SPARTANBURG, SC – Forty-one undergraduate students representing twelve SCICU colleges and universities presented findings and results from their 2016 research projects at the 2017 SCICU Research Symposium held at Milliken & Company in Spartanburg on February 23, 2017.
Supported by generous sponsors and donors, SCICU awarded $90,000 in research grants to undergraduate student research projects in March 2016. Research grant recipients were chosen based on professional evaluation of proposals. Research commenced in April 2016 and concluded in December 2016.
A list of SCICU undergraduate research projects funded in 2016 may be viewed here.
SCICU thanks the following for their generous support of the 2016 Undergraduate Student Research Program and the 2017 Research Symposium:
2016 Sponsors and Donors
Belle W. Baruch Foundation
BlueCross BlueShield of SC
BMW Manufacturing Company
Bryan Family Foundation Endowment
Joan Sasser Coker
Russell D. Cook
The Daniel-Mickel Foundation
Mills B. Lane Memorial Foundation
SCICU Endowment Fund
TD Charitable Foundation
2016 Research Evaluation Committee
Dr. B. G. Stephens – Wofford College
Dr. Neval Erturk – Converse College
Dr. Steve Farra – Columbia International University
Dr. Richard Keen – Converse College
Dr. James Wetzel – Presbyterian College
2017 Research Symposium Host
Milliken & Company
Courtney Edwards – Director of Communications and Customer Experience
Jenna Gaze – Customer Experience Manager
April Morris and Jeff Crenshaw – Building Service Team
Mariah Morrissey – Bon Appetit Catering
2017 Research Symposium Technology Support
Gregg Moss – Moss Technology