2023 Graduate Research Symposium

28th Annual Graduate Research Symposium

The Washington University in St. Louis Graduate Student Senate is pleased to host the 28th Annual Graduate Research Symposium on April 4th, 2023, with support from the Graduate Professional Council, Association of Graduate Engineering Students, and The Graduate Center. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at Frick Forum in the Olin Business School.

Coinciding with National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, the Graduate Research Symposium is an interdisciplinary event open to graduate and professional students of all disciplines and fields that seeks to showcase the breadth and depth of graduate research being produced at Washington University. The Symposium is open to research of all types, such as primary research, literature reviews, case studies, and highlights of new methodologies. Presenters will be grouped by category or discipline and scored based on the clarity, aesthetics, and content of their posters, as well as their presentation skills. The top three posters in each category will win $250, $150 and $100. The top three posters overall will win $1500, $1000 and $500 respectively.

Symposium Schedule

Opening Remarks and Key Note: 2:00 p.m., Frick Forum

Opening Remarks by Patricia Elisabeth Maurer and Gloria Zhou, Graduate Student Senate Co-Presidents

Keynote Speech by Dr. Andrew Butler, Associate Professor, Department of Education and Psychological & Brain Sciences, Chair of the Department of Education

Poster Session: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Frick Forum

Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony: 4:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m., Emerson Auditorium

Closing Remarks by Hoyon Mephokee, Graduate Research Symposium Organizing Committee Chair

Closing Speech by Dr. Vijay Ramani, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and International Affairs, Roma B. & Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished University Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Awards Ceremony

Winners

Overall

  • 1st Place: Haihui Zhu (Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering)
  • 2nd Place: William Bonfiglio (Department of Performing Arts – Theater and Performance Studies)
  • 3rd Place: Ying Shiang Lim (DBBS Immunology)

Engineering

  • 1st Place: Haihui Zhu (Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering)
  • 2nd Place: Junyi Zhao (Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering)
  • 3rd Place: Carly Krull (Department of Biomedical Engineering)

Humanities

  • 1st Place: William Bonfiglio (Department of Performing Arts – Theater and Performance Studies)
  • 2nd Place: Sydney Watt & William Bonfiglio (Department of Performing Arts – Theater and Performance Studies)
  • 3rd Place: Elizabeth Mangone (Department of Art History and Archaeology)

Professional

  • 1st Place: Olivia Weng (Brown School)
  • 2nd Place: Allen Liu, Elizabeth P. Newberry, Yan Xie, Elizabeth Molitor, Nicholas O. Davidson (Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
  • 3rd Place: Cheolho Song (Olin Business School, Department of Marketing)

Science

  • 1st Place: Ying Shiang Lim (DBBS Immunology)
  • 2nd Place: Siyue Liu (Department of Chemistry)
  • 3rd Place: Aahana Bajracharya (Department of Radiology)

Social Sciences

  • 1st Place: Jeremy Siow (Department of Political Science)
  • 2nd Place: Benjamin Noble (Department of Political Science)
  • 3rd Place: Rachel Martin (Department of Education)
  • 2023 GRS Winners, GSS Co-Presidents, GRS Committee Members, and Vice Provost Ramani. Photo credit: Carole Green.
  • Haihui Zhu (left), Vice Provost Ramani (right). Photo credit: Carole Green.
  • (From left to right) William Bonfiglio, Vice Provost Ramani, Ying Shiang Lim. Photo credit: Carole Green.
  • Vice Provost Ramani (left), Carly Krull (right). Photo credit: Carole Green.
  • (From left to right) Elizabeth Mangone, Vice Provost Ramani, William Bonfiglio, Sydney Watt. Photo credit: Carole Green.
  • (From left to right) Allen Liu, Olivia Weng, Vice Provost Ramani, Cheolho Song. Photo credit: Carole Green.
  • (From left to right) Aahana Bajracharya, Vice Provost Ramani, Siyue Liu, Ying Shiang Lim. Photo credit: Carole Green.
  • (From left to right) Rachel Martin, Vice Provost Ramani, Jeremy Siow, Benjamin Noble. Photo credit: Carole Green.

Event Photos

All photos from the event can be viewed and downloaded at the following link: https://wustl.box.com/s/g14pryq6fmb570l6h6mhe7vgvx0pf263. Photo credits: Carole Green.