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 
