FHSU Research Topics
Robotics and distributed computing
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The goal of this project was to provide opportunities for our Fort Hays students to apply lessons learned in engineering and to develop problem solving skills. We have set out to construct a set of five robots that will cooperatively solve problems; engaged in playing soccer. This project has challenged our students in the area of electrical and mechanical engineering as well as computer science. We intend to send a team of students with our robots to compete against other collegiate teams.
Involvement: Ken Trantham - advisor
Roger Bach - Sr.
Paul Maseberg - Sr.
Skyler Shultz - Jr.
Luke Fox - Jr.
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium
Service-learning in Agriculture
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Service-learning projects have been implemented in the following courses: Soils, Cereal, Fiber and Oils Crops, Agronomic Crop Insects, Soil Fertility and Fertilizers, and Home Horticulture. The intent is to reinforce academic principles by tying them into community needs.
Involvement: Dr. Jean Gleichsner
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Funding sources include: local civic groups, Midwest
Genetic consequences of a contact zone between two
Publication: Will be submitted to the Journal of Mammalogy
Examined gene flow between two species in a narrow zone of hybridization.
Involvement: Coauthors are Dr. Jerry Choate, Cody Thompson (Texas Tech University) and Dr. Hugh H. Genoways (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Central Plains Society of Mammalogists and Fort Hays State University Graduate School.
A neotype for Blarina brevicauda
Publication: Will be submitted to the Proceedings of the Biolog
As part of a systematic revision, it was necessary to locate the original type locality and designate a neotype.
Involvement: Drs. Jerry Choate and Hugh H. Genoways (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
Funded by a Grant: NO
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Systematic revision of Blarina brevicauda
Publication: Will be submitted to Texas Tech Press for publicat
This will be a lengthy systematic monograph for the species group.
Involvement: Drs. Jerry Choate, Hugh H. Genoways (University of Nebraska Lincoln), and Nancy Moncrief (Virginia State Museum)
Funded by a Grant: NO
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Hybridization and its consequences between two par
Publication: Not selected yet
The two taxa of pocket gophers have variously be interpretted as species or subspecies. Examination of the results of gene flow will resolve this problem.
Involvement: Dr. Jerry Choate. Zachary Schwenke, and Dr. Phil Sudman (Tarleton State University, Texas)
Funded by a Grant: NO
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Distribution of Blarina hylophaga in Kansas
Publication: Not selected yet, but probably Transactions of the
A species of shrew in northeastern Kansas is completely surrounded by another species. We need to know its precise distribution in order to conserve it.
Involvement: Drs. Jerry Choate and Hugh H. Genoways (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
Distribution of Nycticeius humeralis in Kansas
Publication: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
This bat species is rapidly expanding its distribution. This paper describes that expansion.
Involvement: Dr. Jerry Choate, Kendra Phelpa, and Curtis Schmidt.
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
The lynx (Lynx canadensis) in Kansas
Publication: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
This manuscript describes abberant southward movement by a lynx.
Involvement: Dr. Jerry Choate, Kendra Phelps, and Curtis Schmidt
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
Mammals of Kansas
Publication: Will be published as a hard-bound book and also as
The hard-bound book will be a lengthy publication on the kinds of mammals in Kansas, their distributions, and their natural history. The e-book will be an on-line digital atlas on those mammals.
Involvement: Dr. Jerry Choate, Travis Taggart, Curtis Schmidt, Kendra Phelps, and Melissa Schmidt
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
Distribution of the yellow-faced pocket gopher in
Publication: Will be submitted to The Western Naturalist
This manuscript documents the precise distribution of this species relative to a competing species in western Kansas.
Involvement: Dr. Jerry Choate and Justin Hoffman (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
Status of the black bear and puma in Kansas
Publication: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
The manuscript summarizes recent records of these predators in Kansas.
Involvement: Dr. Jerry Choate, Kendra Phelps, and Curtis Schmidt
Funded by a Grant: YES
Funding: Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
The Life and Legacy of E. Raymond Hall
Publication: University of Kansas Publications
This is an historical account of one of the biggest names in mammalogy.
Involvement: Drs. Jerry Choate and Bob Timm (University of Kansas)
Funded by a Grant: NO
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History of mammalogy in Kansas
Publication: Not selected yet
Summarizes the history of mammalogy in Kansas by following growth of scientific collections.
Involvement: Dr. Jerry Choate and Travis Taggart
Funded by a Grant: NO
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