Student Poster Session Recap 2025

Eleven undergraduate students and student teams statewide traveled to Pierre, S.D., to showcase research projects at the 28th annual South Dakota Student Research Poster Session at the Capitol Rotunda on Friday, February 21, 2025.

The poster session gave the students an opportunity to share their research with state legislators, state officials and the public, giving them a first-hand look at the highlights of their efforts and the importance of research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Pictured: SD EPSCoR Director, Kinchel Doerner, learns about the work presented by Black Hills State University (BHSU) student Sebastian O’Farrell.

This annual poster session is co-sponsored South Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (SD EPSCoR) and South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR).

Pictured: Back row – left to right: (SDSU) Santosh Thapa, Katie Bratberg, Dr. Bhanu Petla, Debbrata Datta; (DSU) Dijesh Shrestha, Shishir Poudel; Front row – left to right: (SD EPSCoR) Summer Dupree; (USD) El Branham, Ella Wittmuss; (NSU) Zoe Boughton; (SDM) Antonia Gibbs; (BHSU) Sebastian O’Farrell; (BRIN) Faith Burns 

NOTE: Katie Bratberg and Dr. Petla helped serve the delicious SDSU ice cream. Others pictured, presented their wonderful posters and their projects.