Past Awardees

Past RSCA Awardees


Session OC1: Biological and Agricultural Sciences

Title: Sex-dependent Effects on the Susceptibility to Systemic Candida albicans Infection in Mice        

Author: Edgar Perez
Faculty Mentor: Nancy Buckley

Title: Investigating the role of the Peripheral Cannabinoid Receptor on Neutrophil Egression into the Vagina During a Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Infection in Mice

Author: Lauren Wong, Virginia Jacinto-Torres
Faculty Mentor:  Nancy Buckley

 

Session OC2: Weglyn Social Justice

Title: Not Like Us: Identity Policing in Marginalized Groups

Author: Katherine Priest
Faculty Mentor: Alex Madva

Title: hey Speak of Resistance: US Advocacy for Haitian Rights and Supremacy

Author: Juliett Garcia
Faculty Mentor:  Marcos Scauso

 

Session OC3: Behavioral and Social Science

Title: Characterization of Unmarked Burial Using Ground Penetrating Radar at the Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery

Authors: Amelia Bellah, Jesse Richert
Faculty Mentor: Iftekhar Alam

Title: The Relationship Between Drought Intensity and Human Wellbeing Along the Angeles National Forest and 210 Interstate Highway

Authors: Berendi Villanueva
Faculty Mentor: Gabriel Granco

 

Session OC4: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Development of a VR-analogous Camera Control System to aid FPV Drone Pilot Awareness 

Author:  Richie Wong 
Faculty Mentor: Mohamed Aly

Title: Application of Wood Biochar as a Sustainable Cementitious Replacement in Concrete Masonry Units

Author: Lukas Pohl, Alberto Laureano-Rumbo, Dominick Schlosser, Sebastian Alidio, Mason Bamberger, Jocelyn Gomez, Danyan Guan, Bianca Maranan
Faculty Mentor:  Giuseppe Lomiento, Nicole Elias

 

Session OC5: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Untethered Isoperimetric Soft Robot

Author: Andy Le, Andres Torres, Roy Kachouri, Cassandra Dickie, Angelo Calderon-Cifuentes
Faculty Mentor: Nolan Tsuchiya

 

Session OC6: Physical Science

Title: Towards the synthesis of a novel 6-6-7-6 tetracyclic ring structure

Author: Donna Hajhamid
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Osberger

Session OC1: Weglyn Social Justice

Title: The Green Mile: Wildlife Richness, Greenspace and Access in San Gabriel Valley, California 

Author: Adrianna Elihu
Faculty Mentor: Janel Ortiz

Title: Understanding Recreational Park Users Perception of Water Quality in the Santa Ana River

Author: Anna Marie Contreras
Faculty Mentor:  Kristen Conway-Gomez

 

Session OC2: Interdisciplinary

Title: Anglicization: Undercurrents of Name Change Practices

Author: M. Luna
Faculty Mentor: Olga Griswald

 

Session OC3: Biological Sciences and Agriculture

Title: The Utilization of Bacteriophage to Prevent Escherichia coli Contamination on Microgreens

Author: Zhe Zhang
Faculty Mentor:  Xu Yang

 

Session OC4: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Astro-TSP: Traveling Salesman Problem-Based Solutions for Scheduling Astronomical Observations

Authors: George Matta, Dani Ekbote, Alan Mong
Faculty Mentor: John Korah

Title: Battery As iNtegrated Structure High Endurance Experimental UAV, Robotics

Authors: Maggie Hoang, Alexander Ov, Winson Zhu
Faculty Mentor: Jenny Zhen Yu

 

Session OC5: Physical Science

Title: Kinetic study of Ligand Effects in Dioxomolybdenum Catalyzed Deoxydehydration

Author:  Jonathan Wagner
Faculty Mentor: Alex John

Title: Deoxydehydration Catalyzed by Electronically Modulated Vanadium Complexes

Author: Isha Kallingal
Faculty Mentor:  Alex John

 

Session OC6: Physical Sciences

Title: Reactivity of nickel and manganese complexes with a captured CO2 source

Author: Aaron Gaynes
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stieber

Title: The Milky Way Project: MOBStIRS (Mass-loss rates for OB Stars driving IR bow Shocks)

Author: Angelica Whisnant
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Povich

Session 2: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Battery As Integrated Structure High Endurance Experimental UAV (BANSHEE UAV) 

Authors: Christopher Lai, Maggie Hoang
Faculty Mentor: Zhen Yu, Steveh Dobbs

Title: Environmental Remediation of Surface Water Bodies in California

Authors: Oliver Reynolds, Alexander Arismendy, Soon Hyuk Bae, Christie Jolie, Jesus Chavez, Erick Delgado, Nathaniel Hasal, Amparo Medina, Paula Morales
Faculty Mentor:  Monica Palomo

 

Session 3: Physical Sciences

Title: Synthesis/ Characterization, of NHC Lanthanide Nitrosyl Complexes fpr Reduction of Greenhouse Gases

Author: Christian LeRue
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stieber

 

Session 4: Biological Sciences and Agriculture

Title: The Valorization of Pistachio Shells as an Alternative for Perlite and Vermiculite in Greenhouse Basil Production

Authors: Lara Amiri-Kazaz
Faculty Mentor:  Anna Soper

 

Session 5: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Design and Analysis of a Novel Tandem Wing e-VTOL Aircraft for Urban Aerial Mobility

Authors: Hetkumar Ghadia, Stanley Ossyra
Faculty Mentor: Subodh  Bhandari

Title: Technology Demonstrator for the Research of High Endurance and Regenerative UAVs

Authors: Alton Lo, Matthew Cha, Joseph Rico
Faculty Mentor: Steven Dobbs, Zhen Yu

 

Session 6: Interdisciplinary/Social Justice (Wegln)

Michi and Walter Weglyn Award Recipient

Title: Energy Poverty and Social Benefit Factors: A MOLP Approach for the Design of a HRES Developed for a Rural Village in Mexico

Authors:  Lauren Natividad
Faculty Mentors: Pablo Benalcazar

 

Session 7: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Title: How Do Consumers Form Their Intentions to Wear a Mask During Their Stay in Coffee Shops?

Authors: Hened Malak, Adrian Cruz, Emily Harrison
Faculty Mentors:  Jae Jung

 

Session 8: Physical Sciences

Title: Studying the Variability of IC 10 X2, a High-Mass X-ray Binary Containing a Possible Luminous Blue Variable and Neutron Star

Authors: Mina Thoresen
Faculty Mentor: Breanna Binder

Title: Fabrication of a Carbon Paste Nanoelctrode

Authors: Raul Padilla Silvas
Faculty Mentor: Peng Sun

Interdisciplinary/Social Justice (Weglyn)

Michi and Walter Weglyn Award Recipient

Title: Assessing Student Experiences in HyFlex Courses

Authors:  Harmony Nguyen, Brooke Jones, Chenna Hu, Talia Fernandez, Jonathan Aguilar
Faculty Mentors: Faye Wachs, Juliana Fuqua

 

Biological and Agricultural Sciences

Title: Nanoformulations Using Zein in Edible Coatings for the Enhanced Shelf Life of Avocados

Authors: Christianne Yapor, Julia Duddles
Faculty Mentor: Gabriel Davidov-Pardo

Title: Genetic Identification of a Putative VTA -> SCN Dopamine Circuit Required for Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice

Authors: Firozeh Farahmand, Sarah Sharif, Kieana Shao, Adriana Castro
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Steele

 

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Title: The SPICY Milky Way: Evaluating the Reliability of the SPICY Catalog

Author: Carly Soos
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Po

 

Engineering

Title: UAVs Docking 

Authors: Matthew Tootoonchi, Jayden Bautista, Brian Lee, Nathaniel Ruiz, Talin Hambarsoumian, Zhubeen Vakilzadeh, Irving Lorenzano, Jared Roe, Javier Ventura, Lance Pancha
Faculty Mentor: Mohamed El-Hadedy

Title: Battery As iNtegrated Structure High Endurance Experimental UAV (BANSHEE UAV)

Authors: Martin O'Connell, Christopher Watson, Diego Portillo-Gonzalez, Derek Mata
Faculty Mentors: Zhen Yu, Steven K. Dobbs

 

Business, Economics, and Computer Science

Title: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior: An Analysis of Generational Attitudes Towards Realistic Portrayals of Women in Advertising

Authors: Vivian Graft, Britney Ly, Krystal Serrano
Faculty Mentor: Jae Min Jung

 

Biological and Food Science (Graduate)

Title: Investigating Bovine whole blood Neutrophils Killing of T. foetus in- vitro

Author: Jonathan Najera
Faculty Mentors: Frances Mercer, Juantia Jellyman

 

Humanities and Creative Arts

Title: Epistemic Violence of U.S. Settler Colonialism

Author: Parish Niwa 
Faculty Mentors: Katherine Gasdaglis, Corwin Aragon

 

Chemistry and Biological Science

Title: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Bidentate N-heterocyclic Carbene Nickel Complex: (MesNHC2Xy)Ni(COD)

Author: Ethan Chavarin  
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stieber 

Behavioral, Social Sciences, and Public Administration 

Michi and Walter Weglyn Award Recipient

Title: The News Media Experience for Congresswomen: How has sexism and gender stereotypes in the news media portrayed female politicians at the Congressional level? 

Author:  Giselle Barragan 
Faculty Mentor: Neilan Chaturvedi

Title: Investigating the Influence Racial Bias has on Misinformation Correction 

Authors: Valerie Tapia, Armaine Guzman 
Faculty Mentor: Kevin Autry

 

Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Graduate 

Title: Encapsulation of Orange Pomace Antioxidant in Pea Protein-Pectin Complexes 

Author: Sarah Caballero 
Faculty Mentors: Gabriel Davidov-Pardo and Y. Olive Li

Title: Natural and Anthropogenic Effects on Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica) Populations in southeast Asia 

Author: Brenda Ramirez 
Faculty Mentors: Elizabeth Scordato

 

Biological and Agricultural Sciences 

Title: Using consumer feedback to determine the most desired attributes of food products enriched with Orange pomace 

Author: Elvis Garcia 
Faculty Mentor: Gabriel Davidov-Pardo

 

Business, Economics, and Hospitality Management 

Title: Does State Ethnocentrism Influence the Attitudes and Purchase Intentions formed on Locally-Branded Products? 

Author: Jillian Munoz 
Faculty Mentor: Jae Min Jung

 

Engineering and Computer Science 

Title: Implementation of RSA in Verilog 

Authors: Rohith Rajasekaran, Anish Junnarkar, Andrew Zarour 
Faculty Mentor: Mohamed Aly

Title: Bluetooth Kit with Post-Quantum Security Primitives (Hardware/Software Partition) 

Authors: Ian Lieu, Peter Anthony, Andres Colon, Arron Lu 
Faculty Mentors: Mohamed Aly and Valerio Formicola

 

Humanities and Letters 

Title: Class Conflict in Parasite 

Author: Giselle Gradilla 
Faculty Mentor: Kate Ozment

 

Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Graduate 

Title: Synthesis of Nickel Fluoride Complexes with Bidentate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands 

Author: Justin Cortez  
Faculty Mentor: S. Chantal Stieber 

Session 1: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Title: Populist Discourse In African Politicians' Speeches
Presenters: Randell Monzon, Isaias Martinez, Michelle H. Allende, Alvin Wong.
Faculty Mentor: Robert Nyenhius

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Session 2: Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Graduate

Title: Effects Of Type II Diabetes Mellitus On Pharmacokinetics Of Liposomal Amphotericin B In Mice
Presenter: Ielyzaveta Slarve 
Faculty Mentor: Jill Adler-Moore

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Session 3: Biological and Agricultural Sciences

Title: The Effect Of Environmental Enrichment On The Number Of Nadph-D Positive Interneurons In The Dentate Gyrus Of The Dorsal Rat Hippocampus
Presenters: Zuhayr Khan, Waratchakorn Taleangdee, Colin Campell, Sandie Macias, Amrin Vajifdar, Leeland Liu, Kenneth Rangel, Girisha Bharadwaj, Eric Huynh, Jon Provens, Julie Truong, Romulalda Aquino
Faculty Mentor: Glenn Kageyama

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Session 4: Business, Economics, and Public Administration

Title: Should Business Faculty Encourage Their Undergraduate Students To Participate In Research?
Presenters: Cailin Kuchenbecker, Guillermo Marquez, Mitchell Pickering
Faculty Mentor: Jae Min Jung

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Session 5: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: BANSHE UAV
Presenters: Geoffrey Oetting, Ryan Valdezotto, Korbin Weatherman, Aramazd Melikian, Marc Repollo, Joel Lee, Dawit Assefa, Justin Wells, Bimaya Jayaratne, Jaehyun Kim
Faculty Mentor: Steven Dobbs, Zhen Yu

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Session 6: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Oxide Scales On Metallic Alloys
Presenters: Jacob Norman, Jaymn Singh, Matt Irwin, Jordyn Park.
Faculty Mentor: Vilupanur Ravi

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Session 7: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites – Processing And Stability
Presenters: David Calderon, Chase Hargrove, Harrison Porter, Lisbeth Pelayo.
Faculty Mentor: Vilupanur Ravi

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Session 8: Engineering and Computer Science

Title: Testing Of Thermal Energy Storage Using Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Applications
Presenters: Andrew Wilson, Aaron Narag, Nicole Garcia, Ronell Lim, Benjamin Kong, Ega Herlim, Joseph Kiriakos, Christopher Salerno.
Faculty Mentor: Reza Lakeh

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Session 9: Interdisciplinary, Humanities and Letters

Title: Factory Farming: A Violation Of Human Rights
Presenter: Lauren Ybarra
Faculty Mentor: Katherine Gasdaglis

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Session 10: Interdisciplinary, Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Title: Solids Analysis Of A Uasb-Hrap System In Brazil
Presenter: Lorena Bennett
Faculty Mentors: Monica Palomo, Matthew Verbyla

Session 1: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Title: Self-Represented Litigants In The Courtroom
Presenter: Genesis Gonzalez
Faculty Mentor: Mario Guerrero

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Session 2: Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Graduate

Title: Efficacy Of Intravenous Vs. Aerosol Ambisome Therapy For Murine Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Presenter: Janam Dave
Faculty Mentor: Jill Adler-Moore

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Session 3: Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Graduate

Title: Biofilm Formation On Human Prosthetic Metal Alloys
Presenter: Jeyashree Alagarsamy
Faculty Mentors: Steve Alas and Vilupanur Ravi

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Session 4: Biological and Agricultural Sciences

Title: Impact of Protein Type And Maillard Conjugation On Nanoemulsion Formation And Stability At Isoelectric Point
Presenter: Sarah Caballero
Faculty Mentor: Gabriel Davidov-Pardo

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Session 5: Humanities/Behavioral/Interdisciplinary

Title: Phenomenology of Drug Addiction: Exploring Substance Abuse And Recovery Through Experience
Presenters: Jaden Yocom and Aaron Sapp
Faculty Mentor: Alex Madva

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Session 6: Humanities and Letters/ Education

Title: "Time's Up"
Presenters: Michael Tran, Long Yu, Josh Tessler, Melinda Hovsepian, Kat Cabula, Marissa Aronson, Amelia Kaufman, Sophia Lin, and Ilka Bradvica
Faculty Mentor: Nadia Shpachenko

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Session 7: Engineering

Title: Uncertainty Propagation In Calphad Calculations
Presenter: Nicholas Ury
Faculty Mentor: Vilupanur Ravi

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Session 8: Engineering

Title: Potential Repurposing Of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate For Energy Applications
Presenters: Gerardo Maldonado, Edgardo Rivera, Garrison Kanazawa, Stuart Geyer, Mark Mancilla, Alexander Salinas, Minna Mattis, Jonathan Hai, Brandon Paulsen, and Katie Sun
Faculty Mentor: Reza Lakeh

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Session 9: Engineering

Title: Corrosion Susceptibility Of Metallic Alloys Used In Heart Valve Frames
Presenter: Grazziela Sena
Faculty Mentor: Vilupanur Ravi

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Session 10: Physical Sciences

Title: Surface Modification Of Stainless Steel Using A Radio-Frequency Generated Atmospheric Pressure Plasma
Presenter: Sara Margala and Devon Woodfine
Faculty Mentor: Nina Abramzon

Session 1: Behavioral Sciences

Title: The Power in Individual Consent: A Critical Examination of How Gatekeeping and Stereotypes Affect Access to Student-Veterans in the Qualitative Interview Process
Presenter: William Atienza
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erica Morales, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

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Session 2: Biological and Agricultural Sciences (Graduate)

Title: The transpacific species Berthella californica is a species complex
Presenter: Hessam Ghanimi
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ángel Valdés, College of Science

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Session 3: Biological and Agricultural Sciences (Undergraduate)

Title: Aerosolized Liposomal Amphotericin B (AmBisome) Maintains Antifungal Drug Concentrations in Lungs for up to Five Days Post-Treatment
Presenter: Janam Dave
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Adler-Moore, College of Science

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Session 4: Humanities and Letters

Title: "Where Do I Belong, Here or Where You Are?": A Postcolonial Feminist Reading of "Wide Sargasso Sea" and "Corpse Song"
Presenter: Parveena Singh and Devon Mier
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Alison Baker and Dr. Daan Pan, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

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Session 5: Engineering

Title: Morphology Development of Aluminide Coatings on Mo-Si-B-Ti Alloys
Presenter: Zachery Walsh, Shahan Kasnakjian, Logan Gallegos, and Deepali Patil
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vilupanur Ravi, College of Engineering

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Session 6: Multidisciplinary

Title: Innovative Classroom Assessment
Presenter: Michael Ramirez, Laura Dasilva, Nguyen Nguyen, and Cheyenne Romero
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Faye Wachs and Dr. Juliana Fuqua, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

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Session 7: Engineering

Title: Thermal Nitridation of Stainless Steel Bipolar Plates in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Presenter: Kevin Duong and Adrian Barcimo
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vilupanur Ravi, College of Engineering

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Session 8: Engineering

Title: Design, and testing of a solar-driven wastewater treatment unit for off-grid applications.
Presenter: Justine Nguyen, Daniel Andrade, Thuan Nguyen, Kyle Miller, Masoud Modabernia, John Kest, Johnny Baradii, Laura Lopez, Binh Phun, and David Jacobo
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Reza Lakeh, College of Engineering

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Session 9: Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Title: A Sensitive Method for Aging Stellar Birthplaces
Presenter: Evan Nunez
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Matthew Povich and Dr. Breanna Binder, College of Science

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Session 10: Biological and Physical Sciences

Title: Ternary complexes Through Maillard Conjugation of Sodium Caseinate, Dextran and Resveratrol to be used as emulsifiers
Presenter: Benjamin Steiner
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gabriel Davidov-Pardo, College of Agriculture

Title

Effective Treatment of Azole Resistant Candida albicans in a Murine Ascending Urinary Tract Infection with Liposomal Amphotericin B Delivered by Bladder Lavage

Presenters

Cole Frazier

Faculty Mentor:

Jill Adler-Moore


Title

Do Social Networks Mirror the Ideals of a Deliberative Democracy?

Presenters

Daniel Raad

Faculty Mentor:

Mario Guerrero


Title

The phylogenetic reconstruction of the sea slug genus Berthella using molecular and morphological traits

Presenters

Hessam Ghanimi

Faculty Mentor:

Angel Valdes


Title

Analysis of garlic's (Allium sativum) effects on Lipopolysaccharide and C. albicans induced immune response in J774A.1 and RAW 264.7 murine macrophage cell lines

Presenters

Benjamin Soto

Faculty Mentor:

Nancy Buckley


Title

Preliminary study on the control release of flavor encapsulated in filled hydrogels triggered by pH

Presenters

Anya Kwan

Faculty Mentor:

Gabriel Davidov-Pardo


Title

Examining the Functional Network Structure of the Frontal Lobes Across Domains of Cognition

Presenters

Jordan Garrett

Faculty Mentor:

Robert Blumenfeld


Title

Do Fact Checks Matter? An Assessment on the Impact of Fact-Checking in a "Post-Truth" World

Presenters

Aisling Kelly

Faculty Mentor:

Mario Guerrero


Title

Biofilitration Cells: Stormwater Management Utilizing Low Impact Development Principles

Presenters

Jomel Bautista, Gerson Ribas, and Jorge Figueroa

Faculty Mentor:

Monica Palomo


Title

Free Surface Electrospun Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membranes for Direct Contact Membrane Distillation

Presenters

Garret Engen, Nicholas Belgau, Zach Walsh, Austin Lee, Jonathan Hatamoff, and Monique Montague

Faculty Mentor:

Keith Forward


Title

Distinguishing Music from Advertisement by Using Machine Learning Techniques for Audio Classification

Presenters

Mostafa Vahidi

Faculty Mentor:

Yu Sun

Session 1: Graduate Biological and Agricultural Sciences

Presenters: Paulina Villanueva, Jonathan Tringali, and Sam Ho. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Adler-Moore

Project Title: Efficacy in Mice of a Liposomal Influenza M2e Vaccine Containing the TLR3 Adjuvant, dsRNA

Session 2: Business, Economics, and Public Administration; Behavioral and Social Sciences

Presenters: Kelly Tolle and Sarah Angelia. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jae Min Jung

Project Title: Using Mobile Apps to Foster Brand Loyalty in Millennials

Session 3: Undergraduate Biological and Agricultural Sciences; Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences

Presenters: Tiffany Yang, Rafael Martin Del Campo, Julia Conchas, Ali Hasan, Giselle Hernandez. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yao Olive Li

Project Title: Calpollini- a rice flour-based gluten-free pasta enriched with protein and dietary fiber

Session 4: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Humanities and Letters

Presenters: Ashley Van Vilet. Faculty Mentors: Dr. Valerie Mellano and Dr. Anna Soper

Project Title: Knowledge of California Residents on Citrus-Greening Disease

Session 5: Engineering and Computer  Science

Presenters: Thang Vo, Andrew Kim, and Jass Sokhi. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ha Le

Project Title: Development, Training and Implementation of Vehicle to Grid Functionality

Session 6: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Humanities and Letters

Presenters: Travis Barrett. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mario Guerrero

Project Title: “The Egocentric Presidency: How Presidents Use Language to Communicate with the American Public”

Session 7: Engineering and Computer  Science; Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Presenters: Julian Andrews. Faculty Mentors: Dr. Matthew Povich

Project Title: Discovering Massive Runaway Stars with Infared Bow Shock Nebulae: First Results

Session 8: Engineering and Computer  Science; Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Presenters: Sutine Sujittosakul, Elvin Sepanosian, and Micheal Huluf. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vilupanur Ravi

Project Title: Diffusion Model of Aluminide Coatings

Session 10: Humanities and Letters; Behavioral and Social Sciences

Presenters: Violeta Villagomez. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marta Albalá Pelegrín

Project Title: "The Songs We Sing: a Dreamer's Lyric (1985-2015)"

Session 11: Graduate Biological and Agricultural Sciences; Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences

Presenters: Eleana Guardado and Jennifer Rubio. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Adler-Moore

Project Title: Evaluation of Lipidated and Non-Lipidated CDN Adjuvants in a gD Peptide Liposomal Vaccine for HSV-2 Murine Intravaginal Infection

Heather Acuff
Effects of Adding Dried Fruit Waste Product To The Diets of Finishing Pigs on Growth, Feed Intake, and Nutrient Digestibility.
Mentor: Dr. Lee A. Pettey

Brian Bulaya
Exploring the Common Core State Standards at Westmont Elementary School (Pomona, CA).
Mentor: Dr. Kyle Brown

Cole Frazier
Establishing Lower Urinary Tract Candidaiasis in Swiss Webster Mice.
Mentor: Dr. Jill Adler-Moore

Zach Gentry, Andrew Sakamoto, Matthew Corey, Norton Thongchua, and Kishan Patel
Corrosion of Nickel Chromium Alloys in Molten Sodium Sulfate at 900 C.
Mentor: Dr. Vilupanur Ravi

Erin Mascho
An Investigation of Manegerial Compensation in the Restaurant Industry.
Mentor: Dr. Zhenxing Mao

Blin Richards, Mathew Gan, John Payton, Jordan Quintana, James Liu, and Miguel Enriquez
Obtacle Avoidance System for UAVs Using Computer Vision.
Mentor: Dr. Subodh Bhandari

Maria Servin
Framing Spces of Illegality: Undocumented College Graduates and Deferred Action.
Mentor: Dr. Anita Jain

Patrick Shushereba
The Swing Vote and the Attitudinal Model of the Supreme Court.
Mentor: Dr. Mario Guerrero

Samantha Willford
Thermodynamic Measurements May Reveal a New Ion/Substrate Stoichiometry for the Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Transporter 1.
Mentor: Dr. Sepehr Eskandari

Samayyah Williams, Blanca Calderon, Connie Tsui, Han Yang, Daniel Espinoza, Nathan Dominquez, Kenneth Kosovich, Amir Kashifi, and Raffi Dermendijan.
Removal of Nitrate and Percholorate from RO Concentrate Stream.
Mentor: Dr. Ali Sharbat

Jason Alonzo. 
ORganics Exposure in Orbit (OREOcube) experiment on the International Space Station: Preliminary studies

Majors in Electrical Engineering, Physics. 
Mentors: Dr. Richard Quinn and Dr. Alexander Rudolph.


Sevana Baghdasarian. 
Application of Virial-Based Mixing Rules for Description of Thermophysical Properties of Multi-Component Mixtures
Major in Chemical Engineering. 
Mentor: Dr. Sabyasachi Sen.


Darryl J.M. Balacanao.
Loki Laufeyson: A view on villainy
Major in English. 
Mentor: Dr. Donald Kraemer.


Roberto Carlos Flores. 
Comparing Transit-Oriented Developments to Non-TODs along Los Angeles Metro's Light Rail System
Major, Urban and Regional Planning. 
Mentor: Dr. Dohyung Kim.


Joseph Henriquez, Nhu-y Hguyen, Elena Chavez-Juan, and Suming Chiang. 
Long term protection in Swiss Webster mice using a liposomal M2e Influenza A (L-M2e)
Major in Biology. 
Mentor: Dr. Jill Adler-Moore.


Jessica Lopez, Yuriy Bazlev, Henry Kwong, Jaime Adkins. 
Mechanical properties of spider silk.
Major in Chemical Engineering. 
Mentor: Dr. Vilupanur Ravi.


Shawn Morrish.
Coseismic uplift and coastal geomorphic response to the 2012 September 5th 7.6 Nicoya earthquake, Costa Rica.
Major in Geological Sciences. 
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Marshall.


Krista Page. 
Biomechanics in ataxic horses.
Major in Agriculture. 
Mentor: Dr. Yvette Nout.


Anna Storti.
But you don't look like a lesbian: The portrayal of queer life through a feminine experience. 
Majors in Ethnic and Women's Studies and Business Management. 
Mentor: Dr. Anita Jain.


Joseph A. Wagster N, Hovig Yaralian, and Matthew Rose. 
Obstacle avoidance for a quadrotor using light weight and inexpensive sensors
Major in Aerospace Engineering. 
Mentor: Dr. Subodh Bhandari.