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Luca Lalor, a senior in finance and computer science, presents Methods of Generating alpha from FX Trading Using Technical Analysis: Evidence from Algorithmic Simulation. Photo by Topher McGehee

Award recipients announced for fall undergrad research forum

Jeromy Stacy November 17, 2016

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Forum When: Nov. 17 Where: Clark Student Center Poster presentations: 39 Oral presentations: 39 Student perspectives How did you get...

Apryl Webb, secretary of the office of undergradute research, speaks to 17 attendees during and undergradute research workshop on Sept. 20. Photo by Dewey Cooper

Undergraduate research office uses Cards Against Humanity for mock proposals

Dewey Cooper September 22, 2016

Apryl Webb, secretary of the office of undergraduate research, hosted a workshop titled "Getting Started in Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities" to help students become acclimated to the undergraduate...

William Statham, mechanical enginering senior, adjusts his poster on aquaponics April 28. Photo by. Topher G. McGehee

Researchers debate value of poster vs. oral presentations

Kristen Gregg May 1, 2016

About five minutes before 9 a.m., Clark Student Center was buzzing. The tension had set in for some of the students at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Forum doing either poster or oral...

Tanner Rankin, Shelby Binford, and Ethan Staley radiology juniors present their project over methods to reduce patient anxiety in MRI. April 28. Photo by. Topher G. McGehee

Students spend months preparing for forum

Thomas Goad May 1, 2016

A plastic heart is handed around Comanche, students and faculty sit in awe over the complexity and precision made by 3-D printers and the information gathered in this presentation.Michael Olaya, mechanical...

Accounting and sociology senior Careisha Whyte and junior Catherine Stepniak talk to spectators at the poster presentations Thursday. The two won first place for their poster presentation. Photo by Topher McGehee

Winning becomes ‘an amazing feeling’ for first-time analysts

Devon Doggett April 29, 2016

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Forum concluded April 28 with Wind Ensemble concert at Akin Auditorium — "Rhythm and Blue" — that included an approximately 20-minute awards intermission....

Julio Rivera talks with Seth Witherspoon, a junior in mechanical engineering, during the poster presentations Thursday. Rivera was the keynote speaker at the Thursday night kickoff dinner. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Speaker: Challenge common wisdom through research

Taylor Barnett April 29, 2016

Pushing students to attack common wisdom through their research, the keynote speaker at the April 28 kickoff dinner also expressed the importance of undergraduate research.“If you address and attack...

Michael Olaya won first place for the ideaMSU project involving 3D printing of body parts. Photo by Bradley Wilson

56 student recognized for work at research forum

The Wichitan April 29, 2016

Dillard College of Business AdministrationBest Oral Presentation1st Place  — Antecedents and Outcomes of Brand Loyalty | Keaton Dolan, Will Roland, Ashley Watts, Wadzanai Dzvurumi, and Liz Navarette...

Michael Olaya discusses a three-dimensional printer than can print body parts at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Forum, April 28, 2016. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Undergrads engage in research

Yvette Ordonez April 27, 2016

As part of the growing undergraduate research program, students and faculty spend months researching new ideas or learning new approaches for old ideas. Along the way, they compete for thousands of dollars...

Kiran Chapagain, mechanical engineer junior, presents his poster on Computational Study of Film Boiling Droplet Motion on Micro- and Nanoscale Ratchets to Eduardo Colmenares, professor of computer science and one of the judges, at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum, held in the CSC Atrium, Nov. 19. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Undergrad research forum considered ‘huge success’

Kara McIntyre December 1, 2015

Sept. 26, 1905. Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity (or E=mc2) is published after more than seven years of research, introducing new ideas to mechanics close to the speed of light. “If...

Undergraduate research forum Nov. 19

Undergraduate research forum Nov. 19

Kara McIntyre November 18, 2015

With 48 presentations and 101 presenters, students from freshman to seniors make final preparations for the fall Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum on Nov. 19. Director of Undergraduate...

Bridget Alaniz, biology senior, listens to Jeff Snowdens, geology senior, presentation about sealevel changes through comparing mineral fossil composition from samples in Oklahoma, at the undergraduate research poster presentation part during the Celebration of Scholarships, Thursday, April 30, 2015. Photo by Rachel Johnson I presented last year, so I was already interested  to come out, plus my biology teacher offered extra credit for it, so I had multiple reasons to come out here, Alaniz said. Photo by Rachel Johnson.

Celebration of Scholarship ‘a good learning experience’

Naomi Skinner May 5, 2015

The research and creativity of students and professors were in the spotlight during the fourth annual Celebration of Scholarship in the Clark Student Center April 28-30. AWARD RECIPIENTS 1st Best...

Rebecca Dodge, geosciences associate professor, explains to Shairi Stanley, art sophomore, and Alyson Baker, graphic design freshman, her research project during the Celebration of Scholarships held in the Atrium of the Clark Student Center Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Celebration of Scholarship gives new meaning to the words ‘celebration of scholarships’

Matt Jobe April 29, 2015

The research and creativity of Midwestern State University students and professors will be in the spotlight this week during MSU’s Celebration of Scholarship in the Clark Student Center. The Celebration...

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