CSR Scholars 2013-2014
Scholars by Major
Name: Nguyen, Khanh
Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
Project Tile: Phenolic Compounds in Poplar Leaves from Trees Grown Under High Salt and Boron Conditions
Name: Darevsky, David
Research Mentor: Dr. Kimberley Kim
Project Tile: Patient-centered care and bedside nursing safety
Name: Fernandez, Mathew
Research Mentor: Dr. Ken Curr
Project Tile: Quantification of GBVC Viral Production in Mammalian Cells
Name: Gonzalez, Jesus
Research Mentor: Dr. Carol Lauzon
Project Tile: Microbial Gut Characterization of Lean and Obese Canines
Name: Kolora, Lakshmi
Research Mentor: Dr. Carol Lauzon
Project Tile: A Bacteriological Survey of Asian Citrus and Potato Psyllids
Name: Palmer, Jasmine
Research Mentor: Dr. Erica Wildy
Project Tile: Common Yellowthroat Phenology Changes with Climate Change
Name: Patrick, Maya
Research Mentor: Dr. Caron Inouye
Project Tile: Sex Ratio Variations in the Lady Beetle After Exposure to DBP
Name: Roth, Caroline
Research Mentor: Dr. Ken Curr
Project Tile: Determining the 3-D structure of the RNA polymerase from GBV-C
Name: Sharifi, Osman
Research Mentor: Dr. Ken Curr
Project Tile: A partial genome sequence for the Sea Slug,Tritonia diomedea using Next-Generation Sequencing
Name: Tillakarathna, Kaushalya
Research Mentor: Dr. Carol Lauzon
Project Tile: Gaining insight into the origin of Programmed Cell Death
Name: Trinh, Hao
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer
Project Tile: The Role of RNAi in Regulating Transposable Elements
Name: Wallace, Kelsey
Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
Project Tile: The Role of Indoleamines in the Cyclical Behavior of Tritonia
Name: Zacarias, Samantha
Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
Project Tile: Elucidating the neural circuit involved in chemotaxis in Tritonia tetraquetra
Name: Chiu, James
Research Mentor: Dr. Ken Chung
Project Tile: How are Executives Getting Paid for CSR?
Name: Keehan, Mary
Research Mentor: Dr. Ann Kotchevar
Project Tile: Synthesis and enzymatic degradation of griseoxanthone
Name: Wang, Brian
Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Groziak
Project Tile: Synthesis of a Boron Heterocycle Analog of Diazoxide
Name: Xia, Brandon
Research Mentor: Dr. Chul Kim
Project Tile: Identification of Binding Domains of Amelogenin to Its Proteinases
Name: Ellis, Tenesa
Research Mentor: Azure Stewart
Project Tile: The PEIL Program Study, The Long-Term Thinking Project
Name: Magana-Zook, Steven
Research Mentor: Dr. Lynne Grewe
Project Tile: Senior Collapse Detection and Prevention using Microsoft Kinect Sensor
Name: Uken, Christopher
Research Mentor: Dr. Roger Doering
Project Tile: MIPSym Port Enhancement
Name: AlJarallah, Ahmed
Research Mentor: Dr. Cristian Gaedicke
Project Tile: A Sustainable Model for Urban Water Distribution Risk Mitigation
Name: Alvarado, Roberto
Research Mentor: Dr. Cristian Gaedicke
Project Tile: A Sustainable Disaster Shelter Construction and Delivery System
Name: Miankodila, Farel
Research Mentor: Dr. Cristian Gaedicke
Project Tile: Development and Implementation of a Risk-Based Sustainable Demolition Model for Warren Hall Building
Name: Rios, Daniel
Research Mentor: Dr. Cristian Gaedicke
Project Tile: Design of an eco-friendly study area, a truly green building
Name: Torres, Athena
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Project
Name: Miller, Vaughn
Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Massey
Project Tile: The Effects of Post Precipitation Runoff on Freshwater Ecology
Name: MacDougall, John
Research Mentor: Dr. Jean Moran
Project Tile: Post-Fire Effects on the Marsh Creek Watershed
Name: Bernstein, Jessica
Research Mentor: Dr. Chandrakala Ganesh
Project Tile: A Profile of Dual Eligibiles in California
Name: Minkler-Green, Misha
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Project
Name: Levin, Andrew
Research Mentor: Dr. Linda Ivey
Project Tile: California’s Ecological Transformation (1700 - 1849)
Name: Hall, Brett
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Tile: Baseball Imagery Manipulation Project
Name: Hamor, Nastassia
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Tile: An Examination of Transferability of Psychological Skills
Name: Larson, Tobias
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Simons
Project Tile: The effects of Mindfulness on movement control
Name: Lee, Ji hyeon
Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
Project Tile: How Youth Value Skateboarding and the Involvement of their Parents
Name: Smith, Sabrina
Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
Project Tile: A Critical Perspective on the Social Inclusion Practices of Modern American Yoga
Name: Strickland, Ariana
Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
Project Tile: Bone Functionality and Collegiate Athletes
Name: Villalobos, David
Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
Project Tile: Investigating Small Group Dynamics: How Age, Race, and Socioeconomic Status Affects Perceived Inclusion and Exclusion on a Youth Soccer Team
Name: Morshed, Farzana
Research Mentor: Dr. Ken Chung
Project Tile: How are Executives Getting Paid for CSR?
Name: Haley, David
Research Mentor: Dr. Ehsan Kamalinejad
Project Tile: L-1 Clustering/Classification
Name: Thulasi, Swecha
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Tile: Dark Matter
Name: Divinagracia, David
Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
Project Tile: Project Zephyr: An Interactive 3D Web Experience
Name: Nassalska, Marta
Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
Project Tile: The Mission Statement
Name: Patruno, Ryan
Research Mentor: Dr. Rafael Hernandez
Project Tile: Project Zephyr
Name: Roads, Matt
Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
Project Tile: The Sand Noise Device
Name: Saxon, James
Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
Project Tile: Sand Noise Device
Name: Dyke, Jay Van
Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
Project Tile: The Sand Noise Device
Name: Zavala, Delia
Research Mentor: Dr. Buddy James
Project Tile: California Mission Music
Name: Costales, Nina
Academic Program: Nursing
Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Tellez
Project Tile: PROCenf Evaluation: Does CDSS improve nurse ability to select diagnoses
Name: Weber, Deborah
Academic Program: Nursing
Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Tellez
Project Tile: PROCenf Evaluation: Does CDSS improve nurse ability to select diagnoses
Name: DeCamp, Garrett
Research Mentor: Dr. Erik Helgren
Project Tile: Conductivity of Organic Polymers
Name: Diefenbach, Matthew
Research Mentor: Dr. Erik Helgren
Project Tile: Conductivity of Organic Polymers
Name: Dudley, Jordan
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Tile: Search for Spin Gravity Coupling
Name: Faison, Siara
Research Mentor: Dr. Azure Stewart
Project Tile: PEIL Program Study
Name: Fuentes, Dominic
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Tile: Development of Frequency Lock for Diode Lasers using Optical Frequency Comb
Name: Longnickel, Maryna
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Tile: Dark Matter
Name: McConnell, Christopher
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny Guzman
Project Tile: Magneto Optical Trap
Name: Penaflor, Alexander
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny Guzman
Project Tile: Cold Atom Trap
Name: Sanchez, Claudio
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Tile: Spin Gravity
Name: Swiatlowski, Jerlyn
Research Mentor: Dr. Jennie Guzman
Project Tile: Constructing a Frequency Stabilized Diode Laser
Name: Viegas, Isaac
Research Mentor: Dr. Jason Singley
Project Title: Time-Domain Terahertz Spectroscopy
Name: Igboegwu, Chidimma
Research Mentor: Dr. Gretchen Reevy
Project Tile: Attachment, Achievement, and Adjustment in International Students
Name: Martinez, Eileen
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Project
Name: Martinez, Michael
Research Mentor: Dr. Jason Smith
Project Tile: Epidemics and the Development of Public Health Law
Name: Miranda, Erik
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Partnership
Name: Mony, Leesha
Research Mentor: Dr. Mary Kay Stevenson
Project Tile: Temporal Discounting as a Function of Context and Response
Name: Nicoals, Jonathan
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Project
Name: Silva, Robert
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Partnership
Name: Villanueva, Marian
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Partnership
Name: Yu, Allebasi
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Seitz
Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science Project
Name: Chen, Stephanie
Academic Program: School Psychology
Research Mentor: Dr. Oahn Tran
Project Tile: Project Happiness
Name: Hazard, Kathleen
Academic Program: School Psychology
Research Mentor: Dr. Oahn Tran
Project Tile: Project Happiness
Name: Moore, Lee Porscha M.
Research Mentor: Dr. Sukari Ivester
Project Tile: Gentrification in the Bay Area: Theory and Praxis
Name: Krumins, Brenda
Research Mentor: Dr. Sukari Ivester
Project Tile: Mega-events and Resistance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Name: Lopes, Filip
Research Mentor: Dr. Duke Austin
Project Tile: Does Race Matter? Recent Students’ Perceptions of Education Inequality
Name: Reinhart, Kendal
Research Mentor: Dr. Duke Austin
Project Tile: Does Race Matter? Recent Immigrant Students’ Perceptions
Name: Zapico, Arturo
Research Mentor: Dr. Sukari Ivester
Project Tile: Urban Spectacles and Forced Evictions in Rio de Janeiro
Name: Dixon, Hannah
Research Mentor: Dr. Kai Greene
Project Tile: Intervention outcomes of bilingual preschoolers’ use of story grammar components in Spanish and English
Name: Finley, Elise Nishiki
Research Mentor: Dr. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis
Project Tile: Perspectives and Needs of Adolescents Children with a Family Member with Aphasia
Name: Lawrence, Katharina
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Tile: Patient elicited responses to children using AAC
Name: Moon, Tammy
Research Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
Project Tile: Infusing a health disparities model in a class on neurological disorders: Assessing impact on student perceptions and learning outcomes
Name: Murphy, Kate
Research Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
Project Tile: Designing multimodal aphasia education materials in English and Spanish
Name: Nguyen, April
Research Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
Project Tile: Brain Fitness Software: Efficacy in aphasia and dementia therapy
Name: Pearman, Aubrey
Research Mentor: Dr. Shubha Kashinath
Project Tile: Utility of authentic assessment with bilingual pre-school children
Name: Prinze, Brandee
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Tile: Patient elicited responses to children using AAC
Name: Riley, Melissa Corey
Research Mentor: Dr. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis
Project Tile: Perspectives and Needs of Adolescents Children with a Family Member with Aphasia