Student Capstone Projects
Below is a list of recent NRES capstone course projects completed by students enrolled in the NRES Secondary Major.
Fall 2011
- Preliminary Soil Investigation Report - Sylvan Grove Farmers Elevator
Noortje Crabtree, Laura Kemp, Maggie Stephens, Amy Vu, and Jeanna Walters-Fancella - Improvement of the Kansas River Access Locations
Alex Bartelsmeyer, Margaret Baer, Kyle Linnebur, Mary Green, Hyatt Sutton, Courtney Kohler - The Farmers Elevator Company Preliminary Groundwater Investigation Report
Johnny Bryant, Hilary Dees, James Ewing, David Meyer, Vishrut Patel
Spring 2011
- Waste Characteriziation Study for KSU Recycling
Melinda Kahmeyer, Callie Miller, Kelsey Neppel, Craig Ronnebaum, John Webber, and Brian Zinke - Relationships between Biophysical and Photogrammetric Measurements of Eastern Red
Cedar in Northeast Kansas
Tony Strauss, Justin Kerschen, Christopher Morriss, Kari Friedrichs, Mike Zacharias, and Stuart Watts - Turf Management and Water Conservation: Suggested Methods for an Environmentally
Green Course
Michael Ellis, Courtney Estes, Ginger Pugh, Brianna Roberts, and Kevin Tulp
Fall 2010
- A Suggested Approach to Achieving Clean Water in the Kansas River Basin
Paden Meyer, Laura Rachelle White, Jacob Tarman, Megan Brown, Ruthie Nguyen, Scott Schlageck, and Keith Kennedy - Effects of Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) on the Understory Components at Various Stages of Invasion
Sarah Beebe, Randi McCarty, Maria Pezza, and Melissa Steen
Spring 2010
- Recommendations for the Flint Hills Discovery Center
Kathryn Glanville, Kate Ireton, Luke Massoth, Elise Neuer, and Terrence O'Connor - The Susceptibility of Native Grasslands to Woody Plan Enchroachment: A Study of Juniperus virginiana
Tony Strauss, Justin Kerschen, Christopher Morriss, Kari Friedrichs, Mike Zacharias, and Stuart Watts