Student Capstone Projects
Below is a list of recent NRES capstone course projects completed by students enrolled in the NRES Secondary Major.
Spring 2013
- Estimating Biomass of Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) with Key Variables and Understory Analysis
Tyler Bletscher, Chelsea Corkins, Rachel Enns, John Jones, Michael Kaiser, Matti Kuykendall, Debbie Mildfelt, Jake Rockwell, Paul Waters, Mike Weber, Thomas Weninger, Danielle Williams - Groundwater Management District 4
Alex Lord, Jamie Hitchcock, Nathan Owens, Rachel Hoppins, Retta Harwood, Yacine Ait Si Amer
Fall 2012
- Estimating Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) Biomass in Northeastern Kansas
Crystal Allison, Tanner Greve, Grant Power, Neal Rasmussen, Laura Smith, Cole Starkey - Report on Stormwater Management for the City of Manhattan, Kansas
Kristin Copeland, Sophia Ford, Daniel Snyder, Levi Sutton
Spring 2012
- Ogallala Management Strategies
Rachel El Shamy, Emily Frasier, Moses Kosin, Evan Mesh, Tracy Spade, Katie Talley - Correlations between Biophysical Measurements, Tree Stand Density, and BTU Potential
of Eastern Red Cedar in Northeast Kansas
Juergen Greve, Bryanna Pockrandt, Emily Patton, Ryan Lytle, Breanna Stout, Drew Bolton, Matt Meyers, Brad Freeman, Kelsey Duffy, Josh Wilson - Sylvan Grove Farmer's Elevator Company: Correction Action Study
Matt DeCapo, John Sparks, Jacob Chapman, Albert Maurin, Thomas Grund
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