Thanks to everyone who participated in the recent #TweetYourResearch challenge! Here are some of the Graduate School’s favorite responses, showing the kinds of great work being done by our graduate students.
- Nick Oldham (Entomology & Plant Pathology)
- “Researching pollinators in wetlands and how that ecosystem affects them. If we improve wetland quality, we will help pollinators? Also a special focus on hover flies because they’re super cool and we want more people to know about them!”
- Sara Sultan (Bredesen Center)
- “Do you worry about peak electric consumption cost and demand charges? I am designing a thermal energy storage system integrated with the conventional heat pump, to provide space conditioning during peak hours. It saves utility costs and provides grid flexibility”
- Siera Reimnitz (Child and Family Studies)
- “From Brunch to Board Games!! A dyadic exploration of couples’ shared activities as these experiences may be associated with relationship functioning (e.g., satisfaction, closeness, quality).”
- Rakesh Kamath (Materials Science & Engineering)
- “I probe the fundamental phase transitions occuring at the micron-scale in high-performance metallic (titanium and nickel) alloys using high-energy X-rays to help metal 3-D printing technologies get closer to realizing its full potential!”
- Ashlee Smethers (Theory and Practice in Teacher Education)
- “I hope to help current teachers, future teachers, and paras to learn effective strategies and provide coaching and feedback to support their skills in hopes this will improve students behavior outcomes. I hope this helps teachers feel more confident and successful.”
- Grace Sarabia (Chemistry)
- “I utilize Raman spectroscopy to identify biosignatures in environments which mimic potentially habitable areas beyond earth”