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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology applied biology, chemistry and chemical engineering students aren't afraid to get their
hands dirty. It's all in the name of science as they study biological subsystems of a wetlands area located near campus.
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Early start: The two research team start about 7:30 in the morning. While one team canoes to specific spots on the lake to take water samples, the other walks to the amphibian traps. Here Morgan Coan, Rose-Hulman biology professor
Ella Ingram and Kate Serentz walk to the traps. (Courtesy of Tribune-Star) |
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"It's fun," Morgan Coan, a senior applied biology major from Indianapolis, recently told the Terre Haute Tribune-Star.
Every day at the wetland, researchers find something different.
For the past three years, Rose-Hulman students and faculty members
have been conducting research at the 30-year-old man-made wetland, which includes a 52-acre lake. The study should determine
whether the wetland is functioning properly, Ella Ingram, assistant professor of applied biology, told the newspaper.
As part of the research, students visit the wetland daily to
check amphibian traps. They also take water and algae samples from the lake that are later tested in a lab. Past
research results have been used in academic papers and presentations at campus, regional and national scientific conferences.
The research project is part of Rose-Hulman's Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative and independent summer undergraduate
research projects, supported by Academic Success Grants provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.
Joining Coach and Ingram in the project have been Brenna Fullin,
a junior chemical engineering major from Columbus, Ohio; Penney Miller, assistant professor of chemistry; Harrison Sand, a senior
applied biology major from Cincinnati; and Kate Sernett, a junior chemistry major from Chicago.
The story about the summer research project can be found at http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_180220108.html.
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