Welcome to the 2025 Eastern South Dakota Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event will be held Thursday, July 31, 2025 in the Muenster University Center on the University of South Dakota campus in Vermillion, SD. The symposium aim is to showcase undergraduate research in the region.
Parking is available in non-metered spots on lots 2, 3, and 4 found on the map here.
Program (download .pdf here):
8:30 - 9:00 Check in & Refreshments (Muenster University Center Ballroom, 2nd floor)
9:00 - 9:10 Welcome & Opening remarks
9:15 - 10:00 Discussion 'From Industry to Academics, Obtaining Success through Research', featuring panelists:
Alan Sazama, MD Assistant Dean Sanford School of Medicine; Emergency Medicine Physician at Avera Medical Group
Timothy Paris, MD/PhD student at the Yale School of Medicine
Ashleigh Chov, Research Technologist, Los Alamos National Lab
Erin Schnetzer, student at the School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin - Madison
10:00 - 10:15 Sioux Valley ACS sponsored Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:45 Poster Session #1
11:45 - 1:00 Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 Poster Session #2
2:45 - 3:00 Sioux Valley ACS sponsored Coffee Break
3:00 - 4:00 Closing remarks/visit the National Music Museum (optional)
The event co-organizers are:
Victor Huber, South Dakota BRIN Site Host at USD
Luci Drapeau, South Dakota BRIN Tribal College Coordinator, USD
Rachel Willand-Charnley, PI of the Collaboration to Combat Crime (C3) NSF REU Site
James Hoefelmeyer, PI of the Molecules Meet Materials (M3) NSF REU Site
Chaoyang Jiang, co-PI of the Collaboration to Combat Crime (C3) NSF REU Site
The event sponsors are: