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U of M Graduate School hosts first annual Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Research Showcase- Public is invited to view research from the university's top Ph.D candidates -
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 4/8/2008 ) -- The University of Minnesota Graduate School will host the first annual Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) Research Showcase noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in the Mississippi Room of Coffman Union, 300 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis. More than 30 of the top recipients of the 2007-08 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships will showcase their research, which covers roughly 25 different fields from engineering to English. Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are given to outstanding final-year Ph.D. candidates making timely progress toward the degree. Candidates are nominated by their graduate program's director of graduate studies to an all-university competition. This year 114 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships were awarded. The awards are handed out by the Fellowship Office of the Graduate School. "The Graduate School is proud to provide an opportunity for some of our best Ph.D. candidates to present their research to the public," said Graduate School Dean and Vice Provost Gail Dubrow. "What makes this showcase so exciting is that these graduate students represent a diverse sampling of the work being conducted across the institution. Clearly, both our faculty and graduate students are contributors to the research mission of the University of Minnesota." Participants in the research showcase include: * Crystal Austin, astrophysics. By using two methods to simulate dark matter halos -- large reservoirs of invisible mass around galaxies and clusters of galaxies -- Austin attempts to explore the evolution and exact properties of the mysterious bodies. * Erik Carlson, neuroscience. Carlson is researching the structural, molecular, biochemical and behavioral alterations in cells of the brain due to iron deficiency (ID), the most prevalent micronutrient deficiency in the world and an especially serious condition for infants. * Sabrina Curran, anthropology. Using cervid (deer) remains, Curran is reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions to test various hypotheses about human evolution. * Cassandra Scharber, curriculum and instruction. To better understand how literacy and learning can be improved outside the classroom, Scharber has performed a case study on an online, summer book club for girls in grades four through six offered through a metropolitan library. * Kelly Pennington, conservation biology. Pennington looks at the potential genetic effects if farmed fish -- genetically engineered for faster growth -- were to escape and breed with wild fish. * Ramji Venkatasubramanian, mechanical engineering. Stemming from a need to look into alternative techniques to treat people suffering from atherosclerosis (a disease of arterial blood vessels), Venkatasubramanian is looking to improve the efficacy of heating and freezing therapies as well as replacing the diseased arteries through preserved arterial grafts by understanding the mechanical property changes involved in these processes. The showcase is free and open to the public. Registration is requested and may be submitted at http://www.grad.umn.edu/postersession or (612) 626-6104. The Graduate School offers more than 140 majors through programs on the Twin Cities, Duluth and Rochester campuses, and awards more than 700 doctoral and nearly 2,000 master's degrees each year. The DDF Research Showcase is supported by the biomedical laboratory supplier Beckman Coulter. ---------- |
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