UF Graduate School Hosts 2016 Florida Statewide Graduate Student Research Symposium

Release Date: April 26 2016

More than 60 students representing eight Florida graduate schools gathered in Touchdown Terrace on the afternoon of April 22 with posters printed and presentations prepared for the 2016 Statewide Graduate Student Research Symposium.

The symposium, though also a competition, is designed to celebrate and recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments of Florida graduate students while fostering comradery among the different institutions represented. Judges for the competition included not just UF faculty and staff, but also deans and staff from several other universities who had spent the preceding morning as guests of UF's Conference of Florida Graduate Schools collaboration and networking event.

The University of Florida was well-represented with 15 students showcasing their research across the range of symposium categories, and several placed in the top of their group.

UF would like to thank everyone who participated, including staff, judges, competitors and spectators from the following universities:

  • Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU)
  • Florida International University (FIU)
  • Florida State University (FSU)
  • University of Central Florida (UCF)
  • University of Florida (UF)
  • University of Miami (UM)
  • University of North Florida (UNF)
  • University of South Florida (USF)

UF would also like to congratulate the following exhibitors:

Arts and Humanities:

First place: Amy Bustin- Florida State University (FSU)

Biological Sciences:

First place: Pritesh Desai- University of Florida (UF)

Second place: Kendra Adams- Florida International University (FIU)

Education:

First place: Zachary Collier- University of Florida (UF)

Second Place: Gareth Bryan Wilkinson- Florida State University (FSU)

Second Place: Orhan Simsek- University of South Florida (USF)

Engineering:

First place: Khurram Soomro- University of Central Florida (UCF)

Second place: Micah McCrary-Dennis- Florida Mechanical & Agricultural University (FAMU)

Health Sciences:

First Place: Joonseok Cho- University of Florida (UF)

Second Place: Danielle Sambo- University of Florida (UF)

Life Sciences:

First place: Abigail Woltering- University of Central Florida (UCF)

Second Place: Makyba Charles- University of Florida (UF)

Social Sciences:

First Place: Stephanie Diez- Florida International University (FIU)

Second Place: Antonina Kulchitskaya- Florida International University (FIU)

To see the full list of competitors, please download the symposium program PDF: 2016 Symposium Booklet.

To view photos from the event, please visit the 2016 Statewide Graduate Research Symposium event page.