03/23/18
HAYS, Kan. – Russell Krug, a junior majoring in geosciences at Fort Hays State University, recently won an award at the regional Geological Society of America South Central Section Meeting.

The award for 2018 Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation was presented to Krug at the regional conference in Little Rock, Ark.

His presentation, “Petrophysical and Sedimentological Analysis of Reservoir Units in Ellis, Central Kansas Uplift,” was sponsored by the 2017-18 FHSU Undergraduate Research Experience grant and mentored by Dr. Hendratta Ali, associate professor of geosciences.

Krug was awarded a cash prize and an invitation to present his research at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting to be held November 2019 in Indianapolis.