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Abigail Brown, originally from Belen, displays her poster detailing her research into microbes at the Valles Caldera in Northern New Mexico. Brown, a biology major who is taking undergraduate and graduate classes at the same time for an accelerated master’s degree, participated in New Mexico Tech’s Student Research Symposium.
SOCORRO — Whether giving a speech, explaining a poster or participating in a team presentation of a yearlong design project, New Mexico Tech students’ passion for knowledge and problem-solving was on display at a four-day showcase of their research projects.
Casie Taylor, originally from Gallup, left, and Adrian Maez, originally from Belen, both juniors studying electrical engineering, pose next to their research poster analyzing the role solar panels on the New Mexico play in the system’s power flow.
The months of preparation for the 13th annual Student Research Symposium (SRS) — attending workshops on designing posters, writing abstracts, delivering presentations and elevator speeches; rehearsing; and incorporating feedback into their presentations — paid off as 97 undergraduate and 45 graduate students alike shone brightly before judges, evaluators, faculty, staff, alumni, fellow students and community members who attended the annual event held April 18-21, at the Joseph R. Skeen Library at New Mexico Tech.
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