44th Annual Central California Research Symposium
Weds., April 19, 2023 | Fresno State Library
List of Awardees
> First place winners will receive a $250 award; the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will contact awardees within the next 10 days with information about the award.
LCOE Poster Presentation Winner: Patrick Reilly (#28), Graduate, Civil Engineering,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Aly Tawfik
“Do Telecommuters Make Fewer Trips? An Analysis of Telecommuting Travel Behavior in
Urban and Rural Communities in the USA”
LCOE Oral Presentation Winner: Hayley Kumagai (#132), Undergraduate, Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. The Nguyen
“Thermal Therapy Treatment for Tremors”
CSM Poster Presentation Winner: Muskan Bhatia (#84), Graduate, Biology, Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Jason Bush
“Differential Gene Expression in Sub-Populations of a Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell
Line”
CSM Poster Presentation Honorable Mention: Brendan Holden (#115), Undergraduate, Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Santanu Maitra
“Antifungal Drug Discovery Through Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Small Novel
Organic Molecules”
CSM Poster Presentation Honorable Mention: Yazmine Bedolla (#21), Undergraduate, Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cory Brooks
“Structural Insight into an Anti-tumor Antibody Bound to a MUC1 Glycopeptide”
JCAST Poster Presentation Winner: Wen-Yin Chueh (#34), Undergraduate, Viticulture
and Enology, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Qun Sun
“The Impact of Biofungicides on Fermentation and Aromatic Profile from Chardonnay
Wine Grapes of Central Coast of California”
JCAST Poster Presentation Winner: Zachary Padilla (#93), Undergraduate, Animal Science,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joel Slade
“Malaria Prevalence in Overwintering Ground Sparrows of the Central Valley of California”
JCAST Poster Presentation Honorable Mention: Julie Nguyen (#78), Undergraduate, Management,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vartuhi Tonoyan
“Consumer Purchase Intentions in Ethnic Cuisines: What Matters More: Authenticity
or Pricing?”
CHHS Nursing Poster Presentation Winner: Robyn Harvey, (#17), Graduate, Nursing, Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Kammi Sayaseng
“School Nurse Barriers Related to the Delivery of Healthy Eating and Activities Interventions
to Students”
CHHS Nursing Poster Presentation Honorable Mention: Rachel Caro (#10), Graduate, Nursing,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eileen Jimenez
“Readmission Rates for Individuals with a Wound or Ostomy Receiving Intervention by
a Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse in an Outpatient Setting”
CHHS Poster Presentation Winner: Dexter Tan (#134), Doctoral, Biomedical Sciences,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Edward Merino
“Incorporating 3D-Printer Models in TBL Applications to Enhance Learning”
CHHS Poster Presentation Honorable Mention: Savannah Fitzgerald (#3), Graduate, Kinesiology-Sport
Psychology, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jenelle Gilbert
“State Sport-Confidence, Self-Efficacy, and Shooting Accuracy Following a Brief Mental
Skills Training Intervention with Female D1 Water Polo Players”
UCSF-Fresno Outstanding Oral Graduate Winner: Lindsey Biehler (#95), Biology, Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Joel Slade
“The Role of Constitutive and Genetic Innate Immunity on Salmonella in Wild Finches”
UCSF-Fresno Outstanding Oral Undergraduate Winner: Paulina Medina (#96), Biology,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Masaki Uchida
“Investigating Dec-based Linker Proteins to Mediate Assembly of P22 Virus-Like Particles
(VLPs)”
COSS Oral Presentation Winner: Katharina Dreher (#15), Graduate, Criminology, Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Emma Hughes
“The Housing Needs and Experience of Project Rebound Students at Fresno State”
COSS Oral Presentation Winner: Sarah Theller (#49), Graduate, Art and Design, Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Keith Jordan
“(Re-)Contextualizing Pre-Christian Scandinavian Concepts of Personhood Through Re-Analysis
of the Harby Figure)”
COSS Oral Presentation Honorable Mention: Alexey Mazon (#54), Undergraduate, Criminology, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jenna Kieckhaefer
“Courthouse Facility Dogs and Legal Professionals Perceptions”
CSM Oral Presentation Winner: Joseph White (#139), Graduate, Physics, Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Ettore Vitali
“Numerical Simulation of Shock Waves using the Burger’s Equation”
CSM Oral Presentation Winner: Keyanna Pinto (#65), Undergraduate, Biology, Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Rory Telemeco
“Effect of Radio-transmitter Collar Color on Predation Probability in Endangered Blunt-nosed
Lizards (Gambelia sila) in the Panoche Plateau”
CSM Oral Presentation Winner: John Gutierrez and Amber Clark (#117), Graduate, Biochemistry,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Masaki Uchida
“Encapsulation of Gold Nanoparticles into Protein Cages Through Genetically Modified
Viral Proteins”
CSM Oral Presentation Honorable Mention: Ravinder Johal (#80), Undergraduate, Chemistry,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristi Closser
“Using Computational Chemistry to Study the Photodegradation Mechanisms of Imidacloprid”
CSM Oral Presentation Honorable Mention: Dennis Ashong (#40), Graduate, Chemistry,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Qiao-Hong Chen
“Synthesis of a JJ-450 Analog Towards AR-Based PROTACs”
CSM Oral Presentation Honorable Mention: Yugjeet Grewal (#86), Undergraduate, Biology,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steve Blumenshine
“Growth of Juvenile Chinook Salmon and Transition From Yolk to Environmental Carbon
and Nitrogen From Prey Sources”
JCAST 3MT Presentation Winner: Kaitlynn Linderholm (#19), Undergraduate, Animal Sciences
and Agriculture Education, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Rocca
“An Examination of University Students’ Knowledge and Perceptions of Agriculture”
JCAST 3MT Presentation Honorable Mention: Ricardo Cortez (#58), Graduate, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cory
Brooks
“Effect of Glycosylation and Tandem Repeats on the Binding Affinity of MUC1 Binding
Antibodies”
EECU Outstanding Math Presentation: Gagandeep Kaur (#36), Graduate, Mathematics, Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Mario Banuelos
“Heart Failure Prediction using Machine Learning Techniques”
DRGS Davin Youngclarke Memorial Award Winner: Hiba Suhail (#71), Undergraduate, Criminology,
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ryan Ditchfield
“Does Support for Law Enforcement Predict Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Beyond Empathy
and Just-World Beliefs?”
American Chemical Society Graduate Presentation Winner: Michael Stevens (#23), Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hubert Muchalski
“Homogenous gold(I)-catalyzed Cyclization Reactions in Water Using TPGS-750-M for
the Synthesis of 2-Substituted benzo[b]thiophenes”
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Presentation Winner: Brendan Holden (#115),
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Santanu Maitra
“Antifungal Drug Discovery Through Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Small Novel
Organic Molecules”
American Chemical Society Honorable Mention: Kirubel Mamo and Isabella Garcia (#56),
Undergraduate, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hubert Muchalski
“Synthesis of Benzofurans via Au(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization of 2-Alkynyl Phenol Derivatives”
American Chemical Society Honorable Mention: Khamyl Cooksey (#133), Undergraduate,
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Qiao-Hong Chen
“Synthesis of Boronic Ester Precursor for Suzuki Coupling as Anticancer Agents”
American Chemical Society Honorable Mention: Mia-Rose Kayaian (#45), Undergraduate,
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Morgan Hawker
“Developing an Antibacterial Wound Dressing Using Pulsed and Continuous 1,8-cineole
Plasma on Commercially-Available Wound Dressings”
American Chemical Society Honorable Mention: Ravinder Johal (#80), Undergraduate,
Chemistry, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristi Closser
“Using Computational Chemistry to Study the Photodegradation Mechanisms of Imidacloprid”
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