Four OSU students claim prizes at Research Day at the Capitol

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Christie Backoulou with Chancellor Glen D. Johnson of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Backoulou placed third in the research intensive campus category.

Ashley Hayes with her competitive research poster showing her work on tissue engineering.

Ellen Jarrett with her competitive research poster showing her work on biomaterials.

Lauren White with her competitive research poster showing her work on animal behavior.

Four Oklahoma State University students were selected to present competitive research posters to the State Legislature and the public recently during Research Day at Capitol, an annual event sponsored by Oklahoma EPSCoR, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and The National Science Foundation. Christie Backoulou, a Niblack scholar and a biochemistry/management senior from Stillwater, placed third in the research intensive campus category for her research on osteoporosis.

Other OSU participants included: Ashley Hayes, a Wentz scholar and a mechanical engineering senior from Oklahoma City, whose research focuses on tissue engineering; Ellen Jarrett, a Wentz scholar and mechanical engineering junior from Tulsa, whose research focuses on biomaterials; and Lauren White, a Niblack scholar and environmental science junior from Idabel, whose research focuses on animal behavior.

“I am immensely proud of the students who presented posters during this year’s Research Day,” said Stephen McKeever, OSU vice president for research and technology transfer. “They are great examples of the many hardworking, intelligent and truly gifted students we have here at Oklahoma State.”

A total of 18 students from 12 Oklahoma colleges and universities participated in Research Day at the Capitol. The event is designed to create awareness about the outstanding research conducted by college students throughout the state.