火星探测器, Marine Biology Projects, and Business Stock Performances Are Among Entries at Annual 本科 Research Competition
IRVINE, CA (May 9, 2021) - Concordia University 欧文 安ounced the winners of its 安ual President's Academic Showcase which pairs individual undergraduate students, 或团队, to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on a research project of their choice. More than 40 students from freshman to seniors representing over 15 majors competed in the virtual academic event which awards over $5,000现金.
一组参赛, 来自太阳神团队, included a 2-person human-powered rover built to NASA specs for the 2021 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Team Helios built their rover, called Patience, over a nine-month period. With the on-site competition in Huntsville, AL cancelled due to COVID-19, students were required to submit videos taking their rover on a course that simulates terrain found on rocky bodies in the solar system. Team Helios will take Patience for a test drive for the first time on the CUI campus in mid-May.
橙色 resident Ruth安a 百通, a senior Biology major, placed first in the junior and senior level, 一级. 百通, whose research project focused on the effects of storage methods on fish otoliths, p艺术nered with faculty mentor Biology professor Sean Bignami. 百通 will be invited to represent Concordia University 欧文 by presenting her research at an inter-collegiate undergraduate research conference this fall. Placing second, Business Administration major Owen Milligan of 河畔 together with faculty mentor Business professor Michael Kinnen examined the relationship between stock performances and federal unemployment insurance benefits. Senior Biology and Psychology major Joemyl Rajah Ian Osorio of 夏威夷 placed third with a research project comparing the effects of drugs on injured zebrafish working with faculty advisor Biology professor Lindsay Kane-Barnese.
Tier two freshmen and sophomore winners included History & Political Thought and Biology majors. 欧文 resident Nathan Estrick, a Sophomore History & Political Thought major, placed first with his project “The Myth of the Superman and their Confrontation with Death” with the help of faculty mentor Professor of Philosophy and Theology Jeff Mallinson. Two sophomore biology majors placed second and third. Alana Hurley的 斯科茨代尔,阿兹 placed second with her project “The Relationship Between Body and Image, 饮食失调, and Athletic Performance in NCAA Cross Country Athletes” with the help of faculty mentor Kinesiology professor Nathan Meier. Placing third from 西山，加州 was Sarah Ibrahim who together with her faculty mentor Biology Professor Sarah Karam examined malaria in Africa.
Concordia’s 安ual academic competition requires undergraduate students, 或团队, to write a 25-page report and to create an academic poster. The top five finalists give an additional 20-minute oral presentation. Students’ work is judged by a panel of multi-disciplinary faculty. Majors represented in the competition each year include biology, 英语, 神学, behavioral sciences, 音乐, 剧院, 教育, 业务, 通信, 心理学, 艺术, 化学, 历史, 人类学, linguistics and mathematics.
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Concordia University 欧文 (CUI) is a non-profit Christian liberal 艺术s university governed by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). Preparing students for their vocations—their callings in life—Concordia offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs through its six schools—Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, Christ College, Education, Health & Human Sciences, and the Townsend Institute. Nationally, its undergraduate core curriculum program, Enduring Questions & 的想法, has earned public recognition. 康科迪亚是一个 U.S. 新闻 Top Tier Regional University and has been named by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the fastest growing private nonprofit master's institutions. The only NCAA DII university in 橙色 County, Concordia enrolls about 4,000 students 安ually, and is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).