Past Projects of our Competitors

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  • Competition Site: San Francisco State University (virtual)

    Congratulations to all of our competitors at the 2022 CSU Student Research Competition! This year, we had 1 winner, Marium Sarah, who won 1st Place in the category of Business, Economics, and Hospitality Management!

     

    Marium Sarah - 1st place in Business, Economics, and Hospitality Management

    Research Mentor: Dr. Asha Rao

    Project Title: Can a rewarding application drive Environment‐friendly actions among individuals?

     

    Isaac Coleman

    Research Mentor: Dr. Maria Ortuoste

    Project Title: Alternative Voting Systems in an Expanding Society: Tackling the question of voter satisfaction

     

    Sharn Basi and Isabel Torres

    Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer and Dr. Patty Oikawa

    Project Title: Methane Uptake in Compost-Amended Grasslands: An investigation combining trace gas measurements, quantitative PCR, and soil microbial analysis

     

    Cynthia Martinez

    Research Mentor: Dr. Pascale Guiton

    Project Title: Understanding transcriptional regulation of T. gondii developmental differentiation and virulence

     

    Amber McNeill

    Research Mentor: Dr. Jesus Oliver

    Project Title: How a Global Pandemic Changed Students’ Perspectives in Undergraduate Mathematics Courses

     

    Gregory Mwamba

    Research Mentor: Dr. Jesus Oliver

    Project Title: Blowup of the Nonlinear Klein-Gordon Equation with Arbitrarily in FLRW Spacetimes

     

    Roelyne Reyes

    Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim

    Project Title: Aptamer Selection for MRI Contrast Agents

     

    Patricia Ruiz-Mena and Roshetta Vatuvei

    Research Mentor: Dr. Cathy Inoyue and Dr. Jennifer Sherwood

    Project Title: Relationships Between Muscle Fitness and Radial Bone Strength in Older Adults

     

  • Competition Site: Cal Poly Pomona (virtual)

    Congratulations to all of our competitors at the 2021 CSU Student Research Competition! This year, we had 5 winners which composed of three 1st place winners and two 2nd place winners!

     

    Andrés González - 1st place in Humanities & Letters; Education (Mixed)

    Research Mentor: Dr. Natalie Ingraham

    Project Title: Utilizing Reflexivity: Strategic Self-Disclosure and Insider Perspective in Qualitative Research with Transgender & Non-Binary People

     

    Aerin Riegelsberger - 1st place in Behavioral, Social Sciences, and Public Administration (Graduate)

    Research Mentor: Dr. Natalie Ingraham

    Project Title: Putting The Ball In The Patient’s Court: Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy In U.S. Family Planning Clinics

     

    Lisa Ouyang and Taylor Quintana - 1st place in Behavorial & Social Sciences; Interdisciplinary (Mixed)

    Research Mentor: Dr. Ram Kandasamy

    Project Title: Early treatment of inflammatory pain prevents the transition from acute to chronic pain in rats

     

    Andrew Stanciulesu - 2nd place in Humanities & Letters; Education (Mixed)

    Research Mentor: Dr. Jesus Oliver 

    Project Title: Investigating the Effects of Visualization Media in the Classroom

     

     

    Aarohi Shah - 2nd place in Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Interdisciplinary (Mixed)

    Research Mentor: Dr. Ruth M. Tinnacher

    Project Title:Can Ion Exchange Resins Be Used to Remove Boron from Produced Waters and Increase Water Sustainability?

     

     

    Andrew Denys

    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling

    Project Title: Neuromuscular Fitness Field Testing: A Strong Predictor Variable For Tibial Bone Strength Indices Prediction Models

     

     

    Esiason Rodriguez and Sameerah Muhammed

    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter

    Project Title: Exploration of Salinity Tolerance in Pistachio Trees By Measuring Stress Responses on the Biochemical Level

     

    Jexy An Nepangue

    Research Mentor: Dr. Jeri Little

    Project Title: Interleaving Is Better Than Blocking for Memorizers, but Blocking Is Better Than Interleaving for Finding a Rule

     

     

     

    Sarah Millar and Delia Moore

    Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Gravier and Dr. Albert Mendoza

    Project Title: Let's Get Virtual: Online Interprofessional Aphasia Group Fitness for COVID-19

     

     

    Steven Buchert

    Research Mentor: Dr. Divya Sitaraman

    Project Title: Effects of Sleep on Behavioral Decision Making and Reproductive Fitness in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila Melanogaster

     

  • Competition Site: Cal State East Bay (virtual)

    Congratulations to all of our competitors at the 2020 CSU Student Research Competition! This year, we had 2 winners which composed of one 1st place winner and one 2nd place winner!

     

     Andrés León González and Lindsey Fox - 1st place in Humanities and Letters (Graduate)

    Research Mentor: Dr. Natalie Ingraham

    Project Title: Transgender and non-binary patient perspectives on receiving transition-related healthcare in family planning clinics in the United States.

     

    Lisa Ouyang - 2nd place in Interdisciplinary 

    Research Mentor: Dr. Ram Kandasamy

    Project Title: Peripherally-restricted opioids restore normal activity without disruptive side effects in rats with chronic inflammatory pain

     

    Abraham Bahlibi and Cesar Contreras

    Research Mentor: Dr. Negin Toosi

    Project Title: The Role of Race and Gender in Salary Negotiations

     

     

    Ariel Moline

    Research Mentor: Dr. Pascale Guiton

    Project Title: How does the developmentally regulated enzyme, Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase, contribute to stage conversion during Toxoplasma pathogenesis?

     

    Claudia Romero Medina, Daniel Den Briones, Sena Harlley, and Jorge Gonzalez

    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling

    Project Title: Bilateral Bone Strength Differences in Division II Female Volleyball Players

     

    Derek Schmidt

    Research Mentor: Dr. Ines Thiebaut

    Project Title: The Folk Music Paradox: The Transformation of European Folk Music Into the Innovation of 20th C. Music.

     

    Mica Cabrera

    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter

    Project Title: Exploring Antioxidant Capacity in Green Tea Dependent on Types of Water

     

    Munahil Murrieum

    Research Mentor: Dr. Saeid Motavalli

    Project Title: Building Energy Performance Prediction using Machine Learning: A Data-Driven Decision-Making Framework for Energy Retrofits

     

    Taylor Reinke

    Research Mentor: Dr. Oanh Tran

    Project Title: Using a Social-Emotional Learning Program to Enhance Students' Well-Being