St. Cloud State students participate at Posters in St. Paul event

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Kassie Klasen, Sruthi Shankar and Director of the School of Computing, Engineering and Environment Dale Buske pose for a photo op. Submitted photo

Ten St. Cloud State University students participated in the fourth annual Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Posters in St. Paul event March 2 displaying their research projects in the rotunda at the state Capitol.

This event provides undergraduate students the opportunity to share the results of their scholarly work with Minnesota state representatives and legislators in hopes of positively impacting the state of Minnesota.

Posters at St. Paul is planned through the combined efforts of the Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Council, which is a consortium of institutions that supports the research, scholarly works and creative activity of undergraduates by providing avenues for funding, presentation resources and opportunities for them to present their work.

The ten St. Cloud State students who participated in the event were:

• Jessica McDonald – “Insights into Predicting Tornado Development Using NEWS-e Vorticity Forecasts”
• Catherine Knudsen and Andrew Ray – “Lake Victoria Sediment Core VICSURK16-4A-1C-1: Evidence for Lake Sedimentation History”
• Kassandra Klasen and Sruthi Shankar – “Delivery of SiRNA using cationic polymeric nanoparticles to understand the localization and function of GABAergic neurotransmission in planaria”
• Cody Yeary – “Analyzing P-Surge Exceedances to Improve Storm Surge Watches and Warnings”
• Joseph Kelzenberg, Josh Benoit, Austin Johannes and Emily Harrington – “Visualizing Meteorological Data Using Reality”