Ayomide Laguda and Jayden Lynch are ASU honors students who have earned support from the Bidstrup Foundation and Barrett Research Undergraduate Fellowship program to do research related to their aspirations as future engineers. Laguda, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, is focused on setting up software for simulating models of gene regulatory network dynamics, which involves genes interacting to control cell function. Jayden Lynch, studying to earn a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, is doing research with Anca Delgado, an associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools. The project is focused on the properties of soil on Mars and its possible uses for future missions to the planet.