Waqar Ahmad
PhD Student
Pennsylvania State University
Dissertation Title: Role of exosomes in male fertility
Mamunur  Rahman
PhD Student
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Dissertation Title: Technological Solutions for Reducing Pre-Weaning Mortality in Piglets
Cassidy Ross
MS Student
South Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Soybean Meal as Replacement for Distillers By-Products
Cameron White
MS Student
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Thesis Title: Monoglycerides of butyric, caprylic, and capric fatty acids may promote intestinal integrity and host defenses in health-challenged weanling pigs
Grady Gullickson
MS Student
North Dakota State University
Thesis Title: The effects of ruminally protected lysine sources on growing and finishing feedlot cattle performance
Madeliene Nichols
MS Student
North Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Product Innovations in Cattle Feeding
Kathryn  Bosley
MS Student
University of Minnesota
Thesis Title: Milk Fatty Acids Profiles of Holstein and ProCROSS Dairy Cattle
Enrique Bográn
MS Student
Texas Tech University
Thesis Title: Effect of multiple packages on the color cycle for meat
Jennifer Felton
MS Student
University of Minnesota
Thesis Title: The impact of genetic selection on sustainability: an evaluation of the energy requirements and greenhouse gas emissions of Holstein and crossbred dairy cattle
Natalie A. Erker
PhD Student
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dissertation Title: Applied and Basic Investigations of Non-Ruminant Mammals Fed Novel Feed Ingredients, Investigation of Cecum-cannulated Pigs and Nutrition Teaching Models for Veterinary Students
Jaime Chambers
MS Student
North Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Impact of protein supplementation frequency on growth performance of beef cattle in an extensive winter grazing system for backgrounding cattle
Camilo Ruiz
MS Student
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Thesis Title: Full Fat Soybean
Leidy Torres
PhD Student
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Dissertation Title: Use of homoarginine procedure to determine reactive lysine in soybean products
Kaitlyn Sommer
PhD Student
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Dissertation Title: The effects of nutrition on Swine Behavior
Carlos Mairena
MS Student
Texas Tech University
Thesis Title: Evaluating the impact of early postmortem temperature variation on beef muscle tenderness and color development

Andres Bolivar
PhD Student
South Dakota State University
Dissertation Title: Investigation of the supplementation of multienzymes and acidifiers in diets with a high inclusion of soybean meal to mitigate the effects of antinutritional factors on the growth and intestinal health of weaned piglets
Aryeri Bardales
MS Student
South Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Impact of feed delivery in the first days after farrowing in piglet performance and survivability
Angie Benavides
MS Student
South Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Effects on apparent ileal nutrient digestibility, total tract nutrient digestibility, and fermentation products in growing pigs fed corn-soybean meal diets
Marcela Bulnes
PhD Student
South Dakota State University
Dissertation Title: Effect of direct-fed microbial product on enteric methane emissions in dairy cows
Andrea Celemin Sarmiento
MS Student
South Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Inflammation
Joseph Halbur
MS Student
South Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Nutrient digestibility and dietary energy values in growing pigs fed a corn distillers dried grains with soluble (cDDGS)- based diet with multi-enzyme supplementation
Issa Fernanda Diaz
MS Student
Auburn University
Thesis Title: Yield analysis of corn (Zea mays) and soybeans (Glycine max L.) in pivot irrigated soils.
Valeria Larios
MS Student
Texas Tech University
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Physical chemical properties and indicator microorganisms enumeration on chicken tenderloins at different stages of traditional and mechanical de-boning.
Daniel Rosales
MS Student
South Dakota State University
Thesis Title: Interaction of phytase and diet on grow-finish water usage and pig performance
Sara Williams
MS Student
University of Minnesota
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Termin-8 in sow diets
Courtney Archer
PhD Student
University of Minnesota
Dissertation Title: Utilizing Advanced Computer Vision Technology to Understand the Complex Etiology of Tail Biting to Provide Early Recognition of Tail Biting Outbreaks.
Bianca Goncalves da Costa
PhD Candidate
University of Minnesota
Dissertation Title: Pre-weaning calf rearing options for organic dairy producers: health, behavior, and performance of dairy heifer calves raised individually, in pairs, in groups, or with their dams.