On Friday, March 24th, Claire, Dr. Sebree, along with other UNI students headed to Ames, IA (Iowa State University) to the ISGC Research Awards Ceremony where Claire presented during the poster session.
"For the BETA team, presenting at the Iowa Space Grant Consortium hosted at Iowa State was a big opportunity. I had the chance to share our research with the people who fund the project, and was happy with the outcome." -Claire
One special bonus came from Claire receiving a gold medal on behalf of the BETA Project's hard work!
"Out of all students from UNI who attended the event, the BETA poster was the only one that won a gold medal." -Claire
Claire after receiving the gold medal
The research BETA has been doing for the past two years was well-received, and, while the team isn't doing this research just for gold medals, it is very cool to have received that kind of recognition from the Iowa Space Grant Consortium!
Claire with the BETA Poster
To wrap up the experience, Claire put it best!
"It was a fun event as well, with lots of interesting presentations and posters throughout the program. Seeing a variety of research subjects which were all funded by the program was great reminder to how much information there is yet to learn about the world and the things in it. Hopefully next year’s conference will go equally as well!" -Claire