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