Undergraduates showcase research prowess

March 24, 2017 by A&S News

Students in Arts & Science research programs showcased their work yesterday at the annual Undergraduate Research Fair. Projects ranged from forensic work that saw students locating pig carcases and guns buried underground to exploring variations in the English dialect.

More than 170 students took advantage of the opportunity to explain their research process and findings to families, friends and other students.

Arts & Science undergraduate research programs include: Second-year research opportunities which enable students to join a faculty member’s team on a research project, the third-year Research Excursions in which students conduct research off-campus and the International Course Module program which enables students to travel to the location they are studying in a course to study nature, culture and events first-hand.

Undergraduate Research Fair Highlights:

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Research was conducted by Classics student Marielle Paule Balanaser with Professor John Traill, on the exaction and characteristics of ancient decorative vases found during the renovation of a private residence. All photos: Diana Tyszko.

 

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Geophysics application at Sechelt, BC: Students travelled to Sechelt, BC to conduct geophysical surveys along two major archaeological sites. Using non-destructive geophysical methods, they were able to conduct surveys without damaging underground artifacts.

 

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Digital Humanities — The Iconography of the New World: This team focused on illustrations which range from portraits of Huron people, maps, landscapes and animals by Francois DuCreux, the author of Historiae Canadensis published in 1664.