FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 15, 2018
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Five Tarleton State University students took first-place honors in The Texas A&M University System’s 15th annual Pathways Student Research Symposium at West Texas A&M, and six students earned second and third place awards.
Hosted annually by a different A&M System university, the symposium is an opportunity for undergraduate, master’s degree and doctoral students to present their research findings — across various academic disciplines — in a poster or oral format.
Nearly 300 students participated in this year’s event, including an entourage of 31 students representing Tarleton and all seven of its academic colleges. In addition, 17 faculty members attended to serve as judges.
Winning presentations included:
• Torey Crosswhite, first place, Education – “STAAR Test Readability: Are the Tests Written to the Students’ Grade Level?”
• Preston Ward, Maria Tovar, Casey Sutton and Dinah Dinh-Andrus, first place, Humanities & Social Sciences – “Math vs. Gerrymandering”
• Michael Mudd, second place, Environmental Science – “Experimental Use of Plant-Based Polymers as Effective Removal Agents of Solid and Ionic Contaminants”
• Christian Greene and Dr. Del Nagy, third place, Business & Computer Information Systems – “Systems End of Life: What Happens to the Data?”
• Genell Tantingco, third place, Health Science – “Intermittent Hypoxic Conditioning: Potential Treatment for Ischemic Stroke”
• Lauren Selph and Drs. Donald McGahan, Eunsung Kan and James Muir, first place, Agriculture – “Feeding Better Biochar to Bermuda Grass”
• Taylor Garcia and Drs. James Muir, Kimberly Guay, Jeff Brady and Brandon Smith, second place, Agriculture – “Reduce Reuse ReRumen: Preservation Method of Rumen Fluid Collected from Slaughtered Cattle Changes in Vitro True Digestibility”
• Gabriel Nejad and Dr. Victoria Chraibi, third place, Environmental Science – “Analyzing Multivariable Water Chemistry to Assess Water Quality of Reference Sites in Texas in Compliance with the National Rivers and Streams Assessment”
“We’re pleased with the efforts of our students and faculty in conducting academic research and presenting their findings at this year’s Pathways Symposium,” said Dr. Lesley Leach, Tarleton’s associate dean of research and innovation. “This was a wonderful opportunity for the next generation of A&M System researchers to showcase their findings, network with peers and experts in various fields, gain exposure to graduate and post-graduate opportunities, and form lasting collaborative relationships for future research.”
To view complete results from this year’s A&M System Pathways Research Symposium, visit https://pathways.wtamu.edu.
For more information on Tarleton’s research programs, go to www.tarleton.edu/research.
Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
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Contact: Dr. Lesley Leach, Associate Dean of Research & Innovation
254-968-9588
[email protected]
