2009 CSULB STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION
Friday, February 27, 2009
Competition Winners
For a list of CSULB winners from the CSU Statewide Competition at CSU Los Angeles, scroll down…
Category:  Biological & Agricultural Sciences
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
Honorable Mention Marc Oliver D. Quijano James W. Archie
2nd Place Thomas Farrugia Chris Lowe
1st Place Maryann Kimoto Judy Brusslan
Category:  Business, Economics, & Public Policy  
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
Honorable Mention Daniel Siebes/David Briend Khosrow Mohirvaziri
2nd Place Hayley Brandt Kristen Monaco
1st Place Jennifer L. Pearson Pamela Miles Homer
Category:  Creative Arts & Design  
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
2nd Place Debra Burrough Carol Shaw-Sutton
1st Place Yishyu Lo Eduardo Perez
Category:  Education    
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
2nd Place Brandy Bandaruk Carolin Lusby
1st Place Misty Sawatzky Lisa Maxfield
Category:  Engineering & Computer Science  
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
Honorable Mention Adam Vore/David Algarin Hsun-Hu Chen
2nd Place David Stout Hsun-Hu Chen
1st Place Christopher Bostwick/Andrea Smith Hsun-Hu Chen
Category:  Health, Nutrition, & Clinical Sciences  
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
2nd Place Jessica A. Arizaga Guido Urizar
1st Place Tan Leng Goh Christine Galvan
Category:  Humanities & Letters
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
Honorable Mention Daniel Lynch Patricia Cleary
2nd Place Clinton Packman Galen Pickett
1st Place Erin Hale Jennifer Reed
Category:  Physical & Mathematical Sciences  
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
Honorable Mention John Culbertson Alfred Leung
2nd Place Jonathan Brothers Morteza Ebneshahrashoob
1st Place Ricardo Gallardo-Macias Kensaku Nakayama
Category:  Social & Behavioral Sciences  
Award/Honor Winner Faculty Sponsor
Honorable Mention Christina Jacobo Betsy McEneaney
2nd Place Rachel Emerine Barbara LeMaster
1st Place Meredith Dennis Guido Urizar

 

The following individuals represented CSULB at The California State University (CSU) Student Research Competition on May 1-2, 2009, hosted by CSU Los Angeles:

 

Christopher Bostwick/Andrea Smith * Meredith Dennis * Thomas Farrugia * Ricardo Gallardo-Macias * Tan Leng Goh * Erin Hale * Maryann Kimoto * Jennifer L. Pearson * Misty Sawatzky * David Stout

 

The Twenty-third annual CSU System-wide Student Research Competition held at California State University, Los Angeles May 1st and 2nd 2009 showcased excellent research conducted by CSU undergraduate and graduate students in the full range of academic programs offered by the CSU. Student participants made oral presentations before juries of professional experts from major corporations, foundations, public agencies, colleges and universities in California.

The competition is held to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments throughout the twenty-three campuses of the California State University.


The following are CSULB students who placed first or second in this competition:

First Place Biological & Agricultural Sciences -- Graduate    
  Thomas Farrugia  
  A Novel Technique to Quantify Fish Movements in Estuaries
           
First Place Engineering & Computer Science -- Undergraduate  
  Christopher Bostwick and Andrea Smith  
  Ceramic Matrix Composite Lined Rocket Engine  
           
First Place Physical & Mathematical Sciences--Graduate  
  Ricardo Gallardo-Macias  
  Synthesis of  α-Amino phosphonates Under Solvent-Free, Environmentally
  Friendly Conditions  
           
Second Place Education -- Graduate  
  Misty Sawatzky  
  How Faculty Classroom Behaviors Affect Student-Faculty Interaction