Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply for a 2012-2013 Undergraduate Research Grant. These grants provide up to $1,000 in financial support to undergraduate students who work closely with a faculty member to conduct research, engage in field studies, create projects in their discipline, or participate in similar scholarly/creative activities. Students may either design their own project or work on a professor's project. Either way, students must work closely with a faculty mentor. Students are encouraged to contact faculty in preparation for making a proposal.
To be eligible, a student must
- be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student with at least two semesters remaining before they will earn their degree
- be in good academic standing
- show substantial initiative in the project, and
- have a faculty mentor who is willing to work with the student.
Faculty mentors must
- be full-time faculty
- be willing to work closely with the undergraduate student on the project
- have knowledge/expertise in the area of project to be completed, and
- demonstrate ability to effectively mentor an undergraduate student.
Projects from all majors are eligible. A student may apply for only one grant per academic year.
Deadline
Completed Applications are due April 13 to the Office of Undergraduate Studies M/S ML 54 (Room 4160) or can be emailed to dennisn@csufresno.edu.
Research Grant Information and Documentation
What is an Undergraduate Research Grant?
Undergraduate Research Awardees
Legend:
AH - College of Arts and Humanities
CSB - Craig School of Business
HHS - College of Health and Human Services
SM - College of Science and Mathematics
LCOE - Lyles College of Engineering
JCAST - Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
SS - College of Social Sciences
| Student Name | Instructor Name | Dept and College |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Adam | Gregory Kriehn | Electrical & Computer Engineering - LCOE | Additional reasearch to accompany ECE 124 Signal & Systems |
| Neama Alamri | Samina Najmi | English - AH | Empathy in South Asian and Arab American Literature |
| Sara Alatorre | Anil Shrestha | Plant Science - JCAST | Efficacy of Recycles Paper Mulch for Weed Control in Berries |
| Ibraheem Ali | Paul Crosbie | Biology - SM | Phylogenetics of Bedbugs in the Fresno Metropolitan Area |
| Kristen Andreasen | Paul Crosbie | Biology - SM | Nanodetection of Heartworm using FRET |
| Narine Arakelyan | Santanu Maitra | Chemistry - SM | Synthesis, Characterization, & Use of Chiral Ferrocenyl P-N Catalysts |
| Deanna Arsala | James Prince | Biology - SM | A Candidate Gene Strategy to Identify Resistance Genes in Pepper to Phytophthora Capsici |
| Fatima Ashaq | Henry Delcore | Anthropology - SS | Supplementing International Students Data from India with an Ethnographic study of California State University, Fresno International Students |
| Kathryn Barretto | Mamta Rawat | Biology - SM | Thiols are Involved in Protection Against Metal Stress |
| Alyssa Bautista | James Prince | Biology - SS | Identifying Resistance Genes in Pepper to Phytophthora capsici |
| Robert Benjamin | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Nuvia Bernal | Lorin Lachs | Psychology - SM | Stretching Working Memory in SLI students |
| April Booth | Jai-Pil Choi & Alejandro Calderon-Urrea | Chemistry & Biology - SM | Plasmon-enhanced growth of Dunaliella primolecta and Neochloris oleoabundans in miniphotobioreactors |
| Michelle Boyce | Santanu Maitra | Chemistry - SM | Synthesis, Characterization, & Mechanistic Study of Isoprene Nitrate Aldehyde |
| Karen Callahan | Tamas Forgacs & Oscar Vega | Mathematics - SM | Winning Strategies for the Game of Nim on Various Types of Boards |
| Adam Cardenas | Shih-His "Alex" Liu | Computer Science - SM | Design Patterns for the Evolution and Extension of Compiler-Interpreter based Domain Specific Languages |
| Robert Ceja | Daming Zhang | Industrial Technology - JCAST | Self Contained Waste Vegetable Oil Rendering System |
| Ryan Chaney | Daming Zhang | Industrial Technology - JCAST | Converting Diesel Engine to Run on Waste Vegetable Oil |
| Simarjot Chehal | Jason Bush | Biology - SM | Defining Stem Cell Markers in Pancreatic Cancer Cells |
| Bryndahl Childers | Martha Vungkhanching | Social Work - HHS | Assessing Social Work Student' Attitudes about Sexuality and Their Perceived Preparedness to Address Such Topics in Social Work Practice |
| Kayla Clark | Elizabeth Payne | Theatre Arts - AH | Vintage Costume Preservation & Catalog |
| Jose Correa | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Kenya Covarrubias | Jason Bush | Biology - SM | Zometa as an Anti-Angiogenic Drug for the Treatment of Cancer |
| Jacquelin Curry | J. Andrew Hansz | Finance & Business Law/Gazarian Real Estate Center - CSB | Valuation Impact of Consumer Litigation on Fresno Residential Transaction |
| Hannah Dahlgren | Gregory Kriehn | Electrical & Computer Engineering - LCOE | Using TIMS System to Research Fourier Series |
| Shereen Dimes | Joy Goto | Chemistry - SM | The Effects of Manganese Toxicity on Motor Activity in Drosophilia melanogaster |
| Shayla Duran | Mamta Rawat | Biology - SM | S-Transferases From Bacteria |
| Riann Egusquiza | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Michael Farner | Christopher Pluhar | Earth & Environmental Sciences - SM | Determining Deformation and Rotation in the Walker Lane, California |
| Ryan Fukuda | Pei-Chun Ho | Physics - SM | Construction and Testing of a 1st Order Magnetic Susceptometer |
| Javier Garcia | Alice Wright | Biology - SM | Optimizing degradation of Chloropicrin by bacteria |
| Robert Granata | Santanu Maitra | Chemistry - SM | Synthesis and Biological Assay of New Classes of ApoE Modulators |
| Paola Guerrero | Janet Slagter | Women's Studies - SS | Ingenious Organizational Strategies for Clean, Inhabitable Environments of Women Living in Latin America and Lessons that can be Learned by Women Organizers in the Central Valley |
| Alexander Guzzetta | Krish Krishnan & Alejandro Calderon-Urrea | Chemistry & Biology - SM | Identification of Developmental Biomarkers in the Algae Dunaliella primolecta using NMR-Based Metabolomics |
| Natalie Hamill | Mamta Rawat | Biology - SM | Isolation of Genes Coding for Bacillithiol from Myxococcus Xanthus |
| Walid Hamud | Jason Bush | Biology - SM | Cell Death Profiles in Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells After Drug Treatment |
| Jennifer Harmon | Krish Krishnan | Chemistry - SM | The Effects of Monovalent Salts on the Structure and Thermal Hysteresis of Antifreeze Glycoproteins |
| Kelley Harrison | Christine Edmondson | Psychology - SM | The Analysis of the Effects of Deep Breathing on Anger and Task Persistence |
| Emily Hernandez | John Beynon | English - AH | GLBT Anthropology |
| Audra Iness | Alice Wright | Biology - SM | Genetic Factors in Pesticide-Degrading Bacteria |
| Shelby Jones | Christopher Pluhar | Earth & Environmental Sciences - SM | GIS Compilation of Spatial Data for Stanislaus Group, California |
| Alexandra Karas | Peter English | Criminology - SS | Efficacy of the Fresno County Superior Court's Behavioral Health Court |
| Nicole Kimura | Paul Price | Psychology - SM | Sample Size Bias in Judgments of Averages |
| Brad Kroeker | Joy Goto | Chemistry - SM | Manganese transport and accumulation in Drosophila melanogaster |
| Pao Kue | Henry Delcore | Anthropology - SS | Fulton Mall Pedestrian Count |
| Megha Kumar | Jason Bush | Biology - SM | Optimizing a Differentiation Strategy for Generation ff Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes |
| Megan Kunelli | Oscar Vega | Mathematics - SM | Well-Covered Dimensions of Graphs |
| Alexandra Larralde | Sean Alley | Economics - SS | The High Speed Railway & Agricultural Real Estate in the Central Valley |
| Gonzalo Leyva | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Jared Little | Bruce Roberts | Plant Science - JCAST | Salinity Tolerance in Recreational & Ornamental Turfgrass |
| Katrina Maria | Anil Shrestha | Plant Science - JCAST | Effects of Global Climate Change (CO2 Elecation) on the Invasiveness of Giant Reed (Arundo donax) |
| Robyn McDonald | Oscar Vega | Mathematics - SM | Well-Covered Dimensions of Graphs |
| Lana McGinnis | Joy Goto | Chemistry - SM | The Effects of Manganese on Dopaminergic Neurons in the Drosophila Melanogaster |
| Lauren Mead | Elizabeth Payne | Theatre Arts - AH | Vintage Costume Preservation & Catalog |
| Sheri Melkonian | Bruce Roberts | Plant Science - JCAST | Determining the Abundance of Pine Bluegrass on the San Joaquin Experimental Range |
| Alyssa Miller | Mamta Rawat | Biology - SM | Blue Pigmented Soil Strains |
| Jasmine Mohsin | Gregory Thatcher | Public Health - HHS | Determining Effectiveness of the Fresno State FREAKS ( Finding Responsible and Entertaining Activities on KamuS) program |
| David Moreno | John Bushoven | Plant Science - JCAST | Micropropagation of Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) by thin-cell-layer culture using cotyledon, epicotyls, hypocotyls and roots. |
| Andres Nevarez | Hwan Youn | Biology - SM | A new scheme of DNA microarray analysis |
| Thomas Nichols | Charles Tenney | Physics - SM | Investigation of Slit-Slat Collimator Designs for Nuclear Breast Imaging |
| Kelsey Oliver | Elizabeth Payne | Theatre Arts - AH | Vintage Costume Preservation & Catalog |
| Ruzan Orkusyan | Mamta Rawat | Biology - SM | Mycobacterium Smegmatis Sensitivity to the Thiol Oxidizer Diamide and the Toxic Dye Malachite Green |
| Samuel Owen | Michael Becker | Political Science - SS | Modern American Consumerism and the Evolution of "The Spectacle" |
| Jamie Peabody | Tamas Forgacs & Oscar Vega | Mathematics - SM | Winning Strategies for the Game of Nim on Various Types of Boards |
| Shelby Pereira | Glenn Devoogd | Literacy & Early Education - KSOEHD | Bibliotherapy in Pyscho-social Development of Primary School Children |
| Keri Ponce | David Andrews & Alejandro Calderon-Urrea | Biology - SM | Effectiveness of Chalcones On Plant Parasitic Nematodes |
| Jonathan Rochin | Joy Goto | Chemistry - SM | β-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) Competition with Alanine and other Natural Amino Acids in Drosophila Melanogaster |
| Ann Rodriguez | Daniel Bukofzer | Electrical & Computer Engineering - LCOE | Parking Lot Sensor Display |
| Datoliban Roland | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Jameson Schwab | Jesus Larralde | Civil & Geomatics Engineering - LCOE | Optimization of Mixed Design for Permeable Concrete |
| Jordan Scott | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Craig Seber | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Marc Serrano | David Andrews & Alejandro Calderon-Urrea | Biology - SM | Effectiveness of Chalcones on the Model Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans |
| Nicholas Soliz | Pei-Chun Ho | Physics - SM | Measurement of Thermodynamic Properties of Rare-Earth Compounds |
| Touyee Thao | Dave Goorahoo | Plant Science - JCAST | Comparison of Organic and UAN-32 fertilization on Yield and Quality of Bok Choy |
| Kevin Thomas | John Bushoven | Plant Science - JCAST | Somatic Embryogenesis in Pseudotsuga menziesii callus cultures |
| Mujahid Umar | Ming Xiao, Joy Goto, John Bushoven | Civil Engineering - LCOE, Chemistry - SM, Plant Science - JCAST | Microgravity University Flight Program |
| Kathryn Updyke | Gregory Kriehn | Electrical & Computer Engineering - LCOE | Using TIMS for the Fourier Transform |
| Katherine Urabe | Oscar Vega | Mathematics - SM | Well-Covered Dimensions of Graphs |
| Varun Varahamurthy | Gregory Kriehn | Electrical & Computer Engineering - LCOE | Additional research to accompany ECE 124 Signal & Systems |
| Alya Wakeman | Paul Crosbie | Biology - SM | Evaluation of the mosquito species Aedes sierrensis as a vector of the canine hearworm Dirofilaria immitis |
| Kris Westcott | Felicia Greer | Kinesiology - HHS | An examination of the needs and interests of health care workers in an employee wellness program |
| Lulu Wong | Jason Bush | Biology - SM | Secretome Evaluation of Primary Cultures Derived From Pancreatic Ductal Adrenocarcinomas |
| Garrett Workman | Chris Golston | Linguistics - AH | Yokuts Word Oder |
| Pahoua Xiong | Eric Person | Chemistry - SM | Ignitable Liquid Chromatogram Distortion Caused by Passive Headspace Concentration |
| Chong Yang | Santanu Maitra | Chemistry - SM | Synthesis of New Classes of ApoE Modulators |