PULLMAN, Wash. – Climate change, smart environments, biofuels, plant genomics and more are topics to be featured at the 2018 WSU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, with poster presentations 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, in Smith CUE Atrium.
A keynote presentation will be presented 9 a.m. in Smith CUE 203 by Michael P. Wolcott, WSU Regents Professor of civil and environmental engineering, and associate vice president for research. Both events are free and open to the public.
The symposium is an annual event that highlights the summer work of students from dozens of U.S. universities, including WSU. Participating students spend the summer working on research projects with WSU faculty. Funding to support the students and their efforts come from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, other grants, and WSU.
“The important contributions of these hard-working students has a direct impact on our leading Research-1 university,” said Shelley Pressley, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. “We are looking forward to seeing results of their efforts at the 2018 symposium, and hearing about their time at WSU.”
The summer symposium is organized by the Office of Undergraduate Research, part of WSU Undergraduate Education, on behalf of the many programs and professors hosting the students.
For more information on the event and the student projects, see the Summer Research website.
An online copy of the abstract book for the symposium will be on that site the week of July 30, ahead of the symposium.
Contact:
- Shelley Pressley, Director, WSU Office of Undergraduate Research, 509-335-5443, spressley@wsu.edu
- Beverly Makhani, Director of Communications and Marketing, WSU Undergraduate Education, 509-335-6679, makhani@wsu.edu
