Cadet Research News
![Maj. Steven Knepper and Krystal Graves discuss her summer research project on the Iliad.—VMI Photo by Mary Price.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SURIIliadGraves2019MLP039-1-400x266.jpg)
Krystal Graves '20 is delving into the ancient past to learn about ancient and modern views of war.
![Tristan Howard ’20 and Col. Barry Cobb discuss Howard’s research on staffing needs for healthcare.—VMI Photo by Mary Price.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SURIHowardCobbECBU2019MLP0011-1-400x266.jpg)
Two cadets are working on summer research projects that could save money for healthcare systems.
![Annika Tice builds rock sculptures with middle school girls.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/GirlsCamp2018KN206-1-400x266.jpg)
At the new Girls Leadership Exchange Camp, hosted by VMI cadets and faculty, local girls learn about academic opportunities available to them in the STEAM fields.
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A summer project is organizing, stabilizing, and preserving part of the vast collection of nematodes at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
![Sam Hudson '17 shows a flash card to a research subject.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/ExerciseLabSamHudson2016JRR0008LIST.jpg)
Summer Undergraduate Research Institute project looks at how physical exertion affects self-control.
![Professor and two cadets in lab](/media/content-assets/images/news/SURIHarrisonLab2016KN28List.jpg)
Chemistry assistant professor Maj. Dan Harrison '05 and two cadets research ways to make fuel from carbon dioxide in Summer Undergraduate Research Institute project.
![Maj. John David and Christian Helms looking at papers](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/SURINelmsAppMath2016KN15List.jpg)
One cadet's summer research project uses simulations executed on a video game to determine the value of positions on the football field.