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The Top 10 Student Research Stories From 2016-2017

March 24, 2017

By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications

With the 20th year of Texas A&M’s Student Research Week underway March 27-31, take a look back at the top student research stories from the 2016-2017 academic year.

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Geography Students Help ‘Future Proof’ Texas A&M’s Fiber Optic System

For the past year and half, a team of Geography students has worked to collect field data from the fiber cables across the entire campus. But the project didn’t exactly come together in a conventional way.

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Bush School Students Undertake Research Project For FBI

The team’s research question is: “What model can identify open source data that can help forecast the threat actors of the future?”

8

Student Discovers New Bee Species

What turned out to be an insect collecting and identification study for Kilpatrick, a junior Entomology major, ended up being part of the study that was featured in a paper by Jason Gibbs of Michigan State University and a species being named in her honor of her new discovery.

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Meet Mario Cosio ’17

He currently holds eight separate awards, including two specific to the College of Science: a Hach Scientific Foundation Chemistry Teaching Scholarship endowed through the Texas A&M Foundation to assist chemistry students interested in pursuing careers as teachers, and a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program scholarship funded through the National Science Foundation to support underrepresented students in STEM disciplines, specifically those involved in undergraduate research.

6

Student Lands Scholarship From His Hospital Bed

Providing clean water to those in need is so important to Texas A&M University student Steven Brooke that he pursued an opportunity to serve, even though he was hospitalized at the time.

5

Student-designed ‘Tiny’ Homes To House Homeless, On Display

Two “tiny” homes designed and built by students at the Texas A&M College of Architecture will soon house a disabled homeless person and a homeless veteran.

4

Happy Feet: Penguin Receives Life-Changing Surgery at Texas A&M Vet Med

A chinstrap penguin from Moody Gardens in Galveston gained a new lease on life after a pioneering cataract surgery at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) Small Animal Hospital.

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Engineering Student 3-D Prints Tactile Maps For The Visually Disabled

Tyler Wooten was a freshman engineering student at Texas A&M University when he came up with an idea that could have a lasting impact on students with visual impairments. Eight months later, his idea — a three-dimensional, tactile map with braille — has come to fruition.

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From Galveston To The South Pole, Texas A&M Student Enjoying Marine Research

Most undergraduate students rarely get a chance to do research in some of the world’s most remote locations alongside some of the top scientific minds, but a Texas A&M University at Galveston student is living the dream at the bottom of the world – Antarctica.

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Students Show Mark Cuban Design For New Mavericks Facility

Architecture grad students are designing a state-of-the-art, multipurpose practice facility for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, with input from Mark Cuban, the team’s owner, and Bryan Trubey ’83, designer of AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, and numerous other iconic sports stadiums.

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