nd Place – Jenna Folluo, Biology
3rd Place – Lynda LaFond, Biology
Professional, Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
1st Place – Randy Huard, Nursing
2nd Place – Ademola Amida, Teaching & Learning (IDT)
3rd Place – Makinde Omojiba, Educational Foundations & Research
Peer Choice
Irina Tsiryapkina, Energy Systems Engineering
GRAD 2019 Finalists
Natural Sciences
Morgan Burke, Earth System Science & Policy – 1st place
Jenna Folluo, Biology – 2nd place
Lynda LaFond, Biology – 3rd place
Shelby Osborne, Earth System Science & Policy
Derick Thompson, Biomedical Sciences
Chioma Onwumelu, Geology
Staci Dreyer, Biology
June Levin, Biology
Taylor Trask, Atmospheric Sciences
Ashrifa Ali, Biomedical Science
Alexander Kukay, Physics
Mitchell Klomp, Biomedical Sciences
Smruthi Rudraraju, Biomedical Sciences
Engineering
KayLee Smith, Chemical Engineering – 1st place
Jisell Thornby, Chemical Engineering – 2nd place
Joseph Allen Jr, Biomedical Engineering – 3rd place
William Hammann, Engineering
Rezawana Islam, Mechanical Engineering
Shubha Majumder, Biomedical Engineering
Maram Al-Sayaghi, Chemical Engineering
Farwan Alghamdi, Mechanical Engineering
Zakaria El Mrabet, Electrical Engineering
Zeenat Nahar, Civil Engineering
Shudipto Sekhar Roy, Mechanical Engineering
Mohammad Haerinia, Electrical Engineering
Professional, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts
Randy Huard, Nursing – 1st place
Ademola Amida, Teaching & Learning – 2nd place
Makinde Omojiba, Educational Foundations & Research – 3rd place
Jenifer Polson, English
Chailin Chang, Educational Foundations & Research
Nicole Johanneson, Criminal Justice
Haseon Park, Communication
Alex Holte, Experimental Psychology
Adrian Martinez, Criminal Justice
Linda Koskiniemi, Nursing