A showcase for senior projects in engineering and science held annually in April at Florida Tech. Every year, we enjoy celebrating the hard work these students have put into these ideas and experiments before they move on to their next endeavor.
"Palmer alley" returns!
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Indigo Boggs received the award for Best in Show: Science for her project "Testing Radiation Resistance and Recovery in Anabaena cylindrica".
Kara Smoak and teammate Aiden Kelly received the award for Best in Show: Astrobiology for their project "Testing Bacterial Isolates from the ISS for their Plant Growth Promoting Abilities".
Ruth Nichols received the award for Honors College Best in Show: Science for her project "On the probability of life per site", her advisor being Dr. Manasvi Lingam.
"Palmer Alley" at the Northrop Grumman Student Design Showcase.
Lea Adepoju received the award for Best in Show: Biological Science for her project "Bioleaching of JEZ-1 simulant by Anabaena cylindrica: Possible Fuel for Future Space Exploration". She is featured here in the Florida Tech news!
David Handy and teammates Alejandro Perez and Cynthia Montanez won Best in Show: Biological Sciences for their project "Bioremediation of Perchlorate Contaminants from Martian Water".
Drew's lab is often found at conferences hosted by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), American Society for Microbiologists (ASM) and American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), and the Florida Academy of Sciences (FAS).
Group photo outside of the NCSU library where the conference
was held.
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Lucy Turner & McKenna Taylor tied for 2nd place in the undergraduate poster competition!
Group photo outside the hotel the conference was held in with Dr. Kiss, Florida Tech's new provost
who has an equivalent love for space biology.
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Undergraduates Emily Soucy (Astrobiology & Biochemistry), Trevor Mello (Environmental Science), and Lucy Turner (General Biology) traveled to Tampa to share science with the American Society of Microbiology.
Lucy Turner won 2nd Place at the American Society of Microbiology in the Undergraduate Poster Session!
The Palmer Lab after enjoying a Low Country Boil at the banquet.
Sergio Solano won 3rd place in the Graduate Student Presentation Competition!
Kara Smoak and Aiden Kelly won 3rd place in the Undergraduate Poster Session!
Group picture outside of the Savannah Convention Center.
We crossed many a river to reach this conference.
The 2023 Palmer Lab album cover. Mixed on the 20 hr drive to Arkansas.
The Palmer Lab took home all of the awards in the Undergraduate Poster Session in what they dubbed the "Palmer Psweep", even adding an extra award with a tie!
1st Place - Caitlyn Hubric
2nd Place - Haley Murphy & Indigo Boggs (Team)
3rd Place - Hayley Ernest & Rebekah Ramey (Tied)
Group picture outside of the Waffle House, a conference road trip tradition in the Palmer Lab.
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