{"id":319,"date":"2022-03-03T22:17:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T22:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/springresearchdays\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:11:56","slug":"slam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/springresearchdays\/slam\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Research Days Slam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video full_width_video\"><video autoplay loop muted poster=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/springresearchdays\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/02\/slam10000.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/graphics\/video\/slam10000.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You&#8217;re invited to attend UNL&#8217;s fifth annual Student Research Days Slam, coming to the Wick Alumni Center April 9, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student Research Days Slam is a campus-wide contest in which graduate, undergraduate students and post-docs from ALL DISCIPLINES communicate their work in short, dynamic, engaging presentations, with a winner to be decided by the audience. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the Slam competition will follow noon\u20131 p.m. in the Wick Alumni Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you interested in learning more about UNL student research in a fun, informal setting with free food?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/events\/event_nuramp.php?EMSEventUUID=fbed50e7-5eac-4605-aa83-bb741c0b1e46\">Reserve a seat in the audience.<\/a> Cheer on the Slammers, and then it&#8217;s up to you to decide who gave the most compelling presentation and deserves to be crowned Supreme Slammer. There is no registration fee, but space is limited!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Slammers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Slammers were chosen March 31. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prabhashis Bose, graduate student, Food Science and Technology, &#8220;What&#8217;s Causing Your Gut Feeling?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zenebu Derbew, graduate student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, &#8220;Smart Sands: Giving &#8216;Forever&#8217; Chemicals an Expiration Date!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maxwell Lottes, senior, Psychology, &#8220;Courtney Sol: The Untold Story of the Infamous Adrenocortical Steroid Hormone&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babatunde Okunlola, graduate student, Journalism and Mass Communications, &#8220;From Temporal to Timeless&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oluwamayowa Oluwaniyi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, &#8220;More Than a Tractor, More Than a Survey&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/springresearchdays\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-315.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/springresearchdays\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-315.png 615w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/springresearchdays\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-315-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/springresearchdays\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-315-600x471.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Top row, left to right: Prabhashis Bose, Zenebu Derbew and Maxwell Lottes. 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