WSU Tri-Cities students earn research grants

Three Washington State University undergraduate students received $3,000 research grants from Washington River Protection Solutions as part of the Chancellor’s Summer Scholars Program at Washington State University Tri-Cities.

They were Daniel Cain, Eric Loeffler and Zoe Klingele.

Cain, mentored by physics instructor Cigdem Capan, will enhance Hanford’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s physical environmental monitoring subsystem.

Loeffler, mentored by associate professor of mechanical engineering Changki Mo, will construct a flight motion simulator.

Klingele, mentored by Jim Cooper, the biological sciences assistant professor, will research jaw development in zebra fish.

This story was originally published June 11, 2016 at 8:12 PM with the headline "WSU Tri-Cities students earn research grants."