Six science majors attended and presented posters at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored annual Emerging Researchers National Conference (ERN) in Washington, DC. The students are researchers on the STEMER grant funded by NSF, and were accompanied by Dr. Kenneth LaiHing, Program Manager. Pictured (left to right) are: Brianna Moncur (sophomore), Keila Miles (senior) back, Cassandra Dill (sophomore) front in slacks, Cynthia Wilson (senior), Chrystelle Vilfranc (senior),Colee Mitchell (sophomore), and Dr. Lai Hing.
The conference, held from February 28-March 2, 2013, was attended by students and representatives from universities and institutions conducting NSF sponsored STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) research. The six students all gave poster presentations in the areas of Microbiology, Nanotechnology and Chemistry.
Perseverance and hard work with Dr. Elaine Vanterpool paid off for our own Brianna Moncur, who won 1st place in Microbiology.
The conference was a very interesting experience for our students, allowing them to not only present their research, but to network, meet with recruiters from graduate schools, and to learn more about different areas of STEM.
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 at 6:09PM
You can also
click
here to view all posts by this author...
