The Capitol Research Summit in Topeka is an annual event organized through collaborative efforts between three state universities – The University of Kansas, Wichita State University, Kansas State University, and the University of Kansas Medical Center. The main purpose of the summit is to provide an opportunity for selected graduate students to expose the State government and education officials, as well as the general public, to the quality of graduate research performed in the State of Kansas.

The students selected for this event are involved in research, including physical and natural sciences, engineering, sociology, history, and education; which provides a direct impact on the State of Kansas. As the Kansas Legislature extends support for basic research funding to these schools, the summit provides the researchers, in turn, an opportunity to present to the results of their investment.
10th Annual
Capitol Graduate Research Summit

Thursday, February 14, 2013

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

2nd Floor of the Rotunda at the Capitol

 SW 10th & SW Jackson
Topeka, KS 66612

2012 Proclamation by the Governor for Graduate Student Research Week, February13-17, 2012.

2012 CGRS winners: 

Kansas State University

Ayomi Perera:  Design of a 'Greener' Solar Cell Using Mycobacterial Protein MspA

Wilson Smith:  Feasiblity of Using Lignin: Plant Derived Material for Stabilization of Unpaved Roads

 

University of Kansas

Laura Dean: Leading Kansas? Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the United States and Kansas

A.J. Mellott: Approaching Inner Ear Hair Cell Regeneration Through Non-Viral Gene Therapy

 

University of Kansas Medical Center

Lacey Lucense: MicroRNAS Are Necessary for Female Fertility

Jessica Witherspoon: Shoulder Instability May Depend on Labral and Capsular Properties

 

Wichita State University

Zachary Kral: Use of Artificial Neural Networks to Detect Damage in Composite Laminates

Heath E. Misak: The Benefits of Magnetic/Proetin Targeted Drug Delivery in Treating Skin Cancer In-Vivo

 

 

February 17, 2011