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Undergraduate Student Research by Karrie Smith
Karrie Smith was the DRA Undergraduate Research Assistant from 2024 to 2025. Her project investigates three aspects of using the MicroBIOMETER to indicate soil health: Soil sampling occurred biweekly. MicroBIOMETER tests were performed on the day of sampling and again after the samples had been incubated for at least three days. This project aims to continue…
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2024: Research Presented at Conferences
In 2022, Dr. Sabrina Brown (Project Director), Katelyn Smith (Freshwater Research Technician), and Karrie Smith (Undergraduate Research Assistant), as well as the Summer Undergraduate Research Program students, presented their work at: This research found that in 2024, plankton data reflect the drought that occurred last summer and fall. Cyclotella peaks later in the sampling season as…
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2023: Research Presented at Conferences
In 2023, Dr. Sabrina Brown (Project Director), Kateyln Smith (Freshwater Research Technician), and Hallie Webb (Undergraduate Research Assistant) presented their work on diatoms at the Defiance College McMaster Symposium, the Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting, and the Lake Erie & Aquatic Research Network Annual Meeting. After two years of enumerating diatoms and compiling data,…
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2022: Research Presented at Conferences
In 2022, Dr. Sabrina Brown (Project Director), Kateyln Smith (Freshwater Research Technician), and Hallie Webb (Undergraduate Research Assistant) presented their work on diatoms at the Defiance College McMaster Symposium and the Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Their work on diatoms in the Upper Maumee Watershed concludes that the season and temperature affect which diatoms…
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DRA’s Research Efforts in Summer 2024
Over the summer, Defiance Research Alliance hired two newly graduated local students from Ayersville High School to work in the Maumee Watershed Research Center. As Secondary Research Assistants, Mabel McGuire and Taylor Waldron worked with Defiance College staff, students, and faculty to collect samples in the field, conduct lab testing, learn about water quality, and understand Defiance’s…