Kaitlyn Suarez Presents Research at Union College's Steinmetz Symposium Day

2013 May 13

Kaitlyn Suarez '15 of Wading River, NY, was a presenter at Union College's annual Steinmetz Symposium Day held Friday, May 10.

Suarez presented researched titled "Geochemical Analysis of Pyroclastic Rocks from Grand Bay Ignimbrite, Dominica." She also presented "Determining Radiation Damage through Raman Spectroscopy Analysis of Detrital Zircon Grains in the Chugach-Prince William Terrane, Alaska"

Every year, Union College celebrates its Undergraduate Research program by inviting students to present their creative and scholarly achievements. This year, over 450 students participated in the festivites that spanned all of the College's academic disciplines.

The symposium is named for one of the College's most renowned faculty members, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, who taught electrical engineering and applied physics. As a chief engineer for the General Electric Company, he was widely regarded as America's leading electrical engineer.

Union College, founded in 1795 as the first college chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, offers programs in the liberal arts and engineering to 2,100 undergraduates of high academic promise and strong personal motivation. Union, with its long history of blending disciplines, is a leader in educating students to be engaged, innovative and ethical contributors to an increasingly diverse, global and technologically complex society.