STEAM Education & Research
2022 Summer Research Returns to In-Person Format
The Summer 2022 program hosted 24 area high school students who participated in person for eight weeks from June 20 through August 12 at St. Andrews. Students worked alongside preceptors in hands-on research across nine topic areas in organic chemistry, environmental science, and materials science. New in 2022 was the addition of two research opportunities in Radio frequency identification (RFID) for Food Packaging Applications…
2022 Summer Research Fellowship Program Poster Session and Open House
Please join us on Thursday, August 11, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at MSU St. Andrews for an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2022 cohort of student research fellows. Research posters will be displayed, and this outstanding group of young investigators will be on hand to describe their summer research. Attendees will also have an opportunity to meet…
Wetlands and Water Purity
Team: Serena Fleming-Dittenber, Midland High; Callen Herst, Bullock Creek; Nicole Seiler, Bullock Creek; and Ris Agrwal, Great Lakes Bay Early College Mentor: Daniel Henton, Ph.D., with additional consulting provided by Greg Martin of Dow. The purpose of the project is to acquire data to help define the extent of the chemical plume (in part from activities on the base using perfluorinated compounds…
Saving Honey Bees from Varroa Mites with Controlled-Release Miticides
Team: Jason Harnick, Bullock Creek HS; Kaitlin Gandy, Midland HS; and Yuen Azo, Saginaw Arts & Science Academy (not pictured) Mentor: Edmund Stark, PhD The US beekeeping industry is in crisis, and with it those parts of the agriculture industry that are partly or entirely dependent upon honey bees for pollination. Honey bees are being lost at an alarming rate due to…
Developing New Chemistries and Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Intern research participation makes an impact.
