The Graduate Research Fair will be on Friday, May 10, 2024, at 5 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. The Graduate Research Fair, initiated by the GSA in 2014, provides graduate students a forum to display and discuss their research with the campus and community. Graduate students are invited to present research related their master’s project, master’s thesis, or a study conducted as part of their program of study during the poster session. The winners of the Academic School 3-Minute Virtual Capstone Contest will participate in Buffalo State 3-Minute Capstone Contest Finals at 5 p.m. Students may participate in both events.
Graduate Student Research Fair Itinerary, Friday, May 10, 2024, in the Campbell Student Union:
5:00 p.m. | Buffalo State 3-Minute Capstone Contest Finals | 5:00 p.m.
5:45 p.m. | Presentation of the Outstanding Project and Thesis Winners and Capstone Competitors | 5:45 p.m.
Poster Presentations immediately follow the awards ceremony. Poster presenters to arrive by 4:45 p.m. to set up.
Students, friends, family, and the public are welcome to attend. Refreshments and light food will be available. Details for each appear below.
POSTER PRESENTATION
Graduate students may present research related to a course, master’s thesis, or master’s project. All those who wish to participate in the poster session must register by Wednesday April 24th. Cost of posters will be paid for by GSA. Posters must be submitted to Design and Print Center by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 3rd (NO EXCEPTIONS).
3-MINUTE CAPSTONE CONTEST
From April 26 - May 2, 2024, graduate students have the opportunity to VIEW all submissions and VOTE to determine the winners of the 2024 Academic School 3-Minute Virtual Capstone Contest.
The 3-Minute Capstone Contest intends to celebrate the exciting research conducted by graduate students across a spectrum of disciplines. The goal is to provide an environment where graduate students can explain their research in three-minutes or less in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience and in as entertaining a way as possible. All master’s project and thesis completers from December 2023 – August 2024 were invited to participate in the contest.
The top three winners of the Academic School 3-Minute Virtual Capstone Contest from each academic school (Arts & Sciences, Education, and The Professions) will advance to the Buffalo State 3-Minute Capstone Contest Finals at 5 pm on May 10th to compete LIVE for Finals cash prizes (1st: $300, 2nd: $200, 3rd: $100).
For the Academic School 3-Minute Virtual Capstone Contest, presenters will be competing against other students in their academic school (Arts & Sciences, Education, and The Professions). Participants recorded themselves along with a single slide using Zoom and uploaded the recording in Digital Commons using the link for their academic school. The top three winners from each school will win a cash prize (1st: $200, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50). Matriculated graduate students and graduate faculty are invited to vote April 26th-May 2nd to determine winners of their respective academic school. The deadline to upload the Zoom .mp4 file for the Academic School 3-Minute Virtual Capstone Contest was Monday, April 22, 2024.
Monday, April 22, 2024 – Deadline to submit video and additional information to Digital Commons for Academic School Capstone Contest
Monday April 29, 2024 – Videos published for viewing and voting begins
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. – Voting concludes
Friday, May 3, 2024 - Notification of winners of each school
Friday, May 10, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. – Final LIVE Competition
Friday, May 10, 2024 at 5:45 p.m. - Presentation of Outstanding Master’s Awards and Winners of the Competition
Friday, May 10, 2024 - Poster presentations immediately follow
Graduate Student Research Fair Programs - 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Poster Presentation Guidelines
Capstone Contest: Instructions on video production and uploading to Digital Commons (Videos longer than 3 minutes will be denied entry)
To assist you with your preparations for your Capstone Contest presentation, please find a few links to suggestions and examples that will help you craft the wording for your presentation, creating your slide, and practice your verbal presentation. The competition is open to graduate students who completed their master’s thesis and master’s project from December 2023– August 2024.
Preparation and Presentation Tips
Example Presentations:
Video remain viewable on Digital Commons.
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3rd Place:
School of Arts & Science
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School of Education
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School of The Profession
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Video remain viewable on Digital Commons.
School of Arts & Sciences
1st Place: Synthesis and Characterization of Heptamethine Indocyanine Dyes Coupled with Quick-Freezing Induced Aggregation AuNPs (QFIAAs) for Improved Screening by Near-IR (NIR) Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) (Daniel Weglarski, Forensic, MS Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sujit Suwal, Assistant Professor, Chemistry)
School of Education
1st Place: The Impact of Video Modeling on Translating and Solving Two-Step Algebraic Equations and Word Problems for High School Students with Disabilities and At Risk for Mathematical Failure (Maria McGrath, Students with Disabilities 7-12, M.S. Ed. Co-Authors: Vanessa Clifton, Students with Disabilities 7-12, M.S., Ed & Emily Hornung, Students with Disabilities 7-12, M.S. Ed Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shannon Budin, Professor, Exceptional Education)
2nd Place: Do Martial Arts Belong in the Classroom? (Jeffrey Thomas, Childhood & Early Childhood Curriculum, M.S. Ed. Faculty Advisor: NA
School of The Profession
1st Place: Community College Sustainability (Sarah G. Bauch, Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, M.S. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Kline, Higher Education Administration)
Video remain viewable on Digital Commons.
School of Arts & Science
School of Education
School of Professions
Video remain viewable on Digital Commons.
School of Arts & Sciences
School of Education:
School of The Professions
