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The Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award honors undergraduate students at Kansas State University whose research is strengthened by the resources and support of K-State Libraries.

Grand prize awards were distributed across three categories: individual non-freshman undergraduate student, group project and continued research. Each individual category winner received $1,500, and group project winners shared a $3,000 prize. Honorable mentions received $100 each.

In the group research category, the grand prize was awarded for the project “The Salk Institute: A Case Study on Environmental Effects in Architectural Design,” completed for ARCH 248: Fundamentals of Architecture. Group members included Jack Garcia, junior in architecture, Humble, Texas; and Grayson Yoder, junior in architecture and German international studies, Olathe.

The following students were recognized as individual grand prize recipients:

• Lei Zhong, senior in bakery science and management, Jingzhou, China, received the grand prize in the continued research category for his project, “Study on the Application of Olive Pomace as a Partial Replacement for Cocoa Powder in Muffins,” completed for GRSC 637: Baking Science 2.
• Eva Naab, senior in political science, Overland Park, received the grand prize in the non-freshman category for her project, “Consistent With Public Interest? Ordinary Americans and the Unravelling of the Embargo of 1807,” completed for HIST 586: Advanced History Seminar.

The following student received an honorable mention:

• Aliyah Herring, sophomore in secondary English education, Topeka, received honorable mention in the non-freshman category for her project, “How Teachers Can Use Writing Center Pedagogy in the Classroom: Helping Our ELL Students, completed for ENGL 500: Writing Center Theory and Practice.

The Kirmser Undergraduate Research Awards are made possible by the generosity of Philip and Jeune Kirmser, whose commitment to education continues to make a lasting impact on K-State students.