Division of Research and Graduate Studies
19th Annual - CSU Student Research Competition Results
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Session 4 – Undergraduate
First Place
Jessica W. Chevalier
California State University, East Bay
Comparing Analogical and Self Mapping on Time Conceptualization
Runner Up
Emily Darling
California State University, Bakersfield
Students Burning the Midnight Oil: Procrastination or Flow?
Session 10 – Undergraduate
First Place
Angela L. Martinez
California State University, Long Beach
Creating Obedient Catholic Wives: Indigenous Women, Gender, and Cultural Control in
the California Mission System
Runner Up
Jose Vargas
California State University, Northridge
Effects of Age, Crime and Cross-Examination on Children’s Credibility
Session 19 – Graduate
First Place
Andrew J. Klerer
California State University, Fullerton
Dual-Task Finger Tapping Indicates Gender Differences For Stroop Interference Effect
Runner Up
Paul Hernandez
California State University, San Marcos
Effects of Lamotrigine on Morphine Induced Locomotor Behavior
Session 21 - Graduate
First Place
Yasmin Asvat
San Diego State University
Acculturation and Depression in Muslim University Students
Runner Up
Deanna Heikkinen
California State University, Bakersfield
Results from the 2004 Archaeological Investigations at the Tell El-Hibeh Site, Egypt:
Mummies from Two Loci
Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Session 6 – Undergraduate
First Place
Andrea L. McCracken
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
The Effects of Buscopan® and Xylazine on Esophageal Pressure in the Horse
Runner Up
Mark Castanares
California State University, Los Angeles
Minocycline Through Suppression of Cytochrome C and DIABLO Release Attenuates Hormone
Deprivation Induced Male Germ Cell Apoptosis
Session 9 - Graduate
First Place
Ryan Ellingson
California State University, Los Angeles
Cryptic Speciation in Sea Slug Alderia modesta
Runner Up
Robert Lawrence Grasso
California State University, Sacramento
Antipredator Response and Palatability of Yosemite Toad Larvae to Nonnative Brook
Trout in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California
Runner Up
Julie Thompson
California State University, East Bay
Generation and Evaluation of Sequence Information for Cytochrome P450 IA from Several
Avian Species
Session 18 - Undergraduate
First Place
Robin Keith
San Diego State University
Revealing Cryptic Species in the Ancient Spider Genus Hypochilus (Araneae: Hypochilidae)
Runner Up
Phillip Bass
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Effects of Phytase on Second Cycle Laying Hens
Business, Economics, and Public Administration
Session 16 - Undergraduate/Graduate
First Place
Roland J. Fumasi
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Applying Stochastic Simulation Modeling to the Specialty Crop Industry: The Case of
Salinas Valley Lettuce
Runner Up
Andrada Anghelescu
California State University, Fresno
Bankruptcy Prediction in the High-Tech Industry
Creative Arts and Design
Session 15 - Undergraduate/Graduate
First Place
Steve Kearsley, Ivonne Proano, Linh Nguyen Sasha Grueneberger and Xavier Velazquez
California State University, East Bay
Conspiritus
Runner Up
Gabriel Carrasco
California State University, San Bernardino
Pump Room 111
Education
Session 1 - Undergraduate
First Place
Shelley Volz
San Francisco State University
Collaborative Learning in Theory and Practice
Runner-Up
Olympia Resol and Robina Bitana
California State University, Los Angeles
Remembering Your Roots: A Pilot Project for Immigrant and First Generation University
Students
Session 12 - Graduate
First Place
Jana Perkins
California State University, East Bay
Vocabulary Strategy Instruction and Second Language Learners at the High School Level
Runner-Up
Naomi S. Kent
California State University, Fresno
Duration of Teacher Participation in an NSF-Sponsored Professional Development Program:
Relationship to Students’ Mathematics Achievement
Engineering and Computer Science
Session 5 - Undergraduate
First Place
Jackson Pang and Jesse Ralston
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
The Gondola Project
Runner-Up
Robert Strazzarino
California State University, Chico
Wildcat Scheduler-Internet Based Class Scheduling System
Session 11 - Graduate
First Place
Ling Chen
San Diego State University
Effect of Strut Chordae Transection on Mitral Value Leaflet Deformation
Runner-Up
Walter Au and Kenny Loo
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Simulation Study of Wideband Interference Rejection Using Adaptive Array Antenna
Runner-Up
Foaad Khosmood
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Automatic Source Attribution of Text Using Neural Networks
Session 20 - Undergraduate
First Place
Celia Tang
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Shrinkage Control of Silica Aerogel Using Carbon Dioxide as Supercritical Drying Medium
Runner-Up
Chris Wilks
San Jose State University
A Fast Heuristic for Fragment Assembly
Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
Session 8 - Graduate
First Place
Ami L. Hurd
San Diego State University
Validating a Telephone-Based Measure of Legislation Compliance Among Indoor Tanning
Facilities
Runner-Up
Adi Jaffe
California State University, Long Beach
Ecstasy and Other Club Drug Use in Los Angeles County, Californ
Session 17 - Undergraduate
First Place
Brandy Bunyea-Baron and Joseph Campanales
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Terminal Restriction Fragment Pattern Analysis Used to Assess
the Stability of Bacterial Communities Found in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
Humanities and Letters
Session 3 - Undergraduate
First Place
Maura Dykstra
California State University, Sacramento
White Lotuses, Shining Red Lanterns, and the Eternal Mother: The Subversive Legacy
of the Wusheng Lao Mu from the White Lotus Rebellions to the Boxer Movement
Runner-Up
Matthew E. Spears
California State University, San Marcos
"On Home Ground": Linking Oral-Formulaic Composition and Cliché in Seamus Heaney’s
Translation of Beowulf
Session 14 - Graduate
First Place
Scott Lehman
San Francisco State University
The Print Logic of Warfare: Mapping Havana in the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1740-1762
Runner-Up
Javon Johnson
California State University, Los Angeles
Performing Violent Attacks on the Black Penis: A Critical Exploration of Enzyte’s
Male Enhancement Campaign, and Other Narratives that Seeks to (Dis)place Black Masculinity
and Identity
Session 22 - Graduate
First Place
Sarah E. Stroud
San Diego State University
Scratching the Surface: Historical and Archaeological Investigations of Nate Harrison’s
Homestead
Runner-Up
Sharon Kelley
California State University, Northridge
Shakespeare’s Herbal Allusions: Rediscovering a Lost Vernacular
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Session 2 - Undergraduate
First Place
Lewis Abra and Xerxes Steirer
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Improving Polymer Photovoltaic Device Perfomance With Annealing, PCBM, and Dyed TiO2
Runner-Up
Anthony Herda
California State University, Sacramento
The High Definition Digital Synthesizer, The Principles of Instantaneous Tuning
Session 7 - Undergraduate
First Place
Van Nguyen
San Diego State University
Time-Integrated Supernova Neutrino Flux from a Nearby Cluster
Runner-Up
Anmol S. Nijjar
San Jose State University
Modeling a Diode Pumped Er:Yb:Glass Laser with Co2+ :spinel as a Passive Q-switch
Session 13 - Graduate
First Place
Vinita Marathe
San Francisco State University
Development of Methodology to Identify Cell-Surface Glycoproteins
Runner-Up
Robert C. Reiner Jr.
California State University, Northridge
Performance Assessment of Local Absorbing Conditions for Low Frequency Acoustic Scattering
Problems With Elliptical-Shaped Scatterers