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Dylan Kosaski
  • chemistry
  • Class of 2014
  • Stanwood, MI

SVSU student Dylan Kosaski, of Stanwood, to present project at annual Science and Engineering Symposium

2015 Apr 23

The work of Saginaw Valley State University student Dylan Kosaski, of Stanwood, will be featured as part of SVSU's annual Science and Engineering Symposium.

Kosaski, a biochemistry major, will present a project titled “Putting Sterotypes to the Saliva Test: A Comparison of Alcohol Dehydrogenase Levels Among Ethnicities.”

The symposium will take place Friday, April 24, with public poster sessions from 10 a.m. to noon in SVSU's Pioneer Hall.

The symposium will feature projects from 118 students with majors in STEM fields such as biology, chemistry, computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering, and mathematics.

Examples of the featured research include analysis of fish in the Great Lakes and connected bodies of water, of caffeine's effect on bacteria growth, of sugar content in milk products, and of computer-based facial recognition systems.

The symposium also will feature designs and models of working products including a flying drone - fitted with an ice-penetrating drill - able to take water samples from hard-to-reach bodies of water, and auto parts created for SVSU's latest Cardinal Formula Racing team vehicle.

For details on each project and presentation, visit the symposium's website at www.svsu.edu/collegeofscienceengineeringtechnology/scienceengineeringsymposium/. A downloadable booklet is available within the site.

This year's symposium begins with a keynote lecture from Tel Ganesan, titled "Entrepreneurship for the Millennials."

Ganesan is the president and chief executive officer of Kyyba, a Farmington Hills-based global information technology, engineering services and software company focusing on education and manufacturing domain.

The opening remarks and keynote lecture begin at 9 a.m. in Pioneer Hall, room 240. The student projects will be on display beginning at 10 a.m. on the first floor of Pioneer Hall.