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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.

March 5, 2020 | UND Hyslop Arena

Judging Session: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Public Viewing: 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Awards Ceremony & Reception: 3:30 p.m. 

 

Who Can Apply?

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 2020 Abstract Booklet

GRAD 2020 Award Winners

Engineering

1st Place – Nidhal Badrouchi, Petroleum Engineering
2nd Place – Trevor Taylor, Chemical Engineering
3rd Place – Kaylee Smith, Chemical Engineering

Natural Sciences 

1st place – Derick Thompson, Biomedical Sciences
2nd place – Danielle Germundson, Clinical & Translational Science
3rd place – Alec Sczepanski, Atmospheric Sciences

Professional, Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts

1st place – Zachary Hoggarth, Public Health
2nd place  – Khalifa Alshaya, Teaching and Learning
3rd place – Brittany Borgen, Higher Education

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

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