Awardees
14th Annual Student Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conference (Past Awardees)
On March 7, 2026, over 200 student projects were showcased at the 14th Annual Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Conference at Cal Poly Pomona. Congratulations to all RSCA Conference Student Presenters!
We would also like to aknowledge the faculty mentors, judges, moderators, and students who volunteered this day to make the event a success. The award announcements for the RSCA Conference are provided below.
RSCA Conference Exemplary Oral Presentations
Congratulations to the nine student projects that were recognized as exemplary by a panel of judges in their sessions. Each exemplary project will be nominated to represent Cal Poly Pomona at the 40th Annual California State University Systemwide Student Research Competition to be hosted by San Jose State University on April 23-25, 2026.
Session OC1: Behavioral, Social Sciences, and Public Administration
Title: Inadequate Interpretation Services in Court Proceedings
Author: Ashley Orellana
Faculty Mentor: Elli Menounou
Session OC2: Behavioral, Social Sciences, & Public Administration, Creative Arts & Design
Title: The Impact of Immigration Age on Cultural Identity
Author: Mareen Riad
Faculty Mentor: Lori Barker
Session OC3: Humanities & Letters, Weglyn Social Justice
Title: Necropolitics & the Biases of the UNDRIP within Canada
Author: Amary Corona
Faculty Mentor: Marcos Scauso
Session OC3: Humanities & Letters, Weglyn Social Justice
Title: Paternalistic Power and Control: Clinton and Operation Restore Democracy
Author: Juliett Garcia
Faculty Mentor: Marcos Scauso
Session OC4: Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Title: EFFECT OF MAILLARD CONJUGATES VS. ELECTROSTATIC DEPOSITION ON THE FORMATION OF LUTEIN-ENRICHED EMULSIONS
Author: Jocelyne Argueta
Faculty Mentor: Gabriel Davidov-Pardo
Session OC5: Engineering and Computer Science
Title: BANSHEE UAV
Authors: Kai Arellano, Nathan Thompson, Kyle Sakuda, Sabah Abdelhameid, Jason Nicolson, Juan Bosque
Faculty Mentors: Steven Dobbs , Zhen Yu
Session OC6: Engineering and Computer Science
Title: Sensorless Brushed DC Motor PID Speed Control System in Verilog
Author: Ryan Lui
Faculty Mentor: Mohamed El-Hadedy
Session OC7: Engineering and Computer Science
Title: Effects of Aluminizing Stainless Steels
Authors: Quentin Owens, Andreas Zimmermann, Jocasta Do, Jonathan Garcia, Alvaro Sanchez, Narek Teimourian
Faculty Mentor: Vilupanur Ravi
Session OC8: Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Title: Reduction of CO2 with with N-Hetercyclic Carbene Manganese Complexes
Author: Daena Cabral
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stieber