Students Awarded at 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

Many Freshwater Sciences undergraduate students participated in the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, April 25th. Out of 275 presenters across campus, there were 21 finalists. School of Freshwater Sciences students Jena Choi and John De Tuncq were finalists.

John De Tuncq’s research was titled “Seasonally-Dependent Stratification of Temperature and Conductivity in the Milwaukee Harbor.” His faculty mentor was Dr. Russell Cuhel, who was nominated as a great undergraduate research mentor.

Jena Choi’s research was done within the Geosciences department in the College of Letters & Science. Her research was titled “Geological Process Drawings,” which focused on taking several geological diagrams and update them to be visually appealing and understandable for students.

Congrats to our stellar undergraduate research student presenters and finalists! And special congrats to Dr. Cuhel!

Freshwater Sciences and Atmospheric Science presenters: Kade Barkas, Grant Probst, Britta McKinnon, Kaitlyn Suchomel, Miles Carson, Nyla Connell, Kayla Peirick

Read more on each presentation on the Undergraduate Research Symposium website.