BisonSpark Talks 2024 videos

Ajay Jha, PhD

Jha presents on his research involving improving software technology.

Barney Geddes, PhD

Geddes seeks to improve symbiotic nitrogen fixation in agriculture to reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers. Doing so reduces input costs for farmers and alleviates an estimated 1.57 billion dollars per year globally in environmental harm from their use.

Sanku Mallik, PhD

Mallik plans to employ additive manufacturing to 3D print cell culture well plate covers which measure the media pH and wirelessly transmit the information to researchers' smartphones or other devices. He will employ a unique 3D printer recently recommended for funding through the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program.

Elisabetta (Ellie) Liverani, PhD

Liverani is working to identify new treatments for sepsis, which is a major health care problem in the U.S.

Tami Norgard

Tami Norgard, an attorney at Vogel Law Firm, discusses her work on the Red River Valley Water Supply Project. The project will create a supply channel to provide water to nearly 50% of North Dakota's population in times of emergency drought.

Xinhua Jia, PhD, PE

Smart water management can address challenges in Food, Energy, and Water Security by enhancing resources efficiency, ag productivity, and water quality, improving economic growth, and water conservation, and providing access to safe water.

Ryan McGrath, PhD

McGrath's research examines novel methods and sophisticated technologies for better measuring muscle function in older adults.

Ruilin Tian, PhD

Tian's project aims to analysis household’s optimal life insurance strategy, which is crucial for addressing significant economic and social challenges due to several key reasons: (1) Financial Security for Families (2) Reduce the Burden on Social Services (3) Public Health and Well-Being (4) Policy Design and Regulation

Mark Strand, PhD and Heidi Eukel, PhD

Strand and Eukel presentation talks about the ONE project and the impact it will have on opioid usage.

Michelle Berg

Berg's presentation discusses rare diseases in America and their overall impact.

Grant Swenson

Swenson shared the new tech being developed by Bushel and what this means for farmers.

Eric Berg, PhD

Has anyone ever told you that you eat like a pig? Berg presents his research comparing the human diet with that of a pig.

Elizabeth Skoy, PharmD

Skoy presents on her research involving the new role that pharmacists are playing their communities.

Cameron Battagler

Battagler's presentation entitled "LLMs Are Boring (until they aren't)" discusses how large language models like ChatGPT can be used to dramatically simplify the gathering and dissemination of information.

Rajani Ganesh-Pillai, PhD

Ganesh-Pillai's presentation explores her research on effective collaborative methods.

Natasha Fillmore, PhD

Fillmore's research focuses on understanding Type II Diabetes with the goal of identifying strategies to prevent and treat this disease. It is essential to better understand how diabetes impacts the body and develop strategies to treat and prevent diabetes.