Student Research Symposium

Student Research Symposium

2024 Research Symposium

South Dakota Mines 14th annual Student Research Symposium will be held on April 9, 2024, in the Surbeck Center


2023 Research Symposium - Abstracts and Results

South Dakota Mines 13th annual Student Research Symposium was held on April 11, 2023, in the Surbeck Center. South Dakota Mines congratulates all of the award recipients.

2023 Abstract Booklet

Award Winners

Undergraduate Poster 3rd Place $200 - Megan Miller
Undergraduate Poster 2nd Place $300 - Carter Crawford
Undergraduate Poster 1st Place $500 - Conrad Thorman 

Undergraduate Oral 3rd Place $200 - Colette McAndrew
Undergraduate Oral 2nd Place $300 - Karissa Schipke
Undergraduate Oral 1st Place $500 - Tristen Olsson

Undergraduate Best Overall Winner $500 - Tristen Olsson

Graduate Poster 3rd Place $200 - Patrick Kozak
Graduate Poster 2nd Place $300 - Amelia Huffer
Graduate Poster 1st Place $500 - Daniel Cerfus

Graduate Oral 3rd Place $200 each - Jackson Cates, Jack Genovesi, & Cagri Ozdemir
Graduate Oral 2nd Place $300 - Andrew Rich
Graduate Oral 1st Place $500 - Jinyuan Liu

Graduate Best Overall Winner $500 - Jinyuan Liu


2022 Research Symposium - Abstracts and Results

South Dakota Mines 12th annual Student Research Symposium was held on April 5, 2022, in the Surbeck Center. South Dakota Mines congratulates all of the award recipients.

2022 Abstract Booklet

Award Winners

Undergraduate Oral 3rd Place $200 - Marcus Heintz 
Undergraduate Oral 2nd Place $300 - Liam Slavin  
Undergraduate Oral 1st Place $500 - Michael Hickey 

Undergraduate Poster 3rd Place $200 - Jennifer Johnson 
Undergraduate Poster 2nd Place $300 - Jordan Baumeister  
Undergraduate Poster 1st Place $500 - Brianna Hoff  

Undergraduate Best Overall Winner $500 - Brianna Hoff

Graduate Poster 3rd Place $200 each - Rudolph Hummel & Divine Kavunga 
Graduate Poster 2nd Place $300 - Laura Brunmaier 
Graduate Poster 1st Place $500 - Ding Lou 

Graduate Oral 3rd Place $200 - Ramesh Devadig 
Graduate Oral 2nd Place $300 - Abbi Elger  
Graduate Oral 1st Place $500 - Mikel Zaitzeff  

Graduate Best Overall Winner $500 - Mikel Zaitzeff 


2021 Research Symposium - Abstracts and Results

South Dakota Mines 11th annual Student Research Symposium was held virtually on April 6 and April 7, 2021. South Dakota Mines congratulates all of the award recipients.

Award Winners

Undergraduate
1st Place, $1,000 - Jackson Cates
2nd Place, $500 - Seth Bendigo
3rd Place, $250 - Joseph Brett

Graduate
1st Place, $1,000 - Ram Saraswat
2nd Place, $500 - Whytneigh Duffie
3rd Place, $250 - Fleford Redoloza


2019 Research Symposium - Abstracts and Results

South Dakota Mines 10th annual Student Research Symposium was held on April 9, 2019. South Dakota Mines congratulates all of the award recipients.

Award Winners

Undergraduate Poster 3rd Place $200 each: Matthew Phillips & Brianna Crawford
Undergraduate Poster 2nd Place $300: Seth Vandenberg 
Undergraduate Poster 1st Place $500: Ryan Bozer

Undergraduate Oral 2nd Place $300 each: Joel Swanson & Daniel Cerfus
Undergraduate Oral 1st Place $500: Shashwati Shradha 

Undergraduate Best Overall Winner $500: Shashwati Shradha


Graduate Poster 3rd Place $200 each: Erick Schmid & Patrick Kozak 
Graduate Poster 2nd Place $300: Nathan Smaglik 
Graduate Poster 1st Place $500: Anahita Haghizadeh 

Graduate Oral 2nd Place $300 each: Barbara Hadrawa & Joel Swanson 
Graduate Oral 1st Place $500: Jevin Meyerink 

Graduate Best Overall Winner $500: Anahita Haghizadeh


2018 Research Symposium - Abstracts and Results

South Dakota Mines 9th annual Research Symposium was held on April 3, 2018. South Dakota Mines congratulates all of the award recipients.

Award Winners

Undergraduate Poster 3rd Place $200: Kristin Pratscher
Undergraduate Poster 2nd Place $300: Tristan Picotte
Undergraduate Poster 1st Place $500: Laura Brunmaier

Undergraduate Oral 2nd Place $200: Aaron Campbell
Undergraduate Oral 2nd Place $300: Gabriel Wieczorek
Undergraduate Oral 1st Place $500: Christina Taylor

Undergraduate Best Overall Winner $500: Laura Brunmaier


Graduate Poster 3rd Place $200: Lin Kang
Graduate Poster 2nd Place $300: Ishara Ratnayake
Graduate Poster 1st Place $500: Eric Schmid

Graduate Oral 3rd Place $200: Mahsa Amiri
Graduate Oral 2nd Place $300: Anahita Haghizadeh
Graduate Oral 1st Place $500: Forest Thompson

Graduate Best Overall Winner $500: Forest Thompson


2017 Research Symposium - Abstracts and Results

South Dakota Mines 8th annual Research Symposium was held on April 4, 2017. South Dakota Mines congratulates all of the award recipients.

Award Winners

Undergraduate Poster 3rd Place $200 each: Kayleigh Muilenburg
Undergraduate Poster 2nd Place $300: Abigail McBride
Undergraduate Poster 1st Place $500: Michael Kelly

Undergraduate Oral 2nd Place $300: Jacob Pallas
Undergraduate Oral 1st Place $500: Therese Frels

Undergraduate Best Overall Winner $500: Michael Kelly


Graduate Poster 3rd Place $200: Rahul Bhargava
Graduate Poster 2nd Place $300: Saiprasad Sreekumar Ajitha
Graduate Poster 1st Place $500: Leila Sorkhi

Graduate Oral 3rd Place $200: Derek Neubert
Graduate Oral 2nd Place $300: Daniel Nix
Graduate Oral 1st Place $500: Venkata Bhattiprolu

Graduate Best Overall Winner $500: Leila Sorkhi