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University Honors Program

Recipients of the Student Awards for Research and Creativity

Undergraduate/Graduate Awards

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Spring 2021
Recipient	Major	Project	Award
Undergraduate
Berenice Arguello	Biological Sciences	Expression of Candidate Idiopathic Scoliosis Genes in Embryonic Stages of Medaka Fish	$850
Celia Fernanda Todd	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Programmable Nanosponges for Water Decontamination	$850
Maxwell Claret	Environmental Science	Fire Suppression and its Effects on the Big Chico Creek Watershed	$850
Wade W. Corley	Microbiology	Novel Acidithiobacillus spp. From Sulphur Cave, Romania are Nitrogen fixing Chemolithoautotropsm	$848
Graduate
Cody Mathew Mocko	Biological Sciences	Identification of Scoliosis Genes using the Medaka Fish Model	$1700
Kristen Rueb	Biological Sciences	ccI44 is essential for normal embryonic hematopoiesis	$1700
Thomas Delgado	Anthropology	Identification and Repatriation of Remains from the US-Mexico Border: a Stable Isotope and Artificial Intelligence Approach	$ 1700

Summer 2020
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Rose Blanco	Anthropology	An Ethno-Graphic Novel on the Sapphire Trade in Sri Lanka	$2498
Carlos Melchor	Bio-Chemistry	Nanosponges for Decontaminating Water with Carcinogens and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals	$2498
Madeline Olwert	Child Development	Strength, Resilience, Hope, Beauty: A Mosaic for Butte County	$449
Kiran Rao	Cellular and Molecular Biology	Comparative Study of Candidate Idiopathic Scoliosis Genes during Embryonic Stages of Medaka Fish Development	$2498
Graduate
Cody Frazer	Biological Sciences	Investigating the Role of the Duck Microbiome in Susceptibility to Avian Influenza Virus Infection	$4698
Meghan Fischer	Social Science	The Curiosity to Listen: Using Community Radio to Promote Nuanced Political Dialogue	$4998
Jamie Lopez	Biological Sciences	Effect of Symbiosis on Nitrogen Fixation in Exaiptasia pallida	$4998
Matthew Mayer	Environmental Science	Analysis of Dozer Lines in the Carr Fire Footprint	$2500
John Machado	Environmental Science	Assessing the Fate of Heavy Metals Following the Camp Fire	$3551
Jessica Shippen	Interdisciplinary	Novel Biophysical Treatment of Rice Seeds for Sustainably Enhancing Early Plant Growth	$4998

Spring 2020
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Awards
Undergraduate
Lucía Abril	Psychology	Influence of Perceived Authority on Wait Times in a Monetary Delay of Gratification Task	$848
Kendall Block	Chemistry and Bio-Chemistry	Development of Potent Isoflavone Carbamate Derivatives to Target Alzheimer's Disease Chemistry	$848
Austin DuBose	Chemistry	Library Synthesis of Nematocides: The Fluorescent Chalcone	$848
Kallie Griffin	Biology	Creating a Sustainable Future: Cellular Agriculture Cellular and Molecular	$848

Fall 2019
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Awards
Undergraduate
Kristen Rueb	Biological Sciences	CRISPR/Cas9 Technology Indicates that ccl44 is Essential for Normal Embryonic Hematopoiesis	$850
Mattew Larson	Geology	Hydrothermal Gas Collection and CO2 Analysis at Lassen Volcanic Center, California, Over a Ten-Year Period	$847.58
Avery Beaudette	Psychology	A Quantitative Experimental Analysis of Flow State Model Accuracy	$837.50
Gabrielle Wyatt	Geological Environmental Science	Phytoremediation at the Butte College bioswale: Seasonal variation in heavy metal bioaccumation	$838.72
Graduate
Kaitlyn Romo	Biological Sciences	Coloization characteristics of key bacterial species related to coral reefs	$1700
Kyle Palazzolo	Anthropology	When Martars Speak Volumes: Assessing the Influence of Mortar Cavity Size on Processing Effciency	$1695
Maya Trajkovski	Kinesiology	An Investigating on the Effects of a Mindfulness-Imagery Intervention on an NCAA Women's Soccer Team's Performance	$1690
Jory Harms	Art	Boys will be...	$1700

Summer 2019
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Kelli Thorup	Biological Sciences	Development of Axenic Anemones: A Fundamental Technique in Cnidarian Symbiosis Research	$2500
Marie Isabel Fox	Art	International Summer Art Education Project: Art & Science in English in Japan	$2500
Kristen Rueb	Biological Sciences	kal1h: Investigating its Role in Blood Development	$2500
Scott Stokes	Geology	Tritium & Oxygen Isotope Concentration of Sulphur Workings and Boiling Strings Lake	$2500
Sara Carmody	Anthropology	An Enthnographic Investigation of Indigenous Bee Keeping in Cambodia	$2500
Casey Becker	Chemistry	Hemmoglobin Drug Synthesis and Assessment: Expirement Redesign and Assessment	$2500
Graduate
Alexia Lopez	Geoscienes	Paragenesis of the Moonlight (IOCG) Deposit, Plumas County Copper Belt, CA	$5000
Harpreet Batther	Geoscienes	A Hydrocarbon Seep Model of Larde Bedded	$5000
Kathrine Jorgensen	Biological Sciences	Descendant Prespectives: Oral Histories of a Konkow Maidu Village Site	$2096

Spring 2019
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Kallie Griffin	Biological Sciences	Blood Development & Diseases: CRISPR-CAs9, cc144 and zebrafish	$850
Cora Pipes	Biological Sciences	Asexual Reproduction of Exaiptasia pallida Under Varying Light Coniditions	$850
Graduate
Jamison Snydor	Biological Sciences	The Bacteria Community Associated with the Model Sea Anemome Expaiptasia pallida	$1700
Ashlyn Ku'uleialoha Weaver	Anthropology	KaHuaka'i: The Ten Hawaiinas	$1700
Stephanie Aguiar	Biological Sciences	Treating Chronic Myeloid Leukemia with Novel Drug Compounds	$1700

Fall 2018
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Eric Dearden	Environmental Science	Evaluation of Pollutant Removal and Runoff of a Stormwater Biofiltration System	$843
Alexandra Lewis	Psychology	Parental Smoking History and Decision Making	$850
Brandon Nusser	Chemistry	Synthesis of Linked Chalcones Nematocides	$850
Alisa Colby	Psychology	Investigating the Effects of Diversity Education in White College Students	$600
Graduate
Karen Friese	Social Work	Cuffed Together: A Study on how Police Work Impacts the Officer's Spouse	$1700
Kirstie Steiner	Biology	Mutation Mapping to Demystify Sheath Production in Leptothrix cholodnii	$1694
Chia Cho	Nutrition & Food Science	Development and Pilot Testing of a Student Success Survey related to Food Insecurity and Other Basic Need Variables	$1700
Hannah Weinberger	Geological and Environmental Sciences	Plant Recovery Trajectory and Effects of Fire Retardant in the Southwestern Cascades	$1700

Summer 2018
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Dahlia Chavez	Biology	Potential Hemoglobin Active-Site Binder	$2500
Karsten McDonell	Biology	An Investigation of Defective Neural Plate Development Genes in Medaku, Oryzias latipes,with the Idiopathic Scoliosis Phenotype	$2500
Christina Quigley	Anthropology	Anthropology and Music of the Congolese Diaspora in Tanzania	$2500
Andrew King	Electrical Engineering	Solar Power Inverter with Variable Frequency and Amplitude for "Upon the Rocks Clinics" in Ozi Abam, Nigeria	$2500
Gavin Monges	Biology	Light Variation in the Marine Environment and its Effect on Sea Anemones and their Agal Symbionts	$2500
Graduate
Kevin Click	Psychology	#news: Truth Detection in News Stories	$4666
Payton Laurie	Biology	Characterization of Chemokine (C-C motif) Ligand 44 in Hematopoiesis	$5000
Richard Vitamanti	Geosciences	Effects of Additives and Saturation Depth on Nutrient Retention in Urban Stormwater Biofilters	$2881
Elizabeth Bianchini	Biology	Assessing the Potential Risk to Human Health Posed by H7N3 Avian Influenza Viruses	$5000

Spring 2018
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Bryn Copson	Environmental Science	Fate of Heavy Metals in Urban Stormwater Biofiltration Systems	$832
Ashley Dearden	Microbiology	Development of Axenic Sea Anemones: A Vital Tool for Coral-bacteria Symbiosis Research	$850
Graduate
Caitlin Bishop	Anthropology	Finding Closure: Locating the Death Records from Tule Lake Segregation Center	$1700
Rebecca Belmonte	Biology	The Role of SON in Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia	$1700

Fall 2017
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Kanako Otani	Communication Studies	Spread the Anthology of Hiroshima around the U.S	$850
Sung Won Yoon	Chemistry	Sponges for Decontaminating Water with Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals and Carcinogens	$850
Amy Rhoades	Social Work	Barriers: Connecting Rural At-risk Students to a Pro-college Culture	$850
Jason Mickel	Physics & Mechanical Engineering	Guiding High-energy Pulsed-laser Light Through Hollow Fibers	$850
Graduate
Noel Jones	Anthropology	Cultural Transmission: Production Centers Cisible in Shell Bead Artifacts	$1700
Tina Hanson	Biology	Analysis if Novel Inhibitors of the GRB2 SH2 Domain that Decrease Proliferation in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	$1700
Ashlyn Weaver	Anthropology	The Forgotten Hawaiians of Chico, CA: Anthropological Research About Intercultural Encounters between Native Hawaiians and California Native Americans	$1700
Cody Rice	Biology	Understanding the Genetic Diversity of Darlington californica Population Clusters	$1700

Summer 2017
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Drew Nielsen	Biological Sciences	Effects of Temperature on Digestion Rates and Gastric Evacuation Time in Striped Bass	$2500
Audrey Armstrong	Anthropology	Maintaining Community Identity with the Decline of Endogamy of Mashhadi Jews in Israel	$2500
Daniel Theobald	English/Spanish	Long Forgottem Heroes: Historical Research About the Abraham Lincoln Brigades in New York City	$2500
Graduate
Hannah Metzger	Biological Sciences	Differential Effects of Bcl-2 Overexpression in Various B-Cell Populations	$3865
Valerie Sgheiza	Anthropology	Skeletal Assemblages	$4360
Allen LaGrange	Environmental Science	Hydrological and Ecological Indicators for Wet Meadow Restoration: Papoose Meadows, CA	$2092
Vanessa Reeves	Anthropology	An Applied Project in Zooarchaelogy and Field Ecology	$5000
Kristen Broel	Anthropology	Osteometirc Sorting of Metacarpals and Metatarsals in Comingled Human Skeletal Assemblages	$2980
Payton Laurie	Biological Sciences	Characterization of Hemopoietic Genes	$5000

Spring 2017
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Chelsea Meddings	Environmental Science	Efficacy of California Native Drought-tolerant Plants at Heavy Metal Removal from Urban Stormwater in Biofiltration Systems	$850
Graduate
Hannah Metzger	Biology	Differential Effects of Bcl-2 Overexpression in Various B Cell Populations	$1696

Fall 2016
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Joshua Gladfelder	Biochemistry	Synthesis of GRB2 SH2 Domain Inhibitors: Analogues of Sclerotionin	$850
Baylee Russell	Microbiology	Inspiring Future Scientists: Developing a Children's Novel for Publication	$730
Omar Pulido	Biology	Charaterizon of Rapunzel 5 in Blood Formation	$850
David Linville	Anthropology	Sacramento Valley Strong	$835
Graduate
Renee Margolin	Biology	Investigating Damage to the Tight Junctions of Intestinal Epithelial Cells by Influenza Virus	$1501
Claire McMahon	Anthropology	Determining Seasonality and Dates of Occupation at Payne's Cave	$1170
Silena Barton	Nutrition and Food Science	Defining Novel Bookmarkers for Prevention and Early Detectionof Zinc Deficiency	$1700
Tamara Maxey	Anthropology	The Incorporation of World Trade Center Artifacts in Community Memorials: Their Symbolism and Significance	$1678
Sommer Casady	Geology	Exploration of the Golden Dome Au-Ag-Cu Deposit in Antelope Valley Sierra County, California	$1700

Summer 2016
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Shane Price	Psychology	Olfactory Modulationof Cortisol in Students	$1700
Catherine Benjamin	Art Studio	THE DRONE: Opening Up New Spaces	$2429
Clara Bergamini	Anthropology & Humanities	Stuck in Limbo: Coping with Displacement Among Fukushima's Refugees	$2500
Graduate			$5000
Mathew Ryan Bond	Anthropology	The Rwandan Genocide: Collective Historical Memory and the Skeletal Analysis of Trauma and Violence
Gina C. Tigri	Communication Studies	Bystander Intervention as a Community Health Initiative: Communicating Culture Change for a Safer CSU	$4940
Hannah Metzger	Biology	Generation of a Model for Lukemia	$4865
Candice Sawyer	Biology	Brood Paratism in Mallards: Are You My Mother?	$5000
Edward Slattery	MS Nutritional Sceine	Cytokine expression in macrophages and tripple negative breast cancer cells following sulforaphane exposure in 3-D coculture	$5000
Tonantzin Esquivel	Art	Breaking Comfort to See Clearly	$4445
Jacques Zenope Peltier	Anthropology	The Stratigraphy of Crime: Archacological Law	$1082

Fall 2015
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Julian Aggio	Biology	The Effect of B-Estradiol on Blood Development	$850
Lindsay Hannan	Social Work	Hospice Care Among the Hispanic Community: Social and Cultural Factors Impacting Underutilization	$300
Mai Kue Her	Health Education	From the Hmong Perspective: Making Healthcare Better	$850
Ellen Sampson	Biology	Utilization of Dimeric Binders to Treat Leukemia	$850
Graduate
Afshan Ahmad	Nutrition	Validation of a Visual Analog Scale for Food Addiction	$1,700
Anna Bartel	Psychological Science	Influence of Appearance-Based Trait Inferences on Voting Behavior and Cued Recall	$995
Emma Clancy	Social Work	Feasibility Study on a Low-Barries Shelter in Chico	$598

Spring 2015
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Tucker Hartland	Applied Mathematics	Tsunami Wave Propogation Over Underwater Obstacles	$850
Ravi Shankar	Mathematics	Derivation of New Conservation Laws for the Euler Equations	$850
Graduate
Gin Lawson	Biology	Are Invasive Turtles Eating Native Fish in Hawaii?	$1,700
Courtney Silver	Biology	Vocalization Behaviors of Rana Boylii, the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog: a Comparison of Isolated Populations	$1,700

Summer 2015
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Undergraduate
Julian Aggio	Cellular & Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry	Characterization of a Blood-Supportive Stromal Cell Line	$2,250
Valery Bessmertnyy/ Keith Taylor	Nursing	Depression Among New Graduate Nurses Working on Medical-Surgical and Intensive Care Units	$1,558
Malory Brown	Microbiology	Strategies to Assimilate CO2 Beyond the Light by Metal-Oxidizing Bacteria	$2,400
Danielle Casey	Geography & Planning	Reimaging the Detroit Landscape	$2,250
Stephanie Elliot	Cellular & Molecular Biology	Assessing the Relatedness of Snow Leopards Using Haplotype Analysis	$1,913
Elizabeth Jachens	Civil Engineering	Integrated Wastewater Management Within the Lake Titicaca Basin	$2,250
Rachel Moore	Studio Art/Art Education	Womb and the Wild Self	$2,250
Adrienne Springsteen	Anthropology	The Daily Lives of African Slaves at Betty's Hope Plantation	$1,800
Veronica Van Cleave	Nutrition & Dietetics	The ASD Food Activity Lab	$1,850
Graduate
Althea Asaro	Anthropology	Creation of a 3D Database of the Great Blades Archeological Cache	$1,180
Holland Larsen	MFA	Build This Environment	$1,628
Ann Medic	Environmental Science	Solid Waste Management and Wastewater Treatment in Peru	$4,755
Katherine Moore	Agriculture Education	Survey of Current Brewer's Grain Storage Methods and Nutrient Levels of Northern California Beef and Dairy Producers	$4,000
Jesse Smith	Biology	Growth Receptor Bound Protein-2 Dysregulation Induces Acute Myeloid Leukemia	$4,000
Rodney Thomson	History	Unrest in Rural America: Activists and Activism at Chico State	$3,217

Fall 2014
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Philomena Block	Musical Theater & Psychology	What is Bae: An Exploration of Sexuality and Intimacy in Today's Collegiate World	$500
Juan Diaz	Mechanical Engineering	Heat Transfer Rate Optimization for Multi-Stage Compression System	$500
Sarah Eggert	Cellular & Molecular Biology	miR-191 and miR-425 as Regulators of B-Cell Stress Response	$500
Jemmae Reddish	Nutrition	Medical and Nutritional Survey of the Underserved in a Rural Area	$500
Ravi Shankar	Mathematics	Derivation of New Conservation Laws for the Euler Equations	$500

Spring 2014
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Hugh Hammond	Music Composition & Recording Arts	Musical Torus Sculptures	$500
Aithne Loeblich	Biological Sciences	An Education-based Approach to the Monitoring and Conservation of Bats in Northern California	$500
Shane Price	Psychology	The Hormonal Effect of Emotionally-Relevant Chemosignals	$500
Ravi Shankar	Chemistry	Mathematical Modeling of Tsunami Propagation over Complex Topographies	$500

Summer 2014
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Gage Alvernaz	Cell and Molecular Biology	Role of Autophagy during Influenza Virus Infection of Macrophages	$2000
Clara Bergamini	Anthropology	Artistic Expression, Amami Children and Their Non-Human Neighbors	$2000
Kelly Gundert	Spanish	Finding a Voice in Chapala, Mexico	$2000
Gregory Hinds	Civil Engineering	Integrated Wastewater Management in the Lake Atitlan Basin: An Ecological Engineering Challenge	$666.67
Elizabeth Jachens	Civil Engineering	Integrated Wastewater Management in the Lake Atitlan Basin: An Ecological Engineering Challenge	$666.66
Eoin Mackall	Mathematics	Determining the Minor-minimal not Completely Apex Graphs	$2000
Kyle Rocha-Brownell	Physics and Computer Science	Computer Simulation of the Earth's Rotation with Interior Fluid Degrees of Freedom	$2000
Juniper Rose	Journalism	The Effect of Marijuana on Rural Northern California Economies	$2000
Ravi Shankar	Chemistry	Mathematical Modeling of Tsunami Propagation over Complex Topographies	$2000
Nicole Smith	Biochemistry	Antibiotic Discovery From Boiling Springs Lake	$2000
Quintin Troester	Agriculture	Researching Soil Carbon Sequestration, and International Partners in Sustainability	$2000
Kelly Vannoy	Civil Engineering	Integrated Wastewater Management in the Lake Atitlan Basin: An Ecological Engineering Challenge	$666.67

Fall 2013
Recipient	Major	Project Title	Award
Amie French	Agricultural Business	Consumer Preference for Locally Grown Pecans	$500
Megan Miller	Criminal Justice	Rehabilitation and Reintegration Through Alternative Custody Supervision	$500
Megan Bacchini	Criminal Justice	Rehabilitation and Reintegration Through Alternative Custody Supervision	$500
Shane Price	Psychology	The Hormonal Effects of Emotionally-relevant Chemosignals in Human Axillary Secretions	$500
Amber Rutter	Geology	Analyzing CO2 Changes in Ancient Fossils	$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

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 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

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 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 Fecundity 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

Fall 2010
Recipient	Major	Award
Kelly Boyle	Geological & Environmental Sciences	$380
Tiffany Fisher	Anthropology	$500
Shannon Holt	Environmental Science	$420
Sam Mish	Mechatronic Engineering	$256
Emily Ramsey	Nutrition & Food Science	$238
Abigail Roche	Nutrition & Food Science	$406
Rachel Wutke	Nursing	$300

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