Undergraduate Research Reception and Poster Session

Undergraduate Research Reception and Poster Session October 2, 2012

Terry Truong and Dr. Shannon Datwyler – Biological Sciences Phylogeography of the woody Penstemons (Subgenus Dasanthera)

Matt O’Neal and Dr. Brian Hausback – Geology Changes in Fractal Dimension of Volcanic Particles with Respect to Distance from Source

Christina Corona, Maia Sosiuk and Dr. Ruth Ballard – Biological Sciences Recovery of sperm from the inside of a washing machine

Stacy Middlebrook, Sukhraj Kaur and Dr. Ruth Ballard – Biological Sciences Effect of dry-cleaning on blood stains

Nicholas Novotny and Dr. Brian Hausback – Geology Magma Evolution & Crystal Growth in the Sutter Buttes

Alyssa Raisis and Dr. Brian Hausback – Geology Hydrovolcanism in the High Rock Caldera, Nevada

Kiara Velazquez and Dr. John D. Spence – Chemistry Synthesis and Reactivity of Electron Rich Arenediynes

Demetri Papamichalis, Dr. Jerome Buerki, Dr. Tatiana Sergan and Dr. Vassili Sergan – Physics and Astronomy Numerical modeling of flexo-electric dormation in nematic liquid crystals with zero and negative anisotropy of dielectric permittivity in the presence of the transverse electric field

Brooke Vonada, Phoenix Li, Sukhraj Kaur and Dr. Thomas Savage – Chemistry Cloning of Genes Encoding Prenyltransferases that may be involved in Domoic Acid Production

Chelcy Mashburn and Dr. Thomas Peavy – Biological Sciences Development of an HPLC Method for Isolation and Quantification of Catecholamines in Diabetic Wound Tissue

Kristy Minnick-Maclure and Dr. Benjamin Gherman – Chemistry Computational Study of Cyclization Reactions of Monosubstituted Enediynes and Comparison to Disubstituted Enediynes

Sylvanna Krawczyk and Dr. David Zeigler – Mathematics Buoyancy-Driven Groundwater Flow as a Non-Chaotic System Kayli Dam and Dr. Katherine McReynolds – Chemistry Formation of an Amine-terminated Core for Glycodendrimer Synthesis

Joseph Gomes and Dr. Kelly McDonald – Biological Sciences Identifying common misconceptions and evaluating learning gains of students studying gene expression in an introductory biology course

Aaron Owens and Dr. Robin Datel – Geography Understanding the Carlson Corridor: An Examination of Place and Context

Jacqueline Moore and Dr. James Wanket – Geography 2010 Carbon Emissions Inventory for California State University, Sacramento

Alena Rybachuk and Dr. Robin Datel – Geography Material Sources for THE WELL

Joshua Frye and Dr. Mani Tripathi – UC Davis A Monte Carlo Simulation of Compton Suppression for Neutron Activation Analysis

Sage Bauers and Dr. William DeGraffenreid – Physics and Astronomy Effects of Mixing Parameters on the Optical Qualities of Aerosols

Sonia Hawkins, Alisha Knudsen and Dr. Linda Roberts – Chemistry The effect of the detergent DTAC on apolipoprotein A-1 fibril formation

Codey Kongpanickul and Dr. Linda Roberts – Chemistry Improved purification of fibrillogenic variants of apolipoprotein A-1

Valerie Yamamoto, William McCray and Dr. Linda Roberts - Chemistry The effect of the detergent cholate on apolipoprotein A-1 fibril formation

Jaclyn Parag, Aaron Davis and Dr. Mary McCarthy-Hintz – Chemistry Separation of Cytotoxic Compounds from California Mugwort

Diane Chism and Dr. Mary McCarthy-Hintz – Chemistry Effect of San Diego Poverty Weed on Embryonic Cells and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Jennifer Rodriguez and Dr. Mary McCarthy-Hintz – Chemistry Effect of tetrachlorethylene on Embryonic Cells and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Mark Cedeno, Jasmine E. Greer, Choua Yang and Dr. Enid T. Gonzalez-Orta – Biological Sciences Analysis of the bacterial community of the upper rhizosphere of a Valley Oak tree (Quercus lobata)

Gurpreet Dhoot, Todd Eyester, Rebecca Muradyan and Dr. Enid T. Gonzalez-Orta – Biological Sciences Analysis of the bacterial community present in the rhizosphere in the Bunya-Bunya Tree (Araucarai bidwilii)

Antonio Cervantes, Amandeep Kaur, Jiro McKinnis and Dr. Enid T. Gonzalez-Orta – Biological Sciences Analysis of soil microbiolota of Sequoia sempervirens from the CSUS Arboretum Ana Radu, Munira Ferdousi and Dr. Nicholas Ewing – Biological Sciences Examining the role of H+ pumps in plant responses to saline soils

Marcos Arreola and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences Infection Dispersion of Water Mold over Convict Cichlid Eggs

Nathaniel Bell, Jacob Barrett (Sonoma State), Danielle Kuperus (Minnesota State), Kathleen Sowul (CSU, Monterey Bay) and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences Habitat Preference of Intertidal Fish in Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica

Sam Borstein, Matthew McGee (UC Davis), Peter Wainwright (UC Davis), and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences Mouthbrooding Does Not Constrain Craniofacial Diversity in Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids

Jasmine Hamilton and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences The Effects of Size Differential on Aggression in Female Convict Cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)

Eliza Hanson and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences The Effect of Isolation on the Dominate and Sub-Dominant Relationship of Convict Cichlids

Sadie St. Lawrence and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences Food Availability Does Not Affect Filial Cannibalism in Convict Cichlids

Esther Tracy and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences Does the Size of a Predator Influence the Willingness of a Parent Cichlid to Defend its Offspring?

Alex Webb, Sandra Rittman (Miami University), Sam Evans (Miami University), Anny Rypstra (Miami University) and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences Herbicide Affects Foraging Patterns of Predatory Wolf Spiders

Yana Shcherbanyuk, Maryam Arghandiwal, G.O. Graening and Dr. Ronald Coleman – Biological Sciences Biodiversity Summary of One of California’s Most Ancient and Endangered Invertebrates (Hexapoda: Diplura) Undergradute Research in 2011-12 was supported by the following sponsors:

Albert Delisle Research Award American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund CSUPERB CSUS Associated Students, Inc. IRA Funding CSUS Research and Creative Activity (RCA) Grant Hedda and Thomas Smithson National Institute of General Medical Sciences Bridges to the Baccalaureate Grant National Science Foundation Lois Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Grant NSF-MRI NSM SURE Grant RCAA Research and Creative Activity Award 2011-2012 UEI Faculty Grants Program Award 2011-2012 University Enterprises, Inc.

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