West Virginia State University Students’ Work Featured at Undergraduate Research Day

2/5/2020

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Contact: Jack Bailey
(304) 766-4109
jbaile19@wvstateu.edu
     
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Ten West Virginia State University (WVSU) student research projects will be showcased at the State Capitol as part of the 17^th Annual Undergraduate Research Day Friday, Feb. 7.

The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the State Capitol rotunda, and will feature research posters from students representing 11 colleges and universities throughout the state. This year marks the second time WVSU has served as the lead organizer of the day’s events. 

WVSU student research on display includes the following projects in the fields of biology, chemistry, computer science and criminal justice:

Shyann Stewart, “Behavioral Assays of Seven OMRI Approved Insecticides on the Biocontrol Generalist Predator, Chrysoperla rufilabris;”

• Samantha Belcher, “Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) on Feeding Effects of Nigella sativa on Drosophila melanogaster;”
• Hannah Hudson, “Additional Species Diversity of the Rhinebothriidean Genus Stillabothrium;”
• Chinyere Ugwuanyi, “Detecting genes from the nitrogen biogeochemical cycle in Kanawha River sediment;”
• Samantha White, “The Effect of Habanero on the Body Weight of Drosophila Melonogaster;”
• Christopher Bias, “Organic Synthesis of Acylated Sucrose for Integrated Pest Management;”
• Rachel Minney, “Progress Towards Synthesizing an Aluminum Binding Ligand;”
• Jayden Creasey, “Research on a new generation of neural networks based on Agent Technology;”
• Grace Martin, “Cycle of Child Abuse;” and
• Sierra Rabel, “Substance Abuse and its Correlation to Rise in Crime in West Virginia.
• Undergraduate Research Day is sponsored by WVSU, Marshall University, West Virginia University and the University of Charleston. 

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West Virginia State University is a public, land grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi-generational institution, located in Institute, W.Va. As a “living laboratory of human relations,” the university is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service, and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution. Its mission is to meet the higher education and economic development needs of the state and region through innovative teaching and applied research.