East Central University junior Kelsey Anderson took first place in the Student Research Poster Competition at the Second Annual Oka’ Institute Sustainability Conference held recently in ³ÉÈËBÕ¾ Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.

Anderson, a chemistry major from Lancaster, Ohio, worked with Dr. Randall Maples, ³ÉÈËBÕ¾ assistant professor of chemistry, on the project and poster entitled “Nanoremediation – An Assessment Model of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Mobility in Groundwater.â€�

“We were interested in Nanoparticles and what they will do once they find their way into Oklahoma groundwater,� said Maples. “I’m grateful to the Oka’ Institute and their donors, the Chickasaw Nation, for the opportunity to do research and I’m very proud of Kelsey.�

Anderson came to ³ÉÈËBÕ¾ in the Spring semester of 2017 from Murray State College in Tishomingo.

“I thank the Oka’ Institute and Dr. Maples for getting us the research opportunity in the first place,� Anderson said. “It was a great learning experience this past summer and into this fall.�

Oka’ means water in the Chickasaw and Choctaw languages.

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