Three students are award recipients of the Research Experience for Undergraduates program of the North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, known as ND EPSCoR. The students will work with faculty on cutting-edge research projects in chemistry, materials science, engineering, hydrology, agribusiness and applied economics, and atmospheric sciences, while learning scientific research and communication skills.
The Research Experience for Undergraduates program is primarily geared toward undergraduate students in the STEM disciplines and provides the opportunity to work in the Center for Regional Climate Studies or the Center for Sustainable Materials Science. Students must be enrolled at NDSU, University of North Dakota, one of the five tribal colleges located in North Dakota or one of four North Dakota University System primarily undergraduate institutions.
Student recipients, their institutions, Center of Research and advisers are:
• Anna Renner, NDSU, Center for Sustainable Materials Science, Mukund Sibi
• Hanna Torgerson, Mayville State University, Center for Sustainable Materials Science, Khwaja Hossain and Mohi Quadir (NDSU)
• Hayden Zander, Valley City State University, Center for Regional Climate Studies, Andre DeLorme
The research projects will consist of a total of 200 hours conducted for up to one year beginning June 1. Recipients are awarded a salary of $5,000 and up to $2,500 for summer housing if the program activity is not at the student’s home campus.
North Dakota EPSCoR is a federally and state funded program designed to improve the ability of university and college researchers to compete more effectively for federal, regional and private research grants in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Jung at elizabeth.jung@ndsu.edu.