{"id":36591,"date":"2025-03-25T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/?p=36591"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:48:28","slug":"congratulations-to-the-2025-undergraduate-research-contest-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/cycle-of-success\/congratulations-to-the-2025-undergraduate-research-contest-award-winners","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the 2025 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.missouri.edu\/researchcontest\">University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest<\/a> seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>This year the winner of the first place prize of a $500 scholarship is Nina Schmolzi, a senior studying anthropology. Her project was \u201cTracing Routes Through Roots: Unraveling the Bantu Migration Through Linguistics and Archaeology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second-place winner and recipient of a $250 scholarship is Benjamin Peter, a senior studying electrical engineering. His project was \u201cRobust Defense Against Extreme Grid Events Using Dual-Policy Reinforcement Learning Agents.&#8221;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36599\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Head shot of Benjamin Peter\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter-1539x2048.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter-1320x1756.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/03\/Peter.jpg 1879w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Peter, 2nd place winner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition Jackson Huenefeldt, a senior studying chemical engineering, was given an honorable mention for his project, &#8220;Sounds of the Energy Transition.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri. 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