Randee O'Brien Presented at Undergraduate Research Symposium at Fort Lewis College

2013 May 14

The Fort Lewis College School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences held its annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Student participants were selected by their departments to represent the best undergraduate research done at Fort Lewis College this year. Each department (Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Exercise Science, Environmental Studies, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics and Engineering, and Psychology) selects two students to give talks, and up to eight groups of students to present posters. Many of these students have also presented their research at professional conferences in their disciplines.

Randee O'Brien, of Alexandria, MN, presented a research project titled Vertical Ground Reaction Forces Produced in Shod Running vs. Barefoot Running During a Moderate-Intensity Jog, supervised by Melissa Knight-Maloney. O'Brien's major is Exercise Science - Exercise Physiology Option .

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