Graduate Research Symposium 2025

Thank you for a successful 2025 Graduate Research Symposium!

Official 2025 GRS Website  

 For more information, inquiries or questions, reach out to the GPSG Vice President at gpsgvicepresident@charlotte.edu

General GRS Information:

The annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) is an interdisciplinary graduate student-run conference that showcases astounding research of graduate and professional students. The theme of GRS is Sustainable Research for A Sustainable Future. Our theme encompasses presentations from various areas of study within graduate certificate, master’s, and doctoral programs. We encourage all graduate students who are conducting or have concluded research to present at the GRS.

Presenting affords students the opportunity to share findings, gain experience in presenting scholarly research, and represent our various graduate programs. An additional incentive to all participants is the option to have your presentation judged by an multidisciplinary panel of faculty and expert judges for a monetary prize. We hope to have over 100 presentations this year!

The Graduate Research Symposium is sponsored by the Graduate & Professional Student Government of UNC Charlotte and the Division of Research. Over the years, GRS has been supported by the Dean and staff of The Graduate School and The Thomas L. Reynolds Center For Graduate Life and Learning. We are grateful for past sponsorship and support and continue to welcome additional support annually.

All students whose abstracts are accepted for presentation in the Annual Graduate Research Symposium are eligible to compete for a monetary award in their respective category. 

Faculty and expert judges grade presentations in the following areas:

• Oral Presentation
  • Knowledge of Topic
  • Organization and Approach
  • Vocal and Physical Delivery
  • Clarity of Lay Person
  • Originality and Applications of the Work
• Poster Presentation
  • Research Content
  • Presentation
  • Poster Appearance

Monetary awards will be presented at the Awards Reception at the conclusion of the Graduate Research Symposium

Oral Presentation Awards

Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Track - STEM
1st place: Ahmed Adel Abdelazeez
2nd place: Sunday Akanji

Health and Science Graduate Research Track
1st place: Katie Kessler
2nd place: Kimia Kaffashi

Engineering Graduate Research Track
1st place: Anjumana Jannati Nur
2nd place: Adams Familusi

Health and Sciences Graduate Research Track
1st place: Cassandra Catacalos
2nd place: Moses Asori

Humanities, Social Sciences and Design Graduate Research Track
1st place: Andrew Knoblich
2nd place: Kingsford Onyina

Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Track - Social Science
1st place: Ashley Carter
2nd place: Susan Lin

Poster Presentation Awards

Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Track - STEM
1st place: Lauren Benton
2nd place: Sydney Stine

Health and Science Graduate Research Track
1st place: Diane Holmes
2nd place: Kimberly Barcus

Engineering Graduate Research Track
1st place: Jaskin Kabir
2nd place: Pranav Mogli

Education Graduate Research Track
1st place: Daniel Maxwell
2nd place: Erica Neal

Humanities, Social Sciences and Design Graduate Research Track
1st place: Avery Grice
2nd place: Ryan Hall

Computing and Math Graduate Research Track - Social Science
1st place: Hamidreza Moradi
2nd place: Akshaya Konduru