During Northern Illinois University’s Celebrating Excellence event, NIU Today will highlight the accomplishments and contributions of NIU students, faculty, staff and alumni to the university’s mission of promoting excellence and engagement in teaching and learning, research and scholarship, creativity and artistry, and outreach and service during the academic year.

Senior Brogan Bennett is a kinesiology major from Stillman Valley, Ill. Currently, he is involved in a research project involving metabolic variable testing with the NIU hockey team. Learn more about Brogan’s project in the video below.

In coordination with Celebrating Excellence, a new video can be found on NIU Today and the NIU You Tube Channel each day this week highlighting student research.

Also see:

• Student research: Zach Griffith steers NIU SAE Supermileage chassis design project
• Student research: Todd Jelinek looks into traditional and modern frame drumming
• Student research: Natalie Cincotta inspects German photographs from World War II