POTSDAM – This year’s Clarkson University Symposium on Undergraduate Research Experience, Saturday at Clarkson’s Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) building, will look at topics such as using “garbage juice” and cafeteria waste for energy production.

Rock Climbing Effects on Cliff Ecosystems, and Garbage Juice to Engine Use: Analysis of Algal Growth Characteristics in Landfill Leachate, are among the 106 research projects being presented at the 14th annual symposium.

Students will make oral presentations from 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m., with welcoming comments at 9:15 a.m., and a one-hour poster session from 10:45-11:45 a.m. in CAMP's Robert A. Plane Atrium. The public is welcome.

Other projects include topics like Anaerobic Digestion for the Treatment of Clarkson's Cafeteria Waste Generating Heat and Power; Arab Spring: Technology and Tyrants; Super-Efficient Vehicles From Startup Car Companies: Will the Consumer Buy In?; and Determining factors affecting elephant movement patterns in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

The presentation schedule and abstract book are at http://www.clarkson.edu/dor/sure .

The symposium was established as a forum for undergraduate students to present the results of their scholarly experiences. The program's goal is to recognize and encourage students who are actively participating in various research and projects.