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' SpeechesPresenters: 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 MicePresenter: 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 HippocampusPresenters: 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 UAVPresenters: 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 AlloysPresenters: 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 StabilityPresenters: 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 ApplicationsPresenters: 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 RightsPresenter: 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 BrazilPresenter: Lorena Bennett
Faculty Mentors: Monica Palomo, Matthew Verbyla
Session 1: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Title: Self-Represented Litigants In The CourtroomPresenter: 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 AspergillosisPresenter: 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 AlloysPresenter: 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 PointPresenter: 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 ExperiencePresenters: 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 CalculationsPresenter: Nicholas Ury
Faculty Mentor: Vilupanur Ravi
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Session 8: Engineering
Title: Potential Repurposing Of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate For Energy ApplicationsPresenters: 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 FramesPresenter: 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 PlasmaPresenter: 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 ProcessPresenter: 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 complexPresenter: 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-TreatmentPresenter: 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 AlloysPresenter: 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 AssessmentPresenter: 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 CellsPresenter: 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 BirthplacesPresenter: 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 emulsifiersPresenter: 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.