Entries tagged with "student research"

Jennifer Hanson receives $15,000 fellowship

Jennifer Hanson, human nutrition, is one of three doctoral candidates who have received $15,000 fellowships through the Kansas State University Research Foundation Doctoral Fellowship program.

In the news: students publish, honored

Aging Initiative awarded to Pei Liu Pei Liu, a graduate student in the Department of Hospitality Management and Dietetics, has received $1,750 from the Peine Excellence for Aging Initiative for her proposal, “Perceived availability of and attitudes toward healthy food choices in assisted-living facilities.” Stull wins award for research abstract Valerie Stull has been named [...]

Jen Case studies athletes weight goals, suggests high protein diets

From starvation diets to sauna suits, athletes in sports like mixed martial arts, wrestling and boxing often to go unhealthy extremes to meet their weight class goals.

Bean to brew: coffee study examines aromatics

As any caffeine connoisseur will attest, if a coffee bean is prepared correctly, its aromatics can delight the senses and tickle the taste buds. However, if the beans are too burned, they can impact the taste of the coffee. A team of researchers at Kansas State University is hoping to put an end to the hit-and-miss roasting of coffee beans by introducing the coffee industry to the best preparation of three major beans.

Students in the news: March 24, 2010

Hospitality students win first Hospitality management students won first place in the membership/marketing category of Club of the Future Competition at the World Conference on Club Management earlier this semester. Students at the conference in San Diego were seniors Bailey Miller, Robert Tibbetts and Hannah Garcia. According to the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) [...]

Senior examines hearing loss in ag workers

Janna Sorensen noticed that a disability was becoming a trend in her family of farmers. The Kansas State University senior in communication sciences and disorders turned her curiosity into a research project that would not only benefit her family, but other agricultural workers also affected. “I grew up on a farm and just about every [...]

Student team, Brosdahl in high cotton

Deb Brosdahl, associate professor in Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design, will take eight students  to North Carolina in October to learn how an agricultural crop becomes cloth. With a $43,000 grant from Cotton Inc., Brosdahl and “Team Cotton” will travel to Raleigh to tour a cotton farm, a cotton gin, and a cotton mill. At [...]