Student researchers from Texas A&M University- Kingsville earned 17 total awards at the Seventh Annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Student Research Symposium, held at Texas A&M International University recently.

The university also won the Traveling Scholarship Trophy, which recognizes the university winning the most individual student awards.

Ten A&M System universities participated, with 240 total student poster entries. Texas A&MKingsville made up more than a fourth of those, with 64 posters.

Awards for first and second were given to doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students in eight different fields of study: agriculture; business and computer information systems; engineering and computer science; environmental science; life science; physical sciences; and social sciences and humanities. A&MKingsville took home 16 of these student awards.

There also was an overall category, where first, second and third place awards were given to the best overall doctoral, graduate and undergraduate research efforts.

A&M-Kingsville student Angelique Geyer was awarded first in the overall graduate category.

The complete list of awards won by Texas A&M-Kingsville is as follows:

Traveling Scholarship

Trophy

Texas A&M University- Kingsville

Agriculture

Justin Tanner, Graduate, 1st Place

Juan Raygoza, Graduate, 2nd Place

Roel Lerma, Undergraduate, 2nd Place

Education

Angelique Geyer, Graduate, 1st Place

Engineering

Jose Cabezas, Doctoral, 1st Place

Prajay Gor, Doctoral, 2nd Place

Ekundayo Ogungbe, Graduate, 2nd Place

Natalie Rocha, Undergraduate, 2nd Place

Environmental Science

Preethi Talla, Graduate, 2nd Place

Noe Saenz, Undergraduate, 1st Place

Life Science

Esteban Cantu, Undergraduate, 2nd Place

Overall

Angelique Geyer, Graduate, 1st Place, Education

Physical Science

Santhikala Akkisetty, Graduate, 1st Place (Tie)

Satyanarayana Ghanta, Graduate, 1st Place (Tie)

Geetha Birudala, Graduate, 2nd Place

Social Sciences and

Humanities Cindy Schwing, Graduate, 1st Place

Cristina Suarez- Machuca, Undergraduate, 1st Place

The Texas A&M University System Pathways Student Research Symposium gives students enrolled in System institutions the opportunity to present findings from their own research, conducted with faculty mentors, and discuss their findings with fellow students and faculty.

The program grew out of the Pathways to the Doctorate Program, which provides resources to encourage high-achieving students to pursue doctoral degrees and ultimately careers as teaching and research faculty members.