YRCs in Plenty: Seventh and Eighth Young Researcher Conferences Hosted

The summer and fall seasons were each host to one Young Research Conference this past year. On June 7th, ADSE@TAMU (Texas A&M University) hosted the seventh YRC and on October 5th, ADSE@UMD (University of Maryland) hosted the eigth YRC. The YRCs continue to be free events open to all - researchers at all stages of schooling and career, from different backgrounds, and STEM disciplines.

Both chapter hosted eventful conferences with five student talks, four faculty talks, and a poster session. At ADSE@TAMU's YRC faculty speakers included Kayla Green (Chemistry, Texas Christian University), Malika Jeffries-El (Chemistry, Boston University), Matthew Sheldon (Chemistry, Texas A&M University), and Aaron Smith (Chemistry, University of Maryland- Baltimore County). At ADSE@UMD's conference speakers included Steven Lopez (Chemistry, Northeastern University), Raúl Hernández Sánchez (Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh), Luke Achenie (Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech), and Tianning Diao (Chemistry, New York University).