Fall 2025 - NRES 420 Posters
Discover the diverse research projects undertaken by our NRES students.
Purdue hydraulic impacts group research assistant
Researcher: George Hufendick
Research Lab: Purdue Hydraulic Impacts Lab Group
Research Objective: To install pipe, take water samples, and assist with drone flights. To gain my first natural resources related work experience.
sustainable integrated cropping systems: undergraduate research assistant
Researcher: Natalie Suopys
Research Lab: Dr. Moriah Bilenky's Lab
Research Objective: To see how introduction of animals affected the type plants that grew naturally and to look at how different animals impacted our crops we introduced.
Soil insect ecology and pest management research
Researcher: AnaMaria Velazquez
Research Lab: Soil Insect Ecology Lab
Research Objective: The goal was to generate data that could guide future integrated pest management practices.
backyard composting: how different methods, mixes, and additives change the efficacy of using composting to manage chicken mortalities for backyard poultry farmers
Researcher: Olivia Walker
Research Lab: North Central Region Water Network
Research Objective: Assess the reliability of composting for backyard chicken mortalities, measured by the reduction of E.Coli and the nutrient value of finished compost product. Observe how increasing the C:N and addition of a compost starter affect compost systems functionality.
creating a safe and sustainable labs program for Purdue's campus
Researcher: Harper Whiting
Research Lab: Safe and Sustainable Labs
Research Objective: To use my previous experience in labs combined with research in to other Sustainable Labs programs to construct a Safe and Sustainable Labs Programs for Purdue Main Campus Labs.