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Honors Research in the News

Excellence & Achievement

Home | Excellence & Achievement | Institute Honors Program | Honors Research in the News

According to Dylan Palmer '24, the nature of unmanned systems inherently reduces the risk to operators conducting missions during wartime. He presented his honors thesis, “Drone Countermeasures, Ethics, and Drones’ Effects on a Modern Battlefield" during VMI's Honors Week.

Palmer Debates the Ethics of Drones

Cadet Spotlight | April 8, 2024

Abigail Basener '24 addressed plagiarizing and cheating concerns when it comes to the use of Artificial Intelligence during her thesis presentation, “Detecting AI-Generated Writing vs. Student Writing,” for VMI's Honor's Week.

Basener Creates Model to Detect Computer Generated Writing

Cadet Spotlight | April 5, 2024

What does the Bible say about what we should eat? That is the question Josh Cheung ’24, a Virginia Military Institute cadet double majoring in English and biology, sought to answer in his honors thesis, “Is God a Vegetarian?”

Honors Thesis Questions, ‘Is God a Vegetarian?’

Cadet Spotlight | April 4, 2024

Noland Griffith ’24, a Virginia Military Institute cadet majoring in economics and business, presented his honors thesis, “An Exploratory Analysis of Crime From Randomly Selected Neighborhoods in Richmond.” He said there are different aspects of crime that affect life in Richmond neighborhoods.

Griffith Studies Crimes in Richmond Neighborhoods

Cadet Spotlight | April 3, 2024

Cadet Annie Townsend, Class of 2024

Honors Week: Barracks Security At VMI

Cadet Spotlight | March 25, 2024

Freedom of the press in the United States is legally protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution. Media freedom is protected in most sovereign nations around the world, but is there a security price to pay for the liberties media enjoy?

Woodward Examines Press Freedom and Terrorism

Cadet Spotlight | March 23, 2024

Gabriella Handford ’24, a biology major, recently presented her honors research thesis focused on her work and study of the effect of psychedelic drug therapy on male betta splendens as compared to traditional pharmaceuticals.

Handford Researches Psychedelic Drugs on Betta Fish

Cadet Spotlight | March 21, 2024

Cadet Brandon Marks, Class of 2023

Microfinance as Tool to Reduce Global Poverty: VMI Cadet Presents During Honors Week

Cadet Spotlight | April 5, 2023

Philip Argauer ’23 presents his honors week research.

VMI Cadet Researches Physical Fitness Motivation

Cadet Spotlight | April 3, 2023

Binh Tran ’23, an electrical and computer engineering major at Virginia Military Institute, presents his honors week thesis.

VMI Cadet Strives to Comfort Parents of Hearing Impaired Children

Cadet Spotlight | March 31, 2023

Cadet Claire Curtis, Class of 2023

Dyslexic Cadet Focuses Research on ADHD and Dyslexia for Honors Week Presentation

Cadet Spotlight | March 30, 2023

Nick Schaefer ’23, an international studies major, minoring in national security at Virginia Military Institute, in his senior thesis titled, “Picking up the Slack: Why Non-Democratic Regimes Rely on Private Military Companies to Fight Their Wars” during Honors Week.

Guns for Hire: Honors Research Explores Use of Private Military Companies

Cadet Spotlight | March 29, 2023

Colin Butler '23, a civil engineering major at Virginia Military Institute, presents his year-long research project on concrete support beams.

Starting at the Drawing Board: Cadet Research Focuses on Infrastructure

Cadet Spotlight | March 26, 2023

Cadet Chris Cocoris, Class of 2023

Honors Week: One Cadet’s Connection to the Greek Resistance

Cadet Spotlight | March 24, 2023

Dominick Lalena ’23 presenting his honors thesis research.

Cybersecurity: VMI Honors Cadet Explains How Cyber-Attacks Affect Physical Infrastructure

Cadet Spotlight | March 23, 2023

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