SIUE Graduate School Presents Research Grants to Outstanding Students
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is pleased to announce the spring 2022 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) award recipients.
The awards, valued at up to $500 each, will support the research and creative activities of 44 graduate students studying in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Schools of Engineering, Pharmacy, and Education, Health and Human Behavior.
“Graduate students at SIUE engage in their profession through the creation and publication of original research and creative activities,” said Jerry Weinberg, PhD, associate provost for research and dean of the Graduate School. “Their projects have regional, national, and international impact. The Research Grants for Graduate Students program recognizes the project’s potential contribution and provides students with necessary resources to conduct the work.”
Faculty advisors oversee the students’ individual research or creative activity. The primary purpose of the RGGS program is to support the graduate students’ work, particularly as it relates to their thesis or final project.
The spring 2022 RGGS projects are listed at siue.edu/graduate-students/awards/research-grants.
A sampling of projects includes:
- An Interrogation of Hegemonic COVID-19 Mitigation Communication: Nepal as a Case Study (Sagarika Shrestha, of Lalitpur, Nepal, Applied Communication Studies)
- Mental Health and Well-Being related to Academic and Athletic Stressors among Collegiate Student-Athletes (Kassidy Dexheimer, of Washington, Kinesiology-Exercise & Sport Psychology)
- Exploring Art as Visual Commentary on the Othering of Black Minds, Bodies, and Culture (Nkosi Wan, of Florissant, Mo., Art Studio)
- Investigating Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease-associated Synaptic Dysfunction (Emily Hendricks, of Collinsville, Biological Sciences)
- Measuring Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Illinois (Jacob Smith, of Wood River, Chemistry)
- Stress Distributions of Copper Pipes Buried in Dense Sand Due to Axial Push and Pull (Kamrul Hasan, of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Civil Engineering)
- Development of Robotic Technologies Tailored to Support the Specialty Crop Production in the State of Illinois (Ethan Blomberg, of Springfield, Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering)
- Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers for Enhanced Drug Solubility (Prasant Khadka, of Bhaktapur, Nepal, Pharmaceutical Sciences)
- Distraction and Interaction: The Role of Telework, Digital Competence, and Work Engagement on Work-Family Conflict and Family-Work Conflict (Christine Seitz, of Peoria, Industrial-Organizational Psychology)
Photo: Among the students benefitting from the Graduate School’s spring 2022 Research Grants for Graduate Students program is former SIUE Cougars student-athlete Kassidy Dexheimer for her project: Mental Health and Well-being related to Academic and Athletic Stressors among Collegiate Student-Athletes.
