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Previous Recipients of the Awards for Research and Creativity
The Undergraduate Awards for 2012-2013
Fall 2012
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Tony Amato |
Criminal Justice/Sociology |
Images and Perceptions of Restorative Justice |
$500 |
| Alan Braithwaite |
Computer Engineering |
FPGA OpenFlow Switch |
$500 |
| Scott Kirkpatrick |
Computer Science |
Improving Models of Protein Interaction Network Evolution |
$500 |
| Tony Silva |
Sociology |
Constructing Sexual Identities in a Shifting Context |
$500 |
| Crystal Vasquez |
Nutrition & Food Science |
Effects of Parental Food Attitudes and Restrictions During Childhood on Young Adult College Students' Eating Behaviors
|
$500 |
Spring 2013
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Samantha Bailey |
Psychology |
The Relationship between Self-esteem and Sexuality |
$55 |
| Jamie Blankenship |
Art Studio |
Past and Present: Digital Techniques and Historic Photographic Processes |
$500 |
Tyron Chang
|
Biological Sciences |
The Timing of Oak Gall Development and Its Significance to the Ecology of the California Gall Wasp |
$465 |
| Cameron Estes-Clifford |
Psychology |
Testing the Hypothesis that Lactobacillus G.G. will Increase Vagal Tone in Humans |
$500 |
| Andrew Reuther |
Anthropology |
Modoc War Documentary |
$240 |
| Matthew Ritenour |
Anthropology |
Modoc War Documentary |
$240 |
| Kelsea Rossow |
Anthropology |
Modoc War Documentary |
$500 |
Summer 2013
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
Joanna Bloese
|
Agriculture |
Investing Novel Collaborative Glass Blow in Techniques |
$2000 |
Madison Garshasebi
|
Psychology |
The Spontaneous Suppression and Amplification of Emotional Facial Expressions in Different Attachment Styles |
$2000 |
Nathan Giordano
|
Cellular & Molecular Biology |
Infecting Neurons Using Attenuated Lentiviruses |
$2000 |
Kris Magri
|
Mechatronic Engineering |
Development of a Highly Articulated Humanoid Bipedal Robot: A Platform for Robotics Competition and Research |
$2000 |
Gregory Panero
|
Art |
San Pedro, Guatemala: Help Paint My Future |
$2000 |
Dillon Rapp
|
Art |
Attending Frogman's Print Workshop |
$2000 |
Mallory Russell
|
Art |
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts With Sonja Clark |
$2000 |
|
Jonathan Alexander
|
Fine Art |
In Search of Cycles in Chiang Mai |
$2000 |
| Crystal Vasquez |
Nutrition & Food Science |
Teaching Health at Every Size® in a Fat Phobic World |
$2000 |
| Abigail Whittaker |
Environmental Science |
Accounting for Agricultural Yield Gaps Through Analysis of Ecosystem Service Provision in a Human-Altered Landscape |
$2000 |
The Undergraduate Awards for 2011-2012
Fall 2011
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Serena Cervantes |
Journalism |
Collected Memories |
$500 |
| Sheri Gitelson |
English |
Translucent Consciousness in Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" |
$500 |
|
Natasha Holland and
Alexa Janicki
|
Exercise Physiology |
Effects of Load Carriage on Gait Kinematics, Muscle Activity, and Postural Sway |
$500 |
| Kristen Magri |
Mechatronic Engineering |
Development of an Autonomous HUmanoid Bipedal Robot to Perform Challenging Tasks in Complex Environments |
$500 |
| Austin Walter |
Electrical Engineering |
Development of Three-Dimensional Printer |
$238 |
| Nathan Zifko |
Psychology |
The Role of Testosterone in Behavioral Activation |
$406 |
Spring 2012
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
Tyler Ash
|
Journalism |
Chico Rephotography |
$456.15 |
| Michael Fitzpatrick |
Philosophy and English |
The Critique of Pure Realism |
$500 |
| Elizabeth Jachens |
Civil Engineering |
Find-Scale Atmospheric Gravity Waves |
$500 |
| Heidi Rogers |
Environmental Science |
Moths in a Changing Climate |
$500 |
|
Shannon Primer and Amber Smith
|
Nursing |
Breastfeeding Support Groups and Resources for Women in our Community |
$468 |
Summer 2012
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Hannah Bearden |
Art
|
Haystack Mountain School of Craft Summer Workshop with Mark Hartung |
$2000 |
| John Challinger |
Computer Science |
Extending the ArduPilot Mega Firmware to Improve Precision Flight for Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) |
$2000 |
| Michael Fitzpatrick |
Philosophy |
Rescuing the Scientific Worldview: Whitehead and the Place of Science in Human Life |
$2000 |
| Elizabeth Jachens |
Civil Engineering |
Professional Presentation of Fine Scale Atmospheric Gravity Waves at the 26th International Laser Rader Conference in Porto Heli, Greece in June 2012 |
$2000 |
|
Michelle Johnson
|
Psychology |
Student Athletes Depression Scares in Relation to Self-Esteem, Perfectionism and Attachment in Global and Sport-Specific Contexts: Varsity vs. Club Athletes |
$2000 |
| Andrew Rena-Dozier |
Psychology |
Central Nervous System Characterization in p75 Knockout Mice |
$2000 |
| Sharla Stockton |
Geology |
Geology of Richardson Springs |
$2000 |
| Dee Thao |
Communication Design |
A Fading Culture: the Hmong People |
$2000 |
| Swan Toma |
Political Science |
Obama-Bush: A Competing Understanding of American Exceptionalism |
$2000 |
| Eliseo Vega-Darson |
Music |
The Analysis and Application of Composing and Arranging for Orchestras |
$2000 |
The Undergraduate Awards for 2010-2011
Fall 2010
| Recipient |
Major |
Award |
Kelly Boyle
|
Geological & Enviornmental Sciences |
$380 |
Tiffany Fisher
|
Anthropology |
$500 |
Shannon Holt
|
Environmental Science |
$420 |
Sam Mish
|
Mechatronic Engineering |
$256 |
Emiily Ramsey
|
Nutrition & Food Science |
$238 |
Abigail Roche
|
Nutrition & Food Science |
$406 |
Rachel Wutke
|
Nursing
|
$300 |
Spring 2011
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Samuel Fries |
Applied Computer Graphics |
Measure Twice, Cut Once: Iterative Design and Development for Multiple Platforms |
$500 |
| Andrew Munson |
Anthropology and Communication Design |
Recycling for a Living: Documenting Chico's Professional Can Collectors |
$500 |
| Julie Najar |
Psychology |
Potential Role of p75 in Axonal Sprouting in Elderly Mice |
$500 |
| Lingfei Ni |
Economics and Communication Design |
The Non-Walvastan Equilibrium Model for the People's Republic of China |
$450 |
| Grant Stoker |
Psychology |
A survey of Alcohol and Drug Use Patterns in Undergraduate Students at California State University, Chico |
$468 |
Summer 2011
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| David Armstrong |
Economics |
Empirical Analysis of Water Markets in the Western United States |
$2000 |
| Jamison Barsotti |
Mathematics |
Minor Minimal Intrinsically Knotted Graphs with 21 Edges |
$2000 |
| Meaghan Gates |
Art |
Assistantship at Guldagergaard |
$2000 |
| Nathan Giordano |
Biological Sciences and Art |
Developing a Microwave Protocol for the Transfection of Neurons |
$2000 |
| Michael Kirmiz |
Biological Sciences |
Gene Regulation in Pancreatic Cells |
$2000 |
| Mackenzie Morris |
Psychology |
Moving From Peer Mentoring Model to a Civic Mentoring Model |
$2000 |
| Julie Najar |
Psychology |
Detailed Photomicroscopy and Quantification of Axon Ultrastructure in Elderly Mice |
$2000 |
| Noah Strong |
Biological Sciences |
Monitoring Western Pond Turtle Movements for Possible Correlation of Feeding Habit and Fecudity on the University Reserve |
$2000 |
| Eliseo Vega-Darson |
Music |
The Practical Application of Augmented Theory in Jazz Compositions |
$2000 |
| Nicholas Vierra |
Biological Sciences |
Creating Fluorescent Reporter for miR-375 |
$2000 |
The Undergraduate Awards for 2009-2010
Fall 2009
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Joel Breck |
Psychology |
The Effect of p75 on Axonal Development in Mouse Brain |
$200 |
| Alena Chin-Curtis |
Biological Sciences |
Glutamic Acid Induced Excitotoxicity: Cyclosporine A is Neuroprotective |
$500 |
| Nathan Giordano |
Biological Sciences & Art |
"Perspectives" |
$300 |
| Daniel Molaschi |
Arts |
Bachelors of Fine Art Culminating Exhibition |
$500 |
| Lola Ryland |
Arts |
Undulating Calla |
$261 |
| Danielle Schneider |
Psychology |
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Relation to Astrocytic Development |
$489 |
| Nathaniel Williams |
Psychology |
6-N-Propylthiouracil, Disgust, and Emotional Judgments |
$250 |
Spring 2010
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Anastasia Aguilar |
Psychology |
White Man's Burden? Motivation to Suppress Prejudice is Correlated to Greater Skin
Conductance |
$500 |
| Adelaide Kreamer |
Psychology |
The Empirical Reality of Learning Styles |
$210.73 |
| Scott Lancaster |
History |
The Lost Sons of Democracy: Examining the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and the
Spanish Civil Wars as Forums for the Recovery of Historical Memory |
$500 |
| Susan Schultz |
Nursing |
Information Literacy for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Survey |
$295 |
| Kaci Smith |
Psychology |
Don't Be Deceived! The Relationship Among Men's Salivary Testosterone,
Self-Deception, and...Femininity? |
$500 |
| Nur Diyana Zainal Arifin |
Nutrition & Food Science |
The Use of Photovoice in Assessing Perceived "Tasty" and "Healthy" Foods |
$429.30 |
Summer 2010
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Avery Beck |
Anthropology |
Mechoopda Trail of Tears: Nome Cult Documentary Project |
$2000 |
| Joanna Bloese |
Agriculture |
Evaluating a Sustainable Tactic for Navel Orangeworm Management in California Almonds |
$2000 |
| Alena Chin-Curtis |
Biological Sciences |
Potassium Chloride Induced Excitotoxicity in Mice: Cyclosporine, A is Neuroprotective |
$2000 |
| Emily Grelle |
English |
Rasputin: A History in Translation |
$2000 |
| Sydney Kerkhove |
Anthropology |
Mechoopda Trail of Tears: Nome Cult Documentary Project |
$2000 |
| Kimberly Ornellas |
Anthropology |
Nome Cult Walk: Mechoopda Trail of Tears Documentary Project |
$2000 |
| Jillian Ruddell |
Multicultural & Gender Studies |
Gender and Sexuality Equity Center |
$2000 |
| Danielle Schneider |
Psychology |
Modeling Chronic Human Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Nursing: The Effect on Brain Development in Mice |
$2000 |
| Kaci Smith |
Psychology |
Don't Be Deceived! The Relationship Among Men's Salivary Testosterone, Deception, and... Femininity? |
$2000 |
| Katherine Sumarowsk |
International Relations |
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative. Sponsored by the United States Department of State in the Country of Latvia in 2001 |
$2000 |
The Undergraduate Awards for 2008-2009
Fall 2008
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Mario Correa |
Communication |
The Window Seat |
$495 |
| Brian Greely |
Psychology |
Interaction of Posture and Juror Decisions |
$75 |
| Reid Griggs |
Psychology |
Investigating the Vall66Met allele of BDNF as a Possible Predisposing Factor from PTSD |
$495 |
| Arielle Leitner |
Mathematics |
Universal Cycles of Restricting Classes of Words |
$495 |
| Raquel Mattson |
Anthropology |
Immigrants and Healthcare |
$450 |
| Kaci Smith |
Psychology |
The Relationship Between Testosterone, Self-Deception. and Attachment Styles |
$490 |
Spring 2009
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Samuel Allen |
Chemistry |
Preparation and Optimization of New Biodiesel Fuel from Feedstock Oils |
$450 |
| Jessica Bibbo |
Psychology |
Effect of Canine Intervention on Caregivers' Anxiety During an In-home Assessment |
$130 |
| Eric Markey |
Psychology |
Levels of negative stigma toward students with ADHD/ADD in the collegiate setting |
$250 |
| Rachel Perry |
Psychology |
Adult well-being and early life experience. |
$170 |
| Debora Rojas |
Biological Sciences |
Effects of Inbreeding on Defense against Plant Parasitism |
$450 |
| Tyler Rollins |
Sociology |
The Core Philosophies of Punk Rock |
$400 |
| Cameron Scott |
Latin American Studies |
Environmental Impacts of Social Revolutions in Latin America |
$160 |
| Timothy Shelton |
Chemistry |
Preparation and Optimization of New Biodiesel Fuels from Feedstock Oils |
$450 |
| Wa Mee Vue |
Nutrition and Food Science |
Perspectives on Food Habits, Acculturation, and Health among Hmong Women
with Small Children |
$160 |
Summer 2009
| Recipient |
Major |
Project Title |
Award |
| Craig Anderson |
Psychology |
Assessing Trekking Poles through Electromyography, Heart Rate, and Respiration |
$2000 |
| Garret Boone |
Microbiology |
Genetic Analysis of the Metabolic Pathway Found in Pseudomonas putida for the Utilization of Redwood Phosphorus in the Environment |
$2000 |
| Sheila Dougherty |
Psychology |
Does Oligodendrocyte Apoptosis Contribute to Dysfunction in Chronic Alcohol Use |
$2000 |
| Reid Griggs |
Psychology |
Investigating Significant Genes as Possible Predisposing Factors for PTSD |
$2000 |
| Garrison Harward |
Musical Theatre |
Gay Marriage: A Forum Theatre Play |
$2000 |
| Guy Hopes |
Civil Engineering |
Service Learning of Caribbean Communities: Water Reclamation in Antigua |
$2000 |
| Roy Hull |
Geological and Environmental
Sciences |
Timing and conditions of emplacement of the Tuscan Formation |
$2000 |
| Shaundel Sanchez |
Anthropology |
Justifying Equality: Islam in Chico, California |
$2000 |
| Kaci Smith |
Psychology |
The Relationship Between Testosterone, Self-Deception, and Attachment Styles |
$2000 |
| Natalie Sturdivant |
Mathematics |
Effects of CSU Chico LSAMP Summer Calculus Boot Camp on Student's
Knowledge and Attitudes toward Collaboration |
$2000 |
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