Abstract

K-State Libraries’ services, materials and faculty help students in their academic pursuits year-round. The Libraries are also proud to recognize outstanding original research once it’s completed. In 2013, the Libraries established the Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award. Sometimes winning research projects come from unexpected sources. Like a hay bale. David Leiszler (Clifton), Peter Masters (Troy) and Austin Schmitz (Axtell) created an attachment for a skid-steer loader that could lift a bale and safely remove the net wrap while the farmer remains in the vehicle.

Keywords: Kansas State University, scholarships, undergraduate research, mechanical engineering, agricultural engineering

How to Cite:

Kansas State University Libraries, (2017) “Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award: Libraries’ scholarship rewards superior undergraduate research”, Kansas State University Libraries 4(1).