Cal State Fullerton Scholars to Compete at CSU Student Research Event

California State University, Fullerton
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April 16, 2004 :: No. 216

Thirteen Cal State Fullerton scholars will represent the university at the 18th annual California State University Student Research Competition April 30-May 1 at Cal StateNorthridge.

The competition is designed to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments throughout the 23 campuses of the CSU.

Students will present their work orally before a jury and an audience, in various categories in undergraduate and graduate divisions. Participants qualified for the finals at Northridge by winning the campus competitions. Cal State Fullerton entrants are:

Name:	City:	Major:	Title of Entry:
Kerri Barry	Rancho Santa Margarita	Comparative Religion	“The Flexner Report: The Imposition of Regulatory Standards on the Field of Medical Education and Subsequent Repercussions on the Practice of Folk and Alternative Medicine”
Mentor: James Santucci, professor of comparative religion

Lawrence Gray	Placentia	Biologicial Science	"Does Mouse Ceruloplasmin Have Ferroxidose Activity?”
Mentor: Maria Linder, professor of chemistry and biochemistry

Gabriel Llinas	Fullerton	Anthropology	“A Kinetic Study of Atomic Chlorine Reactions with Naphthalene and Methylnaphthalene at 293K Using the Relative Rate/Discharge Fast Flow/Mass Spectrometer Technique”
Mentor: Zhuangjie Li, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry

Jani Ranasinghe	Bellflower	Political Science	Political Conflict and Brain Drain in Sri Lanka”
Mentor: Choudhury Shamin, associate professor of political science

Charles Schofield	Claremont	Religious Studies	“Gnosticism and Its Effects on Modern Society”
Mentor: James Santucci, professor of comparative religion

Sandra Lea Smith Eric Lui Don Hopps	Placentia Bellflower San Gabriel	Mechanical Engineering	“Ankle Joint Testing Equipment Device”
Mentors: Steven Zinder, assistant professor of kinesiology and health promotion Tim Lancey, emeritus professor of mechanical engineering

Graduate Division
Janice Christmas Marilyn Cooper	Palos Verdes Palm Spring	Art	“The World According to William T. Wiley: Past and Recent Works”
Mentor: Mike McGee, professor of art

David Peterson Michael Vodhanel	Fullerton Garden Grove	Math	“Fast and Tractable Disease Detection Technique Using Principal Orthogonal Decomposition”
Mentor: Charles H. Lee, assistant professor of mathematics

Trangdai Tranguyen	Stanton	History	“Orange County, Yellow History: An Intimate Encounter with Vietnamese American Lives”
Mentor: Arthur Hansen, emeritus professor of history

Mavee Witherspoon	Fullerton	Biology	Aminogylcoside 6’-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib Distribution in E.coli”
Mentor: Marcelo Tolmasky, professor of biological science

Media Contacts:

Sylvia Alva, assistant vice president for academic programs and professor of child and adolescent studies, at
657-278-4586 or salva@fullerton.edu
Dave Reid, Public Affairs, at 657-278-4855 or dreid@fullerton.edu