Jack Rogers Named Undergraduate Research Award Winner

2013 Sep 4

Twenty-one University of Kansas students will receive Undergraduate Research Awards (UGRAs) to support their research projects this fall, including Jack Rogers, of Shawnee.

“Students who receive the Undergraduate Research Award represent some of the best student scholarship on the Lawrence campus,” said John Augusto, director of the Center for Undergraduate Research. “These students have mentors who invest a lot of time training them, and the mentors’ work comes through when you read the students’ proposals.”

Additional information about Rogers, listed by major, high school attended, name and topic of research, and research mentor and department:

Freshman majoring in chemical engineering; Shawnee Mission Northwest High School; “Development of an Algorithm to Predict Molecular Stability,” a research project aimed at developing a computer program which would receive the code for a molecular formula and return a “stability rating” based on the estimated bond dissociation energies of the molecule; research mentor: Kyle Camarda, chemical engineering.

Recipients will receive $1,000 to support their respective research projects. The Undergraduate Research Awards are funded by a partnership between the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, and the Office of the Provost. Applicants wrote a four-page research proposal with the assistance of their research mentor. Recipients of the award were selected on the merit of the applicant's proposal, the applicant's academic record and the recommendation from a faculty member who is familiar with the applicant and the proposed project.

The Center for Undergraduate Research will begin taking applications for the spring 2014 awards in September, with a Nov. 13 deadline. For more details and to apply, visit www.ugresearch.ku.edu.