Dozens of CI Students presented their research at the Southern California Council for Undergraduate Research Conference at UC RIverside on November 12, 2016. Transportation and registration fees were supported with funding to the Student Resarch Advisory Committee from the California Lottery. Presentation titles and their student authors are listed below.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Passing the Torch; Systematic study of leadership selection in Congress
Cassandra Estrella-Segura, CSU Channel Islands
Jehu Cazares, CSU Channel Islands
Assessing Neurocognitive Processes and Schizotypal Personality Traits in University Students
Aoife Kirby, California State University, Channel Islands
Edgar Jimenez, California State University, Channel Islands
Dominique DelValle., California State University, Channel Islands
Natalie Rodriguez, California State University, Channel Islands
A Study of Gender Differences in Emotional Processing and Social Functioning Between Natural Sciences vs. Humanities/Social Sciences University Students
Karina R. Duenas, California State University, Channel Islands
Kevin Lee, California State University, Channel Islands
Heidi Kim, California State University, Channel Islands
Tatianna B. Warwick, California State University, Channel Islands
The Dark Triad: An Investigation of Neurocognition and Psychological Processes
Zosimo S. Geluz, California State University, Channel Islands
Rocio Nieves, California State University, Channel Islands
Karina R. Duenas, California State University, Channel Islands
Savannah Winterstein, California State University, Channel Islands
HyeSun Lee, California State University, Channel Islands
A Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Xylo- and Arabinofuranoside Analogs
Lynn Marie Utley, California State University, Channel Islands
Jessica Maldonado, California State University, Channel Islands
Who’s at Risk for Internet Addiction? A Study of Gender and Cultural Differences
Monica Zepeda, California State University, Channel Islands
Cristian Garcia, California State University, Channel Islands
Roby Z. Ordonez, California State University, Channel Islands
Philip Press, California State University, Channel Islands
HyeSun Lee, California State University, Channel Islands
Trust Within Others: The Impact of Stress, Self-Esteem, and Hope
Kelley Kingsley, California State University, Channel Islands
The Psychological Impact of Stress
Katey M. Marin, California State University, Channel Islands
Why Are We An Obese Nation? A Study of Gender Differences
Jane S. Han, California State University, Channel Islands
Elizabeth Y. Casas, California State University, Channel Islands
Vanessa Popoca, California State University, Channel Islands
Kimmy Kee-Rose, California State University, Channel Islands
HyeSun Lee, California State University, Channel Islands
iSprinkle: Design and implementation of an internet-enabled sprinkler timer
Carlos A. Gomez, California State University, Channel Islands
When in Doubt, Hope
Alanna Dantona, California State University, Channel Islands
POSTERS
A New Approach to Binary Phase Diagrams
Thomas P. Dorch, CSU Channel Islands
APPS TO EAT BY: CONSUMPTION INVOLVEMENT IN THE MILLENIAL AGE, TRANSFORMED BY APP USAGE
Emily Cuilty, California State University, Channel Islands
Creating the Curious Classroom: Promoting a Research Mindset in a First-Year Living-Learning Community
Madison Harden, California State University, Channel Islands
Edward Hernandez, California State University, Channel Islands
Zachary R. Lotshaw, California State University, Channel Islands
Improving Multitasking Ability through Verbal Memory Training
Jessikah Morales, California State University, Channel Islands
Kristine Duff, California State University, Channel Islands
Christian Portillo, California State University, Channel Islands
RAPD Fingerprinting Arundo donax from the Santa Clara River
Amrita Duggal, California State University, Channel Islands
Natali Chavez, California State University, Channel Islands
Elizabeth Garcia, California State University, Channel Islands
Victor Viveros, University of California, Irvine
Michael Nicholson, Oxnard College
Speaking of the Channel Islands: Oral Histories of Researchers in the North American Galapagos
Alexandria Calderon, California State University, Channel Islands
Samantha Gonzalez, California State University, Channel Islands
Rodolfo Gutierrez, California State University, Channel Islands
Riley B. Richman, California State University, Channel Islands
Comparative Studies of Myoglobin Regulation in Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
Vivian P. Garcia, California State University Channel Islands
Constructing SPEQ-DB: A Simple Program for Enhancing Quality in Online Discussion Boards
Sara Colon, University of California, Santa Barbara
Nicole R. Dubin, California State University, Channel Islands
Rafael Hernandez, Oxnard College
Brian Thoms, California State University, Channel Islands
Cost effective spin and dip coaters
Andrew Adford, California State University, Channel Islands
Dip Coater
Michael Bresnahan, California State University, Channel Islands
Los Angeles Lizard People: An Exploration through Literature and History
Christina L. Brown, California State University, Channel Islands
Novel Beating Cardiac Cell and Pacemaker Macrostructures Produced on 3-D Printed Substrates of Fibrin
Natali Chavez, California State University, Channel Islands
James Harber, Oxnard College
Task Assignment for Multi-Robot Systems of Heterogeneous Ability Using Negotiation
Kelsey R. Geiger, California State University Channel Islands
Uranium Abatement Pellets’ Robustness Enhanced By Slow Dehydration
Karen Ramirez, California State University Channel Islands
Jeremy Jones, New Mexico State University
Antonio Lara, New Mexico State University
Mathew Simpson, New Mexico State University
What are the Predictors of Academic Success in First Generation University Students?
Laura Lugo, California State University, Channel Islands
Roby Z. Ordonez, California State University, Channel Islands
Monica Zepeda, California State University, Channel Islands
Kevin lee, California State University, Channel Islands
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